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Alexander Devine Chocolate Factory Christmas Party 2012
On Sunday, 2nd of December 2012, Alexander Devine Berkshire's Children's Hospice Service, held its annual children's Christmas party. The children and families enjoyed a host of activities including Willy Wonka shows and activities, live reindeer, face-painting, arts and crafts, Santa's Grotto, an eight track Scalextric and a Pamper Zone for mums. The families were joined by Alexander Devine's Celebrity Ambassador, Patti Clare (Mary Taylor from Coronation Street) and local dignatories.We are so grateful to all the sponsors who enabled us to organise this very special event: Connor, The Hilton Hotel Reading, Segro, Boo! Productions, Leywood Estates and Mars UK, Mattel UK, The Berkshire Media Group, McKinsey & Company and Starlight. Huge thanks too to our wonderful Volunteers (especially our wonderful Soldiers from Windsor Barracks!) who help pull this party together before, during and after! CLICK HERE for photo gallery.
On Sunday, 2nd of December 2012, Alexander Devine Berkshire's Children's Hospice Service, held its annual children's Christmas party. The children and families enjoyed a host of activities including Willy Wonka shows and activities, live reindeer, face-painting, arts and crafts, Santa's Grotto, an eight track Scalextric and a Pamper Zone for mums. The families were joined by Alexander Devine's Celebrity Ambassador, Patti Clare (Mary Taylor from Coronation Street) and local dignatories.We are so grateful to all the sponsors who enabled us to organise this very special event: Connor, The Hilton Hotel Reading, Segro, Boo! Productions, Leywood Estates and Mars UK, Mattel UK, The Berkshire Media Group, McKinsey & Company and Starlight. Huge thanks too to our wonderful Volunteers (especially our wonderful Soldiers from Windsor Barracks!) who help pull this party together before, during and after! CLICK HERE for photo gallery.
Alexander Devine to benefit from fastest selling single of 2012! James Arthur's number 1 single 'Impossible' is one of the fastest selling singles of 2012. As a member of leading UK charity Together for Short Lives, Alexander Devine will receive a share of the proceeds. Our share will go towards our work supporting children with life-limiting conditions and their families. Every single bought will make a difference and help us offer a lifeline to these children and families, who are ordinary people leading extraordinary lives.
You can download the single HERE
Congratulations to our fabulous team of runners who completed the Windsor Half on Sunday 7th October. The conditions were perfect – not too hot and not too cold – and we can't thank you enough for your wonderful support. What an amazing achievement! CLICK HERE for photo gallery (Pictures courtesy of Venture, Eton).
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Sir Michael Parkinson's Caberet Evening
at Wentworth on Friday 21st September was our most successful fundraising event to date.We raised an amazing £100,000 on the night which will go a long way towards building Berkshire's much needed children's hospice. Sir Michael's friends including Rolf Harris, Kenny Lynch and Laurie Holloway wonderfully entertained our guests and we were thrilled that Chris Evans joined us and really helped to liven up bidding during the auction. A huge thank you to Pate Rae who made this our best ever event and to Penguins who took these amazing photos.
A huge thank you to local printing company 'Printing Deals' for very kindly sponsoring our 'Blue and Yellow Day' posters that will hit the schools this week. They did an amazing job of helping us with the design work and printed and delivered our wonderful professional posters all free of charge, we are extremely grateful for this support and are very excited to be launching our Blue and Yellow Day campaign in schools, thank you! Visit www.printingdeals.co.uk to find out more about what they do.
Fiona's Moment to Shine... Fiona Devine became an Olympic Torch bearer in Hemel Hempstead on Sunday, July 8th 2012. She was nominated by local friends and charity supporters and feels privileged to be one of 8,000 people from across the country to have carried the iconic torch.
She said: "This is such an amazing opportunity for me and a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I am so humbled to have been picked to represent the community. This is also a great chance for us to tell the world about the charity and to see what we are trying to achieve here."
Family, friends and supporters travelled with Fiona to Hemel Hempstead to cheer her on as she carried the flame at around 5.45pm. Our video clip covers the start and end of the run only as the mobile "Torchcam" was unable to follow her for the full distance which included a pedestrian precinct.
She said: "This is such an amazing opportunity for me and a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I am so humbled to have been picked to represent the community. This is also a great chance for us to tell the world about the charity and to see what we are trying to achieve here."
Family, friends and supporters travelled with Fiona to Hemel Hempstead to cheer her on as she carried the flame at around 5.45pm. Our video clip covers the start and end of the run only as the mobile "Torchcam" was unable to follow her for the full distance which included a pedestrian precinct.
Romans - We are thrilled that we are charity of the year for Romans and they are doing some amazing fundraising activities for us: On Sunday 8th July eight employees for Reading Romans are walking from the Alexander Devine office in Slough to their office in Reading – that's over 18 miles! What a fantastic effort. You can support them at: www.justgiving.com/RomansReading
And that's not all, now a team from Romans are planning to swim the equivalent of the English Channel in order to raise funds... another innovative, energetic and brilliant idea. Thank you Romans! You can sponsor them at: www.justgiving.com/Romans-Charity-Channel-Swim
And that's not all, now a team from Romans are planning to swim the equivalent of the English Channel in order to raise funds... another innovative, energetic and brilliant idea. Thank you Romans! You can sponsor them at: www.justgiving.com/Romans-Charity-Channel-Swim
We have moved office... thanks to SEGRO plc.
Our new address is 113 Whitby Road, Slough SL1 3DR.
Our telephone numbers remain the same: 0845 055 8276 for general enquiries and 07920 000040 for fundraising. You can also email us on fundraising@alexanderdevine.org
We would like to say a very big thank you to SEGRO plc for providing us with these new offices and Green Brothers Removal & Storage for their wonderful support.
Our new address is 113 Whitby Road, Slough SL1 3DR.
Our telephone numbers remain the same: 0845 055 8276 for general enquiries and 07920 000040 for fundraising. You can also email us on fundraising@alexanderdevine.org
We would like to say a very big thank you to SEGRO plc for providing us with these new offices and Green Brothers Removal & Storage for their wonderful support.
We are thrilled that after 9 weeks of living on Mount Everest, Paul Keleher reached the summit on Friday 25th May 2012.
He had the added honour of being the first person to fly an official London 2012 Olympic flag at the summit. A group of 10 boys from Eton College made the journey to Everest Base Camp with the flag, and then Paul carried it on to the summit.
What a hero! The funds he has raised in sponsorship will support our very own heros and heroines; local children living with life limiting medical conditions. Thank you and Congratulations Paul.
You can read more about his amazing trip at: http://dosummitgood.blogspot.co.uk/
In hot and sometimes breezy conditions 50 brave and intrepid souls abseiled down the Blade in Reading recently – that is 128 meters, which is the equivalent of 32 double decker buses!!
Donations are still flooding in, well done to the brave abseilers and huge thanks to everyone who supported them.
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