Seventeen teams of golfers took part in a successful first Charity Golf Day event for chartered accountancy firm Langricks at Shrigley Hall in Macclesfield and raised over £3300 to help money education for children.

Langricks has made an ongoing commitment to DebtAware – the specialist education arm of the national Debt Advice Foundation – to raise funds to support a unique ‘Money Skills for Life’ programme in primary schools.

The successful programme, which has been devised by children for children, operates in around 160 schools in Lancashire, but funds are needed to roll out the teaching into Cheshire and Yorkshire and across the UK.

Golfers endured blustery conditions for the good cause and family solicitors, Athi Law,  from Sheffield, came out top dogs in the team 4 ball competition with a brilliant score given the weather.

Nearest the pin was Langricks’ own Chris Howells, the firm’s new Assistant Manager, and longest drive was won by Martin Bennett, playing as a guest in the CurveLine Design team.

Chris Langrick commented: “It was a great turnout and we are thrilled with the initial money raised – it is going towards financial literacy in the young which we are passionate about helping to develop.”

Brian Souter, Education Manager at DebtAware, also spoke about the charity’s work and progress made since launch four years ago. “We are a small charity tackling big issues so are hugely grateful for Langricks and their support to date.”  He called for help in opening doors in Cheshire schools and got a great response from golfers turned Governors and others with a keen interest in their own children’s financial education.

Raffle prizes on the night which helped contribute to the total included a signed Liverpool shirt by Steven Gerard, home match tickets to Huddersfield Town FC and a basket of Italian delicacies from Casa Italia in Wilmslow.

For more information please contact Sue Souter of Souter PR on 01625 839319, 07866 676123 or email sue@souterpr.co.uk.

• DebtAware is the education arm of the national charity Debt Advice Foundation which provides free and impartial debt advice to anyone worried about loans, credit and debt.  DebtAware was established to offer school children the chance to understand how to manage money to try to prevent them from getting into debt in the future.  For more details on DebtAware’s Money Skills For Life programme visit www.debtaware.org

• Langricks has been trading for eight years and provides a range of accountancy and  business advisory services. These include financial modelling and forecasting, business planning and due diligence services associated with mergers and acquisitions. The firm employs nine people from their Wilmslow offices with a satellite office in Huddersfield and works for a wide range of regional and national SMEs. It aims to become a top 100 UK accountancy firm in the next 10 years.