Mark Sewell

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Going the extra mile for Charity
We’re immensely proud of our Charity Fundraisers
Whether cycling for 1,200 miles . . .
Back in July, Terry Over, our Rail Division Senior Quantity
Surveyor, recently embarked upon a 1,202 mile cycle ride to
raise money for children’s charity Act 4 - www.act4.org.uk. The
ride took Terry from Cape Wrath, which is the most north
westerly point on mainland Britain to Dungeness, the most
south easterly point in England.
Baking in aid of the
Macmillan Cancer
Support Charity
Terry is chair of trustees for Act 4 and is inspired by its work,
which uses interactive performance art within school
assemblies and workshops to encourage children to recognise
their potential, and to inspire them to take responsibility for
changing the world around them for the better.
Having described himself beforehand as an ‘unfit leisure
cyclist’ we were extremely proud of Terry’s achievement,
which saw him ride through such magnificent areas as the
Cairngorms, Keilder Forest, the Yorkshire Dales and
Lincolnshire Wolds. Terry said he maximised the enjoyment of
the British countryside by keeping mostly to unclassified
roads and that it was also a ‘brilliant geography lesson’.
. . . or skydiving from 10,000 feet!
While Terry was cycling through the UK, Customer
Communications Manager Steve Anthony was almost two
miles above it, thanks to his tandem skydive for children’s
cancer charity Clic Sargent - www.clicsargent.org.uk. Steve
took part in the skydive, which saw 200 people take the
plunge over a weekend in July, in order to raise vital funds
for Clic Sargent’s work in providing clinical, practical,
financial and emotional support for children and their
families, to help them cope with cancer and get the most
out of life.
…or dressing down!
The guys and girls in the Accounts team in Harefield held a
‘dress down’ day in July for the Retts Syndrome Charity in
Luton and raised a whopping £500!
or finally, just having fun!
We held our annual Fireworks Display and Bonfire on 27th
October, which was attended by more than 500 of our
employees. As always, we added a fundraising element to the
event, and this year we were collecting for the Lynda Jackson
Macmillan Centre - with an excellent £2,189 being raised.
Commenting on the donation, Buzz Coster, who is Marketing
Manager for the Centre, told us:
“Although we are partially funded by the NHS, we rely on
voluntary donations and fundraising activities to fund the
remainder of our costs each year and so we are grateful to those
who are kind enough to contribute towards our work. These
events don’t organise themselves and I am sure a great deal of
hard work and planning will have gone into making the event
so successful.”
Well done to all those who raised funds for these worthy
charities.
Fireworks display and bonfire
Steve Anthony
…or baking cakes!
The office staff in Dartford organised a Cake Bake and Sale
(scrummy) in aid of the Macmillan Cancer Support Charity. It
was organised in conjunction with the charities World Coffee
Morning initiative which took place on the 27th and 28th of
September. The sale and raffle raised £225, the main raffle
prize was won (a very large chocolate cake) was won by Julia
Collins who very kindly donated it to a local nursing home,
who were very pleased to receive it
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