NORTHERN LIGHTS PERCY HEDLEY FOUNDATION BALL
HILTON NEWCASTLE GATESHEAD SATURDAY 18TH NOVEMBER 2023
CHARITY NUMBER: 515943
WELCOME
Thank you for joining us for our 15TH Annual Percy Hedley Ball. Your support continues to support us in providing the opportunity for everyone one of our students, learners and residents to live their best lives.
We are delighted to welcome you back to the Percy Hedley ball, especially this year as we celebrated our 70th Birthday and I hope you are looking forward to an evening of fun glamour and fundraising! The Percy Hedley Foundation has been at the heart of the North East community since Percy Hedley school was established back in 1953, enabling disabled people to live their lives to the full. It is amazing to see the unbelievable scope and potential of this fantastic North East charity to empower people with disabilities to believe in their abilities. Our work with over 650 disabled people and their families each year would not be possible without the amazing support we receive from local businesses, local community, and our fantastic supporters, who continue to help us transform the lives of disabled people across the North East.
The ball is such an important night for us to not only promote and celebrate the amazing work we do every day, but to raise money to ensure we can support our pupils, students, members, and residents to have equal opportunities to live their best lives. On behalf of the children, young people, and adults we support across the North East, thank you for your support tonight, we hope you have a fantastic evening Janet Donnelly Chair of Trustees
PROGRAMME FORTHE NIGHT 7.00pm
Drinks Reception
7.45pm
A special performance by Danceplex UK
8.15pm
Dinner is served
10.00pm
Raffle draw and Live auction
10.30pm
Time for dancing with live music from Livewire
12.00am
DJ & disco
2.00am
Carriages
MENU STARTER Carrot & ginger soup (Vegan)
MAIN COURSE Braised confit of beef bourguignon with onion mash & fine beans Vegan / Vegetarian Selection Sweet potato & chickpea loaf (Vegan) with tender stem broccoli & onion gravy
DESSERT Warm chocolate fondant (Vegan) with salted caramel ice cream Cheese and Biscuits Coffee and Mints
Your hosts for this evening Your hosts for this evening are BBC Newcastle presenter Anna Foster, and comedian Alfie Joey who will guide you through the evening in their own inimitable style! Our volunteers will be on hand throughout the night to support you with any questions to ensure you have a fabulous time.
How You Make A Difference We have delivered over 30 million hours of care, education, therapy and nursing so in our 70 years, with over 1.2million hours delivered in the last year alone. On behalf of the Foundation’s students, members, residents and staff, thank you. Your support is giving everyone we support the opportunity to live their best lives, with examples including;
Latest Equipment
Only Innowalk in a school in the North of England. Find out more
Employment Opportunities
New Spaces
This new sensory room provides a highly Find out more specialised assessment and intervention of student’s sensory processing needs.
The opportunity to realise their ambitions and develop skills. Find out more
Award Winning Programmes
One of the first disability Police Cadet forces in the UK. Find out more
Visit us
If you would like to arrange a visit to the Foundation and see how you and your Fill in this form business could partner with us please
Medsolve teams up with Percy Hedley Foundation Chester-le-Street based Medsolve; a full-service led, Healthcare recruitment and educational solution provider is delighted to be working with North East charity, The Percy Hedley Foundation as a partner providing agency staff. Through the partnership, the Foundation will also get access to Medsolve’s client system and app and will be provided with staff who have all received Medsolve’s specialist clinical level of training. This comes as part of a new arrangement that the Percy Hedley Foundation has secured from October 2023 to improve efficiency and strengthen relationships with the staffing agencies it works with. Lindsay Murray, HR Manager at The Percy Hedley Foundation said: “We are excited to work with Medsolve as a key partner in this new arrangement that will enhance the Foundation’s ability to deliver high quality, personalised services for our students, residents and members.”
Lisa Dodds, Managing Director from Medsolve said: “We are thrilled to be working in partnership with the Percy Hedley Foundation. Medsolve have supported Percy Hedley’s services for several years and understand the needs of the services we supply staff to. Finding the right candidates working in Education and Healthcare is never easy, so I am delighted Medsolve can bring extensive experience to the students and residents of the Foundation.”
