The UK Platform Awards (UKPA) last week raised over £14,000 for the Help for Heroes charity, which cares for injured army personnel from the conflict in Afghanistan.
Guests at the awards, sponsored by Aberdeen Asset Management, contributed a staggering £4,700 to charity, including a pledge from one platform CEO of £500. With promises to match the guests' contributions by the organisers and by Aberdeen Asset Management, a total of £14,100 will be handed to Robin Hollington, the father of Richard Hollington, the 300th soldier killed in Afghanistan. Robin could cot be at the dinner in London but Clive Waller, MD of UKPA, read a note from him which closed with the words: "They are just blokes but they are our blokes; they are our heroes. We want to he...
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