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TLC in the PARK - 19th June 2010
Our annual family event TLC in the PARK took place on 19th June and was a resounding success. With more runners this year the level of sponsorship rose resulting in an increase in overall donations to the charity. Apart from the runners and walkers there were plenty of people to keep the stalls and games busy.
We would like to thank Abbey Park for supporting us once again and also our volunteers who stalwartly manned the stalls.
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The TLC Summer Luncheon - 15th June 2010
The decision to hold a Summer version of the TLC lunch was vindicated with a superb turn out. As usual the food at the Aylestone Restaurant was amazing and the service outstanding. This event was held in partnership with Councilor Michael Mayor of Oadby and Wigston who has chosen TLC as his charity for the term of his office. He attended personally and gave an entertaining and informative address. Look out for the Winter Luncheon as places will be limited and will sell very fast. Click here for pictures of the day. |
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TLC Winter Luncheon - Thursday Feb' 11th 2010
Alison Clarke (Governor HM Prison Leicester) was the speaker at this years event and intrigued the audience with some of the facts she shared. As usual the event was a big success with everyone enjoying the food, the company and the entertainment. At the last count it looks as though the lunch brought The Laura Centre around £1000 in profit so a big thank you to all those who attended and especially to the support of the college and the students. |
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An Indian Buffet Banquet - Monday Jan' 25th 2010
Alison Barratt is held an Indian Buffet Banquet in memory of her son, Jonathan's, 21st birthday. The evening was a runaway success with good food and good company. The evening raised over £500 for TLC which we think is absolutely incredible. Well done Alison and abig thank you to all who attended. |
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70's and 80's Disco - 21st November 2009 (independant event)
What a fantastic night. The music played and the dancers danced. Evryone had a great night out and helped raised a ton of cash for the two charities. The event itself raised an amazing £1500 solit evenly between TLC and ADAM'SMILE. A great big thank you to the organisors. Well done. |
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Shakerstone Family Festival - Sat. Sun. 5th & 6th 2009
A fantastic weekend was made even more special with the appearance of The Red Arrows. With lots of stalls and shows the event went with a bang and even the weather held out. We would like to thank the organisors for selecting TLC as one of the beneficiaries this year and we wait with anticipation for the their donation. Thank you and well done guys.
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Pob's Trophy - Sunday August 2nd 2009
The annual football competition yet again benefitted from fantastic weather and some great football. This year it was bigger than ever with more stalls and the day was made special by the appearance of former LCFC start Matt Piper. There was an emotional moment when, just before the final, 5 white doves were released commemorating the five years since Linden, in whose name the event is held, died. Figures are not available yet ut there are some great photos of the day at:
www.pobstrophy.co.uk |
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Garden Party - Saturday 27th
June 2009
The Garden Party was held by Bruce and Sandra Lord in memory of Rachael Marie
Lord in order to raise much needed funds for both The Laura Centre and for CRY
(Cardiac Risk in the Young). The event was a fantastic success with many people attending and thoroughly enjoying the day. As soon as we have the information from Sandra we will let you know what the final total is. Well done to Sandra and Bruce, all their helpers and all those who attended the event. |
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Saturday 20th June 2009 - TLC in the Park
The first ever TLC in the Park was a fantastic success with hundreds of people supporting the event. The day consisted of a 1km Toddle, a 3km Fun Run and lots of stalls and refreshments. We haven't done the maths yet but we will let you know the total as soon as we have it. We would like to say a very BIG thank you to all those who took part, all of our volunteers and to Denise Jarvis and her team at Abbey park without whom the day would not have been possible.
We are already looking at next years event and we hope that this become an annual fun day for the whole family. |
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Thursday 12th February 2009 - Ladies Luncheon
The lunch was a fantastic success with record numbers this
year. The food, as usual, was divine and what a joy to see
silver service delivered with such expertise. A great lunch
was rounded off by speaker Tony Wadsworth and his wife Julie
Meyer. We'll let you know how much we raised but we already
know that you helped us beat last years total. Big thanks
to all concerned especially the staff and students of Leicester
College. Photo's of the event can be viewed and purchased
by clicking
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Thursday 27th November 2008 - The Up Beatles
You all helped us raise and amazing £650.
