Skelmersdale based Hotter Shoes, the UK’s biggest footwear manufacturer, is celebrating raising more than £120,000 for Marie Curie with the launch of its latest limited edition charity partnership design.
Since 2018, Hotter has now raised more than £120,000 with the sale of more than 7,000 pairs of limited-edition daffodil footwear designs. This amazing fundraising milestone is equivalent of 6,000 hours of Marie Curie expert care and emotional support from a Marie Curie Nurse.
This year’s limited-edition design, Blossom, is a Wellington boot with a daffodil print design, created for the firm’s partnership with Marie Curie. For every pair of Blossom Wellington boots sold, £10 will go to Marie Curie; which will help to fund expert care and emotional support from a Marie Curie Nurse to care for people living with terminal illnesses. Marie Curie continues during the coronavirus pandemic, providing nursing care and support in people’s homes and hospices.
Blossom features yellow back panelling and lining; with a navy sole and toe-bumper. The Wellington boot retails at £49 and is available to buy from Hotter.com.
Throughout the partnership with Marie Curie, Hotter staff members have also organised a range of fundraising activities including treks, a Great Hotter Tea Party and bake sales. The business, which has over 4m customers in the UK and overseas, has pledged to continue supporting Marie Curie for the next two years.
Ian Watson, CEO at Hotter, said: “We look for the perfect fit in everything we do and when we first spoke to Marie Curie we felt that was exactly what we had found. I’m immensely proud of our staff for this outstanding fundraising campaign and we’re not stopping here; we have lots more planned for the future
“Our customers have played a huge part in us being able to raise this amount for charity and more than 7,000 of them are proudly wearing our limited-edition Daffodil shoes and boots. We are so proud that we are able to bring them the Blossom Wellington Boot to celebrate our collaboration with Marie Curie for 2021.”
Marie Curie are dedicated to helping people living with a terminal illness and their families make the most of the time they have together by delivering expert hands-on care, as well as providing emotional and practical support. We’re delighted to see one of our local businesses making such an impact to such a great cause.