Denmans Charity - Motor Neurone Disease Association
Denmans has supported Children's Hospice for a few years but on 1st March 2010, we changed our choice to the MNDA. The MDNA provide care and support to people with MND, their families and carers, enabling them to achieve the highest quality of life possible. This includes loaning essential equipment, financial support, offering a befriending service and providing an information and support service. For more information on MND and MNDA please visit their website: www.mndassociation.org.
TOTALISER:
Denmans had set a target to raise £15,000 for MDNA - as we've done so well we've now decided to increase this target to £20,000. A big thank you to all those that have organised events and to all those who have sponsored and donated to this excellent cause.
Our totaliser above gives an indication of where we are in regard to meeting this new target. Please help us reach £20K by supporting our fundraising events like the ones below:
LATEST EVENTS:
He Ain't Heavy - He's Our Director...
Well, not just one but four of the Denmans bosses take on the challenge! Who will win with the biggest % decrease of body weight?!
The WINNER is........JEFF BEARD!
The much anticipated weigh-in has finally taken place and we are pleased to announce Jeff Beard as the winner of the sponsored diet. Losing just under a stone (6.4% loss), Jeff took the win from Neil by a gnats whisker. Jerry amazed us all by coming third - without even trying - which means Bob came in a dignified last, proving that muscle really is heavier than fat!
WELL DONE to all and congratulations to Jeff. Thanks to all who have supported and sponsored this event and helping to raise money for this excellent cause!
If you haven't done so already, it's not too late to make a donation. Simply visiting our JustGiving site by clicking the link below.
Many resolve to turn over a healthy new leaf when it comes to the new year. So, bidding farewell to the cake club for the next three months and taking up the challenge are Bob Gill, Jerry Rowett, Jeff Beard and Neil Thomas.
The aim is to achieve the highest percentage decrease in body weight by 15th March 2011. The first weigh in took place on 11th January 2011 [the day before Neil's birthday, which meant no cake for him on his birthday... awww :( ]
The results: Jerry: 12st 7, Bob: 13st 6, Jeff: 14st 6, Neil: 16st
There will be no interim weigh-ins. Just the final one on 15th March at the Opportunity Day in West Brom. The three losers will donate £100 each to charity. Who are you going to back?
Show your support by visiting our JustGiving site today!
Make a donation by clicking HERE.
PAST EVENTS:
Kettering Branch's Christmas Prize Draw
Our Kettering Branch have been collecting money for Motor Neurone Disease by doing a Christmas Prize Draw.
Total raised at the branch totted up to a brilliant £115.00!!
Bristol Half Marathon 2010
Denmans had two teams of runners taking part in the recent Bristol Half Marathon which took place on September 12th.
Kerry Wheatly and Emma Raybould from our Wolverhampton warehouse (Interspec) ran together and have so far raised over £1,250 with still some donations to come in! Kerry and Emma are still collecting donations - if you'd like to sponsor please clock the link below:
Make a donation for Kerry and Emma's team by clicking HERE.
Our other team consisted of the following people:
Paul Rutherford (Denmans IT), Simon Price (Denmans IT), Dave Evis (Regional Manager), Louise Evis, Gemma Evis, Matt Coombs (Denmans Bristol Branch), Jon Geech (Rexel UK), Doug Horne (Rexel UK), Simon Waterhouse (Rexel UK), Andy Guy (Senate), Leigh Adams (Denmans Swindon Branch), Gareth Clements (Dave Arnolds son-in-law), Kevin Pollard (Dave Arnolds son-in-law), Steve Jenkins (Neweys Bristol Branch).
Who (so far) have raised a staggering £1,000 with still more money coming in! To sponsor this team please click the link below:
Make a donation for the Bristol Half Marathon by clicking HERE.
So a great big 'Well done' to all those involved raising such impressive totals - it's not going to be long til we meet out £15,000 target!
Golf Day and Raffle - Penzance Branch
On Friday 17th September our Penzance Branch had their annual golf day which included a charity raffle in aid of the MNDA and (with the amazing sales skills of Emily our assistant branch manager, plus some compliments here and there!) they managed to sell over 500 tickets raising an amazing £515.00 in just 20 minutes!!
Fantastic work everyone!
