Thank you
You all make such a difference and do so many wonderful things
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BIG THANKS to Simon James Menswear, Belles Bridal and Images Hair Design for organising a Charity Ball and raising £2,500 for Woking Hospice. Simon Griffith, Denise Iverson and Mike Funnell came along to present the cheque to Libby Punter, Health Care Assistant.
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Sam Beare Hospice received an impressive £13,000 from fundraiser Anne Gray, the proceeds of a party sponsored by David Lloyd, Weybridge.
Anne, 51 a fitness instructor at the club persuaded staff and members to get involved in a charity party. She was amazed when proceeds from ticket sales and the auction were added up and the total was announced.
She explained “I was so amazed and impressed at the care provided by Sam Beare when I was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in November 2009. They contacted me to see if there was anything I needed and helped enormously when I was almost too ill from the chemotherapy to attend my own 50th birthday party! It was late on a Saturday afternoon but they sorted out my medication enough to get me up on my feet and I was able to party ‘til the early hours!
When the cancer came back for the third time, they found me a counsellor to help with the huge emotional pressure of living with cancer who has proved to be a staunch ‘rock’. I just want to give something back.”
The Management and staff of David Lloyd, headed up by Sue Moss General Manager, Matthew Goad Ops Manager and Rob Sambles F&B Manager were very supportive of the event with the venue and food donated and staff working the night for free. Members also helped out on the evening with Fab Macarian, Jen Preston and Lisa Woodward being particularly effective with raffle tickets sales!
Anne will carry on with fundraising for the Hospice and has organised a Spin-a-thon planned at the club at the end of May.
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Royal Wedding street party in full swing
Tewkesbury Close and King's Head Lane Byfleet held a street party to celebrate the Royal Wedding. They had a bouncy castle, games and a fancy dress for the kids and a tombola raised a total of £297.20! for our Hospices. Richard Grinter who organised the event thanked the businesses who donated: Access Self Storage, Brooklands Museum, Tescos, Booker Foods, Broughtons, McCarthy & Stone and Bill Shepherd Mustang and also gave an extra special thanks for felloow organisers Sue Warne and Heather Wells for all their hard work and also thanks to Gregg, Giles, Gary, Julia and Martin.
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Ian Whitfield from Weybridge has been fundraising by holding an "Open Mic" at Sullivans Wine Bar in Weybridge on the first Sunday of the month.
Ian donates his fee and a Hospice collecting bucket is also passed round and the audience are always very generous! In 2009 he raised £1,000 and in 2010 he purchased two bed cabinets for the Sam Beare Ward.
Ian is pictured at Sam Beare with the cabinets.
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Raj Chhetri had his head shaved for his role as the Dalai Lama -in a community play called 
"The Vision -Tales from the Ockendon." Originally he thought he would raise a couple of hundred pound for Woking Hospice but has in face totalled £ £568.59 with many donations coming from his colleagues at the Ridgewood Centre, Day Hospital where he is Manager. Raj said " We need places like the this and I wanted to support a worthy cause."
Raj presents the money to Lorraine Weedon
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Congratulations and thanks to David Estall and Adam Birch who took part in the Scally Rally in Ireland to raise funds for Sam Beare Hospice. Competing cars must cost less than £100 and complete a journey from Belfast to Kinsale, so it's challenging to finish at the best of times. David and Adam had an eventful time as they went through 3 cars before crossing the finish line...the first car broke down at Nantwich on the way to the ferry; they bought another one in Belfast and resprayed it just in time for the start. That one broke down at Westport, bought another one which just made it to the finish line. And they won the 'Spirit of the Scally Rally' award! So far they have raised £790 on JustGiving, plus cash in a couple of collecting tins. Well done indeed!
Their online album of the adventure is available at www.pbase.com/davidestall/scallyrally2010
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Alistair Peters and Caroline Hickey who work at the Red Lion in Horsell took part in the recent Hospice adventure weekend, traversing 160ft between the two towers in Dukes Court in Woking. They were thrilled to raise a total of £782 from regulars of the pub who dug deep to support 
them. They are still hoping to reach their £1,000 goal and have a few more monies to chase.
