Wedding guests donate £2,000 to charity
Press Release
18 June 2012
Wedding guests donate £2,000 to charity
Local newly weds who requested their guests donate to four charities instead of sending wedding gifts have raised £2,000 and counting.
Simon Eden, a senior hydrologist at Leeds-headquartered WYG and wife Jenny, an equine veterinary surgeon, didn’t want gifts from their 126 guests to celebrate their marriage, but instead asked that donations be made to the charities: Compassion, Tearfund, ACE and SPANA.
Married at the St Alkelda church near Settle the Leeds couple, who have just returned from their honeymoon, will be splitting the money raised equally between the four charities which will help provide basics like water, education and medical and veterinary care in some of the world’s poorest communities.
Simon Eden, Senior Hydrogeologist, WYG said: “Jenny and I have all that we need and didn’t want our friends, family and colleagues wasting money on gifts when it could be better spent elsewhere.
“We have worked with these charities over the years taking our skills and using them in developing countries to benefit others. We couldn’t think of a better way to continue our help then by inviting our guests to donate money to these worthy causes, helping to make the difference between life and death for people and animals.
“Not only have my family and friends been enormously generous, I have also had support from my colleagues at work, and my employer WYG, who has agreed to match the contributions up to a £1,000. This brings the total raised so far to more than £3,000.”
Supporting the charities over the years, the couple each sponsor a child through Compassion, Simon has volunteered with Tearfund in Africa on water engineering projects and Jenny has volunteered with ACE and SPANA in north Africa, helping working horses, donkeys and mules and the people relying on them.
Ben Whitworth, Company Secretary, WYG said: “We are full of admiration for Simon’s and Jenny’s commitment and generosity to their chosen charities and delighted to be able to support them in this unusual way. We wish them both all the best for the future.”
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Notes to Editors
WYG is an established global management and technical consultancy to the built and natural environment that collaborates with clients in over 40 countries to help them realise their corporate and project ambitions.
A top 15 European consultancy and employing more than 1,400 people around the world, WYG has the expertise for every stage of a project’s life-cycle from planning and design to building and completion.
WYG takes enormous pride in the work it does and has been recognised with several prestigious industry awards including: British Expertise International Awards 2011; RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Gold Medal Award 2011, National Recycling Awards 2011.
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Amy Bhavra
PR and Communications Executive
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