Wokingham Borough Council raises big red GBP 1000
Comic Relief came to Wokingham Borough Council in a big way on Friday March 16! Staff baked cakes, challenged themselves to cryptic quizzes and dressed up to collect over £1000. Shuters, the staff restaurant at the civic offices in Shute End, offered discounts to red nose wearers and donations to Comic Relief, and a music quiz and giant red nose sweepstake competition took place across the council, with prizes donated by local businesses.
At lunchtime the Mayor, Wokingham Cllr Angus Ross, led a fundraising Big Red Walk around the town, and brought all the red-nosed walkers back to his office for tea afterwards.
“Red nose day is such a great event,” said the Mayor. “It’s something everyone can join in with and it helps with some really vital work tackling poverty – both here in the UK and further afield in Africa. I’m delighted to see our staff getting stuck in and raising money for such a good cause. Some people have worked really hard to get these events set up today and devoted a lot of their free time to it. Well done to all who have taken part.”
Peter Nice, a former service user at WROC who has been working as administrative assistant at the council for the last 10 months, took a leading role in the events by dressing up as an elf and helping with the cake sale. He said: “I really like Red Nose Day. We are trying to raise as much money as we can and I hope we can sell all these cakes!”
Joining the festivities at Shute End, Wokingham were hard working fundraisers from the Rainbow Community Centre, who came along to contribute over £300 to the council’s total from their quiz and curry evening on Thursday March 15. The quiz, which tested contestants’ general knowledge about films, music and other popular topics, was won by a team of seven people from the Rainbow Park estate who proved they knew their facts about sport, pop music, famous faces and even history.
Jacqueline Riddles from the community centre said: “The quiz and curry night was such a successful event – I’m delighted to see the community of Rainbow Park getting together like this and making a shared effort to support a good cause. It really was a lot of fun for everyone and we are really proud to be bringing more than £300 to add to the Mayor’s fundraising bucket!”
Emmbrook Tandoori provided discounted food and waiters for the banquet and the community centre provided prizes for the quiz and the raffle.
Council offices around Wokingham borough joined in with the fundraising fun – there were cake sales at both the Waterford House and Wellington House offices in Wokingham, and it was a red letter day at Lytham Court in Woodley where many staff dressed up in red clothes to raise money.
At lunchtime the Mayor, Wokingham Cllr Angus Ross, led a fundraising Big Red Walk around the town, and brought all the red-nosed walkers back to his office for tea afterwards.
“Red nose day is such a great event,” said the Mayor. “It’s something everyone can join in with and it helps with some really vital work tackling poverty – both here in the UK and further afield in Africa. I’m delighted to see our staff getting stuck in and raising money for such a good cause. Some people have worked really hard to get these events set up today and devoted a lot of their free time to it. Well done to all who have taken part.”
Peter Nice, a former service user at WROC who has been working as administrative assistant at the council for the last 10 months, took a leading role in the events by dressing up as an elf and helping with the cake sale. He said: “I really like Red Nose Day. We are trying to raise as much money as we can and I hope we can sell all these cakes!”
Joining the festivities at Shute End, Wokingham were hard working fundraisers from the Rainbow Community Centre, who came along to contribute over £300 to the council’s total from their quiz and curry evening on Thursday March 15. The quiz, which tested contestants’ general knowledge about films, music and other popular topics, was won by a team of seven people from the Rainbow Park estate who proved they knew their facts about sport, pop music, famous faces and even history.
Jacqueline Riddles from the community centre said: “The quiz and curry night was such a successful event – I’m delighted to see the community of Rainbow Park getting together like this and making a shared effort to support a good cause. It really was a lot of fun for everyone and we are really proud to be bringing more than £300 to add to the Mayor’s fundraising bucket!”
Emmbrook Tandoori provided discounted food and waiters for the banquet and the community centre provided prizes for the quiz and the raffle.
Council offices around Wokingham borough joined in with the fundraising fun – there were cake sales at both the Waterford House and Wellington House offices in Wokingham, and it was a red letter day at Lytham Court in Woodley where many staff dressed up in red clothes to raise money.
Wokingham Borough Council
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