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A Month-by-Month Guide to Events Around the Country £300; Packages are available for Silver, Gold and Platinum Tables. Tel: [phone]. E: [email protected] THE POPPY OPERA DINNER The Royal Automobile Club, London. You are invited to a reception in the Committee Room, followed by a three- course black-tie dinner with wines in the Mountbatten Room. There will be three intervals to hear popular and familiar arias sung between courses by some of the UK’s rising opera singers. Price: £250 which includes champagne and canape reception. In aid of The Royal British Legion. www.thepoppyball.org 6 BTRC AMBER BALL The Dorchester, London. Brain Tumour Research Campaign’s annual fundraising ball supporting Imperial College’s Charing Cross Hospital. Champagne reception, three- course dinner with wines, live Band and fabulous prizes. Glamorous fun for a good cause. Black Tie. 250 guests anticipated. Price: £160. Tel: [phone]. E: [email protected] 8 Week events can be found on their website www.childrensartweek.org.uk all in aid of the same cause. E: [email protected] THE MIDNIGHT WALK Broadbridge Health Leisure Centre. Thanks to our amazing supporters, last year we raised an incredible £150,000 to help care for local terminally ill people. This year, we want to do even better. The walk starts and ends at Broadbridge Health Leisure Centre with three brand new routes. Choose to walk 7, 13, or 20 miles. In aid of St Catherine’s Hospice. Tel: [phone]. E: [email protected] MESSATHON 2018 (9th-10th) Frimley Lodge Park, Surrey. Get the family together, get sponsored, and get ready to make some messy memories when you tackle Messathon. You and your little messathletes will splatter through mud, swoosh along the water slide and scramble over hay bales. Also on 21-22 July at Sandwell Valley Park, West Midlands. In aid of NSPCC. Tel: [phone]. E: [email protected] 9 ARTISAN FOOD MARKET Waddesdon Visitor Car Park, Nr Aylesbury, Bucks. Offering the very best in quality, fresh, seasonal produce all locally sourced. Our new Artisan Market aims to support local, small-scale, independent food producers. Also on 14 July, 11 August and 8 September. www.waddesdon.org.uk 9 SPLENDOURS OF THE SUBCONTINENT - The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace. The Royal Collection’s group of South Asian paintings and manuscripts contains some of the most important and well-preserved examples in the world. For the first time, highlights from this superb collection will be brought together in an exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery. For Further Information, E: [email protected] THE MOON WALK SCOTLAND 2018 Holyrood Park, Edinburgh. Hollywood comes to Holyroad for this MoonWalk. Join thousands of women and men walking the red carpet through the streets of Edinburgh at Midnight wearing brightly decorated bras and raising money for and awareness of breast cancer charity, Walk the Walk. With four walking distances there is a challenge for every type of ability. For More Information Tel: Jennifer McAllister, 01483 741430. E: [email protected] CHILDREN’S ART WEEK, London. (9th-17th) Don’t miss the chance to get creative with your kids at one of the hundreds of events being held in venues around the UK. Details on all Children’s Art RIDGE WALK (9th-10th) Wiltshire - Oxfordshire. The Ridge Walk is unlike any other sponsored walk. It’s Sense’s own event which means you’ll be walking as a part of one team, pushing yourself and supporting each other, 8 9-17 22 THE LONDON & UK DATEBOOK 9 9 9 RUN REGENT’S PARK Regents Park, London. Join hundreds of people in support of Macmillan Cancer Support and sign up to run 5k or 10k in one of London’s landmark parks. You don’t need to be a regular runner to take part; all you need is energy and enthusiasm to help us support people affected by cancer. Tel: [phone]. E: [email protected] 10 NSPCC GOODWOOD FAMILY RACE DAY 2018 Goodwood Racecourse, Chichester. The afternoon will begin with a champagne reception followed by a three-course lunch with beautiful views over the course. Following the lunch you’ll be able to indulge in an afternoon of top class horse racing before celebrating your winnings with a sumptuous afternoon tea. In aid of NSPCC. Price: £180. E: [email protected] 10 SUBWAY HELPING HEARTS™ FAMILY 5K SERIES Jesus Green, Cambridge. This Series is bouncing back for 2018. Bigger and better than ever with nine runs across the UK from April to September. Children under 12 run for free and all participants receive a free T-shirt, delicious Subway ® lunch and 10