Bricks And Mortar Make A Great Variety Supporter!
Variety, the Children’s Charity, benefited from the amazing sum of £21,600 when premier house builders Crest Nicholson South, held their annual Awards Lunch at The Cobham Hilton in Surrey on Friday 24th February.
Photograph: Dave Huggett, Managing Director of Crest Nicholson South presenting the cheque to Mike Haszko, Deputy Head of Fundraising at Variety, the Children’s Charity.
The event was staged to acknowledge and reward those individuals and teams within the organisation, as well as suppliers to Crest Nicholson South, who have performed outstandingly during the course of 2011.The event also featured comedian, auctioneer and Variety Barker, Russ Williams, who not only entertained the diners with his jokes, but also proved to be a wonderful auctioneer.
Dave Huggett, Managing Director of Crest Nicholson South, said:
“The work of Variety, the Children’s Charity, has been close to our hearts for many years. On behalf of Crest Nicholson South, I was delighted to be able to hand over a cheque for £21,600 which will fund a Variety Sunshine Coach and will immeasurably improve the lives of many disabled and disadvantaged children.”
Crest Nicholson South is part of the Crest Nicholson group which has raised over £370,000 for our work since 2006 and has funded 13 Variety Sunshine Coaches.
Crest Nicholson is renowned for creating innovative, design led, sustainable communities which sets high environmental standards and aims to improve the quality of life for individuals and communities by providing better homes, work places, retail and leisure spaces. Through the support of Crest Nicholson, Variety is able to improve the lives of many seriously ill, disabled and disadvantaged children across the UK and we would like to thank the team for their wonderful support over the years.