Tesco Burnley has raised more than £16,000 for Pendleside Hospice.

The supermarket's staff managed to turn an initial £50 into £16,183 as part of the annual Pendleside Hospice Corporate Challenge.

The challenge, which runs from June to September, sees each participating organisation receive £50 from the hospice and work to grow that amount as much as possible.

Tesco Burnley's fundraising efforts resulted in the second-largest donation out of 70 participating organisations.

The initiative was led by Tesco community champion, Mukhtar Mirza, who was recognised for his fundraising achievements and support for other organisations with the Corporate Challenge Enabler Award at the 2024 Corporate Challenge Awards Evening.

Mr Mirza said: "As a community champion, raising £16,183 for this year’s Pendleside Hospice Corporate Challenge has been a hard yet incredibly rewarding journey - made possible by our amazing community.

"Through various activities, with the bulk of our funds raised from in-store collections, we received generous support from community groups that our store continuously supports year-round; this was their way of giving something back to us."

Tesco Burnley has contributed £44,332 through its participation in the Pendleside Hospice Corporate Challenge since 2016.

Elaine Middleton, head of corporate fundraising for Pendleside Hospice, said: "Everyone at Pendleside Hospice is so appreciative of the tremendous relationship we have developed with Tesco Extra in Burnley over the past several years.

"The support and generosity that Mukhtar and the Tesco store has given us is quite simply invaluable.

"I want to say a huge, big thank you for the wonderful amount of money Mukhtar and Tesco Burnley store has raised, it will make a real and lasting difference to the lives of everyone that we care for – both outside and inside the Hospice."

A total of £232,243 was raised for the hospice in this year’s challenge.