Reading Are Multitasking

Reading House have news of two fundraising activities so far this year, held in January and also earlier this month.

Graham Adlington (Facilities Manager), Sam Canido (Day Pack Manager) and Amy Davidson (Deputy Customer service Manager) have got together to organise Dress Down/Car Wash/Cake Sale days in aid of Cancer Research and Stroke Care.

They've chosen these charities because of staff  and relations who have/had cancer and also Stroke Care has given continuous support to an ex-employee (Dini Letterio).

A total of of £322.50 has been raised so far to be split £180.00 for Cancer Research and £142.50  for Stroke Care.

Yeovil get in on the act

Yeovil decided to throw their hat in the ring with the car washers, and run a carwashing fundraiser of their own.  They also made bacon butties which were sold to the staff. They raised £50 in the process.  The money will go towards sponsoring Steve Elliott who completed the A-B Bike Ride in aid of Rowcroft Hospice.

More biking at Manchester

Manchester House have also been getting in on the bike action, holding a challenge on a stationary bike during Community Week. They also held a car wash, a raffle and sold breakfast and lunch, making a grand total for the week of £307 raised.

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NAC active for charity

Amongst other things the NAC held a sponsored walk and a car wash as part of their Community Week efforts.

A group of fifteen walkers plus one dog arrived at the NAC on a Saturday morning equipped for all weathers. After a two and a half hour gruelling 10km walk along the Spen Valley Greenway, collecting a few blisters and aching feet along the way, they arrived at the Ship Inn, Mirfield, for some well-deserved liquid refreshment. Sponsorship currently stands at £500 raised - congratulations to those who took part!

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And their car wash volunteers set straight to the task at 9.00 am.  Having studied the in-depth instructions on how to wash a vehicle, getting to grips with a kinky hose, and the logistics of staff moving cars to the designated area at the allotted time, the operation ran smoothly (as long as you didn’t mind getting your feet wet). Twenty four cars were washed in total by a team of 22 volunteers, who raised £120! The car park has never had so many shiny vehicles in it and there were no complaints from the car owners. A big thank you to all involved!

Washing goes well

Nottingham night team have been busy with their buckets and sponges - they raised £135 for the MS Society with a sponsored car and van wash.  Organised by night manager Gavin Howard the team left their colleagues vehicles gleaming!

Wednesbury Washers out in force

The Magazine Returns team at Wednesbury must be experts at car valeting by now – they raised another £175 looking after their colleagues cars in May.  Karen Hughes, Gary Dawes, Lee Aldridge, Dean Crockford and Paul Kilminster washed, waxed, polished and vacuumed 15 vehicles. What heroes!

At the carwash

Wednesbury House have been washing- each other's vehicles!  They managed to raise £102.50 with their buckets and sponges (and vacuum cleaner for the insides - a professional job here!)

Well done and a great contribution to their busy Community Week programme of events.

At the carwash

Bournemouth staff have been getting up close and personal with their colleagues’ vehicles, as they are running regular car washes at their depot in order to raise money.  Wayne Gilman, Manager and Peter Batke, Maintenance have been out with their buckets and sponges and made £50 on their first day - impressive!