More than 65 low-emission vehicles – some not seen on UK roads before – completed the second annual Brighton to London RAC Future Car Challenge this weekend. The challenge put to the entrants was who could use the least amount of energy whilst travelling the sixty mile route.
The vehicles:
Those taking part ranged from enthusiasts driving their own vehicles to major car manufacturers including BMW, Chevrolet, Mercedes-Benz, Mini, Renault, smart, Toyota, Vauxhall, Volkswagen and Land Rover. Many of the vehicles, such as the Land Rover Range_e, BMW Active-e and Volkswagen Golf Blue e-motion will not be on sale for two or more years and had rarely been seen on UK roads. As well as low-emission conventional (internal combustion) engined cars, the entry list included electric vehicles, hybrid models and cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
The entrants and the route:
The entrants started this morning from Madeira Drive, Brighton at 7.30am each were flagged off by the Mayor of Brighton Cllr Anne Meadows. Many of those who took part are wellknown motoring celebrities – including British Formula One legend and 1996 World Champion, Damon Hill OBE, Quentin Willson (TV presenter and magazine columnist), Gordon Murray (former F1 designer), Mark Goodier (Smooth Radio DJ) and Kevin McCloud (Grand Designs TV programme presenter).
Source: www.futurecarchallenge.com
Shelley popped down to see what all the noise was about and found there was no noise whatsoever! In fact, the cars were so quiet the risk of being run over by several of these amazing vehicles was a high risk Shelley got to meet some wonderful people at the event including our very own Mayor Carol Eade and Youth Mayor Pravin Sanasy. Along side the two Mayors, Shelley got to speak to the delightful Damon Hill, Robert Llewelyn and Mark Goodier.
In 1986 Mr Peter Vallance bought his first historical aircraft, the Sea Hawk and that was just the beginning.
The Museum
The Gatwick Aviation Museum is now home to twenty eight aeroplanes. With around twenty of these being post war British aircraft all on display for the public to admire and learn from.
Shelley was invited to the museum by Peter who showed her and her son Logan around. Logan found it fascinating and didn’t want to leave.
The Gatwick Aviation Museum is an awe inspiring museum filled with history and memorabilia. Peter told us some of the memorabilia had been donated by the general public which he now keeps in great condition to show the history of aviation, especially at Gatwick.
Charity
The museum is a registered charity (charity number 1075858). It’s object is to provide an educational centre for the general public, students and school children. It means to raise awareness of national aviation awareness. Their aim to have a purpose built building which will preserve, maintain and display the classical aircrafts, engines and memorabilia.
Founders
Along with Mr Peter Vallance, Mr Graham Collins founded the charity. Peter was born in Crawley 66 years ago and attended school locally. Peter went on to experience a career in the Royal Forces. On leaving Peter started a successful business and became a respected member of various societies and committees.
Collin was originally born and raised in Somerset but ended up living in Surrey after a very respectful time in the Royal air Force then onto serving in the Metroplitan Police.
The passion for aviation bought these two young men together.
Aircraft
The variation of aircraft at the museum is amazing. You can see The Buccaneer, The Sea Hawk, The Sea Vixen, The Gloster Meteor, The Fairey Gannet, The Sea Prince, The Canberra, The Hawker Hunter, The Avro Shackleton, a Venom FB1, The Harrier, The Victor, The Whirlwind, The Percival Pembroke, The Piston Provest and so many more….
Open Days
The Gatwick Aviation Museum is opening its doors to the general public on the 11th & 25th (Peter accidentally says the 22nd in the interview) September and the 9th October, but you can visit by appointment. To book please visit their website here.
The name Gatwick Diamond Rotary Club derives from the Business Development Area we are in the middle of.
Last week Henry Smith MP for Crawley was made an honorary member of the Gatwick Diamond Rotary Club.
