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website last updated 8 January, 2012
Next Fundraising Event
New Year's Eve Disco
31st December 2011
Disco at the Wickhambrook Memorial Social Centre - doors open 7.30pm - 8pm. Bring your own picnic, licensed bar, raffle. Tickets £10. Organised by Wickhambrook Charity Fundraisers.
Call Roz 01440 820757, 820155 or 820481
Photo of the Month - May
Facts about our fundraising ...
In Wickhambrook we raised £600 in 2009, £570 in 2008 and £625 in 2007 at the MacMillan Cancer Relief World's Biggest Coffee mornings held in the W.I. Hall.
The Wickhambrook Fundraisers raised over £2,000 in 2007 for St Nicholas Hospice
The Teen Skate Park was officially opened 31st January 2004.
Apart from the bad weather, the opening of the Teen Project was a great success and articles appeared in local papers.
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Wickhambrook Fundraisers
Wickhambrook Fundraisers organise events to raise funds for Wick-Kids Youth Club and also St Nicholas Hospice. Events organised range from bingo, car boot sales and charity dances to name but a few.
In 2007 a cheque was handed to St Nicholas Hospice for £2,363.54.
The Fundraisers thank everyone for their support.
Macmillan Cancer Relief
I would like to send a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who attended and so generously supported my Coffee Morning recently. The event was part of Macmillan Cancer World’s Biggest Coffee Morning and was a wonderful morning, with 105 people signing in. The extra support from some also attending Wickhambrook School Harvest celebration in the MSC hall next door was much appreciated. Once all the chocolate orders are in at the end of November we will have a final total.
The total raised so far for Macmillan is £563.
All the money raised is used in the local area to help sufferers and their families to benefit from the expertise of a Macmillan Nurse and all the counselling services that they can provide.
My grateful thanks to my helpers on the day without whom the morning would not run so smoothly, Karen Horne, Jean Coe and underwater ceramic technician (washer upper) Steve Coe, along with my husband Dave and Belinda from Chocoholics.
With sincere thanks for all the donations of money and for the super variety of raffle prizes and to the W.I. for the free use of their hall for the morning.
See you all next year!
Val Orange.
For further information contact Mrs Val Orange 01440 – 820161 or email Val at Wickhambrook Fundraisers
The Teen Fund Project
Development work on the Teen Project started in February 2001 following requests from young people in the village for a skate/BMX facility. Not everyone wants to ride a skateboard or BMX so it was decided that the facility should cater for them as well.
The final design of the skatepark was arrived at after considerable research, including visits to some twenty skateparks in various parts of the country, and in consultation with future users of the Project. Advice was also sought from experienced skatepark users and operators, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, the police and specialist equipment suppliers.
The ‘all-sports’ area provides an all weather surface with a goal and basketball ring and a tennis practice wall is planned. As well as ball games, the area can be used by new skaters who want to gain experience before venturing onto the skatepark, or who want to practice skate-dance etc., and for other interests such as remote control car racing.
Funding for the Project, which is costing around £63,000 has come from a number of sources, local fundraising events; individual, club and business donations; Borough Council and County Councillor grants; the Parish Council and the Lottery grant from Sport England. A complete list of contributors will be available in due course.
Installation work on the Project, which is located on the village recreation ground, started in mid-October and it is hoped that it will be ready for use by early December. An official opening is planned and will be advertised.
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