Category Archives: Fund Raising

3rd Coastal Walk to D’Feet MND May 18th 2019

Awareness, Fun Event, Fund Raising, Thanks, Volunteering

We will be holding our third Coastal Walk to D’Feet MND on Saturday May 18th 2019.There will be three walks, the first  from Whitstable to Broadstairs , the second  from Birchington Minnis Bay to Broadstairs and the third from Margate to Broadstairs.  All will end with refreshments at The Wrotham Arms, Ramsgate Road, Broadstairs.There is an entrance fee of  £10 which includes a tee shirt (collected on the day), training program, detailed plan of walk, and full insurance.  Only registered walkers can walk and they must wear the tee shirt for insurance purposes.Each walker is requested  to find sponsorship to support people living with MND in East Kent.  There is no obligation to raise sponsorship but all support is greatly appreciated.To register for the walk, please visit www.mnda-eastkent.org.uk/walk2019 , complete the form, then follow the link to Just Giving to pay your entry fee of £10. If you intend to set up your own JustGiving page, we are happy for you to do so. Please select MNDA as your charity and then please mention MNDA East Kent in your story to ensure that funds you raise are used for people living with MND in East Kent.  Once you have set up your JustGiving Page, please link it to our team at www.justgiving.com/teams/coastalwalk2019/join  so we can keep track of the total funds we raise.If you want to make a donation in support but not register please visit our Donations PageShould you experience any difficulties please email webmaster@mnda-eastkent.org.uk

The route is shown on the map above. Training programs for the walks, the Walk Plan, sponsorship forms, posters and flyers can be downloaded below:

24 mile walk training programme download PDF

11 mile walk training programme download PDF

Walking Route and Plan download PDF

Sponsorship Form download

Poster download

We  thank our sponsors, with whose help we are able to raise substantial sums to help people living with MND in East Kent.

 

Pearson Whiffin Charity Football Competition

Awareness, Fun Event, Fund Raising, Thanks

On Saturday 2nd June the 7th annual Pearson Whiffin Charity 5-a-side football tournament took place at KSports Cobdown in Ditton, Aylesford. 

Competition in progress

The day was overcast but dry, ideal conditions for playing football.

48 teams played several matches each seeking to win the coveted Champions Cup, the cup was won by Macklands with ISS winning the Consolation Cup.

Macklands – Winners Champions Cup 2018
ISS – Consolation Cup Winners 2018

The chosen charity for the day was MNDA in Kent, with all proceeds to be shared amongst the branches and groups in Kent.

Pearson Whiffin organisers and MNDA volunteers

Through various activities on the day and raffles, Pearson Whiffin raised over £5000 to support people living with MND in Kent.

MNDA East Kent warmly thank Rob Pearson and his team for organising this wonderful event and raising funds to support people living with MND in Kent.

Please support our sponsors by visiting www.pearsonwhiffin.co.uk for all your recruitment needs.

http://www.pearsonwhiffin.co.uk

Thanks – Dover College

Fund Raising, Thanks

During the academic year 2017-2018 Dover College elected MNDA East Kent as their Charity of the year. The charity was specifically chosen in memory of Ronnie Philpott, a much-loved member of staff at Dover College and former mayor of Dover.

During the year the school held many events, including a 15 mile whole school sponsored walk, ‘Whiskers for Ronnie’, ‘100 Mile Month’, themed non-uniform days, garden parties, cake sales and a host of other activities and events.

Staff, students and the parents together raised the amazing sum of £10,431.35 for MNDA in East Kent.

MNDA East Kent would like to thank everyone who worked to raise this money and everyone who contributed.  This sum will be used to support people living with MND in East Kent, their carers and families.

The Headmaster Gareth Doodes, Laura Walters teacher of Art and Charity fundraising co-ordinator, and several students presented Clive Hudson chair of MNDA East Kent with a cheque on Monday 1st October 2018.

Thanks to Botany Bay Hotel

Fund Raising, Places to visit, Thanks

Huge thanks to the management and staff  at the Botany Bay Hotel for raising the sum of £1000 for MNDA East Kent.  This sum was raised from a football match, a quiz as well as counter collections

We would also like to thanks Shepherd Neame for their support and also for making the Botany Bay such a great place to visit and enjoy, especial thanks are due for accessibility to people with mobility problems.

Last but not least we thank all the customers of the Botany Bay Hotel whose generosity enabled this sum to be collected.

The picture below shows from left to right;

Clive Hudson – Chair MNDA East Kent, April Eames – Manager Botany Bay Hotel, Christine Smith – Guest, Lana Turner – Team Member and Steve Smith – Guest

KM Dragon Boat Races

Awareness, Fun Event, Fund Raising, General Support

On Sunday 1st July, MNDA East Kent entered a team in the KM Charity Group Dragon Boat Race. Our team was made up of members of the Lawrence family from Folkestone. The team were entered into three races, impressively winning two and coming second in the third race.