By an amazing quirk of fate the Gatwick Diamond Rotary are the 60th Club in District 1250 and when formed it was also the Diamond Jubilee of Crawley New Town being given the Green Light in November 1947, and the 60th Anniversary of the Queens Wedding
The Gatwick Diamond is an important economic area, centred on Gatwick Airport, situated between London and Brighton.
their Motto is “Service Above Self” and above all whilst helping the Local Community we have “Fun and Fellowship”
At Gatwick Diamond Rotary Club they are always looking for new members from all walks of life with a wide spectrum of talents that the Rotary can tap into so as to be able to respond quickly & efficiently to any situation that might occur. They want to concentrate on helping the Local Community wherever possible but at the same time respond immediately to any emergency anywhere in the world that might occur.
It is team effort that has got us this far and the Rotary will continue to work together to build our club for the future. They embrace technology wherever possible to get their name promoted using Social media platforms like Facebook, linkedIn and Twitter.
The Rotary need a multiplicity of new ideas and skills for the club to embrace the 21st century.
They aim to change the Public’s perception of Rotary as being an “Old Man’s Club” and introduce a new dynamism. Namely they want a vibrant club with members of all ages, sexes, creeds & job capabilities so that they can tap into their abilities to respond quickly & efficiently to any situation that might occur, whether locally or on the International front. The Rotary already have a multiplicity of ideas and skills in the club but you can never have too many.
They will continue to invite new member to join the team using technology and the media wherever possible to help us in this objective. Their objective is to achieve Diamond Membership in our Club and to become a real Gem of a Club.
Current list of Members
Dr Mansour Jumaa – President & Founder Member -Leadership Training
Ernest Izard – Immediate Past President, Founder Member, Treasurer & Charity Chair – Royal British Legion
Betty Izard – President Elect & Membership Chair
Graham Cridland – Vice President & Youth Chair – West Sussex Angling Academy
Winner of Heart FM Local Heroes The Outstanding Community Contribution award &
‘Heart’s Local Hero 2011′
Joanna Carter-Robinson – Past President 2009-2010 & Founder Member
On Sunday 7th August Three Bridges FC showed Essex United the way it is done by beating them 3-2.
With Mark Wright, star of The Only Way Is Essex and Jack Tweed, widower of Jade Goody playing for the Essex United team it was a game looked on by many.
The Only Way is Essex star Mark Wright
The first goal was an impressive sight by Tim River in the 37th minute. James Grant then moved in to give Three Bridges a 2-0 lead just before the end of the first half.
Essex United came back to score just after the whistle for the start of the second half with a great goal by Tom Williams making it 2-1. This was not to last long as shortly after Tim Rivers made another smooth shot to make the score 3-1.
Five minutes later Lee Roget put one in the back of the net for Essex United making the final score 3-2.
We sent Shelley along to film the game and take some photos for you. Shelley spoke to Mark Wright who said “I have enjoyed coming to Crawley and the people have been lovely”.
The full game can be seen here (please be advised there is some bad language in this footage).
Five men have come together to raise money for their chosen charity ‘Help Our Wounded Royal Marines’, formed by Chris Stubbings BEM in March 2010.
Quote from the facebook page:
HELP OUR WOUNDED is a fundraising arm for The Royal Marines Association, Charity Number 206003. HOW was formed on the 4th March 2010 because of the number of seriously injured Royal Marines returning from operational tours in Afghanistan Iraq and other areas of armed conflict. HELP OUR WOUNDED is a community based effort seeking to help the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund (Registered Charity No 1134205), meet it’s target of raising £6M by the 350th anniversary of the Corps in October 2014. A Campaign Board has been established to coordinate the Corps Family effort working towards this testing target and HELP OUR WOUNDED is represented on that board.
What, when and where
On December the 3rd and 4th Dave Lilburn MBE, Stuart Baldwin, Cai Ives, Stuart Bourne and Stuart Power will be pulling a sledge from London to Brighton to help raise awareness and funds for this great charity.
