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CORBY FIRM SIGNS UP TO SPONSOR FOOTBALL TEAM
The Honorary Presi- dent, Hon. Chairman and Committee of the London Taxidrivers’ Fund for Underprivi- leged Children recently announced that Her Royal High- ness The Duchess of Cornwall has accept- ed an invitation to become Patron of the
DUCHESS OF CORNWALL TO BECOME PATRON OF THE LTFUC charity.
They said: “We take this opportunity to thank Her Royal High- ness for this honour, her support will be invaluable. We hope in the future that it will be possible for Her Royal Highness to meet some of the children and their parents or
guardians at some of our events.
“On behalf of the Trustees of the Lon- don Taxidrivers’ Fund for Underprivileged Children we thank all within the London licensed taxi industry and many others for their continued sup- port.”
Jamie-Leigh Miller from Star Cabs hands over the new strip
A football team is look- ing that extra bit sharper on match days thanks to a gen- erous donation from a taxi firm.
Corby Star Cabs has paid for £500 worth of new jackets for Corby Morton Vikings FC to wear to their games. The team had its new kit presented to them at the Corby Viking
Club on the Danes- holme estate last month.
Manager Gerry Reilly told the Northampton- shire Evening Tele- graph: “To get a dona- tion like this in the present economic cli- mate is really good. “One of our players knows the owner of the firm and he was keen to get on board.”
The club also held a fundraising night with a talk from Scottish football legend Archie Gemmill.
Mr Reilly said: “It was a very good evening and it was very enter- taining. As a Scot myself I was very proud to meet Archie. “When I was growing up he was an excellent player.”
RECYCLE FOR GARSTANG DRIVER DAVE
Staff at Garstang Cabs are urging customers to boost their green credentials and do their bit tor charity by recycling unwanted clothing, in honour of one their drivers. The family firm have launched a clothing collection programme in a bid to raise vital funds for cancer chari- ty Vine House and help raise awareness after loyal driver Dave Jack was given the devas- tating news that his cancer had returned and it was terminal. Father-of-two Dave, 45, who was first diag- nosed three years ago, had been in remission for a long time before suffering a relapse ear- lier this year.
Manager Sandra
Cross told the Garstang Courier: “Dave and his family are old family friends and he is well known in Garstang.
“The family have been doing their bit to raise awareness and we wanted to do some- thing and help as well. Dave has been a real fighter and this is our way of helping the cause.”
Drivers from the firm have already made a number of collections and Sandra said they had been over- whelmed by the donations brought in to the shop, which she hopes will help them smash their target of £1000. “We’ve had a very good response and
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already we have black bin bags everywhere. So many of us have clothes and materials lying around that we just throw away. “As well as raising money we’re doing our bit for the environ- ment to reduce the waste going to the landfill.” People can help the fundraising by ringing the shop or taxi num- ber and arranging for drivers to make collec- tions of their unwanted clothing.
Items which can be recycled include cloth- ing, bedding, curtains, towels and shoes (in pairs). Donations for the Charity shop are also welcome. For collections call 01993 601111.
Children in Liverpool and beyond will bene- fit to the tune of at least £45,000, thanks to the incredible gen- erosity of local bus- inesses and residents. A 24-hour fundraising marathon saw dona- tions stream in around the clock in support of the The Liverpool Echo’s Liverpool Unites charity and Radio City’s Cash for Kids.
Organisers said they were confident of sur- passing the £45,000 mark.
Katie Mercer, Liver- pool Unites marketing and events manager, told the Echo: “It couldn’t have gone any better. We didn’t have a target in mind, but to raise so much is
UNITED IN SUPPORT OF KID’S CHARITIES IN LIVERPOOL just incredible.
“This was the first time that the two charities had joined up to do something like this, and to raise this much for children in the area is fabulous. “People on Mersey- side are well known for their generosity and once again they have really shone.” At the Echo’s Wheel of Liverpool, hundreds rode continuously for 24 hours to raise funds for charity. Former Brookside actress and Hollyoaks newcomer Alex Fletcher netted £850, after auctioning off a walk-on part in the soap during Radio City’s 24-hour broad- cast.
But she also scored
an extra £50 for chari- ty by kissing Prescot BT worker, Carl Blake- man, who gushed: “There’s not many better ways to spend your lunch hour.” Taxi driver Paul Azzopardi is chairman of the Children in Care Outing Fund. His organisation raises money to take chil- dren who are sick or in care on trips. At the most recent event, his cab was packed full of balloons. If you could guess how many were in the cab, you won an iPod.
He said: “Despite there being a reces- sion on and money being tight, people in Liverpool are still coming to help and still being generous.”
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