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Round Table Children's Wish win Business Charity Award 2010 - Challenge Team Award with GVA Grimley!
GVA Grimley partnered with the Round Table Children’s Wish charity won the award for Challenge Team for their 12 Wishes campaign. GVA Grimley employees from across the company’s 12 national offices sky dived and competed in triathlons, marathons, bake-offs and sweepstakes to raise over £50,000. They more than exceeded their targets, enabling 16 children to live their dreams, from riding on a steam train, to visiting Disneyland Paris and meeting pop star Leona Lewis.
Collecting the award from host, BBC News presenter Huw Edwards, Rob Bould, chief executive, GVA Grimley said: “GVA Grimley takes its commitments to supporting charities extremely seriously, but this was the first time all our people could see first hand the difference donations could make to individual children and their families. This inspired them to pull out the stops and use their skills and expertise to go so much further.”
Also accepting the award at the black tie event was Helen Jeffery, Fundraising and Communications Manager at Round Table Children’s Wish, who said: “The staff at GVA Grimley achieved more than we could have possibly imagined, and this award is well deserved recognition of their supreme commitment and energy working together with our charity.”
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Rome Marathon - 20th March 2011
SIGN UP NOW for Rome Marathon 2011. Unsuccessful in the ballot for London? Why not run for us in this popular Marathon - min sponsorship just £500!!
If charity places for London and the sponsorship needed are daunting for you then join us in Rome in 2011.
As UK Charity of the Year in Rome 2010 we already have a strong team signing up but are still looking for more runners. For more information please call Julie on 01202 514515. We can recommend good hotels for the weekend. So..."When in Rome"... why not run a Marathon and raise money for our children's Wishes?! Call now we would love to hear from you....
Silver Surfers Team complete a Three Peaks Yacht Challenge on 19th June 2010
| Well done to the Silver Surfers Team who completed a Three Peaks Yacht Challenge, which involved sailing 389 nautical miles, running 59 miles and cycling 30 miles!! Phil Gillard is an ex-tabler from Frodsham & District Round Table and has raised money for Round Table Children's Wish in the past - He and his team started at Barmouth in Wales, then onto Caernarfon to climb Mount Snowdon, off to Whitehaven to climb Scafell Pike and finally on to Fort William to climb Ben Nevis. They have so far raised around £500 for us, so thank you so much to the team! Well done! |
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Henry Wilkinson's Group Challenge - Lands End to John O'Groats - 16th May to 22nd
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On 16th May 2010 Henry Wilkinson set off with a group of his friends from Land's End in Cornwall - with the huge challenge of cycling Britain from End to End - finishing at John O'Groats in Scotland!! Henry chose to complete this 950-mile challenge to raise funds for our charity, Round Table Children's Wish. They had many 5am starts and cycled around 10-12 hours per day! We just wanted to say a huge thank you to Henry and his friends for supporting the charity and to say we are in total awe of you all for completing such a hard challenge.. They have, to date, raised around £7500! Well done and congratulations guys! |
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Great Manchester Run - Sunday 16th May 2010
What a fantastic day we all had -the sun shone, all the runners crossed the finish line, raising lots of money for the charity and particularly wishes in and around the Manchester area.
It was fun meeting everyone afterwards in the Old Grapes Pub and a huge thank you to everyone who ran.
Hope you like the photo - we don't have many, so if you have more please send them in to the charity.
Nathan Adam's London to Paris Cycle Ride - 5th to 9th May 2010
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In Nathan's own words, "Up for a challenge and wanting to do something for a charity, I decided that now would be the time to do it and so I booked the cycle. Always wanting to raise money for a children’s charity, I decided to raise money for the Round Table Childrens Wish after looking at their website and seeing the amazing work that they do. I managed to raised over target and hit £1400. There were a lot of hills but plenty of undulating terrain to keep it varied. Day 1 involved riding over 90miles from Crystal Palace to the Dover ferry. After crossing over to Calais it was time to stop for the night. The 2nd day involved cycling 75 miles through French countryside and day 3 very much the same. On the last day we set out for the last stretch of our cycle ride riding 60 miles into Paris city centre, taking in all the sights. The sense of achievement I felt completing the ride was incredible and there was a real celebratory feeling in the group - France is a beautiful country with stunning countryside and most importantly I was able to raise money for a worthy charity helping it to continue it's wonderful work. This is an experience I will never forget". Well done Nathan - from everyone at Round Table Children's Wish!! |
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New Website Launched
Our thanks go to GVA Grimley, TaxAssist Accountants and Crafted Media for all their help, hard work, guidance and patience to help create this superb new website. Helen Jeffery, Fundraising Manager, said: "What started off as a good idea has finally become a reality. Everyone has worked really hard to help us put this together. We are really looking forward to feedback on the new website."
It proves how corporates can work successfully together to help charities.
