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PAST EVENTS |
| Christian
Charlesworth - Sunday 6 September 2009 |
| Christian is running the
Bristol Half Marathon for GRACE again on 6 September. Look
at Christian's Just Giving page here (make a link, please
check it works!) www.justgiving.com/Christian-Charlesworth |
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| Carly Butcher and her friend Natalie -
27 September 2009 |
| Are running the Sony Ericsson Run to The Bear half
marathon for GRACE on 27 September - 13 K - the girls are
a little nervous….. Check out their Just Giving page
here (link) and support them now
(http://www.justgiving.com/carly-butcher0/ |
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| Louisa Spice -
October 2009 |
| Louisa is a long-time supporter of GRACE and is running
in the Royal Parks Half Marathon in October. Louisa has
already raised £800 in sponsorship. Take a look at
Louisa's Just Giving page here. http://www.justgiving.com/louisaspice/ |
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Barns Green Half Marathon - Sunday, 1 November 2009.
Dust Off Your Running Shoes & Raise Some Money For Grace
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This is a gold standard marathon held in Barns Green,
Sussex, with over 1500 participants and lots of fun. We are
invited to run by Ann Jennings whose husband is Chairman of
the Marathon Committee this year and has chosen GRACE as the
nominated charity.If you want to run for us, you can
register through the Barns Green Marathon website or on the
day at the village hall. Click here for more information
(www.barnsgreen-half.org.uk/)
. Thank you to Chris Sturdy and Paul Cooper who have already
signed up and Dominic Butler-Manuel who is almost there…
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8th Annual GRACE Autumn Fair 2009 - Wednesday 11 November
Gate Street Barn, Bramley, Surrey. GU5 0LR.
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This annual event is not to be missed. An ideal opportunity
to get ahead on your Christmas shopping. Stock up on GRACE
Christmas cards and the famous GRACE candles and creams. We
have changed the date for this year's Fair to ensure it does
not clash with the school half-term holiday. Last year over
£19,000 was raised to enable GRACE to continue its vital
work. We have almost 70 stalls selling an abundance of
unusual, original and tempting items. If you are interested
helping at the event or would like to book a stall please
contact Jane Hutley on jane@gatestreetbarn.com
or call 01483 894
362
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| Grace Christmas Cards And Creams &
Candles |
| Our Christmas Cards - click here
for details are available to purchase at Gate Street Barn
GU5 0LR. Please call in advance: 01483 894362. to pick up
personally or have posted to you (p&p added to order).
We also hold stocks of the famous GRACE creams and
candles. Please phone for further details. 01483 894362 or
01306 730872 |
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| The Parrot
Dinner - 14 November 2009-11-29 |
| Many thanks to Roger and
Bridget Stack for organising a wonderful candlelight
dinner at the Parrot Inn, Forest Green raising over
£2,300. Our gratitude to the Gotto family, owners of the
Parrot, and their staff, who ensured the evening went
ahead despite a power cut which lasted the entire weekend.
