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Events


Santas on the Run 10th Anniversary


Sunday 11th December 2016, Broad Street, Oxford


Kick start your festive fun by signing up for the 10th anniversary Santa Run, in aid of the charity. Join over 2,500 runners dressed in Santa suits, from all walks of life and all ages, for this 3-4 kilometre fun run through


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the beautiful ‘City of Spires’. The entry fee includes your Santa suit, and a mince pie and water after completing the course. All the family are welcome and under 5’s enter for free. Visit our website, or call us now, to ensure your space for what is sure to be a fantastic experience.


Contact our Events Team for information and help with signing-up E: events@ helenanddouglas.org.uk


Business


Do you have a business – large or small – or are you an employee? Here are some ideas from others who have had fun and raised money to help care for young people and their families. Stagecoach bus drivers in Oxford dressed up for a Superheroes Day and raised over £700. The Oxford Belfry dressed up as children’s characters to greet guests and asked them to pay to park in aid of us. They raised £2,000 last year and plan to raise funds this year too. DAF sold goodie bags at Truckfest and raised £1,000. Focus raised over £1,000 in our Riverside Stomp


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and Berkeley Homes, Oxford and Chiltern offices, signed up and are fundraising for our Kilimanjaro Trek in September. Businesses have taken on our Retail Challenges and Furniture Fiestas at our warehouse in Aylesbury. Teams from Carillion did a retail challenge day at two of our shops and increased takings by £1,384! Thames Water has raised over £7,000 so far through Furniture Fiestas; up-cycling furniture at our warehouse to be sold in our shops.


Contact our Corporate Team for information and support E: sattree@ helenanddouglas.org.uk or T: 01865 799150.


Legacies


A Gift in your Will The equivalent of 1-in-5 of our patients are cared for by money bequeathed to the charity in Wills. People who choose to leave a gift have different reasons for doing so. Sometimes it’s in memory of a loved one,


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or because they have supported us during their lifetime. Sometimes it’s because they wish to leave a footprint in the future. Whatever the reason, however much, this is a special way to leave a gift for our young patients and their families.


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