CHARITIES AND SPONSORSHIPS

Romy Summerskill, Executive Chairman of Acorn Property Group believes working within local communities is key to the ethos of Acorn and we are proud to have so many team members take part in charitable endeavours to help raise vital funds for these worthy causes.

Acorn Blue embarked on a ‘£50 challenge’ where they were given £50 and 50 days to raise as much as possible for Children’s Hospice South West. With various challenges across four locations; Duporth, Padstow, Treglos and Newquay plus Grand National and FA Cup sweepstakes, the team are delighted to have raised over £1,000 for the charity.

Following a two-year delay due to Covid-19, Christina Massos and Mette Blackmore were finally able to go on their Cambodian adventure with ActionAid. Following the huge impact of their work and fundraising from their 2018 trip to Rwanda, this time they travelled to Pursat in Western Cambodia for 10 days where they worked with local people to help build a muchneeded classroom block at Put Tream Primary School. They managed to beat their fundraising target of £6,400 and have raised a fantastic total of £8,811.

A date in the calendar looked forward to by many is the Acorn Charity Dinner hosted by the Bristol team. Uniting the wider Acorn team and external partners from across the regions, in 2021 the event raised almost £15,000. We donated £2,000 to ActionAid and the rest of the proceeds were split between the Nicola Corry Support Foundation, who help support families when a parent is suffering from cancer, and

One25, a Bristol women's charity who work with some of the city's most marginalised women.

Other notable events that have taken place include a beach blitz in support of the Great British Beach Clean, where some of the marketing team headed to Trecco Bay to complete a beach clean-up. As well as charity golf tournaments, 27 teams attended and raised £4,000 for Children's Hospice South West. Acorn Blue raised £195 and donated their lottery fund of £150 to purchase and send supplies to Ukraine, aiding the support of civilians and soldiers.

We have also had the pleasure of sponsoring the Bolingey Barbarians rugby club based in Penryn, Cornwall. The team support several local children’s charities through their matches. The club often raise money by different means, such as impressive raffles and auctions. As one of the proud sponsors of the club, we are delighted to have provided 44 pairs of shorts that have been offered to the players to purchase, with all proceeds raised for charity.

We are proud to say we are now supporting London-based Toshi Karate Club. Specialising in sport karate, the club offers students quality tuition from children aged 5 years old to adults. Making the sponsorship even more special, a dedicated mentor of the club is Alina Paun, who is part of Acorn’s finance team. We love to contribute to local sports teams where we can, in the past we have also sponsored community races, cycling events and even a professional surfer.

01 Acorn Bristol's Charity Dinner helping raise £14,735 for ActionAid, Nicola Corry Foundation and One25

02 Proudly sponsoring Toshi Karate Club, London

03 £1,005.46 raised by Acorn Blue with the '£50 challenge' for Children's Hospice South West

04 Christina and Mette supporting ActionAid helping raise to date £8,811

05 Cheque totalling £5,707.30 presented to the Children's Hospice South West

06 Proudly sponsoring Bolingey Barbarians Rugby Club, Penryn, Cornwall

07 The marketing team take part in a Great British Beach Clean at Trecco Bay