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A MESSAGE FROM THE CHARLTON UPBEATS & COMM TRUST

carl/ comm trust
carl/ comm trust Posts: 1
edited November 2009 in General Charlton
To everyone,

In light of our good news live on Friday’s ITV’s London Tonight programme that the Charlton Upbeats were successful in the quest for funding from the people’s millions competition, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for you efforts in spreading the word and getting so many people to vote for this programme.

Charlton life members and their contacts played a massive part in this success. Your votes and determination to promote the quest were much appriciated by all the young people on the CHARLTON UPBEATS project, their families and everyone at the CHARLTON ATHLETIC COMMUNITY TRUST. On Thursday (voting day) there was a massive movement of people generating votes and promoting the project to all areas of the country. It was great to be part of and shows the power of people and we would like to thank you again. I would like to give a special mention to the organisers of Charlton Life for getting it up and running on C/L

We have not been given the voting numbers as yet but are told by ITV that we were clear winners. The amount secured on Friday for the project was 37,800 pounds and the hard work begins in Jan 2010 to use this funding to develop the project. For those of you who saw the live programme on Friday night you will have seen the positive effect winning had on the young people on the project. Knowing that this project received such recognition gave the young people and their parents a massive lift and they now feel that the need for activity based programmes specifically for people with Downs syndrome is now being addressed. They all hope that other organizations now follow suit. Thanks again for your co-operation. The young people and their families also genuinely passed on the thanks on Friday.

Please forward this message onto your contacts who helped us be successful on Friday!!!

Comments

  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,075
    Great news Carl, and it is good when we all pull together to get results like this.

    Continue your good work.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,242
    Congratulations
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,031
    Excellent
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,234
    Thanks for coming on here to express thanks! I hope we certainly played our part. Well i know my company certainly did.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,267
    Great news.

    Keep up the good work Carl.

    Ben
  • ISawLeaburnScore
    ISawLeaburnScore Posts: 9,779
    edited November 2009
    No thanks required pal, thank you to you and your colleagues for the excellent job that you do in the name of our club.

    Would be interested to know the voting figures given the number of "redial" situations ;-)
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,000
    Congratulations and please continue with your hard work.
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,865
    Congratulations all.
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,423
    Congratulations to you and your team.

    Ray
  • bloodnut
    bloodnut Posts: 2,146
    I just hope many good times are had and memories made, good luck to you all, have fun!!

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  • The least I (we) could all do if it brings a smile to the face of even 1 youngun. Keep us updated next year on how it progresses! Cheers carl.
  • bingaddick
    bingaddick Posts: 8,184
    Congratulations!
  • Well deserved cash
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,267
    http://www.cact.org.uk/newsitem.php?id=391

    Upbeats team in action at Stamford Bridge.
  • what a wonderfull story and group of commited people

    doffs hat
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,031
    great stuff this, well done all
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,423
    edited June 2010
    A great bit of news, well done to all concerned.