Locked up in Exeter Castle... all in the name of charity!

Nine well known members of the business community are going to be ‘jailed’ on Friday 13th May at Exeter Castle and will have to raise a bail of £999 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) in order to be released.

Each ‘prisoner’ has been charged with a fictitious crime and they will be held at the castle until they raise their bail money. Exeter Castle was the City’s former Law Courts and still boasts some original cells and Naomi Dymond, Corporate Fundraiser at CHSW said: ‘This is such a fun event and I’m delighted that so many members of the local business community have agreed to take part. I have a feeling that there is going to be a lot of competition between the prisoners and can’t wait to see what tricks they have to ensure they achieve their bail targets!”

This tongue in cheek event is great fun with some of the crimes including ‘driving slower than a herd of snails’ and ‘obsessive wig wearing’. Local Exeter participants hoping to be freed include: PR business owner Glen King; regional sales manager of Bovis Homes Wayne ‘Wendy’ Bennett; Bruce Henderson from Exeter Football Club; Richard Martin from Hampton by Hilton, and Christopher Dean from The Pavey Group.

After leaving Exeter Police station, the prisoners will have just a few hours to ensure they reach their bail targets. With access to phone and Wi-Fi they will be relying on friends, family, colleagues, suppliers and customers to make donations to their online donation pages - so it’s going to be frenzy of fundraising!

If you would like to help bail out one of the prisoners and support them in raising as much money as possible for CHSW, details of all the prisoner’s convictions and their donation pages can be found at www.chsw.org.uk/bail