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44 | Tees Business Teesside Philanthropic Foundation Ladies' Lunch There was a country house setting as a fast-growing charitable movement raised almost £3,000 from its inaugural Ladies’ Lunch. Rudby Hall, a former royal residence close to the North Yorkshire village of Hutton Rudby, played host to 70 female business leaders in what Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation aims to make an annual summer event. The Foundation is holding another Ladies’ Lunch at The Thistle Hotel, Middlesbrough on Thursday, December 3. Tickets including a two-course lunch are £30 each. To reserve your seats, please call Mandy on 07948 191046 or email [email protected] Philanthropic Foundation chairman Andy Preston with representatives of the charity's patrons. From left: Claire Preston, Andrea Outon, Michelle Hicks and Katy Parkinson. From left: Jenene Greaves, Julie Bradley, Louise Hall, Jayne Stephenson, Wendy Moreland, Karen Arena and Kerry Coupland. Wendy Moreland (left) and Karen Arena. From left: Jessica Lenham, Natalie Kay and Fiona Gibbon. Justine Johnson (left) and Judith Haysmore. From left: Lauren Hill, Wendy Edwards and Vicky Browning. From left: Sally Hare, Jo Anderson and Claire Hewitt. From left: Angela Torrance, Helen Brown and Joanne Regan. From left: Diane Williamson, Emma Simkins, Chey Garland and Liza Pontone.