James Hall & Co Beat the Trails to raise over £17,000 for Marie Curie

Members of Team SPAR who Beat the Trails for Marie Curie along Hadrian’s Wall have raised £17,410 for Marie Curie, the UK’s leading end-of-life care charity.

More than 60 people from James Hall & Co took on the trek in July, including office, manufacturing, and warehouse colleagues, retail teams from the G&E Murgatroyd SPAR company stores division, and SPAR independent retailers.

Marie Curie has been in partnership with SPAR since 2017. To celebrate the funds raised, a presentation was held at the company’s SPAR Distribution Centre in Preston.

Peter Dodding, sales director at James Hall & Co and chair of the SPAR Northern Guild, said: “Our 2026 charity trek was a tough up-and-down route through the remote Northumberland countryside, with the additional challenge of battling a relentless headwind along the way.

“Every step taken and every mile walked has helped us to raise an amazing amount in support of Marie Curie’s work across the UK. A huge thank you to everybody from across the business who completed the walk, and to those who generously donated to a wonderful cause.”

James Hall & Co has also announced that a new 20p charity contribution will be given for each sale of Ann Forshaw’s banana milkshake dispensed from the brand’s six Milk Sheds at locations across the North of England, adding a further fundraising element to the partnership between James Hall & Co and Marie Curie.