Wiltshire firm supports charities with month of office games

Creative agency Milk & Tweed, which has a base in Chippenham, raised the money for charities close to the hearts of its staff.

This is the third year the company has held the month of games, with the idea originally inspired by creative director Jake Jeffries to mark his late sister Laura’s birthday.

She died of cancer four years ago at the age of 41.

Mr Jeffries said: "We started the games marathon in her honour so that something positive came out of the anniversary.

"She was an incredible woman, sister, mother, auntie, and daughter and is missed by her family and friends everyday.

"I wanted to donate some money for the William Budd Ward at the Royal United Hospital in Bath where Laura was treated.

"The care, love, and attention they provide not only for the patients, but their family members, really is astonishing - and something that will never be forgotten.

"I thought it would be good for the team to be able to help causes that are personal to them as well so we came up with the games so that the winner could donate the prize to their own favourite charity.

"The games are all a bit silly, the kind of things people in offices do to mess around, but actually quite competitive too."

Staff took part in online bingo and a paper plane making and flying challenge.

The final challenge was a spin on boules, with staff having to roll a tennis ball into a square marked out on the floor.

Milk & Tweed creative director Jake Jeffries measuring an attempt at landing a tennis ball on a square (Image: Milk & Tweed) Junior digital marketer Charlie Moody won the bingo and donated her £200 prize to Cancer Research, while head of web Jon Mynette chose to support Help Bristol’s Homeless after crafting the best paper plane.

Junior designer Miles Clements came out on top in the ball rolling and chose Leukaemia Care to receive his prize and Mr Jeffries also donated £200 to the Royal United Hospital.

Social media marketing coordinator Alice Goulding, who helped to organise the games, said: "It was nice to spend a little bit of time as an office doing something a bit more physical and with the whole team, especially the people who work remotely.

"As an agency we always say that we want to be community minded and do good so it was great that we put that into action."