YEOVIL NEWS: From ladies evening to pedal power - Old Mill backing School in a Bag charity

THE Yeovil-based Old Mill Accountants and Financial Planners firm is hoping to add up lots of numbers in the form of £ signs as part of its support for the School in a Bag project.

Old Mill, which has offices at Maltravers House in Yeovil, as well as other branches in Exeter, Wells and Dorchester, has the School in a Bag initiative, which is part of the Piers Simon Appeal, as its charity of the year.

Last week Old Mill held a ladies evening at its Yeovil offices where invited guests were able to look around a number of stalls, enjoy some refreshments and get involved with a raffle in aid of School in a Bag.

Now a team of 18 staff from Old Mill from all of its offices are this week taking part in the School in a Bag Old Mill Bike Ride.

The 140-mile challenge starts out from the company’s Melksham office on Friday (July 11, 2014) and will finish the following day at the Exeter branch via the Wells, Yeovil and Dorchester offices along the way.

PHOTO – TOP: Lorraine Bolland, Sophie Hamlet and Rebecca Flynn at the ladies evening held at Old Mill’s Yeovil office in Maltravers House.

PHOTO – RIGHT: Old Mill Accountants and Financial Planners are supporting the School in a Bag project which is part of the Piers Simon Appeal which was formed following the death of former YeovilCollege student Piers Simon in the catastrophic Asian tsunami of Boxing Day 2004.

School in a Bag provides a rucksack filled with stationery, learning resources and eating utensils to poor, orphan, vulnerable and disaster-affected children.

So far nearly 50,000 children in 21 countries around the world have received a SchoolBag effectively giving them a chance to a much better education which could be their lifeline out of poverty and hardship.

Anyone wanting to sponsor the Old Mill cycling team can do so here – via this link: http://www.virginmoneygiving.com/team/oldmillofficecyclechallenge#sthash.e4IkuNfs.dpuf.

School in a Bag charity liaison officer, Luke Simon, said he would like to thank Old Mill for their support of the project and wished the cyclists well for their 140-mile adventure.

Old Mill has more than 250 highly trained and qualified staff offering service for all things accountancy and financial at the highest level.

Click on Old Mill’s advert/logo on the right-hand side of this website for further information.

Click on School in a Bag’s advert/logo on the right-hand side of this website for further information.

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