Fighting for Teesside together February 2015
In just three-and-a-half years our amazing patrons – helped by many generous fundraisers – have enabled us to reach the landmark fundraising figure of
Thanks a Million! I’m proud of what we’ve all done! The Foundation’s become a powerful force for good on Teesside. I believe that we’re now doing our best work ever and this Christmas we made a real difference to some people’s lives. One action in particular stands out to me: we worked with a Teesside school and gave them enough money to buy their poorest family bunk beds – allowing their kids of very different ages to sleep on their own for the first time. Over the next 12 months I think that our fundraising may reach the incredible £1 million mark. Staff and supporters of the charity can feel very proud of reaching that landmark. The best thing about our fundraising is that every penny stays here – in TS postcodes! We can do a lot more to help others and I think we need to! In times of budget constraints help is desperately and increasingly needed. Thank you for being a part of this force for good and please continue to play a role.
Andy Preston Chairman & Founder
£800,000
Here’s just a few of those who’ve benefited from our donations in the recent past: • Stockton United for Change - £4,000 • Friends of Redcar - £3,000 • Salvation Army - £3,000 • Whale Hill Community Centre - £2,500 • South Cleveland Heart Fund - £1,250 • 1st Fairfield Scout Group - £1,000 • Newman Trust - £1,000 • The Moses Project - £500 • Cultures CIC - £1,200 • Footprints in the Community, Redcar - £1,000 • Hartlepool Food Bank - £1,000 • Roseberry Community Consortium - £1,000 • Cleveland Concert Band - £500 • Saltburn Christian Projects - £1,000 • St Pius X Primary School - £2,000 • Swerve Table Tennis Club - £1,000 • Middlesbrough Amateur Swimming Association £1,000 • Focus on Vision - £1,300 • Ash Trees School - £1,000 • Teesside Stroke Club - £1,000 • KYM (Know Your Money) - £2,000 • Teesside TV - £1,000 • Middlesbrough Mela - £1,500 • North East Film Archive - £1,000
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News Climb any mountain! Join us for a peak performance! We’re inviting walkers to join us on our latest challenge – taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks! Dozens of Teessiders have already stepped forward to sign up to climb the peaks of Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough in June this year. They’ll have just 12 hours to cover 24 miles and more than 7,000 feet of ascent amid the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. All funds raised from the challenge will go towards a wide range of local good causes and community groups. The event takes place on Saturday June 20. Along with a £25 entry fee, walkers are asked to raise at least £150 in sponsorship. Training events are available together with advice on equipment for any inexperienced walkers. For more information please call the Philanthropic Foundation on 07948 191046, email mandy.s@ teessidecharity.org.uk or you can sign up via www.kutaoutdoors.co.uk/charity-pages/ philanthropic-foundation/
Frozen forever Teesside families have a chance to meet the Snow Queen and friends when Forever Frozen comes to Middlesbrough Town Hall. Two half-hour sing-along and dance performances will feature all the hit movie’s well-known characters. Along with a meet and greet, where families can be pictured with the Snow Queen, Snow Man and friends, there will also be face-painting, stalls and other attractions. All profits from the event will go towards the Foundation’s Schools Hardship Fund, supporting Teesside families and children in the most desperate need. Forever Frozen takes place 3-6pm on Sunday, March 1. With capacity limited to just 300, the event is sure to be a sell-out with tickets being snapped up fast. Children’s prices of £11.95 include a picnic box, while adult prices of £13.95 include refreshments and a sandwich. To book, call Middlesbrough Town Hall box office on 01642 729729 or book online at www.middlesbroughtownhallonline.co.uk
A Teesside Anthem Little steps for homeless Generous Teesside firms and their staff stepped forward to help homeless locals – by filling shoe boxes full of Christmas essentials.
Have you bought our anthem yet? Proceeds from CD sales of Infant Hercules by popular local band Cattle and Cane are boosting a fund that allows schools to buy bare essentials such as clothes and bedding for underprivileged Teesside kids.
Friends of the Philanthropic Foundation filled more than 120 shoe boxes that were given to locals suffering homelessness or hardship issues.
Infant Hercules tells the story of Teesside’s industrial rise and decline before finishing with a chorus of hope for the future.
The essentials were given out at In Out of the Cold, a Middlesbrough Council event at the Town Hall Crypt.
All sales from an initial print run 1,000 CDs are being donated to the Foundation’s Schools Hardship Fund.
The Foundation coordinated the support of patrons the Endeavour Partnership, AV Dawson, Evolution Business and Tax Advisors, Hunters Teesside, px Group, Unasys, Visualsoft and Henderson Insurance Brokers.
The Fund provides local primary schools with small amounts of money to allow them to target discrete help for kids and families in most need.
