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Stratstone Dealerships help raise over £10,000 for Childrens Charity SPARKS

For the third year Pendragon have held the One Day to Make A Difference fundraising day, held on October 8^th. The Charity Event saw all Pendragon’s 280 Evans Halshaw, Stratstone and Quicks dealerships take part in an array of fundraising activities.

This year the dealerships and Pendragon head office held over 70 events to help raise money for Sparks, including a fancy dress day, sponsored slim, fun run and charity auction.

Stratstone Body Shop team, Chesterfield started off the fundraising by raising a staggering £5200 from a 30 mile sponsored cycle which saw the team travel from Chesterfield to Louth.

Trevor Finn, Chief Executive Officer said “The effort that all team members have put into this years One Day event has been phenomenal, peoples generosity never fails to amaze me. I’m extremely proud that we as a business can help a special cause like Sparks it’s rewarding to see that the money we raise can make a difference to people lives.”

The money raised from the day will go towards a number of projects that Pendragon support including Leukaemia Research at Birmingham University and Neuroblastoma research at Newcastle university.

Stratstone Chesterfield Raise £5,200 for SPARKS

This year the Bodyshop Team at Stratstone Chesterfield came up with the idea of holding a sponsored bike ride to Mablethorpe, hence the name "Run to the Sun 5000" - £5000 being the amount they aimed to raise in sponsorship.

The bodyshop team consisted of very keen and able cyclists right down to near novices, so it was always going to be a challenge for them all to make it to Mablethorpe, they all put on their “SPARKS” t-shirts and set off from Chesterfield at 6am on Sunday 31^st July.  They all made it to Mablethorpe and some even rode another 12 miles back to Louth where they were all staying the night.

Jonathan Davies, Dealer Principal and his partner Diane decided that as they didn't have bikes they would walk the last 30 miles in order to all meet in Mablethorpe at the end.

The cyclists were helped by a support team made up of other Stratstone Chesterfield team members, Ron Gains (Service Team Leader) and his wife Jane followed the team in the Parts van with supplies of refreshments, spare parts and First aid.

Russell Barker (Bodyshop Team Leader) and Angela Barker (CRM Leader) provided a well deserved barbecue for the team at Louth where the team stayed overnight in holiday cottages and tents.

The team managed to raise a staggering £5,200. Well done to all the team.

A Cause Close To Our Hearts

The HR Operations team at out head office will be putting on their running shoes to run in remembrance of their colleague and friend Diane Arthur, who sadly lost her battle with pancreatic cancer.

The Race For Life will be run by Hayley Hewitt, Stacey Shaw, Hilary Lambert, Rhonda Morrison, Katie Heaps, Dot Stevenson, Tracy Wareham, Sonya Durose, Maxine Lambert and other family/friends on the 25th July at Holme Pierrepont. The ladies will be running for Cancer Charity, Cancer Research UK.

All money raised will go to Cancer Research UK.

Congratulations to Andy Buckley on his 20 years service award

Senior Technician Andy Buckley, Aston Martin Derby, has been presented with his 20 year service award by Franchise Director Ivan Temmerman.  Andy started his career with the company in 1988 on the YTS scheme.  In 1990 he became employed by Jaguar as an apprentice.  He progressed his career and became Senior Technician with the Jaguar Franchise, eventually transferring to the Aston Martin franchise.

Charity Dress Down Day

A Charity Football Dress Down Day was held to raise money for our chosen charity Sparks all together the team raised £300 though donations from team members.Sparks' mission is to help all babies be born healthy and stay healthy, they do this by funding high quality medical research into childhood diseases. We would like to thank everyone who has been involved in fundraising; every penny really does make a difference.