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Wiltshire, has received a civic award
The pub from Melksham Town Council for
industry services to the community.
raises In recent years, John has
huge encouraged his staff and customers
sums of to raise funds for a wide range of
money different causes including Frenchay
for great After Burns (FAB) Children’s Club
causes which supports burn-injured children
every year. from across the region; Barnardo’s
Each South West and Children In Need.
month we John said: “The nomination was a
take a complete surprise, but I’m sincerely
look at grateful for the official recognition
some of the from the town council and its
ways charities members.”
are benefiting from the efforts of
the trade.
Regulars join pub
Scaling the heights
staff to pose for
naked calendar
Licensing lawyer James Anderson of
Poppleston Allen has gone to great Regulars and staff at a Scottish pub
heights to raise more than £3,200 for have helped raise more than £1,300
the Alzheimer’s Society. from sales of their own ‘Calendar Girls’
He raised the cash by taking part in publication.
a trek to the summit of Mount Staff at the Weston Tavern in
Kilimanjaro. James said: “There’s no Kilmaurs, Kilmarnock, posed for the
doubt that this was a serious test of photos and then sold the calendar to
endurance, though we did manage to raise money for the Ayrshire
have some fun along the way. Every Hospice.
entrant raised in excess of £3,000 It is a cause close to licensee Sheila
and with 30 people on the trek, I hope Wilde’s heart after her husband died
we can make a real difference.” at the hospice last year.
“We are really pleased because we
Licensee honoured
have raised much more than we A Shropshire brewery has helped an air ambulance service celebrate its 18th birthday by
expected and local businesses really brewing a beer in its honour. Wood Brewery has produced Triple A – Air Ambulance Ale – in
for community work
helped with sponsorship,” she said. bottled and draught formats to mark 18 years of the West Midlands Air Ambulance. The
brewery has pledged to donate 3p to the charity for every pint of the 4.3 per cent ABV beer
• Let us know what you have done to sold, and 2p for every bottle. Wood’s managing director Edward Wood said: “We are confident
Publican John Stewart, who runs the raise funds for charity by emailing: this special ale brewed for the occasion will raise a significant sum of money for the charity
Tavern bar and cafe in Melksham, news@thepublican.com and give supporters of the service a great deal of pleasure.”
BRAVE BARMAID HELPS
RAISE £1K FOR CHARITY
Cancer battle barmaid hails ‘awesome’ local support for sponsored head shave
By Muireann Bolger since then everybody at work has Her fellow barmaid Paula Bevan,
news@thepublican.com been so fantastic,” she said. who herself fought cancer twice in Breast cancer
“The local community has also been 2005, provided Keely with vital
A BARMAID battling breast cancer really great. It was awesome to see support. Breast cancer is now the most
joined 15 others in a charity head how many people came to support us “She has helped me out since the common cancer in the UK.
shave to help raise £1,000 for Breast on Friday.” beginning,” said Keely. “And whenever Incidence rates have risen by more
Cancer Care. She added she was grateful for the I have gone for chemotherapy, I have than 50 per cent over the past 25
Canadian Keely Smith, who works backing of her boss, who gave the stayed with her.” years.
at the Harrier in Bishops Rise, go-ahead for the event to be held in But she drew the line at letting
Hatfield, Berkshire, said she had been the pub. Paula join her in getting her head
overwhelmed by the support of the “My manager Paul Warwick told us shaved. said she was feeling positive about the
pub’s staff and punters, given that she to go for it and let us take complete “I would not let her take part future. “I feel fine,” she said. “I have
has only lived in the UK for 10 charge of organising it. He was behind because she has done it once already been doing chemotherapy and the
months. us 100 per cent and it was all really and that is enough,” said Keely. cancer has shrunk by half now so I am
“I was diagnosed in January and well executed,” she said. After last week’s event, the barmaid fairly optimistic.”
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