Business group BNI also supported the collection. Local business White Wash Laboratories donated 100 toothbrushes and tubes of toothpaste, Thornaby firm MI Supplies provided 100 hats and pairs of gloves, while Charles Clinkard donated 120 shoe boxes.
Hear the song and the accompanying video by Erimus Productions on our website www.teessidecharity.org. uk. You can buy the CD from Middlesbrough FC’s stadium store for just £5.
Goalden greats: Philanthropic Foundation patrons with representatives of the community groups who received £10,000.
£10,000 Goalden Giveaway! A care centre that offers valuable support to cancer sufferers and their families has received a £2,500 boost – and a visit by Boro star Jonathan Woodgate.
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The Trinity Holistic Centre at James Cook University Hospital provides valuable emotional and practical support to patients with a cancer diagnosis and their families. Now it has launched a counselling service as a result of the cash boost after topping a public poll run as part of the Philanthropic Foundation’s latest £10,000 Goalden Giveaway. Nine more great Teesside causes received cheques of between £500 and £1,500 from the Foundation at a special presentation at the Riverside Stadium, home of our patrons Middlesbrough FC.
Shaun Hughes of Erimus Insurance Brokers handed over £1,000 to Barbara and John Wilkinson of Loftus Dolphins Swimming Club.
Foundation patron Bill Scott said: “It’s heartwarming to know that the Foundation is giving ten champions of the local community a real boost as part of our ongoing commitment to making Teesside a better place in which to live, work and do business.” It was the third time in just 12 months the Foundation had held a £10,000 Goalden Giveaway, with more promised in 2015.
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A Night To Remember! A BRILLIANT night celebrating all that’s good on Teesside ensured our 350 sell-out annual dinner was a massive success, raising £35,000 for local good causes. A rare piece of local art generously donated by Middlesbrough-born Mackenzie Thorpe was auctioned - and purchased by an equally generous anonymous bidder. Held at Middlesbrough Town Hall and hosted by ‘Voice of the Boro’ Alastair Brownlee, the dinner featured the musical talents of fantastic local bands the Beer Pigs and Cattle and Cane. Foundation chairman Andy Preston said: “It was a great night of fundraising by some proud Teessiders with every penny of profit donated to local charities, community groups and good causes.
“We were very grateful for the generosity of both Mackenzie and our anonymous winning bidder, who is also one of the Foundation’s brilliant patrons. Thanks to everyone who attended.”
Host Alastair Brownlee chats on stage with Cattle and Cane singer Joe Hammill.
The Foundation thanks the event’s main sponsors The Keys of Yarm, co-sponsors Middlesbrough College, dinner sponsors Evolution Business and Tax Advisers and wine sponsors Devereux Transport. The night was also kindly supported by Cleveland Centre, DNA PR & Publicity, Eighty8 Design, RAW Marketing Co, The Memoir Man, Ecco Finishing Supplies, Erimus Productions, Cornerstone Business Solutions, Castlegate Shopping Centre and local artist Karl Striker.
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Teesside Heroes! Meet the latest unsung community champions chosen by the Philanthropic Foundation to receive the accolade of a Teesside Hero award. Each of our worthy winners received a gleaming trophy and £1,000 for the Teesside good cause of their choice.
STEVE Gibson hailed the unsung community work of ‘Voice of the Boro’ Alastair Brownlee after presenting him with a Teesside Hero award. The Boro Chairman presented the award to the BBC Tees presenter in recognition of Alastair’s unheralded commitment to local community causes. Gibson said: “Alastair is part of the fabric of not only the football club but the town and Teesside. What’s less well known is the fantastic work he carries out without fanfare for local charities and good causes.” Alastair asked for his £1,000 donation to go to Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice.
A Stockton musician received a Teesside Hero Award after helping asylum-seekers settle into their new surroundings. Mike McGrother, best known as the frontman of local band The Wildcats of Kilkenny, was honoured for making sure other new arrivals enjoy a warm reception on Teesside. Among an amazing range of community work, he is putting his love of football, music, food and his hometown to good use to make sure that refugees from around the world can adapt to their new surroundings. Mike asked the Foundation to donate £1,000 to community interest group Element 1 to buy gifts for needy Stockton families at Christmas.
POPULAR community leader Tony Kirk dedicates long hours to helping to organise an annual pilgrimage to Lourdes for hundreds of Catholics in the Middlesbrough Diocese. He also volunteers at the Middlesbrough Catholic Fellowship for those with physical and learning difficulties and organises an annual Christmas dinner for people across the town. itors ck Mack of Macks Solic Foundation patron Ni ro th his Teesside He presented Tony Kirk wi award.
Tony shared the Foundation’s £1,000 donation between the Lourdes Pilgrimage and the Catholic Fellowship.
