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ROLLS-ROYCE MOTOR CARS PROVIDES VINTAGE SEND-OFF FOR 2019 HOUSE CHARITY
Wed Mar 04 13:58:00 CET 2020 Press Release
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars staged its final fundraising event for its 2019 House Charity, Home-Start Arun, Worthing & Adur, on Leap Year Day, Saturday 29 February. Around 130 invited guests and VIPs gathered at the Home of Rolls-Royce, Goodwood, for a gala evening of vintage-themed glamour, entertainment and conviviality.
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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars staged its final fundraising event for its
2019 House Charity, Home-Start Arun, Worthing & Adur, on Leap Year
Day, Saturday 29 February. Around 130 invited guests and VIPs gathered
at the Home of Rolls-Royce, Goodwood, for a gala evening of
vintage-themed glamour, entertainment and conviviality.
Following welcome drinks, the assembled company enjoyed a silent
auction and dancing to music from across the decades, courtesy of
local seven-piece band Taylor Maid. The evening culminated in the
presentation of a cheque for £13,170 representing the final sum raised
by employees across Rolls-Royce, in addition to monies already donated
through other events held during Home-Start Arun, Worthing &
Adur’s 12-month tenure as House Charity. In addition, the fundraising
evening itself raised almost £10,000.
Catherine Hobson, Development Manager at Home-Start, who
masterminded the Vintage themed event said, “It was a pleasure to
invite our supporters to Rolls-Royce for the fundraising evening. Our
Charity Patron, Mrs Sarah King, was particularly impressed with the
warm welcome, fun atmosphere and support from the Rolls-Royce team.
The whole year has been a pleasure and we are thrilled to have raised
funds, to be spent immediately supporting families going through
challenging times. One in five families referred to us cannot be
supported due to lack of resources but this money, raised at our
jointly held event, will go some way to helping a further ten families.”
This fond farewell does not mark the end of the relationship, or
the company’s support, however. In November 2019, for example,
Rolls-Royce hosted an event for the Snowdrop Trust, which was House
Charity more than a decade ago. The company is now looking forward to
planning fundraising activities on behalf of its 2020 House Charity,
Families of Ocean Ward.
Andrew Ball, Head of Corporate Relations, Heritage and
Philanthropy, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, said, “Each year, our House
Charity becomes a genuine part of the Rolls-Royce family. They are
nominated, chosen and supported entirely by our employees, so there’s
real interest and engagement across the business. The farewell event
is always a poignant moment, because we’ve formed a deep relationship
over the preceding 12-months; but that sense of connection also means
there’s a real determination to maintain links and involvement in the
charity’s life and work in the longer term.”
He concluded, “Working with Home-Start Arun, Worthing & Adur
and seeing the highly challenging but incredibly rewarding work they
do at first hand has been a tremendous privilege and pleasure for us;
we wish them every success in the future.”