On Friday
5th October, Towergate Risk Solutions (Whitstable)
teamed up with local clients once again to help raise valuable
funds for the Pilgrims Hopsices East Kent.
Hitting challenging targets and steering in
the right direction were Tony Howard and Noel Davy, who, along with
clients from Lansdell Soft Drinks and Grapes Direct Limit, were
overall Team Winners in a Country Pursuits Day at Greenfields
Shooting Range in Sturry, where Clay Pigeon Shooting, Archery, Go
Karting and Driving Land Rovers blindfold were the order of the day
as more than 80 participants helped raise over £10,000.
Chairman of the Hospice’s Canterbury
fund-raising committee David Denne said: “It was a very
enjoyable day and the teams battled hard. The weather was good and
the range is the perfect location for this kind of thing. We have
already had promises from some groups who want to bring more teams
next time.”
It was driving of a different nature at The
Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal where Graham Marks and Colin
Birch, together with Stuart Lane (Sales Director, Lansdell Soft
Drinks) and Lindsay Goode, Head Fund Raiser of The East Kent
Hospices, took part in a Towergate Sponsored Charity Golf Day.
Approximately 100 participants took part in a Four Ball team event
that helped raise nearly £40,000.
The team did not quite challenge at the top of
the Leaderboard, but had a thoroughly enjoyable day entertaining
clients and raising money. Hospice Trustee and Event Organiser,
John Pepper, said “We were blessed with fine golfing weather,
which helped make the day very enjoyable. The club and its members
were generous in letting us have the course free and with
Towergate’s support we can ensure that the money raised goes
straight to patient care at Pilgrims.”
Both events attracted extensive local press
coverage throughout the region and further enhanced the Towergate
name.
Twenty five years ago the
first Pilgrims Hospice opened in Canterbury to provide love and
care for those suffering from advanced incurable illnesses as well
as support to their families and loved ones. Since then they have
expanded to include hospices in Margate and Ashford,
providing 56 inpatient beds, and are complemented by a community nursing team that brings care
to patients in their own home.
The East Kent Hospices have to raise
approximately £6 million a year through fund raising to provide its
much-needed care for approximately 600,000
people in the region.
