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The Allied London Pre World Cup Dinner On Thursday 8th September Allied London hosted the ‘Allied London Pre-Rugby World Cup Dinner’ in aid of Spoon. The fabulous David ‘Tricky’ Trick, was guest speaker and amused his audience with hilarious tales from his rugby days. Various fundraising activities took place in the form of a silent auction, live auction and a raffle which all helped to raise much needed funds for Game On. A wonderful evening and a grand total of £10,491 was raised.
Spoon benefits from the Securities Lending Industry Awards dinner The second annual Securities Lending Industry Awards dinner was held in November at the prestigious Grange City Hotel, London. The event is the brain-child of Spoon Ambassador, Mark Latham, chairman of 2i Media who said, “Securities Lending is a financial transaction between the securities lender (a pension fund) and a short seller (a hedge fund) and as such ensures efficient markets and benefits pension funds. The big winners of 2011 were Northern Trust as Global Lender of the Year. The securities lending industry also had the opportunity to do some good and we were delighted to support Wooden Spoon once again. I am delighted that we were able to raise over £6,000 for Spoon and look forward to working with the Spoon team for the 2012 event.”
Barclays Quiz Night Wooden Spoon was proud to
be the benefiting charity for the 3rd year running at the 5th annual Barclays quiz night held on Thursday 24th November. The event which started back in 2006 has accumulated over £220,000 for various charities over the years. The evening raised a staggering £55k for the 3 chosen charities. Spoon would like to give special thanks to Ambassador Fred Anson for his continued hard work and support of Wooden Spoon.
MBC Dinner at Bloomsbury Big Top The Midtown Business Club held their annual Dinner at the Bloomsbury Big Top in November. The Club welcomes members based in, or with a business interest in London Midtown; the Chairman – Alistair Subba Row, Senior Partner at Farebrother – updated the 470 members and guests on the club’s vision for 2012, before handing over to Ian Robertson who was the evening’s guest speaker. Ian ran a ‘heads and tails’ fundraiser before dinner and an auction of Bill McLaren prints resulting in a donation of £7,250 to Wooden Spoon.
Story of Christmas Appeal Spoon CityClub received a tremendous boost by being named as one of only two benefitting charities of the exclusive 2011 Story of Christmas Appeal, the prestigious and spectacular Christmas carol service of the property industry and London corporate sector, held on the 14th December at St George’s Church, Hanover Square, in the presence of The Lord Mayor, was conducted by the Appeal’s Patron, the Bishop of London, and introduced by its President, Dame Judi Dench CH DBE. A panoply of media and theatre celebrities were in attendance including the Rt Hon Michael Portillo, Miranda Richardson, Ian Hislop, Sophie Raworth and John Sessions.
Musical accompaniment to the carols and anthems was provided by the Band of the Irish Guards and the Choir of Westminster Cathedral. We would like to give very special thanks to Patron, the Rt Rev’d & Rt Hon Richard Chartres, the Lord Bishop of London, President, Dame Judi Dench CH DBE, Deputy President Aled Jones, to the Board of Trustees and in particular to Marc Corbett Weaver Artistic Director, and Wooden Spoon Ambassador Andrew Hynard for all their support to our application.
Rugby World Cup Dinner in aid of Wooden Spoon Spoon Ambassador and former England Rugby prop forward, Victor Ubogu hosted a Rugby World Cup 2011 preview dinner on September 1st, with his hospitality company, VU Limited. 400 sports fans were treated to a delicious dinner, and a superbly engaging panel discussion between Paul Wallace, Jeremy Guscott, Zinzan Brooke and Ben Kay, each with hysterical, nostalgic and even moving anecdotes of their rugby and world cup careers. MC Scott Hastings was hilarious, certainly sparing no one with his banter and keeping the guests thoroughly entertained. Ubogu said, “it was a superb evening and
a perfect kick off for the World Cup. We can’t thank our guests enough for their generosity at the live and silent auction and contributing all night to help the important work Wooden Spoon continue to do throughout the year.” A wonderful £6,487 was raised on the night.
www.woodenspoon.com Spring 2012 Spoonews
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