Previous Events
July 14th 2007 - Stannington Carnival
Raised £233 on the day.
July 20th 2007 - Golf Day
Raised £3,300 on the day, see the report on the 2007 event for more information.
September 2nd 2007
Trip to Alton Towers
September 16th 2007
Whirlow Farm Fayre 10K run
September 22nd 2007 - Masquerade Ball
Almost 100 guests attended the evening at Retford Town Hall and were entertained by 'Musical Interludes' and Rob Allen. Guest of Honour, Dr Mary Gerrard, addressed the guests together with Mickey Walker one of our new patrons. The raffle and auction were well supported and the evening concluded with a disco. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves and the event raised in excess of £3,500.
November 5th 2007 - Bonfire Night Party
The Fox and Hounds pub in Eckington organised children's rides and a bouncy castle as well as fireworks kindly supplied by Lightwood Landscapes. Our thanks go to Martin and Hazel for this event which raised a fantastic £3,200 for PACT.
November 16th and 23rd 2007 - PACT House Open Days.
These were a great success as a few of the Ward staff and some PACT families and their friends came to have a look around the PACT House together with someone from CHICS which is PACT's equivalent at Alderhey Hospital. We were also pleased to welcome a representative from Westfield Health in Sheffield and we are happy to announce that they were so impressed with the good work that PACT does that they have sent us a large donation so that we can "keep up the good work".
March 1st 2008 - The PACT Charity Ball
We made the fantastic sum of £21,400 from this year's Ball at the Cutler's Hall in Sheffield which is great news. Plans are afoot for next year's Ball which will be held in May this time.
April 26th and 27th 2008 - Open Garden Event.
Following the success of last year's event Chris and Keith Littlewood again opened their garden for PACT on the 26th and 27th April. Delicious homemade baking was provided by PACT families and friends and proved very popular. The garden was beautiful and we were lucky to have good weather on both days. The total amount raised was £1,008.10 which is fantastic.
May 2008 - Pets Corner
Over 70 children and adults went to Pets Corner or our ever-popular trip. The weather was very kind to us and everyone had a great day. Lunch as usual was provided by Joan Goodman and her friends and was very much appreciated so we would like to send a big thank you to them.
May 18th 2008 - Grand Plants and Gardens Extravanganza
This was organised by "Plant Aid" and Dronfield Inner Wheel and took place at Ramshaw Lodge, Unstone. Our fundraising committee chair, Martyn Rhodes, went along on behalf of PACT and reported that the car park was full even before the event had opened at 10am. The event was very well supported and it seemed that everyone was coming away with bagfuls of plants. We have been informed that they raised over £14,000 and this money will be divided between PACT and the other four charities supported.
The sponsored motorbike ride from Lands End to John O'Groats by one of our PACT dads Jonathan Bristowe and his colleague has raised over £3,500 so far.
September 7th - Annual trip to Drayton Manor
This took take place on Sunday 7th September and we went to Drayton Manor Theme Park and Zoo at Tamworth in Staffordshire. Over 150 went on the trip and although it was raining when we arrived, just in time for the photographs, it soon brightened up. Everyone seemed to have a great day and the new Thomasland was very popular with the younger family members.
September 6th and 7th 2008 - Art in the Gardens
The Floral ImPACT Team ran a fashion show at Art in the Gardens, Sheffield Botanical Gardens on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 September. You can see some photos and read more about Art in the Gardens on the flowersforlaura.com website. Both events were very well attended and much appreciated by the audience. Floral-themed raffles were also held and over the weekend the Floral ImPACT team raised over £2,000.
September 27th/28th - Gap Event at Meadowhall
On the 27th and 28th of September Gap in Meadowhall held a fundraising marathon event on a treadmill in their store with various teams being sponsored to take part. They also had a stall of PACT promotional items and Christmas cards over the weekend. Some of their managers from other stores came up to the PACT house to do some gardening and heavy lifting for us. We will let you know the amount raised when this is finalised but we wanted to say a big thank you to Gap and their staff, to the teams who took part and particularly to Sarah who organised everything.
