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2009 events |
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March
13th |
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Charity
Golf Day,
held at Princes Golf Club,
Sandwich. |
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2008 events |
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December
20th |
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The Christmas Pudding Run,
held at Ashburnham Place, Battle, East Sussex. Our
third popular run at Ashburnham.
All runners will receive a Christmas
pudding.
For more details email
juliebrett@marthatrust.org.uk |
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December
13th |
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Kent Christmas Cracker Run.
At Fowlmead Country Park, Sholden,
Deal. Our second run at Fowlmead,
with over 120 runners in 2007. We
are expecting even more this year. More details
from Rose or Larry on 01304 626171
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email us >> |
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October
24th |
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4th
Martha Trust Celebrity Golf Day.
Join the 'Cricketers' or 'All Stars'
for this hugely popular event at
Dale Hill, Ticehurst. This will be
the 4th year of this popular event. More details
from Rose or Larry on 01304 626171
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email us >> |
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September
12th |
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2nd
Annual Sporting
Dinner. News update for the
Sporting Dinner, originally planned
for June 19th. We have had to
rearrange this event as our speaker,
Graham Gooch, unfortunately finds
himself now unavailable. The new
date is Friday 12 September at
Ramada Hotel, Dover 7.30pm with our
celebrity guest, Comedian, Dave Lee
who will also help with the auction
and raffle. We are delighted that
Dave Lee has agreed to help us out
at short notice and are very much
looking forward to hearing his views
on all things local with that
comedic twist. Tables of 10
cost £400 to include a 3 course
dinner with coffees and limited
wine. Corporate sponsors are
welcome. Read more>> More details from Rose or Larry on
01304 626171 or
email us >> |
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August
23rd-25th |
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The
Stroll for Martha 2008.
Join us strolling from Boulogne to
Le Touquet. Bank holiday weekend
Saturday August 23rd to Monday
August 25th 2008. The walk takes in
some stunning countryside as we wend
our way along the coastal footpath
between two famous cities. Read more>> More details from Rose or Larry on
01304 626171 or
email us >> |
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June 27th |
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Sandwich
Technology School walking for
Martha.
Pupils at
Sandwich Technology School are
donating the monies raised for their
annual 10 mile sponsored walk to
Martha Trust this year. Last year it
rained so we are all hoping that the
sun shines this year. All pupils are
invited to contribute a minimum of
£5, so if you know someone walking,
then please support them. Our
grateful thanks to all the pupils
participating. |
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June 21st |
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Summer
Barbeque and Band Night.
Conquest Social Club, Hastings.
Barbeque, band, stalls and raffle.
For more details email
juliebrett@marthatrust.org.uk |
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June 6th
and 7th |
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Tesco,
Whitfield, Dover. Street
collection. |
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May
17th |
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Summer Fete. At Fowlmead
Country Park, Sholden, Deal. We have
Kent Circus School entertaining us,
music by our friends at Betteshanger Brass Band and lots of stalls
and games. More details from Rose or Larry on
01304 626171 or
email us >> |
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May
10th |
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Betteshanger Brass Band in
Concert. St George's Hall,
7.30pm.
More details from Rose or Larry on
01304 626171 or
email us >> |
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May
9th |
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Art Fair. Art Fair to be held
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings.
The event kicks off at 7pm with over
50 paintings up for grabs. Prices
start as low as £10 for a small
canvas and with such a range of
themes and styles on offer, there
should be something to suit your
taste and budget. If you have any
original paintings that you would
like to donate to the sale, then
please give Julie Brett a call -
01424 757966 or
email us >> |
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May
3rd-5th |
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Rome or Bust. Are you mad
enough to drive a car worth less
than £100 from Kent to Rome in less
than three days? We are holding our
first banger rally on 3-5 May 2008
to raise vital funds for Martha
Trust. We provide two nights'
accommodation, ferry crossing,
flight back and a map.
The rest is up to you! Registration
fee is £300 per car and the closing
date is 1 December 2007.
Click here for more details
or email
juliebrett@marthatrust.org.uk |
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April 4th
& 5th |
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Tesco
Broadstairs Street Collection
Could you spare 2 hours to help
raise the profile and funds by
holding a collecting can here? More details
from Rose or Larry on 01304 626171
or
email us>
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March
20th & 21st |
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Tesco
Store Collection, Hastings.
Do you know someone who would be
prepared to man our stall for an
hour or two? For more details email
juliebrett@marthatrust.org.uk
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February
29th |
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Leap Year
Charity Golf Day.
Geraint Jones and celebrities
from the world of sports and TV and
played the championship Links Princes
Golf Course, Sandwich to raise money
for people with disabilities.
Designed for all levels, the Leap
Year Charity Golf Day included
breakfast, shotgun start, 4 ball stapleford golf, 3 course dinner,
auction and prize giving.
Over £4,500 was raised. |
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February
16th |
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Charity
Jumble Sale.
Held at Brede Village Hall, Nr
Hastings. £300 raised. |
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2007 events |
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December
22nd |
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The Sammon's Group Christmas Pudding Run,
held at Ashburnham Place, Battle, East Sussex
on Saturday 22 December 2007 was a
great success. Over £1,500 was
raised on the day.
