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Selside School Association - £117.00 - 10.7.07
The small hidden away school of the A6 to the North of Kendal is key to
the local community educating the local youngsters through the day and
often being used as a village / meeting hall in the evenings. Money
will go to it's maintenance and upkeep.
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Alzheimer's
Society - £117.00 - 3.7.07
For nearly three decades the Alzheimer's Society has given hope and
support to hundreds of thousands of people affected by dementia. Our
staff and volunteers are united by an absolute commitment to the goal
of building a better world for people with dementia (and those of the
poeple who care for them), combat stigma and ignorance, and ensure that
everybody affected by dementia can find the help the need.
www.alzheimers.org.uk
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St. Mary's Hospice, Ulverston - £117.00 - 26.6.07
The most memorable Lanequest venue this year must have been the South
lakes animal Park with baboons swinging about, Peacocks crowing and
Lions striding around. Organisers John Bettinson and Tony Smith chose
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Great
North Air Ambulance
Service - £117.00 - 19.6.07
Inglewhite Lanequest may be as far south as the series has ever gone.
The Great North Air Ambulance Service provides, maintains and improves
air ambulance services across our region. The fastest time, the
shortest distance and the best of care from incident to the most
appropriate hospital.
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Médecins
Sans
Frontières - £117.00
- 12.6.07
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international
humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical
assistance to populations in danger in more than 70 countries.
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Barnacre
Church
- £117.00 - 5.6.07
Dolphinholme Lanequest donated to the upkeep of the local grand church.
Barnacre church was built in 1905 during the tenure of Austin &
Paley. It sits by a small wood and open fields next to a road leading
up into the Forest of Bowland. The church is built of stone, and has
red tiled roofs. The building is one of a number of Austin & Paley
churches of that time with low, broad, heavy towers that appear to hug
the earth.
www.lancashirechurches.co.uk
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Médecins
Sans
Frontières - £430.00
- 11.3.07
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international
humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical
assistance to populations in danger in more than 70 countries.
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Brain
House Children's
Hospice - £430.00 -
25.2.07
Brian House provides care and a ‘home from home’ environment for
children and young adults from within the Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre
areas who have life threatening and/or life limiting conditions. They
and their families have multiple complex needs and Brian House provides
support for the families and care for the children/young adults who
will not be cured of their illness.
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Oxen Park
Cinema Club
- £430.00 - 7.1.07
Carol McNeill chose her own local film club who are raising money to
convert an old carthouse from a barn into a community cinema for the
local residents.
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Cumbria Mencap -
£430.00 - 17.12.06
Mencap is the UK's leading learning disability charity working with
people with a learning disability and their families and carers.
Together, we fight for equal rights, we campaign for greater
opportunities and we challenge attitudes and prejudice. We also provide
advice and support to meet people's needs throughout their lives.
www.mencap.org.uk
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Cave Rescue
Organisation - £215.00
- 12.11.06
The Cave Rescue Organisation is based in Clapham in North Yorkshire and
provides the cave and mountain rescue service in the Three Peaks area
of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and also extending westwards into
Lancashire and Cumbria and eastwards as far as Malham and Gordale.
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Horton-in-Ribblesdale
Primary School -
£215.00 - 12.11.06
Horton-in-Ribblesdale Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School
has a long and rich history. It was first endowed as a Grammar School
in the sixteenth century and the Old School still stands in Horton
churchyard.
www.horton-in-ribblesdale.n-yorks.sch.uk
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Animal
Concern - £160.00 - 11.7.06
The final event at Wilf's had a good turn out raising funds for the
animal rights pressure group. They concentrate on trying to change
social attitudes and legislation to eradicate animal abuse at source.
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Grayrigg First Responders - £120.00 -
4.7.06
This group consists of an entirely voluntary body of individuals who
want to serve their community with training and guidance from Cumbria
Ambulance Service. The aim of the First Responder Group is to be on
scene in any suitable emergency, administering skills which sustain
life whilst awaiting professional intervention.