With the encouragement of the indomitable Roger Stack, the
whole village has come together to support the several
local families with personal experience of ovarian cancer
and raise funds for RACE |
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| The 8th Annual
GRACE The Autumn Fair - Wednesday 11 November 2009 |
| The Autumn Fair was a huge
success and in spite of the atrocious weather, over 1000
people visited the Fair helping GRACE raise over £21,000
of much needed funding. Our special thanks goes to The
Guildford Clinic who sponsored the Fair this
year. Thank you also to: Chess Professional Discos,
Imbibros Wine Merchants, Rae Oakley Hats The Lime Tree
Beauty Clinic, Godalming, Dorking Stoves, The F3 Fitness
Studio and Tandem Catering who sponsored the Fair
flyer by taking advertising space. Our gratitude to the
Godalming Woolsack Rotarians for their expert management
of the car park, to Sheila Leet-Cook and her team who
manned the entrance desk, to Westwood Rocks who very
kindly donated over 800 of their signature pink carriers
for use on the day and to Chris Haslam of Chess
Professional Disco for the brilliant PA system. Thank you
to the many GRACE Volunteers and Friends who gave their
help before, during and after the day - including, Alwyn
Owen, Juliet Clark, Hilary McConnachie and friends, Pat
Greenaway, Lisa Gough, the entire Kitchen Rota, and all at
Gate Street Barn. Our thanks also to Abacus for tables and
crockery 01483 473729. Carole Wildman of Tandem Catering
01483 427329. The Hutley family for The Barn and parking
facilities. Kay Middleton - Coffee Charisma 07973 701875
and Charles Warner - Loos For Dos, 08451 232901 Finally a
special thank you to everyone who visited the Fair to make
it such a success. We hope you will continue to support
GRACE by coming to our functions and we look forward to
seeing you again in 2010 - the date - Wednesday 10
November. |
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| Barns Green
Marathon - Sunday 1st November 2009 |
| It was hard to believe just how
terrible the weather was on the day of the Barns Green
Half Marathon. In spite of this 1359 runners turned up to
run in what can only be described as Monsoon Conditions or
as one of our runners put it ….. Sunday morning/early
afternoon was a small anti-oasis of hell in an otherwise
lovely spell of great weather…….. Thank you to the
four GRACE runners, Chris Sturdy, Paul Cooper, Jess
Hoggarth, all from Barns Green and to Richard Coles - who
seems to have been sponsored by the entire village of
Forest Green. Between them they have raised over £2,700.
Many thanks to Annie Jennings for choosing GRACE as the
2010 race charity and to her friends and family for all
their help on the day and to husband Vernon and the Barns
Green Race Committee for their very generous donation. |
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| The GRACE May Ball -
Saturday 9 May 2009. |
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Tickets are selling fast…. Put the date in your diary
now and get together a table of friends. The Ball is to be
held at Lukyns, Ewhurst, Surrey, by kind permission of Mr
and Mrs John Dunsdon. This event is funded entirely
through sponsorship so if you would like to contribute
please do get in touch. We are also looking for fantastic
prizes for the raffle so if you are able to donate a prize
we would love to hear from you. More details and tickets
(priced at £100) are available from Lindsey Wright 07899
866693 or 01306 730872 or e.mail us here
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PLAY BRIDGE FOR GRACE
Thursday 26 February 2 - 6 pm New Haw Community Centre. |
| The Surrey
Simultaneous Duplicate Pairs Competition will take place
at the 'No Fear Bridge Club' at New Haw Community Centre
on Thursday 26 February from 2 - 6 pm. This challenging
event for pairs familiar with the format for duplicate
bridge will be in support of the GRACE Charity for ovarian
cancer research. Cost per couple - £10.00 (includes
Afternoon Tea). Non-members are welcome to participate in
this pairs event but as numbers may be limited, visitors
will require tickets. Applications to Ken Wollaston on
07876 234138 or e.mail |
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Winter Concert at St. John's Church
Farncombe
Saturday 31st January at 7.30 |
| An evening of classical
music by a variety of composers and musical instruments,
performed by local and international musicians was very
much enjoyed by all who attended on 31st January. The
programme included Debussy, Rachmaninov and Mendelssohn
and was followed by light refreshments. Lindsey Wright,
Head of Promotions and Fundraising for GRACE had the
opportunity to talk to the audience and welcomed the
opportunity to raise awareness of the gynaecological
cancers and the work we are doing in this field. This was
the first joint fundraising event for the benefit of St.
John's Farncombe and GRACE and we were delighted to have
received a donation of £310 as a result of the evening.
Many thanks to the musicians, audience and all involved.
