Dawsons staff bid to win The Wallich's charity fundraising challenge

Dawsons Estate Agents has just 50 days to turn £50 into a small fortune. The challenge – known as Clash of the Corporates – is a competition run by homeless charity The Wallich. Twenty businesses across Wales are competing to see who can turn a £50 loan from The Wallich into the most money in 50 days. Dawsons has hit the ground running with a programme of money-raising events that includes a cake sale, a curry night, an auction and Halloween fundraising activities. “We’ve got lots of other ideas in the pipeline,” Ricky Purdy, Director of Residential Lettings, Dawsons. “Suggestions have included car washing and pop up shops – it’s going to be a lot of fun and visitors to our branches should find it amusing.” The £50 to start the competition was presented to Ricky by Zoe Westerman, corporate strategic relationships manager for The Wallich. “Clash of the Corporates is a great way to bring the local business community together through some healthy competition,” said Zoe. “We’re looking forward to seeing what innovative and creative fundraising ideas the Dawsons team will come up with to help raise vital funds for our charity.” Any money raised will boost the £1,300 Dawsons has already raised for the Wallich, which is its chosen charity of the year. “Our staff selected The Wallich as the company’s charity of choice for the year because it has a number of shelters in Swansea,” said Ricky. “The staff have really thrown themselves into it, and the Clash of the Corporates will be their biggest challenge yet. It’s going to be a really interesting 50 days! We just want to get the staff involved to have as much fun as they have in recent months and raise money for a good cause along the way.” (CAPTION: L-R Zoe Westerman, corporate strategic relationships manager for The Wallich with Ricky Purdy, Director of Residential Lettings at Dawson)