A CLUTCH of Bury fundraisers gave a good run for their sponsor money.

The charity champs successfully completed the Bupa Great Manchester 10k Run.

Ian Geller, aged 49, finished in his best-ever time of 58 minutes and 51 seconds. He was running for Bury Cancer Support Centre where a close family friend goes regularly to receive support and therapy. An overall figure has still to be finalised.

Lorraine Carlin inspired her colleagues at O2 in Dumers Lane, Bury, to take part in the run in memory of her son, Teddy, who lost his life to skin cancer. Teddy was aged 24 when he died in 2007, having been diagnosed with malignant melanoma only a year before.

Eleven of Lorraine’s colleagues ran in Teddy’s Team, whose Just Giving page has attracted £425, all of which will be donated to the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Lorraine said: “My heart has been touched by the fact that my colleagues cared enough to get involved.”

Also completing the event was 73-year-old Alan Norman who has undergone a triple heart bypass. A volunteer with Bury Society for Blind & Partially Sighted People, Alan’s time was one hour and 39 minutes. He was one of a team of nine from the society who have so far collected an estimated £1,500.

Taking part too was an 11-strong squad from Bury Council raising money for the charity Water for Kids. The council runners look set to raise about £2,300.

Natasha Franklin, a trustee of Water for Kids, who works in environmental health at Bury Council, said: “The money raised in sponsorship will make a big difference to communities in Zambia or Uganda, helping them to get safe drinking water, sanitation and health education.”

Employees of North West leading dealership RRG, which has two sites in Bury, raised almost £8,000 in aid of the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami relief fund with 55 people running in their team.