On Friday 4th March 2011, MoJ Shared Services in Leeds ran a charity fundraising day to raise money for CRY. This charity means a lot to one member of the team – Jordan Priestley – who lost his good friend Tom Reid to young sudden cardiac death.

The main event on the day was an awards ceremony named The MoJ Awards. Throughout the week, people in the office were asked to pay £1 to purchase a Nomination Form and vote for the people at MoJ Shared Services they thought should be crowned “Best Fashion Sense”, “Funniest Person”, “Most Helpful Person” and many more. Once all nominations had been cast and counted, the winners were presented with certificates and prizes on the day.

A raffle was also organised, in which all prizes were donated by members of the fundraising team. Raffle tickets were on sale for £1 per strip and prizes included a selection of alcoholic drinks, chocolates, DVDs and toiletries.

Other events on the day were: a music quiz with a winning prize of a CD recorded by the band of one member of the team; a booze quiz with a winning prize of a bottle of wine home-made by another member; and a cake sale.

An amazing £271 was raised for the charity and the events created a wonderful atmosphere in the office on the day.