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Barbershop chain raises £1,000 for charity

A barbershop chain which has salons in the Black Country has raised more than £1,000 for charity.

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Sally Woods from Compton Care, Tracy Madeley from Jimmy Trims Tettenhall branch, last years winner Ravi Kumar, Jimmy Trims director Ian Matto and Nathan Fellows from Barclays get set for the Cutty Cup to raise money for Compton Care.

Jimmy Trims, which has nine barber shops across the West Midlands, has raised £1,027 for Compton Care through three fundraising events.

Members from the shops took part in three events to help raise money, including a memory walk, a football tournament and a climb up one of Snowdon's peaks.

More than 100 people from the business took part in the three fundraising events.

Ian Matto, brand director of Jimmy Trims and from Tettenhall, said: "We've got nine barber shops across the Midlands and every year we band together all charity events into one and we give that to a charity. This year we decided it was going to be Compton Care.

"We did a memory walk at West Park, a Cutty Cup – a five-a-side football tournament – and we got two members of the shops to climb one of Snowdon's peaks.

"I'm one of the directors so I was the host alongside my directors, Bally and Mim Khatkar, so we did the climb and the other events.

"Compton Care is a pillar of the community and they've been here for many, many years and we have hundreds of guests coming in and Compton Care has affected a lot of people that come through our business.

"My two business partners and I, we got the other shops involved.

"It's always great when your team wants to get involved because we're not asking for a small commitment in terms of the walks specifically. To have members of staff taking part is great.

"We call ourselves a neighbourhood barbershop chain."

Mr Matto said the climb was 'very difficult', but something the whole team enjoyed.

He added: "It was very difficult and something I hadn't done since I was a kid. We set off very early and we got there about six or seven o'clock. It was a great experience and awe inspiring and something we all enjoyed."