SUSSEX accountants, business and financial adviser Kreston Reeves has raised more than £10,000 for charity in the last 12 months.

Eleven charities have received funds from Kreston Reeves and its staff over the last 12 months.

They are Martha Trust, Porchlight, Caring for Connor, Age UK Medway, Chestnut Tree House, St Barnabas House, Kent and Sussex Air Ambulance, Mind, Children with Cancer Fund, Rocking Horse, and St Luke’s Community Centre.

The firm’s 550 staff have been busy throughout the year baking cakes, running marathons, fire-walking and holding raffles to raise money to support local charities.

Kreston Reeves encourages staff to take up community roles, whether as trustees of local charities, school governors or as committed volunteers.

More than 100 staff now involved on a long-term of regular basis.