Above: the winning Silverstone Soccer 2025 team, Northampton Town Football Club
ONCE more, it’s well done to Silverstone Leasing on raising £3,000 for a much-loved charity from its sixth annual soccer charity event.
Over the past six years, its fundraising footballers have collected enough to cover a whole month’s worth of patient care at Cynthia Spencer Hospice in Northampton.
Silverstone Leasing hosted the five-a-side tournament at Daventry Town Football Club on 22 June and of ten determined teams, first-time entrants Northampton Town Football Club won the much-coveted winner’s trophy, with Asset Engineering as runner-up. The event was once more organised once by sales manager Ryan Bishop.
Visitors also enjoyed a bouncy castle and of course Silverstone Leasing’s managing director Scott Norville’s car wash service!
The popular event has now raised more than £19,500 over the years for Cynthia Spencer Hospice, since its conception in 2020.
With £504 being enough to cover one day of palliative care in the hospice, the current total could pay for more than 30 days’ worth of patient care. The money could alternatively fund more than 1,000 Hospice@Home nurse visits or 235 trips to a Wellbeing appointment for a palliative patient.
Ryan Bishop said: “I believe this Silverstone Soccer is the best one we’ve done so far! It was an incredible day, and we are very grateful for the fantastic support from the local community.
“It was wonderful to see some new entrants in the tournament as well as our regular competitors, who support us over and over again to get the best possible result for the hospice.
“To know that our efforts have now funded more than a month’s worth of palliative care for such an amazing cause is truly humbling.
“Thank you to our supporters and sponsors for making this impactful and inspiring event possible.”
Nina Gandy, corporate partnerships fundraiser at Cynthia Spencer Hospice, added: “Silverstone Leasing have supported us as their chosen charity since 2018 and prior to this had already taken part in spontaneous fundraisers.
“We are immensely grateful for the support we receive from Scott, Ryan and the rest of the Silverstone Leasing team and appreciate all the hard work that goes into putting on an event of this scale and making it such a resounding success.
“The funds raised will allow our hospice to continue to provide our vital palliative care to the people of Northamptonshire. Thank you.”
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