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Mince Pie Marathon Reaches £22,000 Milestone To Bring Brainy Bunch Festive Cheer

Brightbulb, The Wight Brainy Bunch and IW Tomatoes delivering mince pies to the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce.

The annual Mince Pie Marathon once again took place this year on (Wednesday) December 13.

The brainchild of award-winning web development studio, Brightbulb, has over the past few years raised a staggering £22,771, all from the sale of mince pies going to The Wight Brainy Bunch charity.

The charity puts the donation to great use by paying for those unfortunate enough to suffer from a brain tumour by funding rehabilitation and counselling as well as transport on and off the Island and even help with loss of earnings.

The team at Isle of Wight Tomatoes joined Brightbulb and the Wight Brainy bunch this year as the main sponsor for the event.

Now the Brightbulb team is asking for help to decide the future of the festive event.


Fi from Brightbulb (L) and Daniella Voisey of Isle of Wight Tomatoes

Matt Jeffery, Managing Director of the company, explains:

“The Mince Pie Marathon has been an amazing part of our year for our team at Brightbulb for the past four years.

"We have been (discussing) the winding down of the initiative but want to get the thoughts of other local businesses and members of the public.

"Should we do it one more time next year or bring the Island’s mince pie madness to an end?"

The Winner of the Mince Pie Marathon this year was GKN Aerospace, topping the leader board after ordering 480 mince pies.

Matt Griffin from GKN Aerospace said:

“It’s personal to me because three years ago my mum died with a brain amorism.

"It was totally unexpected. She was healthy and had no issues, didn’t smoke, didn’t drink — one day she was fine and the next was gone within hours.

"We knew there was a leader board which was quite competitive, so we wanted to smash that!"

You can vote on the future of the Mince Pie Marathon here.

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