A big thank you to everyone that took part in the Christmas Raffle arranged at The Royal Oak Pub in Hampton which was arranged by Judi & Wendy.
A total of £1015 was raised
Thank you everyone for your generosity and to Shaun the butcher for you contributions.
Thank you to everyone that took part in this years usual Christmas Square Raffle to win a Fortnam & Masons Hamper’
Look out for our Easter Square Raffle coming in April.
Our annual Emma’s Ball took place on 7th December at The Woodlands Park Hotel, Cobham.
We had a fabulous evening and raised £6410
Thank you to all those that attended and for your generosity on the night, also a big thank you to local businesses and guests that donated wonderful items for our auction and raffle who can be found below:
A few of the photo’s from the night can be found below:
The date for the 2025 Ball have now been announced and can be found here.
On the 10th of October we held a fashion show at The Del Centre, Ashtead. It was a chance to catch up with friends and neighbours plus an opportunity to treat ourselves to a new outfit!
Thank you to our lovely models who volunteered and did a splendid job.
A big thank you also to all those that attended and to those ladies that were unable to come along but made a donation.
We raised a fantastic total of £1051.12
A real boost to our fundraising – Thank you!
We are very fortunate to have been chosen by the Lady Captain Jane Cox of Epsom Golf Club as her charity for the year.
Lynn Brandon was invited to the ladies Invitation Day on Thursday 18th July by Jane and was made to feel very welcome by all the ladies attending.
We had a great day of golf in the sunshine followed by a very scrummy lunch.
The day raised £230 which brings the total amount the club has raised for us since March to £731.
From Lynn:
Thank you all at Epsom Golf Club for your generosity & support and for making me so welcome on the day.
Well they have completed the Nijmegen Four Day March challenge for the second year and they all finished looking great.
This will be the last one and who can blame them! We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved for such a fine effort in supporting us.
A total of over £8000 has been raised over the two marches.
A fantastic amount, for which we are extremely grateful. This has been and will be spent wisely and help future families.
We will keep in touch with Terry and wish Ollie a bright, happy and healthy future.
To the Brookes family and friends who have supported them “Thank You”.
You may remember Terry (dad of Ollie), Ian and Jimmy who raised lots of money for us by completing the Nijmegen Four Day March last July – well they are doing it again!
This year Terry will be joined again by Jimmy and two new team members Kris Blackhurst and Karen Raeburn.
This is fantastic news and we wish them well.
If you would like to support them by donating then just follow the link here: https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/the-nijmegen-four-days-marches-for-charity
Good Luck guys we look forward to following your daily blogs along the way.
We must give a huge “Thank you” to Paul Oslow-Cole and his team.
He has very generously refurbished the bathroom in the Charity flat which looks absolutely fabulous.
The walk in shower has completely changed the look of the bathroom and will enable patients easier access.
Take a look at the before and after pictures – SO much better!
On behalf of the Trustees and future patients that will be staying
Thank you Paul!
Before:
After:
The Brookes Family stayed at the flat in November while their son (Ollie) was undergoing intensive treatment. Very kindly Terry (Dad) and two friends Jimmy & Ian are raising funds for us and two other charities by taking part in The Nijmegen Four Day Marches.
Terry, Jimmy and Ian are currently marching up to 50 kilometres a day. All being R.E.M.E veterans, we know that they will have the mindset and drive to complete their task.
Day one done, with no major damage to us that would prevent us from reaching the start line tomorrow. Let’s see what tomorrow brings.
It is rather warm, hoping for a thunderstorm or two tomorrow 🙈🙈. There are houses that have sprinklers set up sprinkling the road for the marchers to walk through, which helps 👍👍
If you would like to support this gallant effort and keep up with their progress, please follow the link below.
Yesterdays update can only come this morning, as we needed to firstly know how one of the team was faring after two gruelling days. Unfortunately Ian isn’t able to start day three as the last two days have taken there toll. It was a valiant effort. Onwards and upwards, Jimmy and l will be starting day three on what is known as the seven hills of Groesbeek’.
Ian we wish you all the best and hope that you’ve been able to rest up.
The seven hills of Groesbeek have now been dispatched. With 75 miles completed, tomorrows 25 miles should hopefully be a formality. Best of luck chaps!
Celebrating with a well earned beer
After 4 days, that was such a beautiful sight to see! Thank you everybody for your messages of support. More to follow…..
After a beer or two to celebrate our completion of the Nijmegen Marches, we have decided to leave the donation site running for another month at least. There are so many that have, if not actually pledged. Certainly implied that they wish to donate to our charities. So by keeping the give as you live page open it will give those people the ability to keep to their word. The physical challenge may now have been completed, but now starts the serious challenge of reaching our target.
There are so many people that have helped us along the way that we need to thank, over and above all that have already donated. We will do this in our final update.
A massive thank you to the team at Regency Grove Consultants and to everyone who has donated to their JLL Triathlon Fundraiser. So far they have raised a MASSIVE £6,826 in aid of Emma’s Bubble Trust, absolutely smashing their target and well shocking all of us!
Well done to the brave few, Ricky West, Matthew Clift, William Sandford, Jack Gearing and Benjamin Major MRICS who took part last week, each completing their respective events in very respectable times. Thanks guys!
Their fundraising page is still open for donations: https://lnkd.in/eGRcjzae
We really don’t know how to say thank you enough, but are looking forward to seeing you soon