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Underbarrow Marrow Day Appeal -
£146.00 - 27.6.06
A little known charity which contributes to a number of local and
national
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Oxen Park
Cinema Club
- £90.00 - 20.6.06
Carol McNeill chose her own local film club who are raising money to
convert an old carthouse from a barn into a community cinema for the
local residents.
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Pennine
Bowland
Mountain Rescue -
£130.00 - 13.6.06
The Whittington event by Malcolm supported the area MRT which turns out
in all weathers to help people in trouble in harder to reach places.
The team are currently trying to raise the final funding required to
allow them to move into new premises. This will be close to the M6 and
will drastically reduce response times.
www.bowlandpenninemrt.org.uk
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Maddie
McGregor FUNd - £130.00 - 6.6.06
Steve and Connor Launder donated the proceeds from the 2006 1st
Lanequest to this
fund for Cystic Fibrosis sufferers.
This is the 2nd time MCMTB has made a contribution to this cause.
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Ravenstonedale
School - £280.00 - 19.3.06
Our final event of the series was from the school and the banquet laid
on afterwards was provided by the kind ladies of the PTA. The school
does very well to keep going in the community so the donation is a way
of saying a huge thanks for having us and helping them to continue.
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Barnardo's
- £280.00 - 5.2.06
Geoff M kept with his charity of 2005. Barnardo's helps the most
vulnerable children and young people transform their lives and fulfil
their potential. Their website will tell you more about what they do
and their work with children and young people.
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Wheels 4
Life -
£280.00 - 22.1.06
Kendal TQ event chose: Wheels 4 Life is a non-profit organization that
provides bikes for people in Third-World countries in need of
transportation to get to work or to school, including health care
workers. This charity was founded by extreme biking legend and former
Mountain Bike World Champion Hans Rey .
www.wheels4life.org
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The Lost
Ways Project - £280.00
- 11.12.05
Keeping Cumbria's history alive, The Lost Ways Project is a non
profit-making organisation which is based on historical research into
protecting, re-discovering and maintaining rights of way for all users
in Cumbria. As users of these ROW's during our Trailquests, there is no
question of our backing for this project.
www.lostways.org
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Rosemere Cancer Foundation - £280.00 - 20.11.05
One in three people will get cancer. Effective treatment is a major
priority for Government but it is expensive. There is little left over
for non-essential items which may make all the difference to a
patient's experience of the treatment process. This is where the
Rosemere Cancer Foundation comes in. As a registered charity, Rosemere
aims to provide those 'extras' where possible, for the Rosemere Cancer
Centre at Royal Preston Hospital and the local Cancer Units throughout
Lancashire and South Cumbria.
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Maddie
McGregor FUNd - £100.00 - 21.8.05
The Staveley event run by Andy & Rachel Slattery donated to this
fund for Cystic Fibrosis sufferers after seeing a couple of young local
lads aged 9 and 10 ride the 150miles Walney to Wear cycle route a year
after their close friend Maddie's death.
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Bendrigg
Lodge -
£110.00 - 12.7.05
John Brockbank ran the final Summer Lanequest event at Burneside this
year, he chose local Bendrigg Lodge for the charity. The Bendrigg Trust
was established in 1978 to specialise
in courses and activities for disabled and disadvantaged young people.
www.bendrigg.org.uk
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UNICEF
-
£38.00 - 5.7.05
Stuart Green at Witherslack chose UNICEF which is the world's leading
organisation working specifically for children.
www.unicef.org.uk
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Oxen Park
Cinema Club
- £115.00 - 28.6.05
Carol McNeill chose her own local film club who are raising money to
convert an old carthouse from a barn into a community cinema for the
local residents.
www.oxenparkcinemaclub.org.uk
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St. Mary's Hospice, Ulverston - £70.00 - 21.6.05
Gleaston Lanequest was run by Derek Fryer and Tony Smith and they chose
the local hospice to care for the terminally ill.
