A finance sector company’s staff have paid for an outdoor camping ’pod’ for the island’s children’s hospice.

It will be used by patients at Rebecca House and their siblings. The pod, which cost £6,600, has been installed in the garden.

Staff at ICM, which specialises a number of activities including wealth management and VAT and tax advice, raised the funds from cake sales, quizzes and other fundraising activities as well as a donation from the company once Rebecca House had been selected as their chosen charity.

Nicole Taylor, ICM marketing co-ordinator, said: ’The ICM Group focuses on helping local children’s charities.

’The emphasis on helping local children enables us to be heavily involved in bigger projects, as well as allowing us to continue to give and build relationships with the charities we support. We are so proud to have helped Rebecca House in building their pod as it is a fantastic project that is sure to impact on the lives of the children who will use it. The work they do has such a positive impact, enriching the lives of children in need.

’We hope that our support will make a difference throughout the island community.’

Hospice Isle of Man chief executive Anne Mills said: ’I continue to be really humbled by the generosity from the Isle of Man business community.

’This wonderful donation from the team at ICM is already having a great impact and the pod is proving to be a real hit with our siblings as a place where they can be themselves and have fun.

’It’s just fantastic to see the children’s faces light up as their imaginations run wild when they are in the pod.

’Thank you to everyone at ICM and you are all most welcome to visit us again to see the difference you have made to children’s lives.’