Bradley Hall’s Sunderland office is supporting Sunderland Area Parent Support (SAPS) with their Christmas Eve Box appeal, through a £500 donation and the use of its Sunderland office as a drop off point.
SAPS has been working with families that experience multi-level deprivation throughout the Sunderland area since 2007. The charity works with children who live in poverty, often due to parents or carers experiencing substance abuse.
SAPS has organised Christmas appeals across the Sunderland area for several years, but last Christmas, as a result of the pandemic, sadly their Christmas Eve Box appeal was in high demand. Before Covid19, SAPS would receive donations of around 100 boxes for their Christmas Eve Box Appeal, during 2020, as a result of high community spirit after such a trying year, around 1300 boxes were donated. To ensure every child in need receives a Christmas gift, the charity introduced a nomination system making gifting specific to individual children.
Helen Wall, senior surveyor at the Sunderland office was determined to support SAPS after witnessing last years demand and has arranged for the branch to be used as a drop off station to support with this years Christmas Eve Box appeal. Bradley Hall has donated £500 which has contributed to the filling of 40 boxes for the appeal this Christmas, in addition to individual staff donations.
Bradley Hall Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents, senior surveyor, Helen Wall said: “I am thrilled to be able to offer support to SAPS this Christmas and am sure that through the use of Bradley Hall’s Sunderland branch as a drop off location, as well as the generous donations from both staff and the firm itself, that a greater number of children and young people within our local communities will be helped this Christmas.”
Bradley Hall has also created a strong charity campaign through their Durham office. The firm has donated to ABF The Soldiers Charity; the funds will support the Remembrance Service which will be held on 13th November 2021 from 18:45 to 22:00pm at Durham Cathedral.
Bradley Hall’s sponsorship will pay for transport and food for the attending Service Personnel, as well as support to the veterans who have served our country. This is the fifth year the service has taken place, after a virtual event was held last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The service itself is the largest event of its kind after the Royal Albert Hall Service.
Peter Bartley, Group Director at Bradley Hall Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents said: “I was overjoyed to be contacted regarding the sponsorship of ABF The Soldiers Charity Remembrance Service. The service is something I am very passionate about and am incredibly grateful to be able to support the service and the charity once more.
“Durham Cathedral Festival of Remembrance has taken place for the last ten years and has established itself as an iconic Remembrance event in the North East. This year’s moving concert will be a time where we will remember those who have given their lives for their country, as well as Service Personnel who put their lives at risk for our liberties today.
“ABF The Soldier’s Charity stand on the forefront to support the Army family. In the last year alone, they were able to offer aid to 60,000 people in 63 countries around the world. At Bradley Hall we are in a privileged position to be able to offer support to charities through sponsorships, and I would encourage anyone who is in a similar position to do the same”.
Bradley Hall’s Morpeth office are supporting the Wansbeck Christmas Campaign this winter by utilising the Morpeth office as a drop off location for gifts and other donations, to ensure no child misses out this Christmas.
With many unemployed, furloughed, or struggling financially, Cal and his team began advertising their new venture on Facebook for Christmas presents in the Wansbeck area and their plans grew exponentially from there.
Last year the Wansbeck Christmas Campaign received around 300 gifts, and financial donations of over £1700. This money was then used to buy more presents to ensure that no child was forgotten during the Christmas of 2020. Donations were collected at a range of drop of points throughout the Wansbeck area in carparks, schools, and other public spaces.
Bradley Hall Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents are partnering with Wansbeck Christmas Campaign to use the Morpeth office as a drop off point for those wishing to donate to the cause.
Kathryn Kent, Bradley Hall’s Morpeth office Manager said: “Cal and the team at Wansbeck Christmas Campaign were able to achieve great things last year, we can only hope that through the use of Bradley Hall’s Morpeth branch as a drop off location, that they are able to help a greater number of children and young people within our local communities this Christmas.”
Annually, Bradley Hall hosts a festive fundraiser in aid of local charities. This year West Nautical has signed up to be the headline sponsor of Bradley Hall’s fifth annual fundraiser in aid of North East causes including Marie Curie’s Newcastle Hospice and Heel & Toe Children’s charity. The firm has previously raised over £70,000 for local charities and is looking forward to continuing this success.
West Nautical is a global specialist in the sales, charter, and management of luxury yachts. The superyacht company has donated a three-night chartered yacht experience, worth over £17,000, on a 31.70m sailing yacht in the Mediterranean, to auction at the fundraiser.
Neil Hart, group managing director at Bradley Hall said: “We would like to thank West Nautical for their support and sponsorship of our fifth festive fundraiser. Each year the event gets bigger and better, and we are delighted to continue our fundraising efforts for these important local charities.”
“As a Northern business, we are passionate about supporting our communities and local causes, and we are sure that with the help of West Nautical’s star prize, we will raise more than ever this year for both Marie Curie and Heel & Toe.”