ZAFAR Uddin, an adopted Teessider who’s helped to build Middlesbrough Mela into the North-East’s largest multicultural celebration, was recognised for his dedication and commitment to bringing communities together. Bangladeshi-born Zafar has spent the last 18 years helping to build the Mela into a hugely popular annual carnival, whilst carrying out a range of other voluntary roles. Zafar Uddin received his award from Founda tion patron Bill Scott and Glyn Pemberton of pa trons Active Chartered Finan cial Planners.
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OLWYN Peters is not normally lost for words but was rendered speechless on learning she had won a Teesside Hero Award. The former Redcar and Cleveland Mayor admitted she was “gobsmacked” after being honoured for her commitment to helping her community. Olwyn has not only been a stalwart of the Whale Hill Community Association for 30 years but she’s also been on her local council for seven years. She chosen to nominate Whale Hill Community Association to receive a £1,000 donation, helping towards their children’s choir and Christmas activities.
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PAT Chambers, a tireless community volunteer who gives up countless hours helping to make Billingham “a special place”, is a worthy Teesside Hero. Pat raises money for a wide range of charities, organises events and is editor of Billingham Community Newspaper. “I’m a firm believer that to help everyone feel part of one big community, we just need to help each other,” said Pat. Pat donated her £1,000 to the Billingham Legacy Foundation.
Cold feet, warm hearts Hundreds of amazing Teessiders spent a night sleeping rough to fight local poverty and homelessness. More than 160 hardy souls gave up their home comforts for the fourth Big Tees Sleepout outside Middlesbrough College, raising a record-breaking £20,000 – just months after a similar event had raised £16,000.
Our pictures below show the big-hearted fundraisers braving a freezing night, while above staff from Norton Primary Academy pose in their sleeping bags, while Redcar-based Olympian Johanna Atkinson admitted the event was “the biggest challenge of her life”.
This time organisers Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation are raising funds for a range of local homeless charities and food banks, whilst helping to significantly raise the profile of homelessness and poverty across the region.
Our thanks to Joanna Wake for helping to organise the event with the Foundation and to Middlesbrough College for again hosting us.
To sign up for the next Big Tees Sleepout on Friday April 17, visit www. bigteessidesleepout.co.uk and start fundraising via the justgiving link. Participants must be aged 16+ and must register online in advance.
Foundation patrons are joined by charity representatives in celebrating the £750,000 fundraising milestone.
Magical Milestone The amazing generosity of the Teesside businesses and individuals who back us saw the Foundation reach a £750,000 fundraising milestone in just three-and-a-half years. And to celebrate the magical milestone the Foundation donated £750 to 10 Teesside good causes. Our patrons voted for their favourite good causes to receive the celebration cash. The groups they chose included Butterwick Hospice and Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice, South Cleveland Heart Fund, South Tees Cystic Fibrosis Centre and The Samaritans. Other recipients of £750 were Daisy Chain, Redcar Gymnastics Club, Eston Residents Association, Middlesbrough Amateur Swimming Club and Clarences’ Residents Action Group.
All smiles: Patrons and Wish Sport recipients.
Making wishes come true Footballers, gymnasts, hockey players, rowers and even a women’s American football team were among the outstanding sports clubs boosted by the Philanthropic Foundation in 2014. For a third successive year, the Foundation donated £30,000 to the Gazette’s annual Wish Sport promotion, designed to boost not-forprofit sports clubs across Teesside.
Jamie Brown of the Endeavour Partnership with Middlesbrough Powerchair Football Club.
Clubs collecting the most Gazette tokens won the biggest share of the spoils – with two online polls helping participants boost their total share. Foundation patrons presented cheques to the 10 sports clubs receiving the biggest part of the funds in a special event at the Gazette offices.
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Georgina Evans of Hunters with Middlesbrough Li onesses.
Wish Sport’s big winners: Middlesbrough Lionesses FC - £2,308
Stockton West End FC - £641
Thornaby Bowls and Tennis Club - £2,262
Dormanstown Juniors FC - £599
Lakes United FC, Redcar - £1,189
Primrosehill FC - £454
Middlesbrough Powerchair FC - £1,171
SNAPS - £454
Teesside Steelers Women’s American FC - £1,091
Hemlington Juniors - £391
Meet Our Patrons Hunters When the Philanthropic Foundation was formed less than four years ago, Hunters Teesside was only a fledging business. Now, as Teesside’s fastest-growing estate agents, they are proud to have become patrons of a charitable movement that’s expanding equally speedily.
