Croydon School of Gymnastics - Fundraising and Sponsorship

Donate money to the club whilst buying on line You can now help raise money for the Club when shopping on line by registering with on the easyfundraising site. Please click on the link below: You can also register and shop online at Ei42.com. Please click on the link below: We were absolutely delighted and thrilled to hear we have been chosen for the Tesco’s “Good Neighbourhood Policy Award”. Our thanks and appreciation goes to Falcon Construction Services Ltd who working in association with Tesco Express Stores PLC have granted our club the sum of Ł500. This is the icing on our cake in terms of fundraising. The club has, for the past year, been trying to raise Ł3,600 to enable us to purchase a state of the art competition set of Parallel Bars. We have been using our current set of bars for well over 25 years now and have invested time and resources to keep them in good working order, but its time for them to be replaced as they are now out dated. The receipt of this money will help us reach our fundraising target and we are now in a position to place a firm order for this apparatus which will now make a lot of gymnasts very happy and help them towards reaching their goals on this apparatus. Special Olympics GB Athletes on their Way to Athens Thanks to Cash4Clubs Grants 18 learning disabled athletes have been chosen by Cash4Clubs to be the first recipient’s of a Special Olympics GB grant. Betfair’s Cash4Clubs’ scheme was launched by Dame Kelly Holmes in 2008 to support grassroots sports clubs and programmes. A portion of the Ł10,000 grant was divided up between 18 athletes who were fund-raising to attend Special Olympics World Summer Games Athens – the largest sporting event in the world in 2011 with 180 countries and 7,000 learning disabled athletes (25 June – 4 July). Each one of the 157 athletes chosen for the team has had to raise Ł2,000 to participate. Special Olympics CEO Karen Wallin, said: “We are just delighted to be chosen by Cash4Clubs. Our charity relies on corporate and private donations to provide sports training and competitions to over 8,000 learning disabled children and adults each week. The grant was instrumental in helping to get our team to Athens to represent Great Britain, and will also help to launch new clubs around the country.” Betfair’s Head of Corporate Responsibility, Georgina Corbett, added: “We are excited Cash 4 Clubs is able to help talente d athletes via this joint initiative with Special Olympics GB. We wish all of the team well and hope the Ł2,500 awarded in grants will allow the athletes to perform to the best of their ability in Athens. Betfair is committed to grassroots sport so we’re delighted to announce that a further Ł7,500 will be available to Special Olympics GB groups in July 2011. We hope this makes a real difference to a number of groups and their members, enabling them to purchase new equipment and invest in their facilities.” The chosen athletes are: Easter 2009 - Smartie Tube Fund Raiser We are pleased to announce we have raised a total of Ł495.87 from the recent Smarties Tube "Fund Raising Event" Pictured below you can all see our two winners of this competition. Kurtis Peck (pictured left) & Joshua Lockyer (on the right) showing off their T-Shirts they won as prizes for being the winners: - Most money raised in a Smartie's Tube & for The Best Decorated Tube. Winner - Joshua Lockyer won the first prize as he managed to squeeze in 35 in Ł1 coins plus a Ł10 note into his tube! Best Decorated Smarties Tube Winner – Kurtis Peck - Won by a unanimous vote from all the staff coaches for his wonderfully decorated tube as a Pommel Horse (Pictured Right). Well done boy's & Thank You and to each and every member who has shown wonderful support to their club and to this event. Printer Cartridges We have been collecting all printer cartridges from members and sending them to a recycling company, Eurosourse. To date we have raised £300.52. We would like to thank all our members who have donated their used printer cartridges. Grant received January 2004 Croydon School of Gymnastics were delighted to receive a grant for the sum of £1,000 from the livery of the Worshipful Company of Mercers. This money will now go towards the purchase of a larger safety mattress which will be a tremendous addition in the gymnasium and will benefit all our members at all levels, including our gymnasts with special needs. Calendars 2003 Once again we have been selling calendars in order to raise funds for new equiptment. The total amount raised is £100.00. We have also received donations totalling £30.00 Christmas Party 2003 Once again this annual event was well attended and enjoyed by all, especially by Natasha Scully