KIND-hearted employees from a Redditch recruitment firm have raised £1,000 for Primrose Hospice by completing a gruelling 24-mile charity walk.

Workers from Church Green West-based Workforce Recruitment took part in the 12-hour Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge across the county’s tallest mountains - Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside, and Ingleborough.

The group completed the challenge in an impressive 10 hours 30 minutes for the hospice, an independent charity offering advice and support to cancer patients and their families.

Joe Alekna, managing director of Workforce, who was also one of the team to complete the walk, said: “We have been challenging our team to take part in events to help raise money for Primrose Hospice and this was by far the most difficult.

“Our small group kept each other going through some difficult conditions but to walk the tallest mountains in Yorkshire was a brilliant experience. It felt great to finish on time and raise £1,000 for a charity which achieves so much for people.

Kate Kelly, from Primrose Hospice, added: “The team at Workforce continue to put a huge effort into their fundraising efforts and we are so grateful for their generosity."

The charity hike follows a Workforce-sponsored business event earlier this year which saw £3,000 raised for the hospice.

Primrose Hospice needs £1.75 million every year to keep running all its services, but gets less than a fifth of its funding from the NHS.

For more on the charity, which relies heavily on voluntary donations, visit primrosehospice.org.