Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Thorntons entrepreneurs raise thousands of pounds for charity

The team from Thortons Law.
The team from Thortons Law.

Entrepreneurs from a leading Tayside law firm have raised more than £27,000 for charity

Staff members from Thorntons Law have taken part in the Dragon’s Glen challenge for each of the past five years in order to raise money for Children 1st.

The competition challenges businesses to create a product and establish a business using £500 seed funding. Teams then have to generate as much profit as they can over the next five months.

This year the Thorntons Law team raised an impressive £8,544.16 bringing the total they have earned for the charity since 2012 to more than £27,000.

Dragon’s Glen has now raised £358,758 for Children 1st since the competition began four years ago.

This year’s event culminated in an awards ceremony in Aberdeen.

Bob Keiller, renowned Scottish entrepreneur and chairman of Scottish Enterprise, was the guest speaker. Maureen Watt, MSP and Minister of Mental Health, also addressed the audience.

A team of employees from SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy) won the competition by raising £11,774.94.

Their storybook, Keeping the Lights On, teaches children about power generation and highlights science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning.

Children 1st board chairman Ken Cunningham also honoured other businesses that had raised more than £25,000 over five years of the competition.

Dragons’ Glen raises vital funds which go towards supporting the work of Children 1st across Scotland.

The charity supports families to protect children from abuse and neglect, as well as to help the survivors of abuse and other traumatic events to recover.

Fundraising director Barbara Kidd said: “The total raised by Dragons’ Glen since 2012 is phenomenal and has helped improve the lives of over 10,000 children, young people, parents and carers for each of these five years. We could not do our work without this support.”

The competition continues to grow in popularity and takes part in five cities across Scotland: Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness.

Children 1st is now accepting entries for the 2017-18 challenge, which starts in September.