Facilities Directorate Charities Update – December 2017

Staff across the FD have been busy supporting our two charities over the last few months.

Since 1 November, we have raised a huge £825.91 for the Alzheimer’s Society and £883.32 for The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund, taking our grand totals to £5,300.28 (Alzheimer’s) and £3,633.03 (Children’s Heart Surgery), a whopping £8933.31 in total.

Special thanks go to Natasha Rahanu in the Conference and Events Office, Lisa Hall and Ricky Thompson from the Refectory, who baked and sold Halloween biscuits raising £112, Rory Haines from Sustainability for the cake sale in the FD Building raising £76.49, and the Penny for the Guy in the FD building organised by HR which raised £72.30. Well done to the Marketing and Communications Team, who raised £48 at their FD Christmas breakfast, and everyone who joined in on the festive Elf Walk, which raised £203. The recent Christmas Fair Trade Fair was a massive success. £1000 was raised through sales of mulled wine, the raffle and tombola. And to everyone with a charity tin, an amazing amount of £798.48 has been counted this month.

Finally, thanks to everyone who took part in one of the marathons that they have run over the last couple of months – Lisa Hall, Ella Adlard, Bob Douglass, Leanne Henderson, Cheryl Clough, Stewart Ross, Emma Broadhurst, Francesca Shepard, Ben Witz, Sam Jackson, Ricky Thompson, Sam Mottershead and Ian Brine – you have all made a difference!

Please keep planning fundraising ideas for our two FD Charities, together we really can make a difference! The next event is the Christmas Jumper Day on 15 December.

To find out more about the charities we fundraise for, click here.

December 2017

Over £200 raised by the Elf Day Walk

Colleagues from across the University unleashed their inner Elf in support of the Alzheimer’s Society

On the Friday 8th December, 34 staff, students, visitors to the university and Dexter the Beagle, got in the festive spirit by taking part in an Elf Walk around the University of Leeds campus.

The mile-long walk took just over half an hour and was successful in raising over £200 for the Alzheimer’s Society, one of the Facilities Directorate’s two chosen charities for 2017/2018.

If you would like to donate to this amazing charity, please visit the Alzheimer’s Society donations page.

 

Read more about the Elf Walk and view pictures from the day here.