Coach & Horses raises £825
Martha Trust in Hacklinge, Deal has just been presented with a cheque for £835 from its local pub the Coach & Horses.
Martha Trust in Hacklinge, Deal has just been presented with a cheque for £835 from its local pub the Coach & Horses.
As promised, our Garden Party in Hastings to celebrate our 25th Anniversary was every bit as good as our party in Deal.
We’d like to thank everyone who took part in our 2 hour Sponsored Spin on Saturday 3 March – particularly the 18 people who cycled a combined total of 525 miles!
A big Thank you to The Coach & Horses in Hacklinge, Deal who have just donated the proceeds from its regular, monthly pub quizzes to Martha Trust. The quizzes are run by Peter Jones, a quiz master who spends up to 10 hours researching questions for every quiz, without going near a computer. In all, the Coach and Horses managed to raise £991.
A team from Barclays in Ashford has been pulling out all the stops for Martha Trust recently. Supported by valuable matched funding from Barclays they volunteered to run the brilliantly successful raffle and auction at our recent Wine Tasting in Sandwich.
Roy Cornock and Dave Bennett, bowlers at Victoria Park Bowls Club in Deal, have just presented Martha Trust with a cheque for £550.
The teams from Bonkers in Barcelona have made it back in one piece following a 1,300 kilometre trip from Dover to Barcelona in just four days.
To commemorate our 25th Anniversary in Deal, we threw a very English garden party complete with cream teas and croquet. Around 60 people joined us including our residents and their families, donors and supporters, volunteers and local dignitaries.
When a team from the Pfizer site in Sandwich recently ran a fun run, a group of staff and residents from Martha Trust went along to offer their support. The event went so well it inspired Janet Rhodes and David Ashurst to volunteer for some much-needed gardening at our homes in Deal.
Around 100 people joined us in the beautiful grounds of Salutation House in Sandwich for our annual Wine Tasting. Hercules Wine Warehouse not only supplied a magnificent selection of wines but were on hand with advice and expertise at stations dotted around the gardens. Canapés were available alongside the wine, courtesy of Millards Insurance Services and the entire event was accompanied by music from the Segno Clarinet Ensemble.
Martha Trust, Homemead Lane, Hacklinge, Deal, Kent CT14 0PG
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