A Midlands estate agent has won a top honour in the Fundraising Champion Awards presented at a national charity ball for estate agents.

Nicol & Co picked up the Special Fundraising Award at the Agents Giving event last Friday [24 September] in recognition of its commitment to donate £100 to charity from every completion on instructions received during the first lockdown.

The Special Fundraising Award was judged on “the person or company who consistently goes the extra mile and has shown extraordinary determination and motivation throughout the year in order to provide on-going support to their cause in whatever way they can”.

Michael Stoop, chairman of Agents Giving, says: “A huge congratulations to Nicol & Co for winning the Agents Giving Fundraising Champion Award 2021 for ‘Special Fundraising’.

“We have read about so many wonderful fundraising events and this once again highlights that so many estate agents are doing some fantastic charity, fundraising and community work during some challenging times.”

Nicol & Co shared the Special Fundraising Award with Arun Estates of Horsham, West Sussex

Matt Nicol, managing director of Nicol & Co, which has branches in Droitwich Spa, Worcester and Malvern, said: “The line up in this category were all great firms and I was honoured that the Nicol & Co team won the award alongside Arun Estates.”

Mr Nicol explained that the company’s initiative had initially resulted in £700 going to Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Charity, which supports Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Nicol & Co has since made further donations and decided to extend the idea by donating £100 to community organisations or charities nominated by their vendors.

Mr Nicol added: “For every sale we achieve on new instructions received this year we shall donate £100 of our fee to the school, food bank, community group, or local charity of our client’s choice.”

For further information, please see www.nicolandco.co.uk/community-fund

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Matt Nicol, Managing Director, Nicol & Co, 226 Worcester Road, Droitwich Spa, WR9 8AY

Tel: 01905 799072

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Established in 2009, Nicol & Co is an award-winning estate agency offering advice on sales, lettings, new homes and land purchase. The company combines the latest in digital media with traditional high street courtesy and service to provide the perfect blend of old and new technology.

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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Charity exists to support the patients, staff and services of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust manages three hospitals – the Alexandra in Redditch, Kidderminster Hospital and Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester – as well as providing a range of healthcare services from sites across our county.

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• Improving facilities for patients, staff and visitors
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• Funding additional medical equipment
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Our aim is to provide those added extras that improve the experience for everyone using or providing services. Funds provided by the charity support developments and activities which are over and above core NHS services. None of your donation is used to replace core NHS funding.

To make sure the charity makes the biggest impact possible on the health of our county we work alongside the Trust to identify where your support can make a real difference.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Charity aims to contribute over £1million a year to supporting the thousands of patients that access services at our hospitals and the thousands of hardworking staff delivering them.