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| Christmas
Fair at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford
- Wednesday 3rd December 2008 |
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Look for the GRACE stall to buy the
famous GRACE candles and creams and your GRACE Christmas
cards |
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GRACE Autumn Fair - Crocodile
Encounters
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If you came to the Autumn Fair and your children took part
in the Crocodile Encounters - you might like to take a
look at the pictures taken by Alexa
Bailey Portrait Photography 10% of all purchases will
come directly to GRACE
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GRACE Annual Autumn Fair 2008 |
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Congratulations to the whole team who ran another
successful event this year, raising over £19,000 for
GRACE. A huge effort is involved in
organising and running the fair and every penny goes to
GRACE. Our thanks to the following: Caroline Wildman of
Tandem Catering, The Godalming Woolsack Rotarians for
parking services. The Hutley family for The Barn, parking
facilities and postage. Chris Haslam of Chess Disco for
the PA system. A very special mention to Aylwyn Thomas and her
'Marigolds' for her Herculean washing up efforts in the
kitchen - which she does every year. Pat Greenaway,
Hilary, Sheila Leet-Cook, Vikki Schofield, Lisa Gough and
Helen Kaye. We would also like to thank our stall holders
for their continued support and we look forward to
welcoming you back next year. |
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| Twinkling Stars 2008 -
October 15 to 25 2008 |
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The Doris Holford Stage School, Sutton & Mitcham, is
holding their triennial Dancing Show at The Seacombe
Theatre, Cheam Road, Sutton, this month. The proceeds are
to be shared between GRACE and the Roy Castle Cancer Fund.
There are five dates - 15 October, 18 & 19 October, 23
October and 25 October. The performance will show-case
work by the school's students who range in age from 2 and
a half - to 70. Could anyone resist 38 two year old tots
on stage! Over 1,000 tickets have already been sold. To
reserve your place and support GRACE call the Box Office
on 0208 770 6990. Many thanks to Ann Bloor for organising
this on behalf of GRACE |
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Caroline Charles Fashion Show - Thursday 11th September
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To be held at Gate Street Barn by kind
permission of Mrs Jane Hutley. All profits to GRACE,
further details and tickets priced at £35 including lunch
and a glass of wine, from Julia Jones at Caroline Charles,
10 Angel Gate, Guildford. Tel 01483 566 432
Click here for more
information about the Caroline Charles preview
showing of their
Autumn/Winter 2008 Collections in aid of GRACE |
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GRACE CHRISTMAS CONCERT 19 DECEMBER 2007 |
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Venue: Guildford Cathedral
More than 1,000 people joined Anthony
Andrews, Christopher Biggins, Amanda Burton and Alan Titchmarsh
at the sell-out GRACE Charity Gala Concert at Guildford
Cathedral on Wednesday, 19th December, raising £28,000
to improve women’s chances of surviving gynaecological cancer.
Guests enjoyed a selection of choral
classics, West End Hits, a Night at the Opera and a private
Cirque performance all in one amazing evening.
The evening was the brainchild of Lynda
Moorby, personal assistant to Simon Butler-Manuel, a leading
consultant gynaecologist and founder of GRACE based at the St
Luke’s Cancer Centre. The funds raised will go towards the £1.25
million cost of buying the da Vinci Robotic System®
which will revolutionise cancer care.
Every year, more than 1,000 women die from cervical
cancer, the same number of people who filled the Cathedral for
the concert. All in
all, the gynaecological cancers will reap the lives of 10,000
women, the equivalent of ten full Cathedrals.
Simon Butler-Manuel said, “I feel as
though GRACE gained 1,000 new friends at the concert.”
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GRACE CHARITY FAIR 30 OCTOBER 2007
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At Gate Street Barn,
Bramley, Surrey, GU5 OLR,
by kind permission of
Mr and Mrs Nick Hutley.
It was an excellent opportunity for Christmas shopping, meeting friends for
lunch and supporting the charity.
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HIGHGROVE THE GARDEN 2 OCTOBER 2007
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by David Howard, Head Gardener at Highgrove
An on screen tour throughout the seasons looking at the history and
development of the garden, the art, architecture and plant material.
This took place at Gate Street Barn,
Bramley, Surrey, GU5 OLR on
Tuesday 2 October from 10.15 am. £35 per ticket to include coffee and
biscuits on arrival and 2 course lunch with a glass of wine.
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GALA DINNER AT THE BT TOWER 18 MAY 2007
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THIS EVENT RAISED AN AMAZING £11,125.00 FOR GRACE
VIEW FROM THE BT TOWER
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