KIND-HEARTED staff at Hunterston B have helped to raise thousands of pounds for a national cancer charity.

Workers at the power station have spent the last four years raising cash for Prostate Cancer UK through a range of activities including running, cycling, baking and shaking buckets for gate collections.

The Hunterston collection brought in more than £17,000 for the charity, which has been station operator EDF's corporate charity partner since 2019.

More than £600,000 has been raised since then for the charity across EDF's nuclear, customer, renewables and corporate sites around the UK.

Staff have recently voted for a new charity partner and fund-raising will start in the New Year.

As well as raising funds, the partnership has also been an important way of raising awareness of the disease amongst staff.

Through workers sharing personal stories more men have had lifesaving conversations and the number of people from EDF accessing the 30-second risk checker has increased.

Station director Joe Struthers said: "Prostate cancer kills one man every 45 minutes in the UK so most of us will be affected by it in some way, either personally or through the experience of someone close to us.

"I am glad Hunterston B has been able to contribute to EDF's incredible final total and that staff have learned more about the warning signs too."

Joe, himself, carried out his own virtual cycle  between the UK’s nuclear stations for the corporate charity. See photo below.

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Support for the corporate charity is in addition to Hunterston's fund-raising for local good causes.

The site recently raised £525 during its annual gate collection for Erskine, held just before Remembrance Sunday.

The Erskine charity supports veterans through its care homes and Veterans' Village.

A further £597.51 was raised for Ayrshire Cancer Support through an on-site bake sale.

Contract partners Equans, who have workers at the site, have match-funded this amount bringing the final bake sale total to £1,195.02.