Quote from the facebook page:
Myself (Stuart Bourne, Regional Fund Raiser for the South Eat) along with David Lilburn,Cai Ives,Stuart Baldwin and Stuart Power will be pulling a sledge to rasie funds for HELP OUR WOUNDED ROYAL MARINES over the weekend stopping at Crawley where there will be a fundraisng event on the Saturday evening. We have also enlisted some Santa Helpers as traffic guides (Reserves) and these are : Gay Wise, Andy Hains, Dale Lilburn and Ashton Lilburn.
As well as raising funds we will be asking for donations of xmas presents so that we may pass these onto the children of those brave Royals who have given their lives and will not be around this xmas so please lets do all we can to try and raise a smile and show we do care and will never forget them.
We hope as many people will join in around the country and mirror what we are doing. We would like this to become an annual event, so take up the challenge and get pulling for HELP OUR WOUNDED ROYAL MARINES.
We wish them all the best
Shelley was invited down to the martial arts school Lumpini in Priestley Way, Crawley to speak to the men involved. We also spoke to John Jarvis who is a trainer at Lumpini who have offered to train the men to full fitness for the event. John told us they were more than honoured to help the men get fit for this feat and to support them in many more ways, including giving them a stall at their forthcoming Muaythai Boxing event happening this Saturday at Effingham Park Hotel. More details can be found here.
We would like to wish them all the best. We will be covering their arrival into Crawley on December 3rd. Please show your support in any way you can.
On the 21st July at 7:20pm the first guests at the Crawley NCT (National Childbirth Trust) event ‘The Do!’ began to queue outside Club 7878 in Horley. They had been told that the first 50 guests through the door at 8pm would receive a gorgeous goodie bag (some of the details of which had been posted on the events Facebook page over the last few weeks). The first people admitted were greeted by the branch co-chairs – Alexis Ozmen and Clare Hoggan who presented them with their much anticipated bags. The club was decked out in balloons in NCT colours, there were cupcakes and nibbles for all to enjoy as they dipped into their goodie bags to discover the treats within and sipped their first drink. They were also treated to some close up magic by magicians Rob Sharp and Simon Archer.
While the DJ played some excellent party tunes, the guests continued to arrive before they were welcomed by the Co-Chairs, followed by an address by Member of Parliament for Crawley Henry Smith who shared his experience with the NCT having attended Ante Natal Classes in the Branch. After the final speaker Jules Jones who spoke about being a parent and volunteering with the NCT Henry Smith pulled the first 3 prizes in the fabulous prize draw then the lights were dimmed and the music cranked up and everyone concentrated on enjoying themselves.
MP Henry Smith helps pick the lucky winners of the raffle
The NCT is the UK’s largest parenting charity providing support in pregnancy with our excellent antenatal classes, supporting post-natally with breastfeeding support and early years classes all held locally within branches. Crawley branch have a weekly drop in – Bumps, Babes and Tiddlypeeps (Held on a Tuesday morning at Furnace Green Community Centre, Ashburnham Drive 10– 11:30am – everyone is welcome for a suggested donation of £1 to assist with hire costs) and hold Nearly New Sales twice yearly (in March and November) where anyone can buy and sell good quality pregnancy, baby and child related items. As well as these regular events there are also ad hoc social events for parents and their children (for example a Teddy Bears picnic and Christmas party as well as coffee mornings and soft play gatherings) and evening events for the hard working parents such as pamper evenings and fashion shows.
The night was danced away
In order to put on all these great events the branch is in need of volunteers. Volunteering is great fun and does not need to be time consuming – there are roles to suit everyone, committee posts which are a regular role as well as the smaller one off things like hosting a social event (large or small) and helping out at our nearly new sales. Whatever role a person takes on they can rely on the fact that they will be part of a fantastic team, have great fun meeting new people and will receive full support in their role. To find out more about the branch visit the facebook page by clicking here, email the chairs chair@nctcrawley.org.uk or call our branch enquiries line 08442436098.
