Mitchell Group channelled the festive spirit to pack the halls of Chester Cathedral for its annual Christmas carol singing spectacular this week.
Over 1,150 individuals attended the Sing Your Coronary heart Out up to date carol occasion hosted by the Cheshire-based automotive retail group – together with its complete 100-strong workforce – to boost £4,700 to feed Chester’s homeless.
Former Gogglebox star the reverend Kate Botley and ex-BBC Sport and BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker helped Mitchell chief government host the occasion which delivered very important funds to town’s ‘A Meal For Everybody’ charity.
“I feel it’s particular for individuals to assemble at any time of yr, however particularly at Christmas and this can be a fantastic fixture for my calendar,” Mitchell advised AM.
“Dan Walker spoke about what Christmas means to him and noticed that it’s a time of yr the place we must always all take inventory and overview our priorities. It’s good recommendation for us in our private lives in addition to the automotive retail sector, I feel. We’re all hopeful of a affluent 2023.”
Over 1,500 mince pies had been consumed because the sherry flowed at Chester Cathedral on Wednesday night time, however the funds raised had been destined to place meals within the mouths of much less lucky residents within the metropolis.
Mitchell mentioned: “Chester is a beautiful place to go to, with historic buildings and implausible purchasing, however at night time it turns into clear that there are points with medication an alcohol identical to another metropolis.
“The reverend Jonathan Phillips has began A Meal For Everybody wit the intention of placing a scorching meal inside town’s homeless day by day of the week and that’s who had been elevating funds for. It’s an especially worthy trigger.”
In 2019 Mitchell – a former AM Awards Business Leader of the Year – featured in an AM dealer profile feature.
In it he touched on how his Christian religion impacts his strategy to enterprise.
In addition to tithing greater than 10% of its annual earnings into charitable tasks, the enterprise additionally runs a office scheme which sees employees help African youngsters by payroll and, each two to a few years, teams of six or seven employees full a visit to Uganda to see the place their cash is spent and who it has benefitted.