July 14th 2007 - Stannington Carnival
Raised £233 on the day.
July 20th 2007 - Golf Day
Raised £3,300 on the day, see the report on the 2007 event for more information.
September 2nd 2007
Trip to Alton Towers
September 16th 2007
Whirlow Farm Fayre 10K run
September 22nd 2007 - Masquerade Ball
Almost 100 guests attended the evening at Retford Town Hall and were entertained by 'Musical Interludes' and Rob Allen. Guest of Honour, Dr Mary Gerrard, addressed the guests together with Mickey Walker one of our new patrons. The raffle and auction were well supported and the evening concluded with a disco. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves and the event raised in excess of £3,500.
November 5th 2007 - Bonfire Night Party
The Fox and Hounds pub in Eckington organised children's rides and a bouncy castle as well as fireworks kindly supplied by Lightwood Landscapes. Our thanks go to Martin and Hazel for this event which raised a fantastic £3,200 for PACT.
November 16th and 23rd 2007 - PACT House Open Days.
These were a great success as a few of the Ward staff and some PACT families and their friends came to have a look around the PACT House together with someone from CHICS which is PACT's equivalent at Alderhey Hospital. We were also pleased to welcome a representative from Westfield Health in Sheffield and we are happy to announce that they were so impressed with the good work that PACT does that they have sent us a large donation so that we can "keep up the good work".
March 1st 2008 - The PACT Charity Ball
We made the fantastic sum of £21,400 from this year's Ball at the Cutler's Hall in Sheffield which is great news. Plans are afoot for next year's Ball which will be held in May this time.
April 26th and 27th 2008 - Open Garden Event.
Following the success of last year's event Chris and Keith Littlewood again opened their garden for PACT on the 26th and 27th April. Delicious homemade baking was provided by PACT families and friends and proved very popular. The garden was beautiful and we were lucky to have good weather on both days. The total amount raised was £1,008.10 which is fantastic.
May 2008 - Pets Corner
Over 70 children and adults went to Pets Corner or our ever-popular trip. The weather was very kind to us and everyone had a great day. Lunch as usual was provided by Joan Goodman and her friends and was very much appreciated so we would like to send a big thank you to them.
May 18th 2008 - Grand Plants and Gardens Extravanganza
This was organised by "Plant Aid" and Dronfield Inner Wheel and took place at Ramshaw Lodge, Unstone. Our fundraising committee chair, Martyn Rhodes, went along on behalf of PACT and reported that the car park was full even before the event had opened at 10am. The event was very well supported and it seemed that everyone was coming away with bagfuls of plants. We have been informed that they raised over £14,000 and this money will be divided between PACT and the other four charities supported.
The sponsored motorbike ride from Lands End to John O'Groats by one of our PACT dads Jonathan Bristowe and his colleague has raised over £3,500 so far.
September 7th - Annual trip to Drayton Manor
This took take place on Sunday 7th September and we went to Drayton Manor Theme Park and Zoo at Tamworth in Staffordshire. Over 150 went on the trip and although it was raining when we arrived, just in time for the photographs, it soon brightened up. Everyone seemed to have a great day and the new Thomasland was very popular with the younger family members.
September 6th and 7th 2008 - Art in the Gardens
The Floral ImPACT Team ran a fashion show at Art in the Gardens, Sheffield Botanical Gardens on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 September. You can see some photos and read more about Art in the Gardens on the flowersforlaura.com website. Both events were very well attended and much appreciated by the audience. Floral-themed raffles were also held and over the weekend the Floral ImPACT team raised over £2,000.
September 27th/28th - Gap Event at Meadowhall
On the 27th and 28th of September Gap in Meadowhall held a fundraising marathon event on a treadmill in their store with various teams being sponsored to take part. They also had a stall of PACT promotional items and Christmas cards over the weekend. Some of their managers from other stores came up to the PACT house to do some gardening and heavy lifting for us. We will let you know the amount raised when this is finalised but we wanted to say a big thank you to Gap and their staff, to the teams who took part and particularly to Sarah who organised everything.