Great Barr business raises £25,000 for charity through 18-year-old collection tin
A family-run DIY shop in Great Barr has shown that saving pennies can soon add up after raising more than £25,000 for a children's charity through funds donated in a collection tin.
Staff at E J McGann Hardware and DIY have been encouraging customers to round up their purchases to the nearest pound and donate the difference to Acorns Children's Hospice for 18 years.
And the money soon added up, with the business having now donated around £25,804 to the charity to support its work in caring for children with life limiting and life threatening conditions.
Stuart McGann, owner of the Queslett Road shop, said: "To raise such an amount makes us feel fantastic. We sometimes spend our lives moaning about all the little problems we have, but that pales into insignificance to some things parents go through.
