A year of fundraising in aid of a charity striving to build a cancer treatment centre has paid off.

Phillips Solicitors has presented the Ark Cancer Centre Charity with a cheque for £7,098 with Mark Jones, the charity's director of fundraising and Communications, visiting the firm’s Town Gate offices in London Street, to thank Phillips for their efforts.

He said: “Your support has been very much appreciated and the money you have raised will go towards helping deliver the much-needed cancer treatment centre that will be built in the Basingstoke area.”

“Phillips Solicitors have not only raised important funds for the charity but also raised our profile and the cancer centre project.”

This was the second year running the Ark has been the firm’s chosen charity of the year.

Among the activities were homemade cake sales, a Christmas hamper raffle, while two colleagues signed-up as Ark Riders, taking part in last summer’s Ark to Arc Challenge, cycling from the Ark Conference Centre in Basingstoke to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

Phillips Director Jonathan Pender, said: “I feel our colleagues have really got behind the Ark Cancer Centre Charity because we all know of someone who has battled against cancer.”

“The charity is aiming to raise £5million towards a cancer treatment centre that will help and support people in the Basingstoke and north Hampshire area fight against this awful disease.

“Once the centre is open it will without doubt make a huge difference to help local people.”

Impressed with the amount of money raised over the past year, fellow Director Hayley Eachus said: “As usual our colleagues have proved to be very generous.

“As a company it’s important to us to support a local charity as one of the ways in which we give something back into the community.”