In our final race, we were pitched head to head with the team from MNDA Mid Kent,   who were the fastest team on the day.  It was a very close race, we managed to beat Mid Kent but due to their faster times in earlier races they went through to the finals. Congratulations to the team of MNDA Mid Kent!

Dragon Boat Race

Fun Event, Fund Raising, General Support

MNDA East Kent has entered a team into the Dragon Boat Race at Mote Park Maidstone on July 1st 2018.

Our team will comprise of up to 17 members and will row at least 3 x 1000 metre races. The team competed last year winning both races they entered and we look forward to greater success in 2018.

We will  be holding a support picnic for our members and members of the other Kent Groups. We hope there will be a great turn out to support us and enjoy a great picnic in we hope, glorious weather.

We hope to raise some funds from this day out and ask anyone who wishes to support our efforts to visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/dragonboatrace-eastkent and donate what you can.

Huge thanks from the MNDA East Kent Dragon Boat Team and to all our supporters.

Tom Harling – London Landmarks Half Marathon

Fund Raising

Tom Harling ran  the London Landmarks Half Marathon,  raising £650 to be shared between the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) in East Kent and The Pilgrims Hospice.

In Tom’s words

“A good friend of mine, John Rawlins was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND)and this lead to him having to give up work around a year ago now. The disease is similar to the ‘Stephen Hawking thing’ and there is no cure.

………………….Tom Harling……….. John Rawlins………

John worked all his life on building sites as a digger driver from Westgate, and been a good friend of mine for the best part of 10 years. I ran the London Landmarks Half Marathon on 25th March 2018  to raise money to split 50/50 between the MNDA East Kent charity and The Pilgrims Hospice in memory of my friend John who was an absolute legend of a man who despite MND  managed to keep his sense of humour and comical outlook on life.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, and thanks for your donations and support.”

Tom

Some images of Tom on the run are shown below together with his certificate.

Tom Harling 11221

Tom Harling on right

Certificate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tom has also been involved in organising the Thanet Loop Pub Collection.  Please see https://mnda-eastkent.org.uk/wordpress/?p=2498 for full details.

Huge thanks from East Kent MNDA to Tom Harling for running this half marathon and for  his fund raising support in the Thanet Loop Pub Collection.

Thank you Wealden Business Group.

Awareness, Fun Event, Fund Raising, Thanks

The Wealden Business Group have supported MNDA East Kent throughout the past 2 years, organising 3 major fundraisers, as well as weekly collections.

More than 60 people attended a race night in the Little Silver Hotel.  This was a thoroughly enjoyable evening and raised a considerable sum for MNDA in East Kent.

A Murder Mystery Evening at Little Silver Country Hotel in Tenterden. The case was The Curse of the Willoughby Diamond. The evening started with champagne followed by an excellent 3 course meal to die for!! During the meal the actors presenting the murder mystery developed the plot of the murder and murder w

Clive Hudson MNDA – Martin Tickner WBG

as indeed committed.

The  Black Tie dinner and charity auction held at The Little Silver Country Hotel, Tenterden on Saturday (17 March) raised more than £4,000.  The event, which included a fizz reception, auction of promises and disco was in aid of the Motor Neurone Disease Association.  The dinner marked the culmination of two years of fundraising for MNDA by the Wealden Business Group.

The grand sum raised by these events was  £10,579.81 which was presented to Clive Hudson, Chairman of MNDA East Kent Group on April 18th, by Martin Tickner.

MNDA East Kent would like to thank the members of Wealden Business Group for  their generosity and support.

 

Raise funds for MNDA East Kent when shopping online

Fund Raising

Did you know that you can support MNDA East Kent by shopping online?

Every time you shop online via Easyfundraising.org.uk at one of the 3,300 retailers including John Lewis, Aviva, Sainsbury’s and Booking.com, a donation will be made to MNDA East Kent, and it won’t cost you a penny extra.

Easyfundraising.com is a simple to raise funds for MNDA.  If you buy anything on line, you can do so via Easyfundraising.org.uk and raise a small percentage of each sale for MNDA.

There is no cost to you and no effort other than going to Easyfundraising.org.uk before shopping, once there you chooses your retailer and for any purchase you make MNDA will receive a small donation.

In the last year we have almost £200 from Easyfundraising.org.uk, from just half a dozen members, we are looking to increase our members using Easyfundraising.org.uk into several dozen which should enable us to raise at least £1000 each year for no cost and minimal effort, just remembering to go to Easyfundraising.org.uk first.

Follow this link https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/mndaeastkent/ sign up to support MNDA then just remember to always shop via the Easyfundraising.org.uk website.

Get shopping – your donations will be collected by easyfundraising and automatically sent to MNDA East Kent. It couldn’t be easier!

There are no catches or hidden charges and MNDA East Kent will be really grateful for your donations.

Thank you for your support.