A High Wycombe home care provider has helped to raise money and awareness for a charity supporting people with osteoporosis.

The team from Walfinch home care Mid and South Buckinghamshire helped raise funds for the Royal Osteoporosis Society.

Walfinch home care Mid and South Buckinghamshire is based at Cliveden Office Village.

Managing director Greg Renk took part in a five kilometre walk/run on Hampstead Heath on March 29 to raise funds for the Royal Osteoporosis Society.

Walfinch as a national organisation had already raised over £7,000 and hoped to reach at least £10,000 by their collective efforts.

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Greg said: “By supporting the Royal Osteoporosis Society, we are helping raise awareness, fund research, and support people affected by osteoporosis.

"We know that it is often an invisible condition until someone breaks a bone because of it."

Osteoporosis causes bones to lose strength and break more easily.

Half of women and 20 per cent of men over 50 will break a bone because of it. It accounts for 500,000 broken bones annually in the UK, and 3.5 million people are affected by it.

Greg added: “Fractures are the main way osteoporosis is diagnosed, according to the ROS, and as carers we have often seen the results, so this is a charity that is close to our hearts.”

Walfinch has offices across the country and the ROS is its current charity partner and continues to raise funds, and anyone can join in.

Amrit Dhaliwal, CEO of Walfinch, is also a Business Ambassador for ROS, who recently had his arm set in plaster for a day to publicise The Great British Bone Check.

He said: “Walfinch office owners, staff, supporters, and myself, will take part in the event on Hampstead Heath, though everyone is welcome to join us."