Taunton golf day raises thousands for charity

Our Taunton office has raised over £4,500 for two charities with its annual golf day.

Our team invited clients, suppliers and other local businesses along to the event at Oake Manor Golf Course, which included an 18-hole round of golf followed by a two-course dinner in the evening.

The golf day raised £4,500 through entry fees, a bake sale on the 10^th hole and an auction and raffle in the evening. The funds will be split equally between charities Reminiscence Learning and Teenage Cancer Trust.

Tim Hayden, partner and head of the agriculture sector team, said: “It is wonderful that our annual charity golf day once again raised such an impressive amount for two very worthy causes.

 “The event is an excellent way to bring together colleagues, clients and other local businesses to support organisations within our community, which are doing such important work.”

Reminiscence Learning is a small charity based in Wellington specialising in dementia, reminiscence, activities and life story work.  They deliver a range of training for healthcare professionals, family carers and volunteers, as well as community projects for the older person, those with dementia and their carers and those who feel lonely and isolated in the community.  They also created and deliver the multi award winning intergenerational dementia awareness Archie Project that links primary schools, care homes, sheltered housing schemes, businesses/services and community members to reduce the fear and stigma often associated with dementia and ultimately create more dementia friendly communities.

Teenage Cancer Trust make sure young people don’t face cancer alone. They do it by helping young people and their families deal with the many ways that cancer can screw up your body, your mind and your life. They do it in partnership with the NHS and by bringing young people together so they can support each other. And they do it from the moment cancer is diagnosed until long after treatment is over.

Emma Green at Reminiscence Learning said: “Thank you so much to all at Clarke Willmott and all who took part in the charity golf day.  We were overwhelmed and humbled by the generosity and support shown to us. The day was a fantastic success raising valuable funds and also providing the opportunity to raise the profile of the charity and further spread our dementia awareness message.

“The money raised will go towards the continuation of our community groups and help ensure the sustainability of our intergenerational dementia awareness Archie Projects.  This really will help us to make a difference to the lives of those living with dementia in our community.”

Charlie Porter from Teenage Cancer Trust said: “It was an absolute pleasure to be at Clarke Willmott’s charity golf day and I was absolutely blown away by the amazing generosity of all those there – hats off to the man who bought £100’s-worth of raffle tickets!

“We are currently only reaching half of young people with cancer in the South West and the money raised from the day will be going towards funding more specialist Teenage & Young Adult nurses, and developing age-appropriate spaces in local hospitals, including Taunton.”