| FUNDRAISING
Vibrant and fun events
by Louise Jones, Fundraising
A packed year of exciting events raised a staggering £1.3 million. © Josh Harrison Media
2016 has been another packed year of events for the fundraising team, holding just under 120 events and raising a staggering £1.3 million. GCUSA raised a superb £284,000 from its 30th anniversary New York auction. Sir Max Hastings spoke on behalf of the Trust and guests bid for shooting days in Sussex, Windsor, Spain and America. This was only made possible by our generous donors and the deft co- ordination of fundraising director, Edward Hay. London continued to build on its reputation for vibrant and fun events with the
Shoot walks are immensely popular with one held in almost every county.
11th Le Gavroche dinner, kindly hosted by Michel Roux Jr, raising a fantastic £80,000 and the hugely successful 37th London Ball at the Dorchester, raising £180,000. GWCT fundraising would not be possible without the dedication and commit- ment from our county chairman and committees, who voluntarily give their time to organise and run events. In turn these events could not run without the continued support of our members, and the generosity of our donors and local companies who sponsor our events. Thank you all for your on-going support. Below is a sample of the many and varied events run in 2016: The Cornwall committee launched the Cornwall Grey Partridge Recovery Project at the Royal Cornwall Show. The project is unique as it is funded by local donations secured by the committee. The North Yorkshire committee had a remarkable year raising a record £103,000. This amount is mainly attributed to the Swinton dinner which raised £68,000 and a clay shoot shared with the Army Benevolent Fund. Taunton Racecourse hosted a race day raising £8,000 and Kent held a clay day at Detling raising £70,000, split with the Demelza Hospice Care for Children. The winners of a ‘Best of Essex’ draw enjoyed a drive on four of the best shoots in the county and Northamptonshire ran a raffle for eight young shots to win a day at the Allerton Project shoot at Loddington. Twenty teams battled it out at the Thruxton go-karting race day in Wiltshire and Oxfordshire held a dinner at Highgrove and raised more than £27,000. Buckinghamshire raised more than £5,000 at its popular ferret racing evening. The Lancashire and Cumbria committees ran the Underley Team Challenge where teams took part in events such as clay shooting, quad biking and digger driving. The Nottinghamshire committee organised a wonderful Best of British summer picnic concert in July with classical chart toppers Blake and Rebecca Newman performing. £70,000 was raised with proceeds divided between the GWCT, NSPCC and the Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance.
Our clay days continue to grow in popularity and an advisory walk was held in almost every county over the summer. Thank you to the owners of the estates and farms who allow the Trust to showcase their work and demonstrate the wider conservation benefits to our countryside. Our sweepstake initiative continues to build, with individu- als and syndicates across the country raising more than £100,000 through donations. 2016 saw the retirement of Edward Hay. Edward built the county committees and
The Underley Team Challenge was great fun for all the family and raised more than £7,000.
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fundraising team into a very successful arm of the Trust, generating its biggest income stream, membership recruitment opportunities and a strong platform for communicating our message and research to the wider public. His boundless energy and resourcefulness will be greatly missed. Jeremy Payne took over his role in January 2017.
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