A HOUSEBUILDER helped helped a primary school raise thousands for a a Stockton hospice by sponsering their "Rudolph Run" fundraiser this month..

Butterwick Hospice Care, based in Stockton-on-Tees provides essential support for patients suffering with progressive life-limiting conditions and their families at their hospice in Stockton and Bishop Auckland.

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Every Christmas the hospice invites school children to take part in their Rudolph Run.

Pupils take to the school field decked in reindeer antlers and hop, skip, run, jump or dance around a route of their choice, raising money through sponsorship from friends and family.

Steven Ball, Sales and Marketing Director at Taylor Wimpey North Yorkshire, said: "Organisations such as Butterwick Hospice Care do such valuable work for the local community, so we are proud to have played a part in supporting them this year."

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