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AUGUST 2018 • ISSUE 60 • www.thescarboroughreview.com • Covering Filey and Hunmanby
Minibus appeal in memory of Gary
Words and photo by Dave Barry
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WHEN Ourco wanted to donate £5,000 to a local charity in memory of Gary Ledden, his parents were asked to nominate one. Having supported Scarborough & District Mencap since 1961, Pat and Joe Ledden didn’t have to look far. They generously doubled the sum, taking it to £10,000. The Leddens have been ardent supporters of Mencap since 1961 and their late son Gary followed in his parents’ footsteps. Jenny Stamford of Mencap said: “Joe always supported everything we did, with transport and anything we needed, and Mencap’s association with Gary also went back many years”. The family’s support of Mencap originates in its taxi firm transporting pupils to and from Springhead School, now attended by over 75 children and young people with severe, profound and complex learning difficulties. Mencap provided an escort to travel with pupils. Volunteer welfare visitor Joyce Nichols, universally known as auntie Joyce, became a family friend of the Leddens and helped forge their link with Mencap.
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Launch appeal, L-R, Jenny Stamford, Ray Clarke, Matti Gledhill, Cllr Joe Plant, Vronny Thorpe, Pat Ledden, Elaine Searle and Joe Ledden.
The £10,000 will help buy a wheelchair-accessible vehicle for Mencap, which needs just over £20,000 all together. An appeal to raise the difference was launched at the town hall, where the mayor, Cllr Joe Plant, said: “It would be wonderful if people and businesses within the borough got behind this fundraiser in memory of Gary, who did so much to help so many people”. Ourco was another worthy cause supported by Gary, who died suddenly in April, aged 51. Vronny Thorpe of Ourco said: “When we were thinking about opening a charity shop two years ago, Gary let
us use one of his empty shops free of charge. It was the old Evening News office in Aberdeen Walk and then we moved to where we are now in Northway and he didn’t charge us for either”. Ourco has raised £70,000 in three years. Needless to say, Gary didn’t charge Mencap rent for its charity shop near Ourco. The presentation was also attended by Ourco volunteer Matti Gledhill; Ray Clarke of Mencap, whose son Neil is a service user; and one of Gary’s sisters, Elaine Searle. Anyone wishing to make a donation to the appeal can do so at the Mencap shop in Northway.
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