Thank you to our Sponsors HEADLINE
ENTERTAINMENT
RECEPTION DRINKS
CHEESE AND WINE
AUCTION
PRODUCTION
HOST
ASSOCIATE
Special thanks to
for the dancing
for our lighting
Face, Hair, Body & Bling for the glitter
Ralph Keeley for the piano
AMV for the music
for the photos
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Siena Court offers the opportunity to live independently in a safe environment where professional support is on-hand and social inclusion is championed. We have successfully nurtured those facing extremely challenging and complex needs to reach their potential and live fulfilling and rewarding lives. We work with each client and their families to create an individual programme and a range of positive experiences to encourage engagement and enable them to live in an environment where they can grow and flourish.
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HOWWE CAN WORKTOGETHER Tonight you will hear how, with your support, Percy Hedley makes a real difference to the lives of so many people across the North East but we can also help you be a more inclusive employer across your organisation. Volunteering You can volunteer as an individual or as a corporate partner. The Foundation continues to look at strategic volunteering support from experts in their respective fields to support our work across our offering. If your business could offer a gift in kind support or you would like to volunteer individually please email volunteer@percyhedley.org.uk
Charity of The Year Choose or nominate us as your Charity of the Year and our dedicated team will work with you on a partnership that has a lasting impact, gains publicity and inspires your colleagues with a range of fundraising and volunteering activities and initiatives. Fundraising We’ve had some amazing people take on challenges to fundraising for us – take Jonny for example, who’s cycling 365,000ft in elevation through 2023 to raise money. How you fundraise is up to you, it could be placing collection tins around your local area, hosting coffee mornings, getting involved with our fundraising events and more. If you want to know more about our fundraising opportunities contact fundraising@percyhedley.org.uk
Raffle £20 £50 for 1 entry
for 3 entries
PRIZES
1
£1000 Hays Travel Vouchers
2
Alan Shearer signed Premiership Hall of Fame shirt
donated by Dame Irene Hays
donated by Danny Mitchell
3
Hilton Weekend Starter Getaway donated by Hilton Newcastle Gateshead
6
Two Night Stay for up to 4 people in the Lake District at Bridge Cottage, Newby Bridge anonymousy donated
7
£100 Meatstack voucher
8
A pair of Muck Boot Wellies
donated by Meat Stack
donated by by Muck Boots
Voucher A £50 Rowan Homes 4 £150 - Crab and Lobster or 9 Voucher Crab Manor Hotel
5
donated by Lisa Dodds, Medsolve
donated by Alice Rowan-Hall, Rowan Homes
Pair of Rayban Sunglasses
A North Chocolate Hamper
donated by Evans of Jesmond
10
donated by Bev Stephenson, North Chocolates
HOW TO PLAY IN ADVANCE
ON THE NIGHT
Click to play online
Play in the foyer or pick up your tickets from our raffle station
live auction Tonight we have some amazing and unique items for you to bid on when our live auction kicks off later in the evening.
1
Personalised Coupland Leather AJ Wallet Design your own bespoke Coupland wallet, with a one-to-one consultation with Stuart Coupland, The Leather Guy. Highest quality British sourced hand-dyed, vegetable tanned leather.
2
Paralympic Gold Medalist Stephen Miller Signed Shirt and Book Ex-Percy Hedley student and Paralympian gold medalist Stephen Miller is offering a signed top and book.
3
Alfie Joey – Sycamore Gap Watch Alfie create his own Sycamore Gap illustration in front of your eyes tonight before you get the chance to take it home.
4
Handmade Guitar Your chance to own a fantastic guitar. This has been handmade and hand-painted with love by members who access our Hedleys Horizons service
5
Sponsor Our Children’s Residential Support some of our students to go on their yearly residential and in exchange we will offer you a personalised signing session with the children from Northern Counties School.
Tombola £20 per play
win every time This years prizes include:
1 2 3
LNER Train Tickets Restaurant Vouchers Hair and Beauty Vouchers
4 Golf Fourballs 5 Prosecco and Gin Tea 6 Afternoon and more...
THANK YOU to all our amazing partners who have supported us with donations for all the tombola prizes this year.
