Hallmark Fundraising
Update
May 2010
Staff at Hallmark Healthcare’s Head Office purchased tickets to a Grand Regency Ball at Hylands House in Chelmsford. Proceeds raised for this event were in aid of The Rotary Jaipar Limb Project.
Hallmark Healthcare was happy to donate a sum of £50 to a lady called Sandy Hellier and employee of UNICEF, who share our Head Office building. Sandy is trekking the Sahara desert in November to raise funds for the children of Morocco.
march 2010
Hallmark Healthcare Head Office raised a fantastic £93.55 for Sport Relief 2010. The staff all came into the office dressed in sports attire, and participated in Wii sports challenges, egg & spoon races, tug-o-war and a Question Of Sport quiz.
Church View raised a grand sum of £150.55 on their “Wear It Red” day for the British Heart Foundation. A great day was had by all!
Hallmark Healthcare was pleased to sponsor the Westcliff School for Boys charity week to the tune of £1,000. All proceeds raised are to have an invaluable impact in both the local community and in Uganda.
Cwrt Enfys Care Home pledged £100 to the ABMU health board for local Doctor Africa Health Links.
Staff and residents at our Shire Hall care home raised a wonderful £87.93 for the Haiti Appeal.
The Aspire Charity show was awarded £500 from Hallmark Healthcare. The show was a great success and raised vital funds for spinal cord injury.
April 2010
Greenhill Manor raise £35 for Sports Relief.
Hallmark Healthcare made a donation of £25 to the Churches Together in Billericay fund.
february 2010
A total of £89.37 was raised by Hallmark Healthcare staff for UNICEF’s Haiti appeal.
JANUARY 2010
Mr Guy Bosanko asked Hallmark Healthcare to help raise funds for MIND, a charity which has been speaking out for better mental health for over 60 years, and Hallmark Healthcare was pleased to donate £100 for the cause.
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July 2010
Cheque please!
 Hallmark Healthcare Managing Director Avnish Goyal recently presented a cheque to Mo Larkin, Chair of Basildon District Council, for £201 to be paid to Mo’s chosen charity, Age Concern.
The occasion was the Spade in the Ground ceremony at the site of Anisha Grange, a new luxury care home due to open on Outwood Common Road in Billericay, Essex, in late summer 2011. Anisha Grange will become Hallmark Healthcare’s 25th care home and has been created to provide the highest standards of quality care for older people. A Spade in the Ground ceremony marks the start of the foundations for the building being laid.
Pictured are Mo Larkin, Chair of Basildon DC, and Avnish Goyal, Hallmark Healthcare Managing Director
March 2009
definitely A red letter day!
 Three Hallmark homes, Ashleigh Court (Wrexham), Church View (Swindon) and Amberley Hall (Kings Lynn) were determined to help beat heart disease recently when it marked National Wear Red Day in aid of the British Heart Foundation.
All three homes held a red-themed coffee morning complete with a red stall, which only sold items that were red, a red cake sale with home-made cakes and treats and a red auction! To top it off everyone raided their wardrobes to make sure they were dressed in red items of clothing and paid £1 for the privilege.
An Activities coordinator, Claire Fisher, at ones of the homes (Amberley Hall) said, “Working with older people who are more prone to heart conditions means that we understand how important it is to support charities like the British Heart Foundation. We all really enjoyed getting dressed up for the day and having fun while raising money for a very worthwhile cause. Luckily red is my colour!” The homes also held extended exercises class for residents, friends and family members to highlight the importance of exercise in keeping a healthy heart.
December 2009
Just a Few ‘Giving Back’ Highlights from 2009
It was a jam-packed year for Hallmark Healthcare in 2009
and that included our fundraising activities for some amazing
causes.
 Highlights
from the year include Hallmark Healthcare becoming a founding
member of the Care
Professionals Benevolent Fund (CPBF) alongside other
reputable, leading care sector organisations and donating £10,000
in the process. Another £250 was donated to CPBF in support
of the festive e-cards they created, which were then used and
sent out by Hallmark staff across the group.
As well as efforts within our care homes, Head Office rose to
the challenge of frequently raising funds for various worthy causes,
this didn’t stop at Christmas as £37 was raised during
Christmas lunch and donated to the Alzheimer’s Society.
As ever staff were good sports about donning their pyjamas and
bringing in teddies from home to raise money for Children in Need
earlier in the year and they even got a mention on BBC
Essex’s website in the process.
Just some of the thank you letters received include one from the
Cardiff Institute for the Blind thanking Hallmark for “generous
support” in sponsoring the production of their fundraising
CD ‘What Colour is the Wind’ and another from the
National Association for Providers of Activities for Older People
(NAPA) to say Hallmark’s “support of NAPA has been
unstinting and makes a real difference to the work [they] do...Whenever
we have dealings with Hallmark your staff are welcoming and kind
– symbolic I think of the values you all hold dear –
and are a pleasure to work with”.
25th November 2009
HALLMARK HEALTHCARE SUPPORTS NEW SINGLE RELEASED FOR UK
BLIND CHARITIES
Hallmark Healthcare has helped to fund a charity single,
released to support blind and visually impaired people throughout
the UK.
'What Colour is the Wind' - on sale from December 7th -
is the debut single of Welsh singer entertainer Mike Doyle, and
is a cover of the song written and originally recorded by
British folk and country singer Charlie Landsborough, who took
it to number one in Ireland in 1994.
