Sports day 2004

MAGIC CAROUSEL

MAGIC CAROUSEL

Charity No: 1103819

STOP PRESS!

THE NEW PLAYGROUND GROUNDWORK HAS COMMENCED TODAY

14TH FEBRUARY 2005

WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT! WELL DONE TO ALL INVOLVED

The Charity MAGIC Carousel was formed in September 2003 with five inaugural members:

Jayne Walker: Chairwoman

Barbara Williams: Secretary/Treasurer

Nancy Thompson: Funding facilitator

Alison Riley: Trustee

Gillian Booth: Trustee

Paul Gough: Co-opted Trustee

'MAGIC Carousel' MAGIC stands for 'Middleton Action Group Investing In Children' Their aim to provide amenities for local children.

Owing to Middleton's geographic position and the lack of amenities locally for  children the charity decided to raise money for a new playground. Quotes were sought and the Playdale quote £92,000 was accepted as the best value with  latest EU standard safety regulations  adhered to.

Next was the necessity to raise money for the project. The group held its first event  in 2003 a Halloween Party which was very successful. For the Halloween festival the Carousel invited the villagers to take part in a Scarycrow Garden Competition, this was fantastic and had a wonderful showing of witches and goblins complete with lights and eerie music. This is to be an annual event.

There followed fetes and car boots, raffles, Quizes, Sports day, sponsored bike rides, jumble sales and the inevitable filling in of forms for grants. Living Spaces offered the first of £41,000, celebrations! All the charity had to do was match it! And they did!

Grant funding approved to date

Living Spaces                £41,000

SITA                             £25,000

Galbraith Trust               £ 1,000

Duchy Of Lancaster       £    400

Harold & Alice Bridges   £ 2,000

The Hedley foundation     £ 2,000

Local Network Fund        £ 7,000

HBOS                              £ 1,500

Lancaster CC                    £    500

Fund Raising:                     £ 6, 239

TOTAL                             £86,639

Door to door collecting produced amazingly generous  results from the villagers.

Thank you! to the following people who without their help we would not have achieved our goal so quickly. Top or bottom of the list you are equally important.

Sheila Walker  & Ethel Garrard for their sterling help running the kitchen every two weeks for the car boot. Don't know what we would do without you.

Janice Collins for her bargain shopping trips. storing and labeling, such a chore but she enjoyed it!

Sandra Bostock & Angela Latcham for their assitance with labeling and standing for hours at the Tombola, selling raffle tickets and supporting all events in all weathers.

Cynthia, landlady from the Roof Tree for organising events and coming up with such inovative ideas. You had the trustee 'oldies' exhausted by Christmas!

Paul & Margaret Mason: HGV Motors: raffle prizes.

ASDA;  raffle prizes.

GG Antiques: Raffle Prizes