Thank you to our table hosts Agilico Workplace Technologies (North) Limited
Medsolve
Anchor
MHL
Barratt Homes
Newcastle University
Big Purple
North East Chamber of Commerce
Hays Travel
Rose Health and Safety Training Ltd
Hellens Group
SC Spheres
Hobans
SCM
Identity Consult Limited
Standby Healthcare
Lenore Special Care Limited
Tyne Tunnel 2
Mad Ox Nano Pub
Watson Family Charitable Trust
Thank you to everyone who has donated to support our fundraising at this event Ad Gefrin
Eaglescliffe Golf
Pizza Dough CO
Alnwick gardens
Evans of Jesmond
Ponteland Hair and Beauty
Apartment Group
FEDS
Quattro, Jesmond
Arlo’s restaurant Jesmond
Forest Hall Traders
Quay taphouse
Aubergine Hairdressing Tynemouth
Fratelli Ponteland
R & B Salon
Bamburgh Golf
Full circle brewery beer Co
Ravensworth Golf Club
Barbour Foundation
Garesfield golf club
Rowan Homes
Beamish Museum
Hays Travel
Sands of Tyne
Body Roll Newcastle
Hepple Spirits
Simply SCM
Boilerhouse
Hexham racecourse
Spanish City
Bright Spark Electrical
Hjem
Square
Brinkburn Brewery
Junkyard golf
Stephen Miller
Chaophraya Newcastle
Leila Lily's
Talk Works
City Retreat
Life science centre
The Bake One Gosforth
City suites
LNER
The Forge Washington
Clousdon Hill pub ForestHall
Local NCL
The Plough Inn Killingworth
Cookie Jar Alnwick
Lola Jeans
Twenty Twenty
Cowell's
Majestic Wine Haddricks Mill
Tyne Theatre & Opera House
Dave's The Gentleman's Barbers
Meat stack
Tynemouth golf club
Davey’s Gateshead
Medi pharmacy Jesmond
Tyneside golf club
Davidsons Kitchen
Medsolve
Valley Restaurant
Dewsbury golf course
Muck Boots
Victors Restaurant
Door Support North East Ltd
North Chocolates
Vision for education
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Mark your calendars for our upcoming events:
Join us on Friday 16th February for our second #PaintTheToon!
Raise money for charity whilst painting the town purple by dressing in purple fancy dress or hosting purple themed events like coffee mornings or quizzes. Sign up for our fundraising pack
Golf Day
We are delighted to invite you to the Percy Hedley Foundation’s inaugural charity golf day, to be held on Thursday 6th June 2024 at Ramside Hall Golf Club. Companies from the North East are invited to ‘play to win’ and enjoy the 18-hole championship golf course. There’s also the opportunity to win a car in our Hole In One Competition. Register your team
Join Percy Hedley for the 43rd edition of the iconic Great North Run on 8 September 2024!
If you think you have what it takes to run the GNR 2024 for our amazing charity, then we would love to have you on #TeamPercyHedley. Entry is £58 with a fundraising minimum of £350. Register your place
2024 Percy Hedley Ball
The 2024 Percy Hedley Ball takes place on Friday 29th November at HIlton Newcastle Gateshead. Secure your table now for what promises to be another amazing night. Reserve your table
TEAM PERCY HEDLEY
Our colleagues have been celebrating each other throughout the year through staff shout outs. Some of the colleagues nominated are even joining us this evening. Here’s an insight into Team Percy Hedley:
Leigh, Senior Residential Care Officer at Chipchase “Leigh is always working hard will always solve a problem and easy to go to for advice.” Lorraine, Special Support Assistant at Hedleys College “Lorraine is always smiling and going the extra mile to support students within the college and externally in work placements. Nothing is a problem, and her enthusiasm is boundless.”
Kerry, Finance Business Partner “No matter what, Kerry tries her best to assist myself and all my colleagues in the finance team. She is always happy to help in any way she can, no matter how much workload she has herself.”
Lauren, Higher Level Special Support Assistant at Percy Hedley School “Lauren goes above and beyond for both staff and students every single day and always has a smile on her face.”
Meghan, Higher Level Special Support Assistant at Northern Counties School “Meghan’s dedication and commitment to ensuring she delivers the best teaching and learning opportunities to the learners is fantastic to see.”
Marie, Support Worker at Wansbeck “They’re a hard worker and always put in 110%. She always offers help and has taught me a lot. She’s got a great attitude and we can always have a good laugh.”
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