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| Ha! Ha! raise hundreds - 18/07/2001 |
For four days over the Christmas period, Ha! Ha! Bar and Canteen on Walcot Street helped to raise the profile of The Forever Friends Appeal by entertaining their customers with live music, and raising £718.50 towards the CT Scanner campaign. From Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th December, each night in the bar had a different theme, from Snowball mania, to Mad Friday, and Sexy soulful evenings with a Twist of Jazz.
Staff members from Ha! Ha! Bar and Canteen really got into the spirit of their fundraising for the hospital, and adorned fancy dress for several of the nights. One of these involved a ski party, with all staff serving customers with winter cocktails, while wrapped up to the max in ski wear.
Matthew Smith, Deputy manager of Ha! Ha! Bar and Canteen, comments: “The event was a really huge success, not just for our customers enjoyment, but we raised such a wonderful figure for such a worthy local charity. I can honestly say that it was one of the most enjoyable times at work for all the staff involved. I would like to thank all our customers for their support and kind custom over the Christmas period, as without them raising such a fantastic amount as this for The Forever Friends Appeal would just not have been possible!”
Mr Smith, continues: “We are extremely proud of the success of our Christmas period and I hope that 2007 brings as much success to Ha! Ha!, our customers and of course The Forever Friends Appeal.”
Jo Hones, Events & Community Officer for The Forever Friends Appeal, says: “Christmas is one of my favourite times of year, as I love to see people get into the spirit of giving by choosing to support their local hospital with fundraising events. Ha! Ha! Bar and Canteen, did of a wonderful job of organizing four evenings worth of fundraising and I would therefore like to thank everyone involved for their tremendous support, and enthusiastic approach to raising money for the CT Scanner campaign.”
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| ONLINE REVAMP FOR FOREVER FRIENDS APPEAL - 08/01/2006 |
| The Forever Friends Appeal has unveiled a fresh online look, with the launch of its revamped website: www.foreverfriendsappeal.co.uk. Easy to navigate and packed with both entertaining and functional features, the site has been re-designed to fulfill the requirements of existing and potential Appeal supporters, by giving visitors access to a wealth of relevant and up-to-date information. |
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| FACE THE CHALLENGE FOR FOREVER FRIENDS - 01/06/2006 |
| Brave people from all across the Royal United Hospital (RUH) catchment area are being asked to put their nerve to the test by undertaking an 80ft rock face abseil down Splitrock Quarry in Wells on Saturday 24th June 2006, to help raise funds for The Forever Friends Appeal’s CT Scanner campaign. |
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| Ted's Team to collect at Christmas Market - 12/06/2006 |
Forever Friends Appeal collectors will be lining the streets of Bath city centre from 5 to 9.30pm on Thursday 7th December, to encourage the late night Christmas shoppers to delve deep in their pockets and help the Appeal in its final push to complete the campaign for a vital second CT Scanner for the Royal United Hospital (RUH) by Christmas.
Street collections are a crucial part of the Appeal’s fundraising calendar, and rely on the generosity and kindness of passing shoppers to drop their change into the charity’s collection tins and buckets. The Forever Friends Appeal has kindly been granted permission to collect throughout the city centre on the evening of December 7th and a strong team of staff, volunteers and RAG collectors from Bath will be on hand to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to donate.
Jo Hones, Events & Community Officer for The Forever Friends Appeal, said: “Christmas shopping is one of the busiest times of year on the streets of Bath, when most people are gearing themselves up to the excitement and festivities of the Christmas period. Therefore if you are out shopping in Bath on Thursday night, keep your eyes peeled for a Forever Friends collector, and please throw some change into their bucket to show your support for your local hospital at this time of year.”
Miss Hones continued: “I would like to thank all our volunteers who have so kindly offered their time to brave the cold weather and help the Appeal in its aim to support the CT Scanner campaign. We are extremely grateful for their continuous support over the year, as without help from dedicated people like them, fundraising events such as this would not be as successful as they are!”
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| WINNING WEBSITE GIVES TBDO! 06 - 06/07/2006 |
James Law (18) from King Edward’s School will be named as Bath’s Young Website Designer of the Year, at an awards ceremony at The Guildhall at 7pm on Tuesday 18th July 2006, following his winning entry in a competition to redesign the website for The Forever Friends Appeal’s annual fundraiser, TBDO! (Ted’s Big Day Out!). The event, which is being hosted by Councillor Loraine Morgan-Brinkhurst, Chairman of Bath and North East Somerset, is where Mr Law will be presented with an iPod Nano and having his site published live for a year from next week at: www.tedsbigdayout.co.uk, as his prize.
Run by city based IT Support and Website Design company, Systemagic, twenty five young people between the ages of 11-18 entered the competition, which was supported by The Bath Chronicle and GWR FM. Along with the winner, five finalists have also been selected to receive runner-up prizes and will be presented with MP3 player’s at this evening’s ceremony:
• Ashley Chesterman (13) – Culverhay School
• Thomas Lyndon Darlow (17) – Writhlington Business & Enterprise
• Mark Willis (15) – Beechen Cliff School
• Alex Witt (16) – Ralph Allen School
• Henry Wong (16) – Beechen Cliff School
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