On 21 March business brains from across the South East once again competed against each other in the tenth annual Haslers Foundation Charity Quiz.

Held at West Essex Golf Club, Chingford the event saw over 100  people turn out to raise money for the Haslers Foundation – the in-house charity of Loughton based Haslers Chartered Accountants.

The Haslers Foundation was established in by Haslers Chartered Accountants in 2013 – with the aim of supporting great local causes across Essex and East London. To date, the charity has raised almost £250,000 to support local and national good causes.

With such a significant almost milestone achieved and with a considerable amount of money raised in its history, the Haslers Foundation wants to continue its good work and help many more people.

Over the past 11 years, The Foundation has organised and taken part in some amazing fundraising activities to raise money for their cause, including a team from Haslers Accountants taking part in a gruelling 12km obstacle course.

Fifteen of the Haslers team will participate in the Brentwood Nuclear races next month to raise money for the Foundation with other fundraising events in the calendar.

Haslers team are also encouraged to participate in volunteering days within our local community.  If you are a local charity in need of assistance do please contact us.

Our charity’s key objective are to:

• Prevent or relieve poverty and financial hardship by providing grants and services to people in need or to charities or other organisations involved in this type of work

• Support people who are ill or have long term medical conditions and initiatives to preserve good health

• Supporting recreation, leisure, education and other activities to help young people participate in society as mature, responsible individuals.

The annual quiz night is a chance to bring together Haslers team members, their suppliers, clients and charity partners to test their knowledge, raise money and ultimately have a lot of fun.

This year, a joint team of Barclays and Haslers team members were the champions of the night and the quiz, which included a dinner and raffle. Thanks to the generosity of all involved, the event raised over £7,000!

Sponsors of the event included Dermal Laboratories, Hightower Wealth Management, Aquabridge Law, Barclays, MCA Trust, Utilize, SRM Wealth Management, Pexhurst Ltd, The Rotary Club of Epping and Higgins PLC.

Our incredible raffle prizes were to donated by Ross-Field Jewellers, Oak Tree Schools, The Loughton Florist, Woodford Heating, MCA Trust, Site Sales and Consort Insurance the raffle table was overflowing with prizes!

A special thank you to those who attended from the following charities: Frank Charles Give a Gift, 3 Food 4 U, St Clare Hospice, The Dream Factory, Accuro, Haven House Hospice and MCA Trust.

Jon O’Shea, Chairman of Haslers Accountants and its Foundation, said “Yet another fantastic turnout again this year and we are astonished at how much this event helped us to raise for Haslers Foundation.”

“None of this would have been possible without the support of the businesses that sponsored the event and took part, so a huge thanks must go to them.  The money raised at this event makes a massive difference to local causes.”

The Haslers Foundation would like to reach out to more local charities so they can help support them, and in turn help a wider group of those most in need and a grant application form can be found on our website.

The Haslers Foundation are always grateful for donations.  To donate call 020 8418 3333 to speak to a member from our charity or donate via our Haslers’ Foundation JustGiving page.