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GMF Cup 2021 tees up over £ 40,000
» GMF FUNDRAISING HAS confirmed that its GMF Cup 2021 golfing competition has raised £ 41,033.74 for Hope House Children ’ s Hospices . The Ryder-Cup style event took place 14-16 September in Quinta do Lago , Portugal and saw two teams made up of representatives from the industry go head-to-head .
Gary Morton , founder of GM Fundraising , said : “ Having had to postpone it twice , it was incredibly rewarding to finally be able to get it over the line and raise some much-needed funds for the families and kids at Hope House Children ’ s Hospices .
“ I would like to thank all of the players , support team and indeed the whole GM Fundraising team for their efforts in ensuring this event happened – it was an amazing achievement
given the circumstances . A big thank you must also go to the staff at both Wyndham Grand Algarve and the South Course , Quinta Do Lago , for their patience and understanding .”
The event saw representatives from well-known business across the industry , including software companies , extruders , hardware and machinery suppliers , as well as many leading fabricators . Two
£ 30K CHARITY CHALLENGE ROLLS OUT NATIONWIDE
teams – Team Hope and Team GMF – went head-to-head with Team Hope eventually emerging as winners . The final result was Team Hope 14.5 and Team GMF 12.5 .
All funds raised at the event will go to Hope House Children ’ s Hospices , which has a mission to ensure that no one should face the death of a child alone . It costs £ 6.5 million every year to run its services and 86 % of this is spent on care . Over 95 % of Hope House ’ s annual costs are met through charitable donations and GM Fundraising is its largest single donor .
Gary concluded : “ Like all charities , Hope House has been hard-hit by the pandemic and fundraising is more important than ever . Through events such as the GMF100 cycle challenge and now the GMF Cup we have raised an impressive total of £ 101,327.42 so far this year . The support of the industry never ceases to amaze me and every pound raised goes towards helping the kids . Once again , on behalf of the whole GMF team , the families and , most importantly , the kids at Hope House , a huge thank you .”
www . gmfundraising . co . uk
» KEYLITE ROOF WINDOWS ( Keylite ) is challenging its UK merchant partners and friends to # KickItWithKeylite , in the name of raising £ 30,000 for three fantastic children ’ s charities .
The Kick It With Keylite Challenge has been extremely well received throughout Ireland over the last few months , fundraising for Children ’ s Health Foundation Crumlin and Northern Ireland Children ’ s Hospice .
The challenge involves participants seeing how many attempts it takes them to kick , throw , putt or bat a ball through a Keylite Roof Window – which means no matter the chosen sport , anyone can Kick It With Keylite !
Now , the support from merchant partners and their customers across Ireland has encouraged Keylite to expand the charity initiative to support the Derby & Burton Hospitals Charity local to Keylite ’ s head office in Burton upon Trent , and to raise the total fundraising target to £ 30k across the three charities .
Passionate about raising as much money as possible , Keylite has pledged £ 7,500 towards its £ 30k goal and urges anyone that gets involved in the fun by participating or watching the challenges to lend their support by donating as well .
Jim Blanthorne , Managing Director at Keylite , said : “ After proving to be a huge success throughout Ireland , we ’ re very excited to be bringing the Kick It With Keylite Challenge to the whole of the UK .
“ We ’ ve seen how much fun the Kick It With Keylite tour has been , and we can ’ t wait to visit our UK merchant friends over the next few months to get everyone onboard . We ’ re asking any branches that want to host a # KickItWithKeylite day to get in touch via social media or one of our sales reps .”
For more information on Keylite Roof Windows ’ Kick It With Keylite Challenge or to donate , please visit keyliteroofwindows . com / kick-it-with-keylite or visit Keylite ’ s social channels .
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