The
night was a tremendous success with two fantastic bands
rocking
the
place. The
attendance
was
good
and everyone
entered into the spirit of fundraising making the raffle
successful beyond our hopes. Our
heartfelt thanks to to The Up Beatles, The Roosters and
to you the
audience
who
supported us on the
night. |
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October 19th - Leicester Marathon
We had two supporters running in this years Leicester
Marathon. Mary Marriott ran the half marathon in under 2hrs
40 min and her Just Giving page is still live.Just click here.
Our other runner was Stephanie Haylock who was in the corporate
relay. Stephanie's Just Giving page is also still live and you
can visit by clicking here.
We would like to thank both of our supporters and as soon as
they let us know their final totals we will publish them here.
Thanks girls. |
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October 6th - 12th 2008 - MEGA READ
Mega Read week is now over but it will be quite some time before
we have an idea of how much the event has raised. In the meantime
we would like to thank all those who took part and the various
organisations and individuals for supporting us. We will publish
information as and when we have it on this page so make sure
you keep coming back. |
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This was a tremendous success even though the weather was
foul. Of the 10 intrepid climbers that started we are pleased
to announce that 7 of them made the summit. The day was wet,
cold and miserable so anyone that even started deserves a
massive pat on the back and a big WELL DONE!
Sorry but we still cannot give you a final total as the money
is still rolling in. We can tell you however that it is thousands
and not hundreds. As soon as we have the figure we will publish
it on this page. |
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| Unfortunately the parks staff were forced to cancel this
event. They left it until 5pm the day before but a ground inspection
confirmed their fears that it was unsuitable for the event. |
KNIGHTON
PARK
FUN DAY |
SHACKERSTONE FAMILY FESTIVAL
Sad to say that this event had to be cancelled due
to the terrible weather.
Our sympathy goes out to the organising committee who had
put in months and months of work. |
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Family Fun Day & Karaoke
A great family day out was had by all at The Plough
Inn, Wigston. We are hoping to have some pictures of the event
so that you will see just how much fun everyone had. An early
report indicates that in excess of £1500 was raise including
a pledge of £500 from a single donor. More information
to follow so keep visiting. |
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Tandem Parachute Jump
Our brave souls had a great couple of days leaping
from a plane. Keep visiting for a full report on the event
and on how much money was raised. |
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Pobs Trophy
This was the 5th annual charity football tournament
taking place, as usual, at Huncote Sports and Social Club. This
years event was sponsored by NEXT and LCFC as well as a host
of other local businesses and individuals and Filbert Fox paid
a visit as well as the Everyclick Mouse. The standard of the
football was higher than ever and the increased number of stalls
made it a real family day out. The organisors will not have
a final total for a few weeks but it looks as though TLC could
be getting in excess of £2000. For pictures of the event
and all of the scores visit Pob's
Trophy web site. |
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Love Parks Day
We all had a great day out at Abbey Park for their
"Love Parks Love Life" event. The day started with
a fantastic response to our sponsored walk and, once we have
all of the sponsorship money in we will let you all know how
much you raised. Following this our volunteers helped with the
final planting of The Laura Centre garden. This is a beautiful
quiet spot where you can sit and reflect amongst the beautiful
roses. Check out the pic' of the empty plant pots to see how
many they planted. Whilst all of this was going on we were also
in the Multi Agency marquee where we were spreading the word
about The Laura Centre. A great big thank you to all who helped
and supported us on that day. Click on the picture to see a
few photos from the day. |
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| The Ladies Luncheon was a tremendous success and helped
us raise much needed funds. The meal was absolutely fantastic
and was rounded off nicely with an interesting and humorous
address by our guest speaker Rosemary Conley. To remember
the day we took a series of photographs which you can see
by clicking on the icon on the right. If you would like a
photograph we can supply an 8" x 10" print for the
reasonable cost of £6.00 which includes postage and
packing. If you would like to place an order all we need is
the picture number and, of course, the money. please send
your order to Tony here at The Laura Centre. You
can e-mail him at tony@thelauracentre.org.uk |
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The Laura Centre on EBAY
The Laura Centre is now part of the charity community on the
EBAY auction site and can receive donations via the web site
as well as sell directly.
The system works in a
very simple way and can even be used even with the Turbo Lister
which allows experienced users to get their goods on line
more quickly.
To start donating a percentage of your successful EBAY sales
to The Laura Centre you must first elect us as your chosen
charity and then register (once only) with Mission Fish, an
organization dedicated to supporting charities through EBAY.
It really is a simple way of supporting your favourite charity
but to help you we have prepared a pdf document which you
can download by clicking on the link to the right. Alternatively
you can click
here to go direct to the information page on EBAY. |
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