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Charity cheque presentation to Uttlesford Food Bank

Continuing our tradition of donating to three local charities instead of sending Christmas cards Melanie Pratlett, our Senior Partner, met with Katy Mendes-Day from Uttlesford Food Bank on Thursday 5th January to present her with a cheque for £200.

Katy was able to tell us more about the Food Bank, which has been running since 2014 and started in a church. They have since moved to a warehouse and are already struggling for space. The pandemic and cost of living increase are two major events which have resulted in a 300% increase in demand at the foodbank but many other nationwide impacts and personal experiences may result in a person needing help from the Food Bank. Uttlesford Food Bank works by referral and once registered a person or family in need will receive a delivery of an emergency food and care parcel.

The Resolution Foundation predicts that those in absolute poverty will increase by three hundred thousand over the next 12 months.

We hope that we helped a little but the Food Bank needs help from anyone who can support them with food or money donations, or by volunteering or fund raising they can be found at https://uttlesford.foodbank.org.uk/

Adams Harrison’s Great Bake Off 2023

Just when you thought there was no more GBBO news for the year Adams Harrison wanted to recap on baking efforts by our staff in the past 6 months.

Earlier in the year Adams Harrison held its own Bake Off competition over a 7 week period in collaboration with local Estate Agents, Cheffins. Staff in our 3 offices along with Estate Agents Cheffins were the judges. Everyone ate a lot of cake!

Funds were raised for the Brain Tumour Charity.

First place was Helen’s bake, second place was Jess’s bake, and third place was Joy’s bake.

It took a while for the prizes to be ordered but in the Autumn the winners were presented with their Star Baker aprons and engraved cake stand for 1st prize.

 

Here are some of the other great bakes.

 

Adams Harrison Staff Celebrate Christmas Jumper Day

Adams Harrison celebrate Christmas Jumper Day and raise money for Save the Children

The staff in the Adams Harrison offices came to work today wearing Christmas jumpers in support of Save the Children.

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed brightening the office and raising money for a worthy cause.

Adams Harrison Bake-Off in aid of the Brain Tumour Charity

During June and July Adams Harrison staff participated in a bake off over a 7 week period.

A number of staff volunteered to prepare delectable sweet and savoury items for colleagues to enjoy in our Haverhill and Saffron Walden offices.

Staff judged and scored the entries, and Local Estate Agents Cheffins, were also judges so of course a sample of the tasty bakes went to them too.

Many carbs were consumed which did not do waistlines any good at all!

Staff paid a contribution for the enjoyment of eating the bakes and the sum of £97.71 was raised for the Brain Tumour Charity.

All in all a pretty pain free way to raise money for a good cause and keep smiles on faces in the offices (and at our local Estate Agents).

Skipping challenge completed by Managing Partner, Jennifer Carpenter

Jennifer Carpenter, Managing Partner recently completed a sponsored skipping challenge to raise funds for Cancer Research UK.

Jenny completed 100 skips a day in June, even though she was away on holiday for some of those! On completion of the challenge Jenny had collected £219 for the charity and got some much needed exercise away from her desk.

Young Citizen Awards 2023

Jennifer Carpenter, Managing Partner was delighted to attend the Young Citizen Awards evening on Monday to meet six fantastic young people chosen by their schools for service to the school and/or local community and for being role models to their fellow students. Adams Harrison sponsored the event held by the Rotary Club of Haverhill & District that looks to award young people that have followed the Rotary moto of “Service Above Self”. The schools that participated in the event were: Castle Manor Academy and Samuel Ward Academy from Haverhill and Linton Village College.

Thank you letter from Arthur Rank Hospice

Following our donation to the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity we received this lovely letter of thanks from Ellie Weatherly, their Corporate Partnerships Lead. It is always nice to see what benefit will be derived from our donation. To find out more about Arthur Rank Hospice go to www.arhc.org.uk

Each Christmas our staff nominate three charities (one located close to each office) to receive a donation which we make in lieu of sending Christmas Cards.

Our chosen charities for December 2022 were:

Sawston office – Arthur Rank Hospice Charity https://www.arhc.org.uk

Saffron Walden office – Together in Sound https://www.saffronhall.com/take-part/together-in-sound-saffron-walden

Haverhill office – Papworth Trust https://www.papworthtrust.org.uk/

Donation to Arthur Rank Hospice Charity

Richard Booth presents cheque donation to Ellie Weatherly from Arthur Rank Hospice Charity

To complete the trio of cheque donations made from our three offices in lieu of Christmas cards in December 2022 Richard Booth presented a cheque for £150 to Ellie Weatherly of Arthur Rank Hospice Charity this afternoon.

You can find out more about Arthur Rank Hospice Charity here: https://www.arhc.org.uk/. The Charity is close to our Sawston office and is based in Shelford Bottom.

Papworth Trust Donation

We were delighted to meet Jo Revitt from Papworth Trust on 5th January to present her with a donation cheque for £150.

Adams Harrison donate to 3 charities each Christmas (local to each of our three offices) as an alternative to sending Christmas cards.

Click here for more information about Papworth Trust and the work they do.

In the picture Jennifer Carpenter, Managing Partner (left), presenting the cheque to Jo Revitt (right).

Foodbank Donation December 2022

The staff at Saffron Walden office collected items to donate to Uttlesford foodbank.

More details can be found here: https://uttlesford.foodbank.org.uk/