Alistair commented that it certainly was one way to wake up on a Sunday morning! and Caroline added " Alistair went first and needed an encouraging push. But I loved it and would like to a bungee jump next time. All the regulars from the pub were so generous it really spurred us on."
The pub is hoping to get involved with other fundraising activities for the Hospices. For further information on this popular local pub visit www.redlionhorsell.co.uk
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Pyrford & District Social Club who donated £500 from fundraising activities held at the club in Coldharbour Lane, Pyrford.The activities include an annual darts match arranged by Phyllis Chotter and monthly quizzes. For further details on the club please visit: www.pyrfordsocialclub.com
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Thank you to Gareth Birchmore who organised a cricket match and raised £296. This event started on Gareth's stag do and was so popular it has become an annual event. Ockham Cricket Club were hosts to the cricket match on the 30th July and last year's man of the match James Wyatt chose Woking Hospice to be this year's charity. Ockham Cricket Club were a fantastic help on the day and allowed the team to use their facilities.
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BRITISH 10K LONDON RUN Mark George Roberts, has decided to dust down his old trainers...find some really big baggy shorts and tee shirt....and get running. This is a guy who struggles to ascend the stairs at home (his words not ours!) but now on Sunday 11 July '10 he will be running, nay crawling, the London 10k run to help ensure the Sam Beare Hospice continues....please sponsor Mark at www.justgiving.com/markgeorgeruns
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Thank you to mother and daughter Celia Bottomley and Hazel Wark who are running the
Adidas Silverstone Half Marathon 2010 on the 14th March. They want to raise as much money as possible for Woking Hospice to support the emergency appeal as their mother and grandma received such wonderful care in 2008. If you would to support the girls efforts, please donate online at www.justgiving.co.uk/hazel-wark
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Thank you to Steven Abbott of the Fiat 500 Enthusiasts Club, who raised £60 from a raffle in Dec and a further £30 from a bucket collection at a classic car show at Brooklands on New Year's Day. They are also planning to do further events throughout 2010 including a classic car run through surrey/sussex.
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Natalie Groves and Katy Worrell organized an afternoon tea to raise money for Woking Hospice, in memory of Natalie's father, John Groves, who was cared for by the Hospice. Not only were there scrumptious hand-baked cakes on sale, but a raffle was held which included some fabulous Jo Malone goodies. So far £612 has been raised from this event, but more will follow.
Thank you to Natalie, Katy and all their friends who supported the Hospice in this way.
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Lisa Champion organised a Cream Tea event at Brookwood Memorial Hall in August raising money for Woking Hospice. There were stalls, raffle, tombola and bring & buy and as an extra money raising idea, her daughter Clair and boyfriend Richard Bicknall attempted a 3 legged 5-mile walk around the area, stopping into pubs and shops.
Total money raised was £809.87 - well done to all.
Lisa at the Hall Clair and Richard
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Nurses Christine Mansell and Jane Bladwin were delighted to 
receive a cheque for £520 from Jenny Lagios who ran the Salzburg Marathon on the 3rd May 2009. It was Jennys' first full marathon and she completed it in a fantastic time of 4hrs 25mins. She chose to raise money for the Hospice in memory of her friend's father, Peter King.
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Hinchley Wood Lodge 5809 present a cheque for £500 to Woking Hospice. We were one of the Lodges chosen charities and the gift was given in memory of a relative that we had cared for.
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A fantastic start to 2009 and our keeping the doors open campaign when The Friends of Weybridge Hospital presented a cheque for £50,000 to Sam Beare Hospice in Weybridge.
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St John's Brownies, Goldsworth Park who came in to day care to sing to the patients and also collected money in our home collection boxes. Well done girls!
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Biffa Waste Disposal came to the Hospice in May to donate a cheque for £550 to Kathryn Cutler, Day Care Leader at Woking Hospice.
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Mouchel have been supporters of Woking Hospice for a number of years and when they moved offices from West Byfleet to Woking, kindly sold some of their unwanted furniture - raising a fantastic £4,057.13
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