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Pattonair has a ball raising over £50,000 for BHF


Derby-based aerospace and defence supply chain services provider Pattonair raised £53,688 for the British Heart Foundation (BHF) at its 2018 charity ball. More than 300 guests from local


businesses and Pattonair’s partner organisations attended the glittering event, which took place at The Roundhouse, in Derby. The evening included a lavish sit-


down meal, entertainment, fundraising fun and games, and a charity raffle hosted by TV antiques expert Charles Hanson. Pattonair CEO Wayne Hollinshead said: “Our inaugural charity ball last year raised around £43,000 for Childline, so we are absolutely thrilled to have eclipsed that amount this year by more than £10,000, which will go to an extremely worthy cause, the British Heart Foundation. “The BHF holds a special place


for many of the team here at Pattonair and we are so very


‘The only way we can fund our ground- breaking research is thanks to the generosity of the public’


grateful for the support that the local business community and our network of partners have given us this year, by turning out in force at the event and taking part. A big thanks is due to everyone who came and donated.” The BHF estimates that in the


East Midlands alone there are around 550,000 people living with heart and circulatory diseases. These conditions claim the lives of 11,410 people in the region each year.


Money raised by the ball will go


directly to supporting local residents who have suffered heart problems, like Les Baynton, of


Derby, who underwent a triple bypass operation at Leicester’s Glenfield Hospital, in 2000. The retired headteacher and his family were supported by the BHF before and after his operation, which provided care along with exercise, diet and lifestyle advice as he made his recovery.


Derek Kilgariff, the BHF’s


Fundraising Manager for Derbyshire, said: “We’re so grateful Pattonair has chosen us as its charity. Events like this raise vital funds towards the life-saving research that the BHF carries out. Every penny raised will help us in our fight to beat heartbreak forever.”


Pattonair’s charity ball raised almost £54,000


22 business network December 2018/January 2019


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