June 2009: A truly amazing month for donations. The Coundon Society for the prosecution of felons had an old boys night which raised £280. The Society then had a charity night arranged by Alan Shoulder that resulted in another £750.
The Ferryhill Indoor Bowls Club chose the charity for fundrasing this year and donated £1155.
We had another donation from the Shildon National Spiritualist Church.
John Shaw and Joyce Walton also donated more money to the fund this month.
Thanks also to the Million family who sent in donations from their daughter Kate’s Christening. Finally thanks also to Margret Foxall who brought in money raised in a service at the Grange Nursing Home
May 2009: John Shaw has once again been donating money raised through his classic double decker bus. He has raised over £1,000 these past few years. Paulin Jenkins has also been a regular donor, thank you so much. Other regular supporters are the congregation of Woodhouse Close Church. Carol Hopton organised fundraising and with her friends has raised a wonderful amount.
Other donations this month have come from James Newton and his family, Sue Todd, Katy Stevens, Joyce and William and Elsie Latcham. Also from members of the Ellison family and Mr and Mrs Pearson.
Joyce Walton has been another amazing fundraiser. Every year she has sent in over £1000 to the charity from a whole variety of events and ideas. Thank you so much.
Huge thanks to the staff and children at St Joseph’s school in Coundon for their donation and support over many years. Thanks also to my many friends and colleagues who sent in donations for the London Marathon including Sally and Myra, thanks also to Carole Cradock
February 2009 The combined Police and Fire and Rescue Bonfire night fundraising once again delivered an amazing donation of £425. My grateful thanks to the Race family for their continued support of the charity and putting us forward to the selectors.
Another most magnificent group of supporters are the Rotary Club of Bishop Auckland who over the years have raised well over £10,000 for the charity and this month presented another cheque for £750. Thank you so much.
Also a big thank you to Mr and Mrs Wharton and to the members of the Woodland Road Communal Hall of Esh Winning.
October 2008 Thanks to Bob McManners for his sponsorship of my GN run, to Brian and Eva McMain for yet another donation and to the congregation of Newton Aycliffe Methodist Church.
Catherine Martin who lives in Bahrain, organised a swimathon with her school friends and raised almost £300. That is amazing. Thank you Catherine
September 2008 The matched funding from Barclays Bank paired with the Cotherstone Fun Weekend has been received.
Working in the children’s diabetes clinic this week meant a wonderful surprise when one of the younger children came to clinic with his big sister Kelly Anne Jenkins. She and her mother had cycled together along the old Deerness valley railway, over 30 miles and together with Grandmother Pauline Jenkins, collected over £400 in sponsorship, thank you all.
Another letter and large cheque was received from Karen McCran, who walked the 28 miles of the Durham Dales challenge in June with a lot of friends and family. Together they raised over £600. Thanks to Karen McCran, David Grainger, Andy McCran, Karen McCran, Paul Carr, Gary Wong, Billy Burdess, Walked 28 miles in June for the Durham Dale Challenge.
Thanks also to the lovely ladies of the Darlington and District outdoor ladies bowling league. Joyce Stephenson wrote to say that Shildon town were the hosts for this years competition and the Lady President, Beryl Airey had asked for the money raised to og towards children with diabetes.
Another very big thank you to the children and staff of St Wilfred’s RCVA school in Bishop Auckland who raised an amazing £249.
August 2008 Lorna Craig and her family have been wonderful fundraisers over these past years and they have been brilliant again with a donation of £400. John Shaw who hires out his vintage bus for donations has also been a regular supporter of the appeal and this month brought in £150. Then a Mr E Johnson collected £120 for a sponsored walk.
July 2008 has been another amazing month. Bishop Auckland Rotary Club presented a cheque for £1400, Spennymoor Rotary Club sent in another £100, and the Inner Wheel of Crook a further £100. Thank you all very much. The Cotherstone Fun Weekend have made a wonderful donation and there is matched funding to follow. Finally many thanks to all those who contributed to the charity in lieu of flowers for the late Mr Robert Moody, again many thanks.
May 2008 A busy week for fundraising. On Friday I was invited to attend the inauguration of the new mayor for Sedgefield, and the presentation of a cheque for over £10,000 raised by Sarah Iveson during her year as Mayor of Sedgefield. What an amazing achievement, and another £750 to come from matched funding schemes. Then on Friday night attended a dinner arranged by the Rotary Club of Bishop Auckland in memory of a colleague Peter Hankey, who recently died. His widow Maureen was at the event. The club have continued to raise funds for the childrens diabetes fund for almost 5 years now. I was introduced to the members by Colin Gregg who died suddenly some years ago. His wife Anne was also at the dinner.