Shelley interview Clare Hoggan & Alexis Ozmen
‘The Do!’ is the first event of its kind and was an enormous success. Its purpose was to thank all the volunteers of the branch past, present and future and everyone enjoyed themselves, lots of guests won prizes in the draw which were all donated by local businesses and the goodie bags were very well received. Alexis and Clare would like to thank Ian Metcalfe of Club 7878 (and Bar 429) for the use of the venue which was perfect, Sabine Edwards of Pendleton Events who donated her time and ensured the event ran smoothly, all the donors to the prize draw and goodie bags, Rob and Simon for wowing people with card tricks and the sponsors of the cupcakes and nibbles.
A great night was had by all and everyone is now crying out for more!
Source: Clare Hoggan, Crawley NCT Branch Co-Chair
We would like to thank Sabina and Clare for the great hospitality and the invite to this fab event
Henry Smith MP was delighted to announce earlier that the Secretary of State for Defence, Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP, will be visiting Crawley on Thursday July 28.
Henry said:
“It’s great to welcome the Defence Secretary to Crawley. Our town has quite a connection with the Armed Forces. Many local households have family members serving, Crawley is home to an active Territorial Army centre as well as major defence companies, such as Manor Royal based Thales UK and Boeing.“
“I welcome the opportunity to discuss with the Defence Secretary and local residents the phased withdrawal of our troops from Afghanistan and the significant equipment developed right here in Crawley such as the high-tech Watchkeeper unmaned drone aircraft.”
A month-long Olympic inspired festival of dance, which culminates with Open Weekend, is underway.
Dance in Motion is part of Crawley in Motion, the name for sporting, cultural and community projects taking place in the town in the next 18 months, all inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The events, co-ordinated by Crawley Borough Council, K2 Crawley and Crawley Schools Sports Partnership, will include demonstrations and lessons of all types of dance, from ballet to street and Bollywood to Zumba.
Dance in Motion began on July 2 with Bollywood, Portuguese, Irish, contemporary and street dancing demonstrations in Memorial Gardens as part of Crawley Festival Mainstage.
Open Weekend, from Friday 22ndJuly to Sunday 24th July, celebrates one year to go to the beginning of the London 2012 Olympic Games with free activities for all the family.
On Friday July 22, Run, Turtle! Run!, a fun theatre show based on Aesop’s fable, encourages physical activity and participation. It’s suitable for all ages and takes place at the Langley Green Centre at 2pm and the Bewbush Centre at 4pm.
Also on the Friday K2 Crawley hosts karate taster sessions from 8-8.45pm and 8.45-9.30pm. The sessions are run by British Karate Kyokushinkai, who host an international tournament the day after. Spectators are welcome at the tournament, also held at the leisure centre.
On Saturday 23rd July from 10am-4pm the LazyTown Sports Club comes to town.
This exciting physical activity programme motivates children to live better and combines all the movement, excitement, music and action of the LazyTown shows.
Free 45-minute sessions for children aged three to eight accompanied by parents start at 10am, 11am, 12 noon and 1.30pm.
At 3pm the Fitkid Grand Finale will feature a special appearance from Sportacus himself!
The event, at Healthy Balanced Generation at Oriel High School in Maidenbower, is part of Crawley’s Open Weekend to celebrate exactly one year to the start of the Olympics.
On Sunday 24th July from 12 noon-4.30pm the Finale Day at K2 Crawley includes free one-hour workshops in beginners’ ballroom and Latin dancing (12 noon), Michael Jackson workshop (12 noon), street dance class (1pm), children’s dance party (1pm) and a grand ball (1.30-4.30pm).
The grand ball finale ends the Dance in Motion festival and the 2011 Open Weekend in style with a wonderful afternoon of ballroom and Latin dance planned.
