West Hants Tennis Club coffee morning success

Anyone for Tennis, or perhaps you’d prefer coffee and cake?

Visitors The West Hants Tennis Club in Bournemouth had that choice and many people, on a somewhat bleak September morning, chose to tuck into an array of delicious homemade cakes to support the Variety The Children’s Charity Coffee Morning that raised £602.50 for the charity’s ‘Great Days Out’ scheme.

The scheme funds outings for children, who might otherwise not have the opportunity. It aims to enhance their lives by giving them positive memories. In past years Variety Wessex, the local branch of the charity, has funded visits to Monkey World, Cotswold Wildlife Park, Longdown Adventure Farm, Paultons Park and Longleet Safari Park. There have also been educational visits to Rick Stein Sandbanks for cookery lessons and trips to Springbourne Fire Station and Poole Police Station.

The coffee morning has raised vital funds to ensure these visits can continue. As well as coffee and cake visitors found stalls selling quality clothing, leather goods and jewellery. There was also a raffle with a first prize of a Ralph Lauren pencil dress donated by Helena, from Jet Set Dresses.

This was the first Variety Wessex coffee morning and it proved to be a great success.

Frances Cornelius, chair of Variety Wessex said:

What a great success our first coffee morning has been. A huge thank you to Christine Roberts for arranging everything with the West Hants Club and all the stall holders. Thank you, of course, everyone who manned one of our classy stalls and Anita for serving the coffee and cake. We are grateful to everyone who came along and supported our fundraising in any way. Many deserving children will benefit from your generosity. And a big thank you too to West Hants Tennis Club for being such an excellent venue.