Katherine and Jamie Staples set up The Harley Staples Cancer Trust following the death of their son Harley in November 2009. He died from a rare and aggressive form of leukaemia at the age of eight.

They are aiming to raise £500,000 to build Harley's House - a holiday home to give young cancer sufferers time away from hospitals and treatment. They have already raised £250,000, so winning the house will get them to their target.

The charity collected their prize in front of a 150-strong audience at our birthday luncheon.  

Jamie Staples said of the win: "We are stunned and speechless. We have achieved our dream and created a true legacy for Harley. Thanks to everyone who has supported us. It's blown us completely away and is a huge achievement."

 Mike Farley, our Group Chief Executive, presented the prizes. He said: "Our whole company has got behind this competition. It's wonderful to celebrate our 40th birthday by giving something back to smaller charities who often miss out on funding.

"We have been overwhelmed with the interest in the competition. In stage one we had over 3,000 nominations for the prize and then, when we went down to 24 charities for the public vote, over 130,000 votes were cast.

"Katherine and Jamie are worthy winners of our house and I'm delighted to hand it over to them. The charity mounted a fantastic campaign to help them win votes for the competition, with a video, Vote for The Harley Staples Cancer Trust, being the most watched Persimmon charity film on YouTube with nearly 2,000 views.

"Kasabian joined the campaign, making an announcement at the Reading festival to urge people to vote and Katherine and Jamie also made an emotional half-time appeal at the King Power Stadium in front of thousands of Leicester City and Blackpool fans. Additional support for their campaign has come from the Leicester Mercury newspaper, cricketer Matthew Hoggard, Leicester City football manager Nigel Pearson and football legend Steve Walsh".

Picture shows left to right Jamie and Katherine Staples with Mike Farley, Group Chief Executive, PERSIMMON HOMES