Past Events

The annual Fun Day was a success and thanks to all the volunteers and supporters we raised £2,574! With a further donation of £2,000 from Barclays Bank!

Thank you to everyone involved!

Local PCSO James has completed the Great North Run in October raising £236 for Parkside!

James has always been a great supporter of Parkside and we are very grateful for his fundraising efforts.

On Thursday 28th October 2010, Parkside's friends the Pinewood Quilters hosted a coffee morning to raise funds for Parkside and Disability Challengers! The morning consisted of the sale of Handicrafts hand made by the Pinewood Quilters, as well as gifts and Christmas cards for sale and a raffle! The morning was very well attended and overall a huge success raising £285 for each charity! Thank you again to the Pinewood Quilters for your continued support!

On the 29^th October 2010 Dianne completed the 100 mile challenge in aid of three registered charities Parkside (238671), Samaritans (Basingstoke Branch, 263588), and Key Changes Music Therapy (1124102). The Himalayan 100 mile stage race took place over five days, reaching an altitude of over 11,000 feet and incorporated the Everest Challenge Marathon.

Dianne: "The three charities I wanted to fundraise for offer support and help to really worthy causes. Here is a little information about them, Parkside support over 350 children and adults with physical and learning disabilities across Surrey and Hampshire. The Samaritans provides confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide. Lastly, Key Changes Music Therapy use a therapeutic approach to live music-making, registered Music Therapists help clients, of all ages, to work through emotional issues while developing self-confidence and positive ways of relating to others. Im sure you will agree that they are all worthy causes!"

If you’d like to know more about the charities mentioned please see: www.parksidealdershot.co.uk, http://www.samaritans.org/basingstoke, http://www.keychanges.org.

Thank you to Dianne for all your hard efforts to help raise funds for Parkside!

The final total will be announced soon.

On Sunday the 22nd August 2010 a group of brave fundraisers took part in a Sponsored Zip Wire at Three Peaks Outdoor Pursuits, Farnham.

This was an exciting opportunity for participants to challenge themselves and climb 65 feet high, enjoy the view, then to zip down 600ft!

Well done to everyone who took part!

On the 2nd of July 2010 Jane Matthews completed the Three Peaks Challenge. She treked over the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales in 23hours and 44minutes. The trek Jane completed covers 40kms and involves 2,984m of ascent and descent! Total raised to be announced soon. A massive thank you from all here at Parkside to Jane for taking on such a physically and emotionally demanding challenge and raising funds for Parkside.

On Sunday the 13th June 2010, the Superhero fun run took place in Regents Park, London. The 5km race was full of super heros raising funds for their chosen charity! I am happy to say that we had a few of our own super hero's on board that day! A massive well done and thank you to Andie, Fran, Turlough, Annie and James for taking part and helping raising funds for Parkside. A total to be announced soon.

Parkside has now hosted its very own Sponsored Swim at Farnborough Hill School. The day was a huge success and I am delighted to announce that the swimmers raised over £1,000! Which is fanastic, a big thank you to all the swimmers who took part: Katey, Rachel, Leander, Sophie, Maria, Claire, David, Leigh, Nicki and Jacqui. The money raised will be going towards the running of the After School Club which supports children with high needs after school on a Monday evening. A special thank you to Gill Chapman and Farnborough Hill School for hosting our event, your continued support is greatly appreciated.

The Santa Fun Run has now taken place on a very wet miserable day in Greenwich Park, which is very hilly indeed! A massive thank you to all the runners, Andie, Sandie, Robert, James, Lewis, Kayley and Aimee. We got absolutley soaking wet and it was a very long day for us all! And despite being told it was 5km it turned out to be 8km!! So for everyone who sponsored us you definitely got your moneys worth!

The total raised from the Santa Fun Run is £700.

Catriona O'Dolan has bravely taken place in a sponsered skydive, in memory of her brother Stewart Rae who was a good friend of Parkside.

Total amount raised will be confirmed soon.

On Sunday 29th of November 2009 Parkside hosted its Christmas Fayre and had lots of stalls selling quality gifts. There were also games, Santa's grotto and a visit from a local petting zoo Tails and Scales.

The Fayre was a success and raised £900!

Thank you to all that were involved.

For more information on stall holders please visit:

http://www.phoenix-trading.co.uk/web/jillgardner

www.mini-iq.co.uk

http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/ARK-Designs

For more information on Tails 'n' Scales please visit: http://tailsnscales.webs.com/index.htm