Abseil at Guys Hospital Tower
As you can see 30 volunteers (pictured Nathan Harrop and Peter Brunnen) braved it to the top of the 469 ft Guys Tower hospital building to raise £7,500! Whilst many went up slightly fearful, they all came down ecstatic on attaining such an achievement! The day began rainy but progressed with some lovely sunshine and acceptable winds! Thank you to everyone who took part and those who sponsored out participants!
Sunday 6 July – British 10k Run
For those that didn?t fancy conquering their fear of heights, they took part in our British 10k Run. Many of our runners ran through the rain and awful winds to raise £3,400 for us. Whilst some may have initially doubted their fitness for the challenge, Rebecca Sloane (one of our co-ordinators), who was there to encourage and support our runners said everybody had a great time. Thank you to all of our runners who trained their socks off to take part and thank you to everyone who sponsored them!
Claremont Cake Sale
Everybody got their hands a little bit messy trying to raise some money for our Computer Fund Appeal! Thank you to everyone who participated and everyone who bought a cake as it raised a fantastic £200.00!
The Mimosa Quartet – 13 June
The Mimosa Quartet played in aid of Springboard for Children on Friday 13 June 2008. The musicians, Beatrice Philips, Freya Creech, Sam Parratt and Hannah Sloane all entertained the crowd with their stunning music, talent and passion. Thanks to everyone who made the event possible because together we raised £939.00!
Imagine jumping from an aircraft flying at over 10,000ft in the air and free falling through the sky at 120mph—well this is exactly what some daring supporters did on Saturday 13 October at an airfield near Maidstone in Kent to help raise money for Springboard for Children. Supporters didn't let the troublesome English weather dampen their spirits and although they were all very nervous before the jump afterwards they were all in high spirits and said the experience was absolutely amazing!
The Great Manchester Run – Sunday 18 May
A massive thank you to the seven runners taking part in The Great Manchester Run to raise money for Springboard. Well done for all your training and effort on the day, we hope you had a great time taking part and appreciate all your fundraising efforts.
Flora London Marathon – Sunday 13 April
Starting our summer success, were our four London Marathon runners Kim Matthew (pictured right), Steven Artist, Jeff Hawkins and Victor Akinable, who ran a gruelling 26 miles at the Flora London Marathon on 13 April. Together they raised a fantastic £17,860.95 The event was so successful, so thank you to each of those who participated and sponsored our runners!
Flora Half Marathon – Sunday 18 March
A team from Koinonia took part in the Flora Half Marathon to raise money for Springboard for Children. We are extremely grateful for all those involved for taking up this challenge to support our work, thank you!!
Manchester Abseil – Sunday 3 June
A big thank you to everyone who took part. Springboard for Children teamed up with Manchester Town Hall to carry out a daring abseil; volunteers descended down the side of the building, on Sunday 3rd June to raise money for charity.
The Town Hall is such a well known building; it is perfectly located and boasts spectacular views of the city so the abseil will be a breathtaking experience.
This challenge for charity was an unforgettable event for all involved and the money raised from the abseil will help fund Springboard for Children’s work with children in inner-city primary schools, who have literacy difficulties and experience failure and frustration without this help.
A special well done to Janice Orchard for raising in the region of £800 – an amazing achievement!
Springboard Gala Dinner – Tuesday 19 June
Our annual Gala Dinner which took place on 19 June was a huge success. The dinner was held at the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple in London where guests were seen enjoying a champagne reception, sumptuous meal with wine and a fantastic performance of the Lion King from Gloucester School Choir. In addition to this there were lots of fundraising activities throughout the evening and in total the dinner raised £32,000.
