CARING colleagues rolled back the years with a retro sports day to raise money for a friend who was in a crash.
Adam Newstead was left in a coma last year when he was hit by a lorry near Gamston and is now wheelchair-bound, needing 24-hour care.
Colleagues from his workplace have raised more than £1500 to renovate his house and allow him access outside – with an old school favourite, the sports day, taking place yesterday.
Vicky Standing, is a manager at Welcome Finance, the company where Adam previously worked.
She said: "He worked here for about six or seven years. He was bubbly, easy to talk to and easy going. He was friendly.
"He's a colleague so a lot of people wanted to help and he's got a lot of friends here. Everyone wanted to be involved.
"Everyone's giving donations to take part – it's closure at this stage for the fundraising."
Following a variety of events and raffles, the final fundraising effort was yesterday's sports day.
Vicky said: "It was an amazing turnout and the weather was on our side. We had to postpone it from last Friday, but everyone had fun and there was lots of laughing and smiling. It was an eventful day.
"His house does not accommodate him to be able to go out and he's stuck in one room. We're raising money to fit some patio doors to get him outside."
She added: "Then after that, we're going to help do the work on his house.
"We want to do it from the start to the end and have all the work done for his birthday in August so he can go outside and have a BBQ."
The main event of the sports day was a highly-competitive tug of war and other events included a three-legged race and an egg and spoon race.
Adam was involved in the crash on April 7, 2012, and suffered a series of injuries, including a crushed femur, broken right hip and kneecap and a broken jaw. He was in an induced coma for three weeks.
After around a year of rehabilitation in hospital, Adam was able to go home.
Vicky said: "We wanted to do more than just chatting to him, we wanted to help him. He mentioned wanting to go into his garden but they are unable to do that. Our target was £1500 and we've already smashed it."
