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A
big thank you is extended to all
our Members, Branches and Regions
who are enthusiastically and energetically
organising projects and events to
raise funds for the National
Embroidery Centre - Manchester.
CONGRATULATIONS to all our Members
- your fundraising efforts have
now reached over £200,000!
well done.The amount raised by Members up to 6th September 2005 has now reached £227,642.24 which includes the sum of £5,914.71 representing the tax reclaimed on Gift Aided donations up to 5th April 2005. Thank you all so much for your continued support which is very much appreciated..
GIFT
AIDED DONATIONS
We would like to express our sincere
thanks to all our Members who kindly
Gift Aided their donations. This
has proved to be so worthwhile as
it significantly enhances the amount
raised by Members towards the centre
of embroidery.
We can now confirm that the Guild
has been able to reclaim the tax
paid on Gift Aided donations (up
to 5th April 2004) to the amount
of £5,597.40.
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Kingston
& District Branch
Member Joan Matthews came up with
a block busting idea of raising
money in support of the new centre
fund - the Branch stitched bricks!
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more ...
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The
Members of Plymouth Branch have
made a traditional quilt which they
are raffling to raise funds for
the National Embroidery Centre -
Manchester.
The Draw will take place on the
20th January 2005. Tickets cost
20p or £1.00 per book, and
can be purchased from Susan Holmes
- 01752 823090.
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On
22nd June 2004 Diana Keay, Founder
of the Stow on the Wold Branch,
held a Mid-Summer evening at her
cottage in Lower Slaughter, Cheltenham
to raise funds for the Guild's new
centre. The event was enormously
successful... Read
more ...
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Shropshire
Branch Members setting off on their
sponsored cycle ride, just one of
the activities that raised a grand
total of £1000 for the National
Embroidery Centre - Manchester.
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Ponteland
Branch had a good show of work
when they stewarded the EG stand
at the Pins and Needles Craft Exhibition
held in Newcastle in February. Read
more ...
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Sutton
Coldfield Branch have held a
Card Making Evening with all proceeds
raised going to the National Embroidery
Centre - Manchester. Read
more....
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Congratulations
to Lutterworth Branch who,
despite being a very small group
of just 12 Members, held
a very successful Extravaganza
Day on Saturday 8th November 2003
to raise funds for the new centre
for embroidery... Read
more....
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Congratulations
and thanks to Helen Conrad,
Treasurer of the North Wales
Branch who was sponsored by
members of her Branch to walk Offa's
Dyke in 2003 in aid of the new centre
for embroidery.... Read
more....
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Hamilton
& District Branch have raised
£600 for the new centre. This
amount was raised by various Members
including Celia Wijesinghe who organised
a very successful Sari evening....
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more....
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South
Sefton Branch held an enormously
successful "Sefton in Stitches"
fundraising day last October and
raised £2461.99 towards the
new centre. Congratulations to all
the Members of the South Sefton
Branch for their hard work and wonderful
achievement in organising such a
successful event. Read
more....
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North
Herts and Bedfordshire Members
got together in the summer for a
delightful day of Pimms and Beads
- and raised almost £400 for
the new centre. Our thanks go to
Val Aitken who opened her home and
garden, and all the ladies who made
the day such a success. Champagne
and strawberries are on the menu
next year... Read
more....
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