Raised: 96%
Target: £7,500.00
Raised so far: £7,216.82
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See below the exciting things we are doing and have done to help raise the much needed funds for Sense:-

Thursday 29th October 2009 - Charity Band's Gig @ Sumo, Braunstone Gate, Leicester.

Local Leicester Band's "The Eaves"  headlined, supported by "Formal Warning" and "Last Edition", £300 raised on the night. Well done to Adam Horne for organising it and thank you to everyone that came along to support.

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Tuesday 3rd November 2009 - Sponsored swim @ The Grove Leisure Centre, Newark.

Stuart Buchan, Relationship Manager covering Lincolnshire managed a sponsored, non-stop 2 mile swim, which equated to 128 lengths, acheived in 1 hour and 11 minutes.    A photograph is attached of our finely toned Olympic Swimmer and well done, we all knew you could do it!!!

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Saturday 7th November 2009 - Climbing Snowdon Blindfolded!

A Lombard Team of 17 people lead by John Horne, Relationship Director based at Leicester climbed the dizzy heights of Snowdon with small groups of people spending time blindfolded and guided to climb to the top of the mountain. 5 and half miles up and 3 and a half miles down later, everyone enjoyed the hot drink (with a touch of brandy) in the cafe at Pen y Pas afterwards!

Freezing cold conditions, wind, rain, hail was all thrown our way, but every single person made it to the peak and back down again.  Great Teamwork and well done to all involved.  Any sponsoring of our Team or donation that you can make as a Company, Individual or Group would be appreciated.
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Wednesday 11th November 2009 - Battleshops!

Lombard Leicester & Lincolnshire Team ran the Sense charity shop in Coalville for the day against 3 other local Sense shops in Loughborough, Willenhall & Walsgrave in Coventry in a "The Apprentice" style, raise more money than the other Regional Lombard Teams on the day. 

We had generous gifts of stock for the shop, a great turn out from customers and some real heart warming stories of donations made by people in the Town Centre.  Thank you to all the staff at the shop, the people of Coalville and the Lombard Leicester & Lincolnshire Team, including "The Management" - Nick Tabiner, Andy Hart and Nigel Clibbens (makes a great Santa!).  We raised over £1,000 on the day which is a truly fantastic achievement. 
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Also, we raised over £250 via a Golden Goal Lottery and several other Team based and individual events which will help us to smash our fund raising target!

If you would like to give a donation, this would be gratefully received.  Please pass this on to your friends,family and colleagues via e-mail or tell them about it and spread the word. 

Sense - Our vision is of a world in which all deafblind children and adults can be full and active members of society.

Our purpose is to work in partnership with others – deafblind people, their families, carers and professionals – to ensure that everyone challenged by deafblindness or sensory impairment with other disabilities, has access to advice, opportunities and support.

Please watch this short video which is running on national television currently (warning that the link has sound and we don't want to get people into trouble at work!) :-  http://www.sense.org.uk/support/who_we_help/kiera.html

Official Website link for Sense is:-  http://www.sense.org.uk/ 

Thank you again for looking and supporting this charity and your local Lombard Team!


 

Well Done Donation by Tracy Wilson 24/11/09  

£250.00

Donation by Justin Armstrong 24/11/09  

£250.00 + £70.51 Gift Aid

well done seems like a nice day to go up snowdon Donation by leslie wilson 23/11/09  

£25.00

Well done to all involved. Donation by Allan & Martin of Hawthorn Theatrical 20/11/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Well done to the Snowdon Team - looks like you had more water than that idiot who swam 2 miles! Donation by John Horne, Elliott Watts & Liz Roberts 20/11/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Well Done on what you have achieved. Wish I could have been with you on top of the hill. Donation by Neil Worthington 19/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Late entry for the Raffle Donation by Steve Jones 19/11/09  

£2.00 + £0.56 Gift Aid

Collecting Tins (The Old Inn, Littlerthorpe & Leicester Commercial Office). Raffle @ Leicester Commercial Office Donation by Leicester Lombard 19/11/09  

£177.32 + £50.01 Gift Aid

Well done! Really good work so far!!! Donation by Colette McHugh / RBS 19/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well done to all that climbed up that small hill in Wales! Thanks for everyone's support. Donation by Simon Moult 19/11/09  

£117.00 + £33.00 Gift Aid

Really great weekend! And many thanks to all those who came along to the gig aswell. Thankyou to all involved in both the climb and the gig! Donation by Adam Horne 18/11/09  

£91.00 + £25.67 Gift Aid

Claire and Jinine Raised this money through selling sausage and bacon breakfast cobs to all the staff at Cumberland Place Nottingham xx Donation by Jinine Rhoades 18/11/09  

£73.00 + £20.59 Gift Aid

Well done Stuart. Donation by Elaine Eagleton 18/11/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Well done everybody, superb weekend, what a buzz! Hope you all enjoyed my rendition of Like A Virgin! Donation by Simon Gallo 17/11/09  

£295.50

Donation by Sam Warren 17/11/09  

£80.00 + £22.56 Gift Aid

Donation by Chris Harris 17/11/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by Keith Sheffield 16/11/09  

£20.00

Pleased we all made it up there & congratulations everybody especially to John who helped us stragglers on the ascent & descent! Donation by DILEK READ 16/11/09  

£80.00

Great effort by all concerned considering how cold it was but we all made it! Donation by ANDREW READ 16/11/09  

£124.00 + £34.97 Gift Aid

Bacon cobs in the office - well done Claire and Jinine Donation by Angellina Ballerina 13/11/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Well done Stu. Fancy the Channel next year? Donation by Michael Luke 13/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

well done Stu.. gr8 job P X Donation by Paula Bromfield 12/11/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Well done to everyone who climbed Snowdon, can't believe what the weather threw at us!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Donation by Petrina Horne 12/11/09  

£131.00 + £36.95 Gift Aid

Well Done Dad, Love Sam, Em and Josh xxx Donation by Liz Buchan 12/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well done Stu X Donation by Sue Sutcliffe 12/11/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Well done mate! Donation by Jayne Hickson 12/11/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Well Done Donation by rob cresswell 12/11/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Sponsored Swim Funds Donation by stuart buchan 12/11/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Well done Stu, a Pikey that swims like a [drunken] fish! Donation by Garry Wilkinson 12/11/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Donation by David Hanson 12/11/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
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* Total raised online: £6,001.82
  Offline donations: £1,215.00
  Gift Aid plus supplement: £887.14

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