A charity champion from Dundee has helped Clydesdale Bank and its employees raise an incredible £2m for charity partner Help the Hospices, the leading charity supporting hospice care throughout the UK.

Help the Hospices has been the official charity partner of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks for four years, and this week thanks to employee fundraising has raised £2million. Jackie Campbell from Dundee is one employee who has gone the extra mile to help reach the fundraising milestone.

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks launched the partnership in 2008 to support more than 110 hospices across the country, including Roxburghe House in Dundee. The bank’s Charitable Foundation which has matched all money raised, pound for pound, has allowed Jackie to raise over £28,000 thanks to a number of successful fundraising events.

Jackie, a partner of private banking at Dundee Financial Solutions Centre on Nethergate, organised a series of ‘It’s a Knockout’ challenges which have raised much needed funds for a hospice close to her heart, Roxburghe House in Dundee where her uncle spent his final days.

Jackie said: “The “It’s a Knockout’ events took place over two years, with over 160 people getting involved last year. Throughout the day 16 teams including employees from Clydesdale Bank took to giant inflatable props such as a human sized table football table and an inflatable assault course to take part in a series of challenges.

“The events were a great opportunity for people to get together, have a bit of fun and do some exercise. Thanks to the kind donations of customers and local businesses we were able to put on a raffle and private auction with fantastic prizes up for grabs, these included meals out at local restaurants to the use of a private villa for a week in Spain for 12 people.

“To have reached the £2 million milestone is a huge achievement and I am delighted to have been involved and see the money raised go to such a worthy cause.”

Jacqui Atkinson, community affairs manager at Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank said: “We are delighted to reach the milestone £2million, which not only exceeded our expectations but was reached months ahead of target.

We are very proud to be partners with Help the Hospices and this is a wonderful example of how an organisation can make a real difference by ensuring that a charity partnership is integrated into its community investment initiatives. Not only have employees like Jackie pulled out all the stops to raise this incredible amount, but they regularly share their time and expertise with their local hospice.”

An average of £1,429 is raised each day by Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank’s employees which will help fund nearly 100,000 hours of nursing care in patients own homes.