Mendip District Council’s Charity of the Year, CLIC Sargent, asked people to wear red on Friday 22nd February, in honour of Ben Crutchley from Frome, who died from cancer in 2012.
His family have been supported by two CLIC Sargent nurses ever since Ben was diagnosed.
The district council said, “It was the council’s dress down day on the 22nd February and many of our staff wore red to honour and remember Ben together, as well as donating money to support CLIC Sargent to help other families in a similar situation.
“Ben’s family have been working hard over the years to raise funds for CLIC Sargent and have now almost raised £230,000, with the aim to raise £1,000,000.
“They organise the Mells 10k held in October every year in honour of Ben. Anyone can sign up to either walk, run or cycle a 10k route around Mells.” If you fancy this challenge, you can sign up here www.mells10k.com. To find out more about Ben and his story, visit www. mells10k.com/Home/ Story. CLIC Sargent’s website is www.clicsargent.org.uk.
