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Weʼve raised £10,367 to purchase defibrillators for every M&S Store in Northern Ireland & the Isle of Man in honour of Matthew Thompson. *Please read update below*
- Lisburn, United Kingdom
- Funded on Thursday, 14th July 2016
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Story
Our colleague and friend Matthew Thompson was suddenly taken from us on 11th June by an undiagnosed heart condition. Matthew was only 39.
Matthew worked for M&S for 16 Years and was most recently the Commercial Manager in Newtownbreda running a very successful food business. Matthew was previously the Store Manager of Upper Newtownards Road and Armagh, as well as completing a number of managerial roles in Lisburn.
Matthew met his true love Lauren while working together in M&S. Lauren our Regional Visual Manager has inspired us to do something good from this terrible tragedy.
Matthew's personality was as infectious inside of work as it was outside, his wicked charm, humour and personality would always brighten up a room. He was always first and last in with a pun. Matthew always left you with a smile.
In honour of Matthew's memory we want to install a defibrillator in every M&S Store in Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. We will also train first responders in every store.
Thank You in advance for your support.
#MatthewThompsonDefibSavingLives
Updates
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8 years agoRyan Lemon
8 years agoI am delighted to announce that I now have sufficient funds from all your generous donations together with a pledge from M&S to purchase all the defibrillators. Any surplus funds or future donations will be used to support local heart charities in Northern Ireland. #MatthewThompsonDefibSavingLives
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- 8 years ago
Ryan Lemon
8 years agoI am delighted to say I have reduced the fundraising total to 12.5k as Marks and Spencer will match fund the rest. Thank you for all your support. The target is in our sights. #MatthewThompsonDefibSavingLives
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121
M&S Cookstown
Jul 13, 2016
M&S Cookstown
£578.00
Shirley McCullough
Jul 11, 2016
Donating on behalf of Princes Trust- they raised £300 for Matthew by holding a bake sale. At the Make Your Mark graduation on Thusday they presented me with an envelope in memory of Matthew.
£300.00
Pauline Gordon, Linden Foods, Dungannon
Jul 7, 2016
Linden Foods Staff & Management were very saddened to hear about Matthew and are delighted to support such a great cause.
£100.00
Ann & Ben Robinson
Jul 5, 2016
£30.00
Anonymous
Jul 4, 2016
M&S Omagh
£220.00
M&S Belfast
Jul 2, 2016
M&S Belfast
£810.00
Anonymous
Jul 2, 2016
£30.00
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Ryan Lemon
Lisburn, United Kingdom
On behalf of all the staff at M&S Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man