Dancers of all abilities are invited to join in the fun, which includes an exciting cabaret from top ballroom amateur couple Ian Sharpe and Victoria Lawrence, with music from top London dance DJ, Mr Wonderful.
Tickets cost £6.50 (concessions £4.50) including refreshments). To book online visit www.hawth.co.uk or call 01293 553636.
A free crèche and free climbing wall sessions will also be available from 12 noon-2pm. Places are limited so please book in advance with K2 Crawley.
At 1pm inChoir, a modern West Sussex choir, will sign songs not normally associated with choirs in a free concert at K2 Crawley. The group concentrates on having a good time and promoting the health benefits of singing.
The full line-up of events plus more information is available at www.crawley.gov.uk/inmotion or www.healthybalancedgeneration.co.uk
To reserve a place at any of dance classes please call 01293 438328.
Take a stroll around Goffs Park with Crawley Borough Council’s tree experts next week.
The arboricultural officers will be at Goffs Park on Saturday 16th July @ 11am and Wednesday 20th July 20 @ 7pm. The walks will be followed by refreshments in Crawley Museum.
On Sunday 14th August the Friends of Goffs Park host entertainment by Inchoir on the top lawn of the park, behind Goffs House, from 3pm.
There is no charge for any of these events but a donation towards the Friends of Goffs Park’s costs would be welcomed.
For more information call Tony Coles on 01293 527402 or Andy Rogers on 01293 537257.
Roll up, roll up to the annual free Summer Reading Challenge held in all West Sussex Libraries, which this year has the theme ‘Circus Stars’.
The Challenge runs from Saturday 16th July to Saturday 10th September. Aimed at four to 12 year olds, children are challenged to read up to six books, and will win prizes at different stages, including a gold medal if all six are read.
Children can join characters Clemmy, Megan and Anand throughout the summer for a range of activities. The launch day on July 16 at Crawley, Worthing and Chichester Libraries will see a number or circus-themed events from juggling, hula-hoop challenges and face painting.
Louise Goldsmith, Leader of West Sussex County Council, said: “The Summer Reading Challenge is always a fun time for our Libraries and it’s a great chance for children around the county to come together and celebrate books.
“Last year, when the theme was ‘Space Hop’, more than 11,000 young people took part in the challenge, borrowing 400,000 books between them.
“We look forward to this year being as successful.”
Small charities in West Sussex meet to join forces
Nearly 50 small charities from all over West Sussex have been given the chance to meet each other and see how they could work together.
The meeting was hosted by County Council Chairman Mike Coleman after a request from the Foundation for Social Improvement, which encourages small charities to join forces. It marked the end of the nationwide Small Charities Week.
“I was happy to lead the event, which was a landmark meeting for many of the small charities,” said Mike. “These days many of them are being called on to contribute to the Big Society, and simply getting to know each other means many can now think about sharing resources.”
A total of 49 individual charities from all areas were invited to attend. The organisations provide support, advice and activities for a wide range of people including older people, children, people with disabilities and those who are isolated or disadvantaged. Other groups are working to improve the environment.
“I learned a great deal about new initiatives and challenges that are under way,” continued Mike. “As a County Council we can now see if there are ways in which we can help these smaller organisations.”
On Saturday 18th June budding young actors from across Sussex attended The Hawth in order to audition for a place in the cast of Peter Pan, which runs at the Crawley Theatre from Friday 9th – Saturday 31st December.
James Whitaker and Tom Clark (taller)
The standard of those who auditioned was extremely high and Executive Producer Jonathan Kiley had a difficult job selecting the boys to play the roles of Michael and John in rotation during the run.
Daniel Haynes-De Vita (white shirt) and Thomas Ball.
Following a morning of individual auditions the hopefuls were whittled down and those who made it through to the second round were asked to read extracts from the pantomime script, giving them a taste of what it could be like on stage this December opposite television star Nigel Havers.
