Clearview National July 2016 - Issue 176 | Page 27

INDUSTRYNEWS

20 Years Of GM Fundraising
The end of April saw the 20th anniversary of the
first ever GM Fundraising event. Always intended
to be a one-time occasion, a dinner was held in
Birmingham to raise money for Zoe’s Place.
»»GARY MORTON, FOUNDER OF GM
Fundraising comments, “I was asked to be
involved in organising this dinner as a one-off
event. We aimed to have 300 guests to the
Grand Hotel in Birmingham with the target
of raising £5,000 for Zoe’s Place, a baby’s
hospice in Liverpool. In order to collect the
funds, we set up an account at the bank and,
with little thought behind it, the account was
created in the name of GM (Gary Morton)
Fundraising. We smashed our target by raising
over £16,500 and it became the bedrock of
our fundraising efforts.”
“In 2004 we added to our portfolio
by organising the first ever Golf Day at
Patshull Park Hotel & Golf Club near
Wolverhampton. It was then that we also

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welcomed Dave Broxton to the team to help
run this event.”
Dave adds: “The competition was a fourball
team Stableford with the two best scores from
each hole counting. All proceeds went to
Hope House Children’s Hospices. Total Glass
were the winners, who went on to represented
GM Fundraising in the regional final of ‘The
Times’ Corporate Golf Challenge. The event
raised over £7,500.
“With the Border2Border ride nearly upon
us it’s also a timely reminder of the first ever
GM Fundraising Cycle Ride, which took place
in June 2005. Top2Bottom challenged us to
cycle from John O’Groats to Lands End. Our
target was to raise £15,000 – we raised over
£51,000.”

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Gary concludes: “With your
astounding support we have raised more
than £1.3 million over the years. The team
of industry-based, motivated volunteers
who run GM Fundraising, give their time
freely and are committed to delivering the
highest quality events whilst ensuring that
every penny raised reaches the children and
families at Hope House. Without the team
GM Fundraising would not exist. So thanks
go to everyone involved, past and present,
and to the wonderful supporters in this great
industry of ours.”

www.gmfundraising.co.uk

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