Fundraising & Grants

Edingburgh Marathon 2011

On Sunday 22nd May 2011 Chris Booth ran the Edinburgh Marathon and raised £500 for our Group.

Chris' family has a long association with Trentham Scouts. He joined as a Cub when his family moved into the area in 1985, progressing through Scouts and then Venture Scouts. One of his first Cub camps was a Lads 'n' Dads weekend and this proved to be the first of many Scouting weekends for his Dad.

His Dad, Alan, was "warranted" as a full Cub Leader in February 1987, eventually becoming Akela for Gold Pack Cubs for many years until he retired in 2007. He was also part of the Staffordshire County Training Team, passing on his twenty years of Scouting knowledge and experience to new leaders. Chris ran in memory of Alan who sadly passed away in October 2009.

His Sister, Caroline, was also involved with the Group as an assistant Cub leader for many years and is now an assistant Beaver leader in Stafford. His Mum also gave a lot of time to the Group, being Secretary of the Group Executive Committee and helping at Cubs every week.

The money will go towards the upkeep of the Scout House and help renovate the waste land at the side of the building providing a garden area which will benefit both the current and future generations of Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.

We're sure Alan would very pleased to know that he continues to help something that was very close to his heart.

Greg’s Birmingham Half Marathon

On Sunday 11^th October, Scout Leader Greg Julian ran the Birmingham Half Marathon in 1 hour 50 min 17 sec’s and came 2637^th out of nearly 12000 runners.  Through his fundraising efforts, helped with contributions from the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, he managed to raise £692.50 for the Scout Group. 

"I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who sponsored me raising this great amount of money" - Greg Julian

Over the last few years we have been working hard fundraising and campaigning for grants to modernise the building and buy essential equipment.

We are extremely grateful to the following organisations who have helped us.

	Staffordshire Environmental Fund operates under the Landfill Communities Fund in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.	March 2006 A grant has been awarded to build a new toilet and shower block, create  wheelchair access, repair the roof and upgrade the emergency exits and lighting.
	Sport Relief is brought to you by Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, and aims to raise much needed cash to help kids here in the UK. Sport Relief has already raised over £30million since it's launch in 2002. Their vision is to harness the power, passion and goodness of sport to help change the world.	January 2006 Small grant was obtained to purchase sports equipment.
	Awards for all in England Awards for All England is supported by the Arts Council England, the Big Lottery Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England. They award grants for people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, and projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community	August 2006 Grant to install a new heating system throughout the whole building replacing the broken air circulation system.
	The Neighbourhood Renewal Fund aims to enable England's local authorities, in collaboration with their Local Strategic Partnership (LSP), to improve services.	October 2005 Funding for open day. See "Group" pages for details January 2006 Grant to improve kitchen facilities to enable community use.
	The Robbie Williams' Give It Sum Fund This fund is Robbie Williams' charitable trust which he set up in 2000 and asked Comic Relief to administer on his behalf. It is only available to organisations based in North Staffordshire.	September 2005 A grant was provided to help us purchase new tents to replace the old fashioned "Patrol Tents"

 

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