EMPLOYEES of a local business have managed to raise £5,000 for a Hexham charity through a whole range of fund-raising events.

Egger UK has organised sponsored golf days, fishing competitions, runs and raffles to help raise the funds for Wecan, which stands for ‘We Enable Children with Additional Needs’.

Wecan provides term-time Saturday clubs, holiday activities and an enabling service for children and young people with learning and physical disabilities, challenging behaviour, autistic spectrum disorders, sensory impairments and complex needs.

Egger charity committee secretary Karen Hunter said: “As a company, it is really important for us to give something back to the Tynedale community and the charity committee agreed Wecan was a charity we wanted to support.”