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Wooden Spoon fund a MUGA for AKS!!
Posted by School Website Administrator (siteadmin) on Jul 10 2008 at 2:31 PM
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We are very fortunate to have been chosen by Wooden Spoon who are to fund the building of a fantastic new Multi Use Games Area at school. It will have an all-weather surface and enable pupils to play tennis, netball, basketball, football, cricket and hockey all year round. It will make a huge difference, especially when the sports field is too wet to safely use.
Wooden Spoon is rugby's charity supporting mentally, physically and socially disadvantaged children and young people. Spoon has committed to over £13 million in spending for projects for children and young people. It has organised over 2,000 events and had over 25,000 ties worn by its loyal members and supporters. Hardworking staff and volunteers have achieved all of this since the birth of the charity.
Today there are 44 regional committees including three national committees, Scotland, Wales and Ireland with more than 11,000 members. It has become a national charity but one working very much at a local level where all funds raised locally are spent locally.
A dinner at the Cheltenham and Gloucester Chase Hotel, raised over £12,000 for the Alderman Knight School in Tewkesbury. It was sponsored by the developers of Gloucester Business Park, Goodman International Ltd. The Alderman Knight School is the 2007 chosen cause for the Gloucestershire branch of the Wooden Spoon. The school aims to raise £70,000 for the school during the year so that they can build a new multi-use games area for the children to enjoy.
At the dinner Spoon held an auction, which included top selling lots of a signed England rugby shirt and a golf flag signed by Padraig Harrington, winner of the 2007 Open Championship. Hazlewoods LLP also donated a cheque for £6,400 to the Wooden Spoon Gloucestershre, which has been matched by Wooden Spoon centrally meaning through Hazlewoods’ efforts a further £12,000 will go towards local causes. Graeme Fowler (Foxy Fowler), former England cricketer, was the main speaker at the meal.
Tim Heal, organiser of the evening, commented: “We are delighted with the success of this year’s fundraising dinner. Our guests gave very generously to support Alderman Knight School, putting us firmly on track to raise the money needed for a new games area.”
Link to Wooden Spoon Gloucestershire
http://www.woodenspoon.com/3_360.php