Cancer charity, GO Girls, were thrilled to receive an early Xmas present from local law firm, Porter Dodson.
Porter Dodson’s Bridport Office chose GO Girls as their annual charity and have been busy throughout the year running a number of fundraisers to bring their total gift to GO Girls to over £2000. Hilary Maxwell, Chair of GO Girls said: “It’s been a great year working with Porter Dodson. This is a significant sum from a very small team. We both wanted to ensure the funds raised support an area of gynaecological cancer health and prevention. This sum will support our Cervical Cancer Prevention campaign to be released in January 2020 – an area where we know we have reached a 20 year low in screening and HPV vaccinations are not always being taken up a key preventer in developing the disease”.
Amy Mowlam at Porter Dodson said, “As a mostly female team in Bridport we wanted to challenge ourselves, believing passionately that we should raise the profile of gynaecological cancers. Women going through treatment will face many challenges themselves and it was a small price to pay to push ourselves for such a great cause.”
Both Amy Mowlam and Stephanie McCulloch took part in the Wimborne 10 as part of their fundraising. “This really was quite tough”, said Stephanie. “I never thought I could run 10 miles, never, but we did it. When the going got tough, I kept thinking it was nothing compared to cancer treatment”.
Olivia Reed and Tom Elliott were both at the presentation. Olivia and Tom are working with the charity to support IT development to expand the ability of women to access much needed support.
Both Amy and Stephanie said “GO Girls have been an incredible charity to work with. The passion for their work is infective, they bring energy and fun and are incredibly supportive: we’d hope many other local firms will support their work in the future”.
Porter Dodson support a number of good causes annually. Scott Bowley, partner at Porter Dodson added “Supporting great local causes is something we, as a firm, believe passionately about: it has been an absolute pleasure to help GO Girls in their incredible work.”