Hallmark has funded the production costs of the record in conjunction
with the Cardiff-based Gios Group of restaurants, and will be
helping to promote the record throughout its network of residencies.
Avnish Goyal, Managing Director of Hallmark Healthcare said: "This
has been a hugely exciting and moving project for us, it ranks
as one of the most heartwarming songs I have ever heard, superbly
delivered by Mike Doyle who has an incredibly emotive voice.
Visual impairment is a major condition amongst older people and
so supporting blind charities in delivering their vital services
is also something close to our hearts as a group. We hope
sales of What Colour is the Wind go well and it becomes a huge
hit for all concerned."
'What Colour is the Wind' is an emotional Celtic tinged ballad
about a young blind girl asking her father about the appearance
of the visual world. To support the charities led by Cardiff Institute
for the Blind, Charlie Landsborough has signed over his normal
rights to the single for Mike Doyle's charity recording.
Speaking on the release of his new record Mike Doyle said: "I
have been singing What Colour in my shows all around the World
for the past four years and it tugs on the heartstrings of audiences
like no other song I have ever known. It is moving and life re-affirming
and inspires great affection from so many people, and not just
those whose families have been touched by sight-loss."
Rugby legend Gareth Edwards, President of Cardiff Institute for
the Blind said: "I have known Mike for many years and his
warmth and spirit as well as immense talent as a superb singer
and entertainer has endeared him to his fans all over the World.
This shines through in this song and I hope that What Colour Is
the Wind will bring him to the attention of an even wider record-buying
public. I would encourage people to dip into their pockets
and buy this great record and help us as we raise much needed
funds enabling us to deliver support services to visually impaired
people in our country."
Mike Doyle has performed in three Royal variety performances and
a private audience for the Queen and Royal Family. As well
as starring his own show throughout the World, he has starred
in the West End and in touring productions of shows including
Grease and most recently the play Bouncers.
All production costs for the record have been met by a business
partnership of Cardiff restaurateur and entrepreneur Giovanni
Malacrino of Gios restaurants and Avnish Goyal of Hallmark Healthcare.
What Colour is the Wind is available from iTunes, Amazon
and from www.cardiffinstitutefortheblind.co.uk.
Price £3.50 plus p&p.
November 2009
Staff at Hallmark Healthcare’s Head Office ‘roll
out of bed’ to come to work in pyjamas for Children in Need
2009
On Friday 20th November 2009, staff at Head Office came
in wearing Pyjamas to support the very worthy cause of Children
In Need, also bringing with them a teddy bear each.
From top left: Neetu Aggarwal, Rob Hoy,
Sue Earrey, Audrey Greenoff, Mark Sturley, Clair Earrey, Vicki
Rogers, Karen Blois, Tiffany Sheehan, Hazel Hennessey, Lisa Williams.
Front row: Avnish Goyal, Tracey Mehmet (USB), Jackie Sargeant,
Lauren Kellard, Cathrine Robinson.
There was a ‘Best Pyjama’ competition, won by Audrey
Greenoff and Karen Blois, who were wearing matching ‘pj’s’
in the style of Pudsey. Also taking place on the day was a raffle
and a ‘pick a Pudsey’ competition won by the morning
Postman, Steve!
Staff managed to raise the fantastic amount of £160.24.
Within that amount £65.84 was raised by staff, matched with
£75.76 donated by the Joint Managing Directors, Ram and
Avnish Goyal, helped by a donation of £18.64 from UNICEF
who are based in the same building.
Lisa Williams, PA to Avnish Goyal said “staff were in top
spirits and a lot of fun was had while remembering the many disadvantaged
children across the UK we are helping”.
As a result of the tremendous support the charity receives from
supporters countrywide, they are able to continue to fund fantastic
projects which aim to help make positive changes to the lives
of disadvantaged children and young people right here in the UK.
The 2008 Appeal was a fantastic success raising a record breaking
£38 million despite the current economic conditions, which
is a real tribute to the generosity and understanding of the nation.
Hallmark Healthcare has contributed
to the whopping total of £20,309,747 that has been raised
this year for Children in Need to date.
 November
2009
Ty Enfys care home
A grand raffle drawer which raised £100 was organised
by resident Mary Joan Williams in aid of raising funds to purchase
some garden bulbs for the grounds of Ty Enfys care home in Pentwyn,
Cardiff.
A great day was had by all – especially resident Ruby Jones
who won the raffle and claimed her prize - a large stuffed polar
bear! As you can see, Ruby was delighted with her prize. Well
done Ruby!
November 2009
painting the town pink
Hallmark Healthcare recently supported Breast Cancer
Campaign’s Wear it Pink Day 2009.
Hallmark Healthcare’s Head Office took part in Breast
Cancer Campaign’s ‘wear it pink’ day on Friday,
27th October 2006. The whole office wore an item of pink on the
day and enjoyed pink food and drinks, they also ran a fun quiz
– won by Lauren Kellard and Maxine Tweddle.
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer and one woman
in nine will be affected by it during her lifetime in the United
Kingdom. The money raised by Hallmark Healthcare from wear it
pink will help the Campaign to continue researching the cure for
breast cancer.
The total raised on the day was £53.50
and Joint Managing Directors, Avnish and Ram Goyal, generously
offered to match this donation giving an overall total donated
to the Breast Cancer Campaign of £107.00!
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