FUNDRAISING IN 2025
Coffee Morning
- 3rd May
10.00 - 11.30 am at the Town Hall
Coffee, cake and tombola
Virtual Speedway Racing - 28th May
7.30 - 9.30 pm at the Bowlers Arms
£5 entry to include Race Card
Reading Male Voice Choir - 1st November
7.00 - 9.30 pm at St John's Church
Virtual Speedway Racing
28th May 2025
The Virtual Speedway Racing fundraising event was great fun. Participants spent an entertaining couple of hours trying to guess the outcome of a dozen virtual speedway races. Betting was fast and furious with one lucky participant winning £12.00 on a £1 stake (the only one to bet on yellow for that race!)
Coffee morning at the Town Hall
There was a steady stream of customers at this year's coffee morning. As usual, our members and supporters did us proud with a sumptuous selection of cakes and a great range of prizes on the tombola.
We raised jut over £530 which will be match funded. Thank you to all who helped out and supported us. We couldn't do it without you.
3rd May 2025
An Evening with Elvis
21st September 2024
The rafters were well and truly rocking at St George’s on 21st September. We packed the place and Mike Nova did a terrific job which got people up and dancing. A big thank you to those who supported the event - we hope you enjoyed it - and a special thank you to those that helped on the day or came by just to help us get it set up.
The raffle was also a big success with lucky winners walking away with a Fire Kindle and an air fryer amongst other prizes.
Town Hall Coffee Morning
1st June 2024
Thank you to everyone who supported our fundraising coffee morning at the Town Hall on 1st June. The tombola was a big hit and the cakes went down a storm as usual. Any cakes left over were taken to a local church the following morning and sold off. We raised just over £470 which will be match funded.
Virtual Speedway Racing
22nd May 2024
It was all go at the Speedway Racing fundraiser. The races were only a couple of minutes long which didn't give much time for the team to collate the bets, work out the pay out and divvy it up between the winners!
There was a definite buzz in the room with some people proving particularly lucky on the night! As well as the races, the night included a raffle and heads and tails. We raised over £500 which will be match funded.
Newbury Racecourse
22nd July 2023
Our team were out and about collecting donations on a very wet race day. Thanks to the generosity of race goers on the day we raised in excess of £1,500 which will be match funded by the Good Exchange.
Coffee morning at the Town Hall
29th April 2023
The sun was shining at this year's annual coffee morning which brought lots of people to the marketplace which the Town Crier expertly directed towards us. There were plenty of cakes on offer as well as great prizes on the tombola.
Virtual Speedway Racing
21st April 2023
Members, family and friends turned up for a fun evening at the Bowlers Arms. Eric, our speedway racing expert, pulled together a mixture of races and attendees had to guess the winning motorbike with the winners sharing in the takings for the races.
21st May 2022
Following the sell out success of Paul Mayhew-Archer's stand up show - Incurable Optimist - on 2nd April, we were delighted to welcome Paul back for another evening of comedy at St George’s Hall, Newbury on Saturday 21st May.
Paul’s observations of both life and the challenges of Parkinson’s brought smiles and laughter to the audience whilst raising a great deal of money for the branch.
With matched funding courtesy of the Good Exchange we raised in excess of £7,000 over the two evenings.
