The Bracknell & District Parkinson’s Branch recently held a successful collection at the Tesco store at The Meadows in Sandhurst. Thanks to the generosity of its customers, the tremendous sum of nearly £500 was raised. The photo above shows Peter Coombes and Gill Campbell. 

The fund-raising event also provided useful information about Parkinson’s and the Bracknell & District Branch to interested customers.

The Branch would also like to thank the shoppers for their generosity and Tesco for kindly allowing the collection to be held at the store.

Congratulations and many thanks to Mel Sharp for celebrating her 80th birthday by undertaking a daring Zipwire challenge to raise money for our Branch. The zipwire that Mel went on is at Penrhyn Quarry North Wales and is famous for being the world’s fastest with participants travelling at up to 100mph!

https://www.zipworld.co.uk/adventure/velocity

Donations are now more or less in and Mel has been totalling it all up and has raised the magnificent sum of £1,200 for our Branch. Thanks to many of our members for supporting her efforts.

That’s a tremendous achievement and we are delighted with such a fantastic result.  The photo shows Mel shortly before the start of her challenge.

Bracknell & District Parkinson’s Branch recently enjoyed two days’ of fundraising and raising awareness of the Branch and its activities.

Firstly, the splendid sum of £230 was recently raised at the Windlesham Village Fete by holding a bric-a-brac stall. In addition to the fundraising, the event raised awareness of the Bracknell Branch and the services it provides.

Special thanks must go to Wendy Richardson for all the preparation, setting up, and packing away that she did and the other members who kindly volunteered their services on a very hot day!

Then, a few days later, the Branch held a fundraising collection at Oaktree Garden Centre in Warfield. This was the first time the venue had been used and the day went very well with lots of interest from the customers about the Branch and its services and a commendable £245 raised in the process. Thanks to everyone who helped during the day and thanks also to Oaktree Garden Centre for making us feel so welcome.

The photo shows the bric-a-brac stall with Wendy, left, flanked by Gaynor and John Bourne.

Bracknell & District Parkinson’s Branch enjoyed a successful fundraising Sunday with a bric-a-brac stall at the Binfield Parish Council Coronation event held at Farley Wood Community Centre. In addition to raising awareness of Parkinson’s in the local area, the fantastic total of £324 was raised.

Special thanks must go to Wendy Richardson for arranging the stall, collecting the bric-a-brac and even spending the whole day at the event!  Thanks also to our team of enthusiastic helpers on the day: Yvette, Carol, Sheena, Tony, Gordon, Liz, and Will. The photo above shows Branch members Wendy Richardson, left, and Yvette Sowerby with the bric-a-brac stall.

The Branch carries out fundraising to help subsidise activities for its members which help alleviate their condition of Parkinson’s including physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, and Nordic walking. The funds raised at the Coronation follow a successful collection at Waitrose Bagshot the previous weekend at which a further £450 was raised, and further fundraising events will be held during the year.

For further details of the Branch and the support available, please visit its website at www.bracknellparkinsons.org

Despite some very heavy rain showers we had a successful collection at Longacres in Bagshot on Saturday 3rd September. We raised £379, and our new card reader was extremely useful. 

Our thanks to everyone who generously donated money to us and also thanks to the branch members who were involved during the day.