Matthew and Daniel Willis
The lucky four selected for the roles of brothers John and Michael were Thomas Ball (aged 13, from Burgess Hill) and Daniel Haynes-De Vita (aged 14, Horsham) and real life brothers Matthew (aged 12) and Daniel Willis (aged 9) from Burgess Hill, a first for the producers, who have never cast real brothers in the roles before. The standard of those who auditioned was so high the producers were able to select a third pair of boys, who will act as understudies for the parts. This opportunity went to Tom Clark (aged 12) and James Whitaker (aged 10), both from East Grinstead.
The Hawth and the pantomime producers are delighted to have found six such talented performers to add to the cast of Peter Pan. The swashbuckling show is now complete with a fantastic cast to go along with the magnificent scenery, beautiful costumes, comedy galore and stunning flying sequences this is a show not to be missed.
To hook tickets for this fantastic show call The Hawth Box Office now on 01293 553636 or visit www.hawth.co.uk.
James Whitaker, Tom Clark.JPG; Matthew Willis, Daniel Willis, Thomas Ball, Daniel Haynes De Vita with exec producer Jonathan Kiley
Henry Smith MP has today congratulated local air cadet, 18 year old Harry Lane, who is a Flight Sergeant with 19 (Crawley) Squadron, HQ Sussex Wing Air Training Corps. At the ceremony and luncheon at the Royal Air Force Club in London, Harry was presented with the Duke of Westminster Award by Admiral the Right Honourable the Lord West of Spithead, a veteran of the Falklands and Iraq wars, for his commitment to his time as a member of the air cadets and to the local community.
The Duke of Westminster Award is an annual competition organised by CVQO to recognise the most outstanding cadet from four cadet forces: the Combined Cadet Force, the Sea Cadet Corps, the Army Cadet Force and the Air Training Corps.
Henry said:
“It is extremely impressive that Harry was selected for the Award from nine finalists drawn up from a short list of 300 nominations, which, in turn, were nominated from a 20,000 strong group of Cadet Vocational Qualification Organisation (CVQO) learners nationwide.
“The Award is the strongest testament to the outstanding commitment and determination demonstrated by the young Flight Sergeant both to his Squadron and the local community. I am sure that many local residents will join me in congratulating him on having achieved such a prestigious award and one which I am sure will stand him in fantastic stead for his future career, wherever that might lead him.
“I also understand that it doesn’t end there. Harry will depart with the other finalists for South Africa next month where he will be working with and teaching young orphans.”
Speaking at the ceremony, Lord West said:
“It is always a pleasure to hear of young people, from all walks of life, from different parts of the country and different backgrounds making a real contribution to their local communities while enriching their own lives and prospects for the future.”
The Hawth is pleased to announce that Crawley Audi is the official sponsor of its Classical Concert Series once again. The car retailer is sponsoring the ever popular season of classical music for a second year in a row and the theatre is delighted to be receiving the company’s continued support of the arts.
Speaking about the sponsorship deal, Toby Burton, Head Of Business at Crawley Audi said “We are very pleased to be able to support The Hawth’s Classical Concert Series and the excellence it represents. It’s vital to the cultural vibrancy of the town that The Hawth continues to stage concerts by world-renowned musicians and Crawley Audi are proud to support this in any way we can.”
The Hawth’s Classical Concert Series for 2011/12 offers a wonderful selection of concerts and recitals, performed by some of the finest classical musicians in the world. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra returns to perform three concerts taking audiences on a musical journey around Europe with the music of Sibelius and Greig evoking the northern lights of Scandinavia and Vivaldi’s and Mendelssohn will bathe everyone in Mediterranean sunshine. Finally it’s off to Vienna for an evening of enchanting classics.
Nicola Benedetti
Other concerts in the series include the Armonico Consort and Orchestra of the Baroque with one of the word’s greatest violinists, Nicola Benedetti. There will also be studio recitals from Leos Cepocky and Michael Dussek, Piers Adams and David Wright and a return visit for Four Girls Four Harps, whose last performance sold out.