April 2008 A very big thank you to John Mumberson who sent in £650 this month. John organised a 'Jam' tribute band night at the Glaxo Sports and Social Club. Must have been a great night.
Another very big thank you to Joyce Walton. Joyce has raised thousands of pounds over the past few years from a collection bottle at Walton's Butchers in Willington and by selling Christmas Hampers. This month she brought in a cheque for an amazing £983.45.
March 2008 They say March comes in like a Lion, well it certainly has! First of all the Glaxo-Smith-Klein charity care committee from Barnard Castle chose the appeal this year and presented a fabulous cheque for £2500. Then Andrew Spenceley sent in a share of the proceeds from the Spennymoor charity match for £188. Thanks also to Pauline Jenkins for her donation. Then on the 1st March the Coundon Conservative club had a 'Stars in their eyes' night full of local talent. Abba won on the night but the appeal also won to the tune of £200, 100 from takings that night and another donation from the club itself. Thanks to all concerned. Another donation from the magnificent women of the Inner Wheel of Newton Aycliffe. They have regulalry supported the charity for years. Thank you ladies.
The Rotary Club of Bishop Auckland have been fabulous supporters of the appeal, raising over £10,000 so far and another donation of £800 this month. Thanks again to Mrs Nixon who has organised domino drives for the appeal and raised a magnificent £125.
A very special thank you to Lauren who along with members of the Shildon Spiritual Church raised £1546 this past year. Lauren worked tirelessly. It was an honour to attend a service to collect the cheque. Lauren is the one in the middle along with her mother.
February 2008: It was with great pleasure that I was able to attend a presentation by the
Staindrop and District Young Farmers club at Winston where their years fundraising was towards the children's diabetes trust fund. Jasmine was very brave and handed over the cheque for £1500 .
Then on Friday 9-2 was asked to attend the Durham Panthers Bikers rally up in Ireshopeburn. It was a glorious evening, cold but with the clearest skies. It was also a great occasion. There seemed to be hundreds of bikes of all kinds, hand built3 wheelers through to the best of the current available bikes. Of course their owners were an eclectic mix,. The music heavy metal and just a nostalgic blast for this aging hippy. I don't think they believed me when I told them how long my hair used to be, over 30 years ago.
Dominic presented a cheque raised by the bikers for £412 and I got to stay for some of the music.
Other fund raisers for February include Etherley Methodist Church, the Weardale Tappers, a dance club, and the Heighington Homemakers. These ladies invited me to give a talk on diabetes. It was a lively session with plenty of questions and I think we all enjoyed it very much.
We also had another fantastic donation from the Durham Combined Police and Fire Brigade Fireworks Display of £750. Every year they hold a joint bonfire night display at Aykley Heads in Durham, raising a huge sum of money for charity. This is the third time the children's diabetes fund has benefited.
Many thanks and condolences to the family of John Wright who asked for donations.
Also a big thank you to the Darlington PROBUS society, who asked me to talk about diabetes and gave a very generous donation. Finally thanks to another speaker who donated his or her fee to the Stanhope Women's Institute.
January 2008: Those lads from 3M Newton Aycliffe have done it again! Another mammoth cycle ride and fund raising to present a fantastic total of £3239. Together they have raised over £10,000 in the past 3 years. Thank you and all your sponsors. Another great doantion was received from the Cockton Hill Infant School. Thank you all.
This month has been amazing. Firstly the Freemason's of Durham have sent a donation of £2500 and Ferryhill Methodist Church £380. Gwen and Ken Wharton gave a donation of £100 instead of sending Christmas cards. Thelma, Beckie, Rachelle, Nikki and Danielle from Margot's Hairdressers sent in another £100. Mrs Ranson makes and sells quilts and has done marvelously well with a £200 donation.
Then there have been donations from families who have suffered bereavement. The family of Margaret Fox brought in a donation of £550 and it was a great honour to meet Margaret's husband Ray, along with her mother and father Mr & Mrs Pickering. Their local church, Trinity Methodist Church of Spennymoor had a collection which brought another £131.32. Mrs Appleton sent in a donation in memory of John Appleton. How people can be so generous at such difficult times is so amazing and very moving.
25-1-8 Tonight I was invited to attend an evening with the R.A.O.B of Bishop Auckland. They have always been tireless fund raisers for the local community and the diabetes appeal has been very fortunate to be selected by them for this past years appeal. They have been well supported by the R.A.O.B of Barnard Castle who presented a cheque for £500. The Bishop Auckland branch presented £2800. Wonderful news is that the Barclays Bank matched funding scheme has been involved so the final total will come to £4800. The photos show collection of cheques from Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, and Barclays employees. Thank you all.