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December
16th |
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Kent Christmas Cracker Run.
Over 20 children and 120 adults took
part in the 1st Martha Trust Kent
Christmas Cracker Run at Fowlmead Country Park, Sholden, Deal
on Sunday 16 December
2007. Over £1,000 was raised to fund
therapies and activities at Martha
Trust.
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December
8th |
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Martha Trust Christmas Fayre at
St. Georges Hall, Deal 10-2pm. Games,
stalls and singing with a special
guest appearance from Father
Christmas! |
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November
25th |
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Mary House Christmas Fayre at
St. Helen's Church Hall, The Ridge,
Hastings 12noon-4pm. A traditional
fayre featuring live entertainment,
fun stalls, superb raffle, and of
course, Father Christmas! |
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November
7th |
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Charity
Film Night at
The Empire Cinema, Delf Street,
Sandwich at 7pm. The
Right Worshipful the Mayor and
Mayoress of Sandwich are holding a
Charity Film Night viewing the
premiere of 'Elizabeth-The Golden
Age' on behalf of Martha Trust.
Tickets £12.50 including a glass of
wine and canapes.
Tickets available from Sandwich
Guildhall or contact the Mayor's
Secretary on 01304 617197 for more
information.
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October
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Trek the
Great Wall of China.
Trek along different
sections of the Great Wall of China
in the hills around Beijing. Head
deep into the countryside away from
the places where tourists normally
visit this majestic structure.
Afterwards explore the Forbidden
City and Tiananmen Square during
free time in Beijing.
Read more>> For
more details please
email us >> |
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October
7th |
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Giant
Pumpkin Competition and Fun Day.
The Blue Pigeons at Worth
are holding a Fun Day from 10am.
Martha Trust will be holding a
raffle and selling home-made cakes.
For more
details please
email us >> or call Rose on
01304 626171. Alternatively contact
The Blue Pigeons direct on 0871
8740239. |
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October
5th |
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3rd
Martha Trust Charity Golf Day.
The Cricketers meet the 'All Stars' again for a fun day of Ryder Cup golf at Dale Hill Golf and Country Club, Ticehurst. All abilities welcome. Come on your own or bring a team and enjoy a great round of golf, brunch and 3 course evening meal with well known comedian Adger Brown. For further details see the GolfDay website or call 01304 615223.
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September
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Martha
Trust supporter Werner Baumker
cycled Land's End to John O'Groats.
Werner cycled
1,039 miles to raise funds for
Martha Trust, which is the
equivalent to half the Tour de
France! You can support Werner
through his justgiving page:
http://www.justgiving.com/wernerchallenge2
For more
details please
email us >> or call Rose on
01304 626171.
Read more>> |
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August 25
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The
Windmill Walk around Bruges.
This three day stroll over the Bank
Holiday weekend will take you to
Flanders and the medieval city of
Bruges, coinciding with the Pageant
of the Golden Tree in Bruges’
historic centre.
Read more>> For
more details please
email us >> |
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Support workers
Nicole Hooper and
Debra Lagden will be
doing the Stroll for Martha to raise
funds for the final completion of
our multi sensory garden at Frances
House in Deal, Kent. |
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To help sponsor either
Nicole or
Debra online please click on
their name to visit their secure
fundraising page. Alternatively you
can make a secure credit or debit
card telephone payment on 01304
615223, or send a cheque made
payable to 'Martha Trust' to us at
our main address. |
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August 19th |
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Garden
Party, Romney Hythe Clinic.
Joan Bowers is
holding a Garden Party in aid of
Martha Trust at Egerton Forstall, Nr
Ashford. Everyone is welcome to
attend and she would love to see
anyone that remembers her or her
son. For details please call Joan
Bower 01233 765135. |
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June 23rd |
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Martha Trust Summer Fete
Martha Trust is seeking teams to compete in the first FUN Martha Trust TUG OF WAR competition on June 23rd 2007. The event will be held at Great Mongeham Village Hall and Green near Deal as part of Martha Trust’s Summer Fete. |
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Teams can be up to 6 members strong, but not less than 4, and may be male/female or mixed. Entry cost is £10 per team and the winning team will receive a trophy. Many teams have already signed up to the challenge and are looking to stretch their muscles against other local teams. |
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Martha Trust’s Summer Fete celebrates 20 years of the growth and commitment to the needs of people with profound learning and physical disabilities, and also marks the beginning of a 12 month “20th Anniversary” fundraising programme. |
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Martha Trust Home Manager, Maureen Hutchinson, remarked:” If this Tug of War event proves to be as much fun as we anticipate, we hope it will become a regular part of our annual Summer Fete.” |
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Martha Trust’s Summer Fete runs from 12 noon-4pm on Saturday June 23rd at Great Mongeham Village
Hall and Green and also includes dog agility, live music, refreshments, bric-a-brac, book and cake stalls, competitions, games and displays. The charity are looking for more helpers on the day, so please get in touch if you can help! |
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May 27th
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Fowlmead Country Park Opening
Weekend
Fowlmead Country Park at
Betteshanger, Kent, opened in May
2007 and there were a large number of
events, activities and attractions
at the opening weekend, and
Martha Trust was their chosen
charity.
