Sponsorship request – Feeling generous?

Hello…

Looks like I’ve got myself involved in another sponsored event, but this time it’s a good way out of my comfort zone.

This Sunday (27th November), I’ll be taking part in Manchester’s Winter ‘Urbanathlon‘ – a 5km run in Platt Fields Park, with the added thrills and spills of obstacles and challenges liberally applied to the course. More information about the Urbanathlon can be found here.

So why should eight colleagues and I be putting ourselves through such an ordeal? Well, it’s all for a good cause, of course! On this occasion, the Helping Hands Trust which is Pure’s parent company’s own charity. Helping Hands provides assistance to people in times of hardship in the UK or overseas. Money raised at this event will go specifically towards our continuing support for the Shangri-La children’s home in Nepal. Some more information about the Helping Hands Trust can be found here.

To make donating easy and convenient, we’ve set up a JustGiving page. It would be great if you could help out in whatever small way you can.

If you want to come and offer support/witness the torture first hand, it all starts at 1pm, this Sunday afternoon (27th November) at Platt Fields Park, Manchester.

Thanks.

Richard

Enter The Dragon

2011 might be the Chinese year of the rabbit, but this Sunday, the dragons were out in force at Salford Quays, when members of the Pure Creative team joined forces with colleagues from the Equity Solutions group to take part in the annual Dragon Boat Race.

The event is organised by the Manchester Oriental Organisation Alliance and saw the ‘Equity Express’ team pitted against 23 other crews from around the area. After three qualifying heats, the team didn’t quite make it to the quarter finals, but improved significantly on last year’s performance and completed each successive heat in a better time than the previous.

But the actual competition was only one part of a really fun day out. The serious bit was that the team was raising sponsorship money for its own charity, the Helping Hands Trust, as well as for the East Africa Famine Relief Fund. So Monday’s stiff arms and sunburnt faces were definitely worth the effort.

If you would like to donate sponsorship money, please visit the Helping Hands Just Giving page.

See more pictures from the day here.

Find out more about the Helping Hands Trust here.