St Catherine’s is close to many people’s hearts and without their unstinting and generous support our work would not be possible. Each and every donation is important to us. Here are just a few examples of how people have been raising funds in recent months.

We’ve had lots of people who have put on their running shoes for St Catherine’s Hospice over the past few months:

Thank you to Rob Weighill who took part in the Newbury Triathlon and raised £776.
Sarah Gate for running a half marathon in September and raised £50.
Samantha, Trish, Elaine & Maggie who took part in the Hyde Park Women’s 10k and raised a total of £600 between them.
Carrie Caston & John Tucker who took on the Great North Run and raised £636.
Michael Younge, Luke Thornurn and Malcolm Thorburn who completed the Windsor Half Marathon and raised £2,143 in memory of Carol Younge.
Jo Stow who raised money in memory of her brother Andy Stow by running the Great Birmingham Run.
Charlotte Bray who’s taken part in 7 running events and has raised £260.
Dida Ruffels who power walked the Athens Classic Marathon raising £445 for St Catherine’s.

If you have a place in a race and would like to raise sponsorship for us, contact Jen on 01293 447364 or email jenwickham@stch.org.uk for a fundraising pack.  

Thank you to Paul McMillan who works for Natwest and helped as a volunteer in our shop in Crawley. We are delighted that Paul found the experience very rewarding and worthwhile!

Staff at Sainsbury’s Crawley raised £145.00 by selling old stock

Moya and Peter  from Redhill raised £25.00 from Home Collection Box

Ray Campbell from  Cowfold raised £115.00 by allowing Horsham Horticultural Society to visit his garden

A huge thank you to the 80 members of Elite Health and Fitness Gym at Crowne Plaza Gatwick for swimming the equivalent length of a world cruise in 60 days and raising an impressive £1000

Nick and Peter from Crawley raised £780.75 by organizing a 60’s grand reunion at the Tilgate Pub
 
Graham and Lorna from The Gate Pub raised £565.00 when they organized a Jazz afternoon at the pub in Rusper Road, Ifield, Crawley

Brian and Jane Atkinson from Ifield Crawley raised £1260.00 when Brian worked on a car and sold it

Mrs Bowman from Crawley raised £10.00 from her home collection box

Natalie Heath from Crawley raised £500.00 by arranging a Gig at the Goffs Park Social Club

Andrew and staff from The Plough Pub in Ifield raised £302.00 from doing the spring and summer Tuesday night quiz nights

Mr Russell raised £5.14 from his home collection box

Susan Skinner from Hurstpierpoint raised £340.00 at the Artist’s open house at the Hurstpierpoint Festival

Mrs Harris from Redhill for donating raffle and  tombola prizes

The Crawley Floral Arrangement Group raised £675.00 from their 50th anniversary show

Christine and James from Crawley for £100 donation for badges for their wedding

Anita Potter from Horsham raised £50.00 by selling her Phoenix cards at Manton Court retirement home

Mrs Brittain from Crawley for sending in cross stitched book mark

Wealden Post Card Club from Crawley for £416.20 from their AGM

Ashurst Wood FC donated over £1,400 to the hospice raised through their annual Mick Fergus Memorial Day, bringing their grand total raised to well over £5,000.  What a fantastic way to remember someone special!

Horley Scrabble Club recently donated  a cheque for £1,000

One of our young supporters, Sean Rouse, raised £239.24 by building his very own Haunted House.  Many thanks to Sean and his friends for all of the time and hard work they put into making this event a success.

Many thanks to Roffey Crocket Club for another wonderful donation – this time just over £1,100!

Thanks to Sarah Whiting for supporting us again, raising £1700 through her Denim & Diamonds vent at Slinfold Golf Course.

Voicerox Choir raised almost £1,000 through a concert.  We are delighted that they are planning to support us in this way again!