Staff from lettings agency SureLet have taken part in a special event in Gloucestershire to raise money for orphaned children.
The agency raised £200 in a rowing machine competition in Gloucester's King's Walk Shopping Centre and later doubled the amount.
Money will go to The Fold, a charity that helps home orphaned children in South Africa.
SureLet director and former Gloucester forward Phil Vickery is due to hand over a cheque to school children who will be visiting South Africa, outside Kingsholm Stadium at the Gloucester Rugby V Saracens match on Saturday.
Gloucester Rugby is heavily involved in raising cash for the charity and is also collecting money.
SureLet director Kelly Chick's daughter, Chante Headman, of Churchdown School Academy, has been selected to go to the country to help the children.
Kelly said: "It was a fantastic day and a decent amount of money was raised for this very worthy cause.
"I just want to say a big thank you to all those who helped out and another thanks to everyone that donated. The rowing competition went down really well too."
Shoppers were encouraged to pay £1 a go at a SureLet promotional stand at the shopping centre to see how far they could row in one minute.
Josh Brown, marketing manager at SureLet, said the agency was pleased to raise money for a good cause.
He said: "After hearing of this we thought we could help, one, because we have a connection to the charity through Kelly but also because it sounds like a great cause helping children in need in a developing and deprived area.
"That's why we decided to coincide the charity collection in conjunction with the SureLet office promotion that was already planned. We're promoting our company but also supporting an important cause.
"We hope this event will raise a decent amount of money for the cause and even after it we will continue to support it as we believe we can help to raise the money needed."
Meanwhile, Rachel Tolley-Gibbs, lettings manager at SureLet's Gloucester branch, said tenants were staying in their properties for longer compared to the boom period of 2007 and before.
While renters typically lived in a home for around nine to 12 months before moving in 2007, they now tend to stay in one property for 18 months, she said.
Rachel, who has 12 years experience in the industry, said: "Tenants are tending to stay slightly longer than they have been. This is good for landlords because there is less wear and tear."
She added the market was consistently busy but spring and autumn were top months for activity.
