A COMPANY has raised more than £14,000 for the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation.

The cash has been donated thanks to several initiatives from H&H Group to help boost the Borders rugby legend's charity.

A total of £14,405 has been raised by the firm.

Fundraisers included auctioning two lambs at Borderway Agri Expo 2023 and hosting a charity ball.

Recently, H&H Group CEO Richard Rankin presented the cheque to My Name’5 Doddie fundraising manager Rachel Sharp.

He said: “Doddie Weir was a towering figure in international rugby, quite literally, but he was also very much a local hero in Scotland, the Borders and the north of England where he played in the rugby premiership.

“Doddie was also brought up on a farm and farmed cattle and sheep with his wife Kathy and family in the Borders and many were sold through our St Boswells Auction Mart.

"So his Motor Neurone Disease foundation has a special resonance for us as a business serving the farming and rural communities, and raising funds at Agri Expo in Doddie’s memory was especially appropriate.

“Doddie battled MND with unbelievable courage and was inspirational in raising awareness of this horrifying disease, and I thank everyone in the Group who has helped make our contribution to promoting the research and the treatment that will ultimately defeat it.”

After the presentation, Rachel Sharp also thanked the H&H Group staff for making My Name’5 Doddie Foundation their chosen charity.

She said: “This is a wonderful contribution that will help extend the work we fund in supporting research and those suffering from MND.

"Doddie Weir has planted a flag to rally round in the long battle against Motor Neurone Disease, and the H&H Group has enabled us to fight another day."