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19th May 2008

New grants, events support and Great Manchester run

Grants fund services
It's been a great few months for fundraising from trusts and local companies, so a big thank you goes to the following organisations:

D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust for covering the costs of creche facilities for the Saturday space and SMART group by donating £3,500; and

HealthSure for funding a range of activities at our group spaces by contributing £2,300; and

Manchester Guardian Society for supporting creative writing workshops at the women's service by donating £1,000.


Events supporters
Events organised independently provide a welcome source of support to George House Trust and we are grateful for the following:

Bury Grammar School around World Aids Day held various events which raised over £500 and we are grateful for the continuing support of the school and in particular Andrew Christian who co-ordinated things;

The Gay Village Community Dinner was held on April 17 with all the proceeds raised for the benefit of George House Trust. A great night was had by all! In addition to all the tickets proceeds (amount to be confirmed), over £400 was raised on the night in sponsorship for our Great Manchester Run team. A big thank you to Gareth Williams at Hot Village, Manchester 235 Casino, and The Birdcage.

Sponsored yoga - making 108 yoga Sun Salutations raised over £500 through the efforts of Jane Craggs www.janecraggs.co.uk

Great Manchester Run
As we go to print the final planning for the 10km Great Manchester Run is almost done. Hopefully by the time you read this we'll all have survived the run and recovered from our blisters.
We have over £5 000 of donations pledged through JustGiving.com alone, so the Run promises to be a successful large fundraising event and hopefully a fun day out for everyone. Big thanks to everyone who ran or is supporting us.
You can donate to us at www.justgiving.com/ght as well as at www.ght.org.uk