And Lisa has already enjoyed taking an active role “Hunters’ heart is in the local community,” said branch within the charity, presenting Teesside Hero awards and manager Lisa Preston. “We’re proud to provide a service Goalden Giveaway cheques. to the people of Teesside, so it seemed only natural to “There’s a definite feel good factor about the Foundation,” get involved with such an amazing local charity. she adds. “By combining our resources, those involved are making a small but very real impact on the many Having relocated its headquarters to new premises on wonderful community groups and people who make Middlesbrough’s Linthorpe Road in 2014, Hunters has Teesside what it is.” agents based in Middlesbrough, Stockton and Ingleby Barwick.
Henderson Insurance Broking Group Sometimes you just know you’ve done the right thing. But Emma Simkins’ belief was confirmed when she read the letter from a Teesside head teacher telling how a donation from the Philanthropic Foundation had enabled his school to purchase bunk beds for two of their most underprivileged pupils. “It was hard to read that letter with a dry eye,” says Emma, director of the Teesside branch of the Henderson Insurance Broking Group. “We decided to become patrons of the Foundation because of all the great work the charity does on a local level – but the work it does to help children get a better start in life is very special.” One of the UK’s top six leading independent insurance brokers, Henderson’s operate from 12 offices across the UK, with Emma and fellow director Jonathan Willett leading a 40-strong team at the Stockton branch.
“Most of our staff live within the TS postcode area, so the Philanthropic Foundation seemed a perfect fit because of all the good work they do on a local level,” continues Emma. “It’s part of our ethos to give back to the community we live and work in. “Being part of the Foundation is good for business networking and PR, but those are secondary to the fact that we are helping local people in need of support.”
Meet Our Patrons Stockton Machine Company When Mark Smith generously agreed to sponsor a charity match at the Riverside Stadium during the summer of 2014, he had no idea where it would take him.
Having backed the match to raise funds for the Philanthropic Foundation, he admitted that he’d never previously heard of the charity. But he was hooked. “I loved what the charity did and what it stood for,” explains Mark, managing director of Stockton Machine Company (SMC). “As a lifelong Billingham lad, I wanted to put a bit of money back into the local area so it was perfect.” A long-established engineering business that supplies many of the region’s leading food processing firms, Billingham-based SMC also specialises in bespoke, rapid turnaround engineering solutions for the offshore renewables sector and the oil and gas industries.
Mark is proud to have the name of a business started by his father 44 years ago associated with an organisation that stands for all that’s great about Teesside. Having readily agreed for SMC to join the growing band of Foundation patrons, Mark has embraced the charity. “I didn’t realise there were so many worthwhile charities and community groups doing such amazing work for local people,” he adds. “I’ve been taken aback by how approachable my fellow patrons are. We’re all like-minded individuals wanting to do some good.”
Nortech Tees pride. That’s what made Nortech Group patrons of the Philanthropic Foundation such an easy decision for Bryan and Elaine Bunn. As proud Teessiders, managing director Bryan and his wife and fellow director Elaine are passionate about their area and love the fact that this is one charity that does amazing things to make it a better place to live, work and do business.
North Skelton-born Elaine says it was a natural choice to join forces with the many local businesses already backing the Philanthropic Foundation.
Bryan, originally from Billingham, set up Wynyard-based Nortech four years. The award-winning professional engineering design and project management company has undergone rapid expansion, with turnover now exceeding more than £8 million.
“It’s a local charity giving back to the local area, which we’re both very passionate about,” she explains. “The passion of the people involved in it is lovely. We’re proud to be patrons of such a worthwhile organisation.”
They’ve backed the local community right from the start, raising more than £10,000 for local charities including Butterwick House Children’s Hospice, Macmillan Cancer Support and the Jo & Mya Memorial Fund.
Ecco Finishing Supplies As a hard-nosed businessman who has travelled the world, Keith Miller thought he’d seen most things but he was shocked the day he witnessed drug addicts looking for new places on their bodies to inject heroin.
Determined to play his part in tackling a growing problem, the owner of Ecco Finishing Supplies became the first sponsor of the Foundation-backed Middlesbrough Homeless Football Club. It says much about Keith that he’s also taken part in the first UK CEO Sleepout at Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium, organised the follow-up and made his company one of the growing band of Foundation patrons. Ecco, the business he began in a spare bedroom with the investment of £25 in a typewriter from Argos, now turns over £5 million a year, manufacturing and supplying shot-blasting and fire protection equipment to worldwide clients in the oil, gas and off-shore industries.
But while Keith’s corporate horizons now stretch to fields as far away as Kazakhstan, Russia and the Far East, his heart remains closer to home. Keith explained: “When Andy Preston used some of the money we’d raised to launch Middlesbrough Homeless Football Club and told me they needed a shirt sponsor I just said ‘I’ll do it’ because it felt like the right thing to do.” It was similar sentiments that resulted in Keith making Ecco proud patrons of the Philanthropic Foundation.
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