Limited Tickets for the Gala Dinner Still Remain!!!

Very few tickets still remain for the very 1st Brighter Futures Gala Dinner on July 13th at the Marriott Sprowston Manor in Norwich.   We have some great raffle prizes including city hotel breaks from Marriott, a signed cookbook from the Lavender House, and my personal favorite, a very cool remote controlled Ferrari!

The evening starts with a welcome drink of fizz, some great games to get everyone going and raise more money, a 3 course meal and half a bottle of wine per person.  The evening finishes with a dance with music provided from Connection Disco until late.

Enjoy a great night out while helping us to raise thousands for Great Ormond Street Hospital and Stanley's Brighter Futures Fund!  More info on the upcoming events page or by contacting Brad on 07963827051.

If you cant make it but still want to help out we are always looking for raffles prizes!  Please get in touch if you have any items you wish to donate and we will be sure you are mentioned on the night.

 Brad

And they finish!

Sofie and Alice successfully completed the 3 peaks challenge this evening after making it to the top of snowdonia!
Other than Alice falling in a river and them both being chased by a cow all are well and heading back to Norfolk.  Big thanks to them both for raising over £900 so far and to Emma and Dave for being their trusty chauffeurs!
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The 3 peaks begins!

At 18.05 this evening Sofie and Alice began the 4,409 foot climb up Ben Nevis raising money for Stanley's Brighter Futures Fund at GOSH.  It was a sunny Scottish summer evening when they set off for the hike which should to take around 3.5- 4 hours to summit with another 1.5-2 hours needed to get back to the bottom where Emma and Dave will be waiting, rested and ready to drive to the next challenge, Scafell Pike in the Lake District.

We will keep you updated as they progress!

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Local Radio Fame!

Sofie and I had our five minutes of local radio fame yesterday on BBC Radio Norfolk who got in touch and asked if they could interview about the 3 peaks challenge and the Stanley McLean Brighter Futures Fund.  So off we went at 8am on a Saturday morning to talk to the people of Norfolk about the great work GOSH do and the upcoming climb.  Alice came along as moral support for Sofie and after 10 minutes of searching for the entrance to the studios we made it just in time to go on air live at 8.40 am on the Kirsten Thorne Saturday Morning Show.  If you missed it you can listen again at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p019x1h0 and fast forward to the 2 hour 40 minute mark to hear us talk about Stanley's Brighter Futures Fund, why we have set it up and just what GOSH does for children and families.  

Sofie spoke about their reasons for doing the 3 peaks challenge and the training they have been doing.  Sofie, Alice and their support team of Emma and Dave leave at 6am tomorrow morning to tackle the first peak, Ben Nevis, in sunny/snowy Scotland!

Sponsor the team at http://www.justgiving.com/sofiewhitehead

We will keep you updated as they progress up and down the mountains!

Brad

Welcome!

 
Welcome to the brand new Stanley McLean Trust website. On this site we will keep you updated with all the upcoming events that we are organising, the success of previous events and keep you informed of ways that you can can help us to raise money for these fantastic charities.



All the fundraising done so far has been to support Great Ormond Street Hospital which means a tremendous amount to our family and where Stanley received such phenomenal care.  After Stanley passed away in July 2012 we decided to try and give back for all the care he received.  Our first event was going to be a small golf day but it grew and grew and ended up with 130 players and raised an incredible £9.1k for GOSH.





Many of Debbie's friends also wanted to help and in October a bake sale was arranged by Becky in A&E at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital.  This again raised a staggering £500+! They like cake at the hospital!

Not to be outdone was Stanley's aunt Susie who organised a bake sale for the students at City of Norwich School who raised £150.

Following on from the bake sales was a brass band evening by the Cawston Brass Band organised by Peter Abbott and attended by over 120 people raising over £1,200.  This took the fund to nearly £15,000 in a short 3 months.

Carrying on the generosity The Club Captain of Sprowston Manor nominated his Captains Charity for 2012 to Stanley's fund and during his captaincy raised £1,500 which he donated to the fund.

The father of one of Stanley's friends also wanted to give back to the hospital that did so much for Stan and as a keen cyclist set out on the Thetford Forest Night Cycle followed by 100 miles around St Kilda and in early 2013 he completed another 200 miles around Norfolk.  By these events alone James has raised nearly £1,000.

Robert Cotton also wanted to get on a bicycle and entered the Tour of England, or at least the Norfolk leg, and raised over £600.

Bike rides have proven very popular (The Wiggins effect????) and Debs cousin Adam and his mates cycled coast to coast from west to east for a total of 145 miles and raised nearly £1000.


Staying on the bike (or not in Brad's case) was Luke Clements and Brad doing a 100 miles, and Tracy and Steve Nicholls on the 50 mile ride around not very flat Norfolk in the Norwich 100 just last Saturday raising another couple of hundred pounds.





The most recent event held to raise money for Stanley's Trust was a golf day held by Arthur Illsley on the 7th of June at Marriott Sprowston Manor. 17 teams participated on a sunny yet cool Friday afternoon with 18 holes of competitive golf followed by a BBQ cooked by Stanley's uncle Rich at the hotel.  Over £3,100 was raised on the day taking Stanley's Brighter Futures Fund to over £30,000 raised for GOSH.