STAFF at York mutual healthcare business Benenden have voted for which charities to support throughout 2015.

In 2014, staff at Holgate-based Benenden raised more than £2600 for local charity Yorkshire Air Ambulance and mental health charity, Mind.

The money was raised through a variety of internal and external fundraising events organised by staff – including a team in the Jane Tomlinson 10K Run For All, a charity football match with York City against the Emmerdale cast and crew and a variety of internal staff bake sales and competitions.

For 2015, Benenden’s charities once again have been chosen through a staff nomination process.

For the next 12 months, the organisation will support local charity St Leonard’s Hospice, which provides specialist palliative care and support for local people with life-threatening illnesses, and the national cancer charity Macmillan.