MERKUR Community has made its 150th award supporting the fundraising activities of two members of the Blueprint family who completed the Brighton Half Marathon in memory of a much-loved relative.

Blueprint’s Holly Abel and Jordan Kennedy received a fund raising boost courtesy of MERKUR Community when they completed the Brighton Half Marathon in aid of cancer charity Brain Tumour Research.

Running in memory of family member Ann Zommers who was diagnosed with grade 4 glioblastoma in September 2023 and who sadly passed away in July last year, the Blueprint duo became the 150th good cause in the last 12-months to receive support from MERKUR UK’s progressive social purpose fund.

With just 1 percent of national cancer funding allocated towards the disease Brain Tumour Research is aiming to increase national investment to £35 million per year. The efforts of ‘team Blueprint’ will help to fund research aimed at developing better treatments, improving early diagnosis and ultimately finding a cure. 

Tony Boulton MERKUR UK’s Director of Public and Political Relations said: “MERKUR Community was established with the purpose of supporting smaller charities and fundraising initiatives, which do not enjoy a national profile and which are important to either our team members or venue customers.

“Providing support to a cause which is so personal to two valued members of the MERKUR UK family and one which receives such modest state funding is what MERKUR Community was created to address and we are delighted to add to the fantastic efforts of our two Blueprint team members.”

In the first three months of the year MERKUR Community has supported a broad range of charities and good causes including Willens Hospice, the Momentum Children’s Charity, Kent Wildlife Trust, Milton Keynes Foodbank, Little Lifts Breast Cancer Charity, the Children’s Bereavement Centre in Newark and Brain Tumour Research.