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May 19th |
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The Night Run in Luxembourg.
The fabulous Night Run in Luxembourg
is set to attract even more than the
6,500 runners.
The Night Run is a marathon, a half
marathon or a mini marathon of 4.2K
– the choice is yours. If you decide
to take part in the full marathon
you can switch to the half without a
penalty – and this decision doesn’t
have to be taken until the 10 mile
mark!
The run
begins and ends in the National
Indoor Arena. |
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May
10th |
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Sporting Dinner
at
Abbots Barton Hotel, Canterbury. An evening with Martin Peters
MBE, footballer from winning 1966 World Cup squad.
Supporting Martin will be a top
comedian. |
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Enjoy a sumptuous three
course meal and evening of entertainment with Martin Peters
MBE in the
tranquil
setting of
Abbots Barton Hotel. Tickets are
£45 each or £400 for a table of 10. Bring your
friends, family or colleagues for
this memorable evening.
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April
22nd |
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London Marathon
Long time supporter
Jamie Osborne from Tonbridge is
bravely going to run the London
Marathon on behalf of the Martha
Trust, to raise money for our new
therapies and activities programme. |
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This will be
Jamie's first ever marathon, so please support him to raise much needed funds for the Trust,
by visiting his
fundraising page>>. |
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Donating through the Just Giving site is simple, fast and totally secure; additionally if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no additional cost to you.
Alternatively you can make a secure
credit or debit card telephone
payment on 01304 615223, or send a
cheque made payable to 'Martha
Trust' to us at our main address. |
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March
18th |
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adidas Half Marathon at
Silverstone
Mickele Cordes from Martha Trust
and Gavin Anderson from Sota
ran on behalf of the
Trust. |
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January
26th |
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60's/70's Party Night at The
High Beech Hotel, St. Leonards, East
Sussex raised an amazing £246.00 |
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2006 events |
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December
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Christmas
Pudding Dash at Ashburnham
Place, Battle at Battle
Memorial Hall, Battle, East Sussex.
Kind
youngster, Lillie Brett, was
one of the participants. Instead of
tucking into warm mince
pies, Lillie, aged 7, braced herself for
the two
mile run for Martha Trust –
dressed as one of Santa’s reindeers...
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December
16th |
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Martha Trust Christmas Fayre at
Battle Memorial Hall, Battle, East
Sussex.
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December
9th |
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Martha Trust Christmas Fayre at
St. Georges Hall, Deal 10-4pm. |
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December
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Sandwich Community Lights Committee
Christmas Fayre
Volunteers from the Martha Trust
attended and raised £65.65. |
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November 9th |
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Volunteers from Pfizer spent the day
making over Frances House garden. |
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November 3rd |
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Chatham
House Grammar School raised £629.75
from holding a non Uniform day. |
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October 28th |
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Quiz Night – St Martin Church
Cheriton. £217 was raised from the
night. |
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October 20th |
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Charity morning at Eastry C.E.
Primary School.
Fundraising activities included a
non uniform day, apple bobbing and
biscuit icing. £542.22 was raised.
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October 12th |
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Charity Golf Day
at Dale Hill Golf Club, East Sussex.
Ex-England cricketer Derek Underwood
led a team of past and present
cricketers against a team of 'All
Stars'. The All Stars were led by
ex-Welsh rugby star John Taylor.
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The Trust raised £6,500
profit, which will help to fund a
sensory garden at Mary House,
Hastings. Read more>> |
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October 8th |
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Sponsored
10K run. Paul Amos raised £496. |
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October 8th |
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Fundraising feat at 3,500 feet |
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Gavin Maguire, Sales Executive from Campbells Garage in Kingsdown,
did a parachute jump in aid of the Martha Trust on Sunday 8th October. |
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October 6th - 9th |
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Mount Etna Challenge. 11
volunteers trekked over Europe’s
largest and most active volcano to
raise funds for Martha Trust. |
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October 5th |
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Pumpkin Day - The Blue
Pigeons Inn in Worth organised a
fundraising pumpkin day. The winning
pumpkin weighed 109lb 5ozs! They
raised £222.40. |
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October 5th |
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Volunteers from Pfizer spent the day
making over Frances House garden. |
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September
16th |
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Sponsored walk by employees
of Reeves and Neylan. They raised
£810.00. |
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August 26th - 28th |
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Stroll for Martha – sponsored 25
mile walk in France to raise funds
for Martha. |
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In the Footsteps of William the
Conqueror, the walk took in some
stunning countryside from
Montreuil-sur-Mer to the beautiful
harbour in St Valery-sur-Somme - the
port of departure for William the
Conqueror in 1066. |
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July 23rd and 24th |
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Event at Campbells Garage, Kingsdown,
£768.45 was raised. |
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July 2nd |
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Collectables market in |
