{"id":8422,"date":"2016-11-18T10:31:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T10:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devopsonline.co.uk\/?p=8422"},"modified":"2016-11-18T10:31:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T10:31:32","slug":"xxx-raised-for-great-ormond-street-hospital-gosh-childrens-charity-at-the-european-software-testing-awards-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devopsnews.online\/xxx-raised-for-great-ormond-street-hospital-gosh-childrens-charity-at-the-european-software-testing-awards-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Over \u00a33000 raised for GOSH at The European Software Testing Awards 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
At The European Software Testing Awards 2016, a grand total of \u00a33092 was raised for the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Children\u2019s Charity.<\/p>\n
The European Software Testing Awards is an annual event held in Central London celebrating the very best in the software testing and QA industry. A total of 18 awards were handed out for diverse categories such as Best Agile Testing Project, Best Mobile Testing Project and Leading Vendor. Two special awards were also handed out on the night \u2013 Micro Focus European Software Testing Award and an Outstanding Achievement Award.<\/p>\n
A full list of the winners can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n During the evening, Senior Fundraising Executive, Catherine Sykes from GOSH took the stage for a moment to spread awareness of the charity and their work.<\/p>\n Members of the 31 Media team then collected donations and sold prize draw tickets. After the Awards Ceremony concluded, Ms Sykes\u00a0was able to hand over\u00a0a brand new Amazon Echo to the lucky winner.<\/p>\nRaising money and awareness at The European Software Testing Awards 2016<\/h2>\n