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12:03pm Wednesday 2nd January 2008

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Kind-hearted fundraisers tucked into turkey to help raise more than £700 for a Birmingham-based charity.

The cash was raised for the Birmingham City Mission during a special Christmas lunch at Carters Lane Baptist Church organised by Barclays Bank employee Lesley Jones.

After £370 was collected at the meal the amount was matched pound-for-pound by Barclay's as part of the bank's Community Investment Project.

A spokesman for the bank said: "We strive to strengthen local communities in which we live and work by supporting a range of causes from local schools to centres for older people.

"This is a fantastic example of Barclays staff fundraising with the local community to achieve something which we hope will make a real difference."