Pledge are proud to be hosting a coffee morning to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support in our London showroom on Wednesday 27th September.

While we look forward to raising much needed funds, there is one person at Pledge who has helped to raise in excess of £3,500 for Macmillan. Judy Hinds is our Senior Office and Health and Safety Administrator, and has been a valued member of staff here at Pledge for eleven years. She holds Macmillan close to her heart after personally experiencing their incredible support and compassion.

“I was 27 when my Mum died. She was 51,” Judy recalled. “She had the most amazing Macmillan Nurse before going into a Hospice. I leant on her a lot. Being in my 20s it was not something I would ever have imagined to happen. It’s tough at any age."

The support Judy received while she faced a huge loss at such a young age saw her wanting to give back; hosting, organising and participating in various fundraising events. In 2014, Judy, along with eleven other members of staff, took part in the Pledge Snowdon Trek. In that same year and again in 2019, Judy hosted a Macmillan Coffee Morning at our Head Office in Leighton Buzzard, and in 2017, she completed the arduous Macmillan ‘Hike a Marathon’.

Explaining why fundraising is so important, Judy said: “Macmillan’s income is 98% funded by voluntary donations, so could not survive without fundraising.”

Judy also fundraises for additional charities, having taken part in Race for Life twice for Cancer Research, organised Wear it Pink for Breast Cancer Now, and a raffle on her 50th birthday in aid of Florence Nightingale Hospice, the first prize was a pink leather BOX stool supplied by Pledge! This June, Judy ran ‘30 miles in June’ for Cancer Research.

Pledge are incredibly proud of everything Judy has done, and continues to do, for Macmillan and other cancer charities.

Three million people in the UK are living with cancer. Help us make sure that no one faces it alone. Join us at our London Showroom on Wednesday, 27th September at 11.00am till 14:30pm, for coffee, cake and great company ☕🍰

First Floor, 21-22 Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell, London, EC1V 0DY