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Scope
- £80.00 - 14.6.05
Oxenholme Lanequest only mustered 67 entrants this year, but
nevertheless, we raised some money for people with cerebral palsy.
Scope is a disability organisation in England and Wales whose
focus is people with cerebral palsy.
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North Air Ambulance
Service - £51.50 - 7.6.05
Cockerham Lanequest was a flat fast event down on the Blackpool &
Flyde plains. Charity chosen by Paul & Glenys Ferguson. This is the
second time we have donated to the North West Air Ambulance.
www.greatnorthairambulance.co.uk
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Palestine
Red Crescent Society - £200.00 - 3.4.05
The grand finale of the winter series was in aid of PRCS as chosen by
Rod Carter. The society is a national humanitarian society that
provides a wide range of health, social and other humanitarian services
for the Palestinian People throughout the Middle East without
discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or
political opinions.
www.palestinercs.org
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WaterAid
- £100.00 - 13.3.05
The Crosthwaite TQ was run by Jo Ratcliffe and she decided to split the
proceeds between 2 charities. The first was for an
international charity related to her line of work. WaterAid is
dedicated to helping people escape the stranglehold of poverty and
disease caused by living without safe water and sanitation. WaterAid
works in partnership with local organisations in 15 countries in Africa
and Asia to help poor communities establish sustainable water supplies
and latrines, close to home.
www.wateraid.org.uk
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Cancer
Care - £100.00
- 13.3.05
Jo's second choice was a local Cancer Care charity. Their aim is to
provide support to patients and families facing cancer in the North
Lancashire and South Cumbria area. They have major centres in Lancaster
and Kendal providing information, practical help and a wide range of
therapeutic and creative activities which can help to reduce anxiety
and enhance coping skills.
www.cancare.org.uk
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Dave
Rayner Fund - £200.00 - 27.2.05
Mike Hayward's second winter TQ raised money for the local DRF charity.
The yearly Fred
Whitton Challenge also raises money for the fund. The Dave Rayner
Fund has been set up in memory of the late Dave Rayner, to assist
ambitious riders (like Dave) to make a successful career from
cycle racing on the continent of Europe.
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Barnardo's
- £200.00 - 16.1.05
The organiser of the Dent TQ let the campsite venue host Margaret
Taylor choose this charity benefactor. Barnardo's helps the most
vulnerable children and young people transform their lives and fulfil
their potential. Their website will tell you more about what they do
and their work with children and young people.
www.barnardos.org
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Greenpeace -
£200.00 - 19.12.04
Mike Hayward chose the Cartmel TQ just before Christmas to be for
Greenpeace UK. They work on a number of
international environmental issues. Visit the Campaigns homepage to
find out more about our Global Warming, Renewable Energy, Nuclear
Power, Incineration, Toxics, Ancient Forests, GM, Oceans and Star Wars
campaigns.
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Kendal
Mountain Rescue - £200.00
- 5.12.04
Our first Winter TQ at Oxenholme was run by Barney and he chose for the
money to go to KMR. It's a good choice, as who knows when any one of us
will need their services in the S.Lakes, Kentmere & The Howgills.
They rely entirely on donations from the public. There is no Government
funding, and none of the members are paid. All the money from our
donation goes solely to running the team.
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Great
North Air Ambulance
Service - £237.50 - 1.8.04
Kendal
Trailquest 2004 provided us with just under £500 to split
between charities of mine and Barney's choice. I chose the GNAAS as
they
do a very good job and it may be any one of us that needs their help
someday. As this is written, their 3rd helicopter now based in
Carlisle, Cumbria has just been launched and it complements 2 others
based in Blyth, Northumberland and Teesside International Airport.
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Sandgate
Hydrotherapy Pool - £237.50
- 1.8.04
The
second benefactor of Kendal TQ, The pool helps those suffering with
physical difficulties and is based in the old Sandgate special needs
school in Kendal. A charitable trust is being set up to take over
running of the pool after April 2005 when Cumbria County Council
will no longer provide funding.
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