Jamie's friends helped raise more than £1,000 at the fundraiser in Newark.
A family fun day has raised more than £1,000 for a grieving family.
Jamie Anderson, 35, died in a forklift accident while at work at Barcode Warehouse in Newark, leaving an 11-year-old son, and his partner Sami Hughes.
Now his childhood friends — Neil Reilly, Scott Moore, Chris Buckley and Paul Costall — are raising money for his son’s future.
FRIENDS and family of Jamie Anderson, who died following a workplace accident, gather to raise money for Mr Anderson's son (not pictured). 270719TV3-1. (14448832)
To kick-start their fundraising, Jamie’s friends organised a family fun day at the White Swan pub, on Northgate, Newark, on Saturday.
The wet weather meant that the planned bouncy castle had to be cancelled, but there was still a great turn-out by Jamie’s friends and family.
There was a raffle with dozens of prizes donated by local people and businesses, including a voucher from Escape Hair, Strays coffee shop and Porters butchers, a guess the weight of the cake competition, traditional bar games, and more.
Neil said: “We think the rain stopped some people coming but we still had a great turn-out, all of his friends and family turned up.”
Overall, the event raised more than £1,000 for Jamie’s son’s fund.
Jamie’s friends were talking among themselves after his death and agreed that the one thing Jamie didn’t get around to doing was learning to drive.
So they decided to raise money for his son so he can put himself through his driving test when he is old enough, and hopefully have enough to buy his first car as well.
Neil said: “We want to give him the best start in life, and if we can help him to afford to drive that would be great.”
Scott said: “Jamie was loved by everyone and when he died we agreed we wanted to do something for his lad. He has been through so much.”
The friends are also planning to take part in a sponsored skydive at the end of August, which RAF Cranwell have agreed to let them do on their base free of charge to allow all of the funds raised will go to Jamie’s son.
To make a donation to the cause, a dedicated PayPal account has been set up at pay pal.me/lottieyoung83