and Ashley (who were caught snogging in the corner), with Santa coming at both parties with his usual sack of surprises. This was the first year where we included kareoke with the disco. This was a great success, with everyone attempting to sing along with their favorite songs. Squad Championships 2003 On the 13th December 2003 we held our annual squad championships. With the sale of programmes, raffle and the refreshments stall we raised £40.37 Class Championships 2003 During the week 27th November 2003 to 29th November 2003 we held our annual class championships. With the sale of programmes, raffle and the refreshments stall we raised £51.96 Ladies Night 2003 On Saturday 18th October 2003 our fundraising committee organised a ladies night with lots of pampering including hair styling, massage & manicures, reflexology, aromatherapy, crystal healing, dietry advice, beautician, jewellery, tattooing and various other stalls. There was also a display by our squad girls. This event raised a massive £505.81 and the proceeds have been split equally between our equipment fund and Russia Summer Training Camp 2004, to Vladimir. Fundraising News - September 2003 Croydon School of Gymnastics is completely self-funded and relies mainly on fees. However, sometimes this just isn't enough! This is why we have a wonderful fundraising team, headed by Pat Roach who is constantly thinking of new ideas to help purchase new equipment and maintain what we have. We have recently received very kind donations from the following: Nestle - Ł500.00 We have also received the following donations which will be used as raffle prizes to raise more money to purchase new equipment Croydon Advertiser - Signed Crystal Palace football Phillips - Personal Walkman Dragons Health Club - 1 month membership for 2 Toni & Guy - Hair Cut & Blow Dry Daniel James - 2 Hair cuts Shears Hairdressers - 2 vouchers Jimmys - 9 minute sunbed voucher Raj Vijayaratnam - Clock Jewellery box Gala Bingo - Clock & Picture Frame Place in Space - Range of collectable sci-fi toys Normans Jewellers - Wooden jewellery box Woolworths - Teddy bear Debenhams - Teddy bear The Link - Mobile phone fascia and game pack Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College - USB flash drive (16Mb) New Look - 4 handbags Hewitts - 9 pairs of socks The Perfume Shop - Mens products The Body Shop - Ladies gift set Ł20 Manicure - Donator to be advised Grant received July 2003 We would like to thank the Church Tenaments Committee fot the kind donation of £s;500. This money was used to subsidise the cost of our summer camp trip to Russia for Emma Roach, Ruth Mayne & Philip Davis. Grant received February 2002 After the success of our teams at the National TeamGym Finals 2000 it has become apparent that we needed to upgrade our tumble track for a more state or the art carbon fibre rod tumble track. After putting aside £6,000 we applied to Awards for All in September 2001 and were delighted to receive acknowledgement of a grant for Ł5,000 in February 2002. On behalf of Croydon School of Gymnastics we would like to thank Awards for All for granting us this award for a new tumble track. Since the arrival of this vital piece of apparatus we have seen huge improvements from all gymnasts of all levels and abilities. Being the only club in the London Borough of Croydon this has attracted many visitors to the club. We have given the opportunity to many local gymnasts to come and train with us so that they may gain the benefit of its use. Of course there is also the constant effort to raise funds for new equipment and new and permanent premises.
Fundraising for New Equipment Money is obviously necessary for the maintenance of the gym's equipment and the purchase of new kit. This is why the fundraising team is constantly planning different types of fundraising events from sponsored conditioning sessions to the annual Christmas party, where you can count on finding at least one jolly old man!
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Fundraising for New Premises For many years now, the club has been run from the main hall of Purley Oaks Primary School in South Croydon. While we have remained very successful, we have long outgrown these premisses Having to set up and pack away the equipment every training session greatly limits the time available for training, not to mention tiring out the gymnasts before they even begin! In the past we have Contacted many, many sources of funding, but always drawn a blank. We desperately need to expand, so any financial help, or even just suggestions would be gratefully received.
	At the end of the day, everybody lends a hand in packing away the apparatus to leave an empty school hall!
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