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Property firms' charity boost
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
A GROUP of Plymouth firms has donated almost £2,000 to a city charity organisation.
The Plymouth Area Property Professionals Association (PAPPA) handed over £1,911 to the Plymouth Drake Foundation after holding an annual golf and gala dinner fundraiser.
Charles Howeson, chairman of the foundation, accepted the cheque from PAPPA which is made up of 16 city estate agencies and surveyors.
Gareth Forrest, this year's chair of PAPPA and director of Town and Country Estate Agents, said the group supported the foundation because it helps small voluntary and community groups throughout the city.
Since launching in 2008, The Plymouth Drake Foundation has raised more than £600,000
Plymouth Area Property Professionals Association Annual Golf Day and Gala Dinner 2011
On the 10th June this years event was held at St Mellion International, with 16 golf teams and 150 guests for the gala dinner. You can see some of the images from the day at: https://www.facebook.com/TownAndCountryPlymouth. Gareth Forrest, Chairman of PAPPA, thanked all of the sponsors on behalf of the association which have helped raise a fantastic amount this year for The Plymouth Drake Foundation and Horizons. Thedonations were very much appreciated and assisted in raising a fantastic amount. PAPPA have managed to raise over £5000 this year which will be equally split between the charities that both rely on local support.
New estate agency supporting local Charity
Town and Country Estate Agents have decided to support the Plymouth Drake Foundation in their new venture with a donation from each house sale going to the charity. Town and Country Estate Agents, based at North Hill, has been formed by Richard Rabin and Tracy Brady, who are directors of Town and Country Lettings. However, they stress the residential property company is separate from the similarly named lettings business.
The pair are jointed by co-director Gareth Forrest in the new venture. Mr Rabin said: "The property market is not dead and we are launching a new estate agents. "We have been open about six weeks and are doing OK."
Mr Rabin has worked in the Plymouth property market for more than 20 years. Specialising in lettings, he launched Town & Country Lettings in 1997 in partnership with Mr Forrest's father Chris Forrest, at Bettisons at Yealmpton in the South Hams, before moving his company to Plymouth's North Hill. Town & Country Lettings blossomed into one of the city's largest letting agencies.
Mr Rabin is a fellow of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) and former chairman of Plymouth Area Property Professionals Association (PAPPA). Mr Forrest started his career in family estate agency Bettisons, with his father. The 32-year-old joined King Sturge and was promoted to residential sales manager before joining Town and Country. He is also a member of NAEA and chairman of PAPPA.
To find out more about Town and Country Estate Agents contact them on 01752 200909 or go to www.tandcestateagents.com
Community spirit in city is rewarded
PLYMOUTH'S unsung heroes have been celebrated with a special event in the city.
The Spirit of the Community Awards, organised by The Plymouth Drake Foundation, highlighted the dedicated and selfless work of people in the community.
Four awards were given out at the gala event, which was held at the Holiday Inn, Plymouth Hoe, last night
The Friends of Devonport Park was given time in the spotlight thanks to its impact on the local community and its dedicated team of volunteers who turn out in all weathers to improve the world around them. They were presented with their accolade by Julian Crow, of First Great Western, the principal sponsor of the awards.
"I think this event is brilliant for celebrating what people in the voluntary sector are doing," said Mike Gallagher, chairman of the friends group.
The East End Community Allotment Project picked up the second of the night's awards, sponsored by Gill Akaster. The group of volunteers launched the scheme to tackle health inequalities and now works with the community, schools and families.
"There is a real community spirit down at the allotment and we are over the moon to have won an award," said Mo Townsend, one of the project volunteers.
Budo Youth, which was formed five years ago to tackle the problems being encountered by young people, was also celebrated.
Sponsored by Radio Plymouth, their award was given to show the project's work with young people in St Budeaux, helping them to meet in a safe and dry area.
"The young people will be so proud when they see that we have got this award," said Justine Lawrence, one of the professional youth team working in partnership with the group.
Mary Lacey, the driving force behind the Plymouth Senior Citizens Forum, was the final recipient at the awards show. She was handed her prize, sponsored by King Sturge, to champion her dedicated passion and commitment for the over-50s.
"I am absolutely astounded that I won an award," said Mary.
"I think events like this are an ideal way to show that people care about what is being done in the community."
Each group winner received £500 and Mary was presented with a cheque for £250.
Since its launch in 2008, The Plymouth Drake Foundation, formerly The Drake Foundation, has supported community and voluntary groups across the city with grants of up to £5,000.
Plymstock School has fun and pain raising money for Plymouth Drake Foundation
The students at Plymstock School Sixth Form have a strong belief in working together in various ways to benefit their local community, so when Charity Week was marked on their calendar every student seized the opportunity to ‘do something different’. The charity the students chose was the Drake Foundation, it was picked because this organisation supports community initiatives by providing grants to help their cause, it is the local charity of charities and every pound donated to them is then matched by the government. So for the students their choice was an obvious one and now the challenge was how to start bringing in the money through exciting and enjoyable ways that everyone could get involved in.
Each of the 15 sixth form tutor groups was given the task of raising a minimum of £50 over the course of a week. As usual they rose to the challenge and the school saw a number of different fund-raising events taking place: A doughnut eating contest between teachers and students for those who have the stomach for it. If the students still felt hungry there were barbeques throughout the week at lunchtime. It wasn’t just a battle of bellies that gripped Charity Week but also a battle of brains, the Charity Quiz was a great success, an evening of questions, laughs, humiliation and that old fashioned student competition. Unfortunately Charity Week was not fun and games for all, two unlucky male students had the painful experience at getting their legs waxed for the first time. Bake sales were especially appreciated by the teachers, being conveniently located outside the staffroom and a fancy dress under the theme of ‘do something different’ saw some rather unusual costumes bringing the laughter in to the class-room. Local battle of the band winners and Plymstock school students ‘Elithia’ also rocked charity week as they put on a gig – one of the biggest successes of the week. With all these events and great student participation a thousand pounds was raised which is then matched funded by the Government. This brings the total raised, over the past two years, by Plymstock School Sixth Form to £6000. The money raised has been placed into an ‘Acorn Fund’ which allows the students to have a say in which deserving cause benefits from their fund-raising. This is by no means the end of their efforts, as the school will be fielding a team of 16 runners in the Plymouth Half Marathon and assisting in fund raising over the weekend of the event.