For full information about the Classical Concert Series or to buy tickets call 01293 553636 or go to www.hawth.co.uk
West Sussex County Council has launched a survey to ask people what help they need, want and expect when trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
The County Council wants to enable people to do what they can for themselves in order to stay healthy and active as well as providing the earliest possible support to those with health needs.
To help achieve this the County Council is working with West Sussex Primary Care Trust and district and borough councils to develop new Health and Wellbeing Hubs.
The Hubs will offer information, help and advice with things like quitting smoking, eating a more balanced diet or improving people’s emotional and mental wellbeing.
Louise Goldsmith, Leader of West Sussex County Council, said: “We want to help local communities live happier, healthier and longer lives. This survey will give us an insight into what people want and need so we can make sure we are doing as much as we can to achieve this.”
People can take part in the survey online at www.westsussex.gov.uk/haveyoursay or by phoning 01243 777100 and requesting a paper copy. People have until July 31st to take part.
At the end of the survey there will be an opportunity for people to join the West Sussex Residents’ e-Panel – an online group who are regularly asked for opinions and views on a range of topics. Find out more about joining the e-Panel at www.westsussex.gov.uk/residentspanel
ENCOURAGING and helping communities to play an active role in their local library will prevent the spread of ‘Argos Families’ – families where the only book in the home is the Argos catalogue.
That was the view expressed by Deborah Urquhart, West Sussex County Council Cabinet Member responsible for libraries, when she spoke to its Community Services Select Committee at County Hall today (Wednesday June 15).
Deborah was outlining the need for the Library Service to review community libraries in West Sussex.
She said: “There is now a need to review community libraries and how we can as a County Council ensure they continue to offer the opportunity for learning and reading whilst achieving necessary savings.
“The little ones and older people continue to borrow books. But we must ensure there are learning opportunities to all groups.
“Nationally there is a long term trend in declining book borrowing. As a County Council we need to engage with communities to turn that decline around.
“We cannot – like some places – afford to have Argos Families in West Sussex.”
Deborah said it is time to think about making better use of the Library Service’s assets.
“A lot of our libraries are only 24 hours a week. However, we have started talking to parishes and we are asking them, ‘What is it you want in your community and how can we utilise the library building to support delivery?’” she said.
Greenaway Residential Crawley have entered a team of 10 riders into this years London to Brighton bike ride in aid of The British Heart Foundation.
Greenaway Residential Estate Agents based in Crawley has always believed in giving back to the community and after organising and participating in many charitable events over the years the team have decided to step up their efforts in 2011. After recently entering a team into the Haywards Heath Bike Ride to help raise money for Help The Heroes, the team completed the nineteen mile course without any form of training and admittedly were all pretty tired. However wishing to push themselves more they have now entered a team in to the London To Brighton Bike Ride on Sunday 19th June 2011 to raise money for the British Heart Foundation. Having experienced the tiredness of the last event the team have started training towards the fifty four mile event and are under no illusion how tough it will be with a 6am start at Clapham Common. Not short of motivation the team have set their target of raising a minimum of £1500 and would ideally like raise far more this worthwhile cause. Managing Director Darren Greenaway has also pledged to donate £100 for each new Landlord who instructs Greenaway Residential Estate Agents when the property is let before the 19th June 2011.
Once the event has been completed the team then changes its focus to raise money for The Greenaway Foundation which raises money to provide Christmas for the residents of Crawley and surrounding villages. The team believe Christmas should be a happy time and we like to try and ease the burden on families that struggle over the festive time by at least providing them with the food for a hearty Christmas Dinner.
Shelley got to meet some wonderful people at the event including our very own Mayor Carol Eade and Youth Mayor Pravin Sanasy. Along side the two Mayors, Shelley got to speak to the delightful Damon Hill, Robert Llewelyn and Mark Goodier.
