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If somebody had said six years ago that a few friendly santa's cycling around the villages, supported by friends and family would have raised £27,000 for the Air Ambulance - I would have assumed they were mad, or had accidentally dropped their lottery ticket in the tin
We owe you more than thanks, so to show how much we appreciate your donations and good cheer, we have decided to dress up as father christmas and cycle around the villages on the 17th December 2011!

 

About The Cruise

Every year we bring a little cheer to the villages of south berks and help kick Christmas off with the Burghfield Santa Cruise

It started back in 2005 when 3 of us needed an excuse to dress up and Father Christmas and shake tins at people

The event grows annually and this year SEVENTEEN intrepid Santa Cruisers will hit the streets of Padworth, Mortimer, Burghfield Common and Burghfield Village, while dressed as Father Christmas.

As is only appropriate the Santas will be riding reindeer (appropriately decked out bicycles) for the majority of the route, switching to alternative means of transport in the evening.

The Burghfield Santa Cruise is a true test of stamina for some of the more unhealthy humans on the planet...

The important bit

Don't worry about using this site - yes they do take a small percentage of the reclaimed giftaid - but JG do the administration, and the collection of the money reducing overhead on the charity - using JG The Air Ambulance will get 23% more than if we collected cash from you - which means in all more money goes to keeping the helicopter in the air!

The Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust is a charity which receives no funding from the NHS or from the National Lottery, but relies entirely on Sponsorship, donations and fundraising activities such as this

All costs of participation are met by the ‘Cruisers’ so we will be paying for drink, decorations - reindeer food and the Santa outfits so all proceeds from donations and collection go to Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust!!!

So please please please dig deep and sponsor us online give some money and help us match your generosity from previous years - it really does mean a huge amount to so many people!

For more detail on the Santa Cruise and this years route you can visit http://www.santacruise.org.uk/ Thank you for your time

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Thames Valley And Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust

Thames Valley And Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust

Charity Registration No. 1084910

The Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust provides a life saving service for the counties of Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire (BOB). The Trust is a charity which receives no funding from central Government or the National Lottery to meet its £2.8 million annual running costs.

Donations 229

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Donation by Geoff Sweeney on 07/12/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Good Luck Santa Kev

Donation by James Clarkson on 07/12/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Good luck Kev.... go for it!

Donation by Michelle & Nick on 07/12/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Keep up the good work Santas ... and watch out for that dodgy looking one (Glyn Townsend) as I am sure he will be up to no good :)

Donation by Tony Price on 07/12/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by amanda clark on 07/12/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Keep up the good work Santas. Hope you don't get sore bums!!

Donation by Colin South on 07/12/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

Please Santa Kevin, I've been ever so good, can I have Pippa and a crate of Guinness this year?

Donation by Mervyn Hamilton on 06/12/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Check those brakes Santa Kevin!

Donation by Chris Yates on 06/12/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Best of Luck Steve

Donation by SCISYS on 06/12/11

Go for it Santa Steve

Donation by Jan Ladds on 06/12/11

good luck Mr Frankum - hopefully this dontation buys my way onto santas 'good' list

Donation by phil Rogers on 06/12/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

The things Glyn will do just to get out for a drink ;-)

Donation by graham huzzey-morgan on 06/12/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Good luck and have fun.

Donation by Nadir ElMubarak on 06/12/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Have fun, don't get too drunk :-)

Donation by Anna Bennett on 06/12/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Donation by Nicola Partridge on 05/12/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Bicycle pedals on tight? Check! Santa outfit ironed? Check! Donation buckets ready? Check! Santa Frankum is ready to go. x

Donation by Chantell Simpson on 05/12/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Good Luck Burghfield Santas !!

Donation by Sarah Hynes on 05/12/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Glyn + santa suit = powerful image. Great cause. Have a great time.

Donation by Matt Bevan on 05/12/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

This will be Fun - From VillageEye and Pinktomato Marketing

Donation by From Village Eye & Pinktomato on 05/12/11

£100.00

Santa Steve - looking forward to seeing the photos. Good luck!

Donation by Lynne on 05/12/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Good luck Santa Steve. Don't eat too many mince pies or you won't fit into those new frocks!

Donation by David Barrett on 05/12/11

Good Luck Santa Gareth - so proud of you and all the other Santa's!

Donation by Julie, Ethan and Daniel Green on 04/12/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Santa Sam cannot believe you are doing it another year!!!! AT YOUR AGE Good Luck to you all raise masses of £££££s

Donation by Betty & Roy Martin on 04/12/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Go Santa Gareth!

Donation by Claire Cookson on 02/12/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

No falling off the reindeer again please!!

Donation by David Simpson on 01/12/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations$9,208.27
  • Offline donations$4,974.42
  • Text donations$90.77
  • Total raised$14,273.46
  • Gift Aid$1,824.75

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