Signed England Shirt
We are pleased to announce that the lowest unique bid for the signed England shirt was £0.01.
This bid was made by Stuart Butler from SNB Electrical a customer from our Braintree branch.
A big thank you for all those that took part we raised £70.92 in total.
Three Peaks Challenge
The National Three Peaks walk involves climbing the highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales. These are Scafell Pike, Ben Nevis and Snowdon.
Lee and Pete from our Denmans Nottingham Branch completed the Three Peaks Challenge for the MNDA on July 9th and 10th raising a staggering £1,072!
Congratulations to you both on a great achievement and well done for raising such an impressive amount of money.
Charity Football Match - Bordesley Green Branch
A football team, run by Steve Bartram (from our Bordesley Green Branch) and his son Mark, held their annual charity football game at the beginning of August.
This year they kindly decided to donate the money raised to MDNA, all subs paid on the day and proceeds from the raffle have been donated creating a total of £165.00!!
They won the game 6-4 so a good result all round - well done lads!
Sponsored Walk - Southport Branch
Angie from our Southport Branch completed a sponsored walk between Southport and Skelmersdale on July 25th, an impressive 15 mile walk that took Angie just over three and a half hours - raising £124.50 for MNDA.
Great work Angie!
Raffle - Bristol Central Branch
Our Lawrence Hill branch in Bristol recently held a 'raffle quiz' - whereby everyone paid £2 to answer five World Cup Based questions which were then entered into a prize draw.
The prizes were an MP4 player, a box of cider and, best of all, a large jar of HOT pickled chillies!
Thanks to all those who took part - who helped to raise over £100 for the MNDA.
The Grand Tour: Cape to Cape 2010
Arnold Denman, whose father founded Denmans, and his wife, Dorothy, took part in the Grand Tour Cape to Cape to raise funds for the MNDA. This 7 day classic car tour over a challenging 1400 mile route started from the spectacular Cape Cornwall and finished at Capo Finisterre on the Northwest coast of Spain.
Well done to everyone who got behind this charity event, we managed to raise an amazing £4394.52 (top branch was Braintree) and Arnold and his wife Dorothy Denman kindly matched our fund raising effort and from the Denman Charitable Trust donated a similar £4394.52 which resulted in a staggering total of £8789.04 which was presented to Sarah Hampton of Motor Neurone Disease Association at the start of the classic car rally at Falmouth.
A big thank you Arnold and Dorothy Denman and to everyone who sponsored this fantastic event!
Three Peaks Challenge
The National Three Peaks walk involves climbing the highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales. These are Scafell Pike, Ben Nevis and Snowdon.
Two of our branches have members of staff rising to the challenge - Tom completed his challenge at the end of May and Lee and Pete from our Nottingham branch are undertaking the challenge on July 9th (see link in the 'Current and Forthcoming Events' section above to sponsor them.)
KING'S LYNN BRANCH:
Tom Aykroyd (pictured above with his hiking team), the manager at our King's Lynn Branch completed the Three Peaks Challenge for the MNDA on May 31st and raised a fantastic £640!!
Great effort Tom!
Manchester Branch - Chest Waxing
Mark Cocker who works at our Manchester Branch bravely raised £430 by getting his chest waxed on the trade counter!
To watch the gruesome ordeal please CLICK HERE to be taken to the YouTube link.
Well done Mark!
Accrington Branch - Sponsored Walk
David and Adrian from our Accrington Branch completed a sponsored 7 mile walk on Sunday 9th May and raised an impressive £340!
Well done David and Adrian.
Weston-Super-Mare Branch - Raffle
At a recent trade day our Weston-Super-Mare branch held a raffle in aid of MNDA and raised £72.50, the top prize was an MP4 player which was won by Ian Manning from Megaman.
Thanks to all those that took part and bought tickets.
Kettering Branch's Easter Prize Draw
Our Kettering Branch have been collecting money for Motor Neurone Disease by doing an Easter Prize Draw.
There were 20 prizes, from fluffy bunnies to tequila - Adrian Byland was the 1st prize name and was also 7th, keeping it in the family, his son Antony picked up 12th prize and can be seen in the picture above collecting his Easter egg prizes from sales assistant Gina.
Total raised at the branch totted up to a stonking £112.00!!
