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The Link Magazine • May 1997 23

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different causes. Danielle Moore organised the Barnardos 'Ribbon of Hope' appeal and raised £750, and th& Occaiaiv
over £1,000 was raised on Red Nose Day in a variety of wild and wacky antics, from indoor abseiling, to
shaving the local vicar, to a lunch time talent show. Just before Easter Kris Akabusi from Super Schools put Handmade gowns
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Pictured above,from left, Kris Walklett, Danielle Moore, Comic Relief talent show organisers Jodie OBrien and Gemma and cocktail wear
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Comic Relief Director Jerry Marston, from Lydiard Millicent, reflects on an amazing event
10 minutes from Swindon.
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It's hard to convey the strange mix- and Allied Dunbar reporting And me? After three years as a
ture of relief and euphoria which record totals from staff fundraising trustee and nearly three more as
sweeps over you in waves, in the on the day ... to say nothing of WH managing director, I'm leaving
roller coaster ride from Red Nose Smith, whose support in selling Comic Relief for pastures new af-
Day morning, when you see the and distributing the noses has been ter 11 years in Swindon. Liverpool, /
cumulative merchandise sales ... to in fact, to run the Community Af-
the end of the Night of Comic Re- fairs programme for The
lief, when the final total for tel- Littlewoods Organisation. Specialists in PVCU,
ephone donations is announced... We'll be taking with us a moun- windows, doors and
to the following Friday when we tain of fond memories, and leaving
get our first figure for event and behind a train load of friends and conservatories,
sponsorship money coming in over colleagues who've helped make also carpentry, fencing,
the counters of banks and building our time in Wiltshire such a delight. patios, floor tiling.
societies across the nation. Best of luck to The Link and all its
We announced a record breaking readers. 22 Ravens Walk
total of over £11.5 million on the If you've raised money, cheques Wootton Bassett
night. That total has already risen should be made payable to Comic
to a staggering £21,158,158, up £4 Jerry Marston, Relief and sent to KPMG, P0 Box Telephone:
million on the same time two years leaving Swindon with a smile 678, London EC4Y 8AS, or taken to 01793 848177
ago. This includes £9,857,211 in any bank, building society or post or 01793 770596
credit card donations (another exceptional. In truth the sensa- office. 1
world record) and already over £5.5 tional support of the public nation-
million in public donations. A few wide has again justified Billy
other statistics may impress you: Connolly's faith in them when on MOBILE CAR SERVICING & REPAIRS
• Number of fundraising packs his visit to Mozambique for us in * Electronic tuning * Welding * Electrical work
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• Estimated number of events run ably read or heard about compas- * MoTs arranged (no re-test fee)
for Red Nose Day '97: 130,000 sion fatigue and like me you've For a reliable local service with over 20 years experience
• Human noses sold: 2.5 million probably believed that such a thing (No VAT to pay)
• Clothes nose enamel lapel existed, like compassion was some CALL GRAHAM ON j01793) 873045 or 0860 835912
badges sold: 325,000 kind of finite substance and you
• Copies of Delia's Red Nose could run out of it ... Compassion
Collection sold: 1.25 million fatigue - what nonsense!"
• Sales of the Spice Girls single Of course the word is now out DECOTEX[II
• Who do you think you are: 310,000 that we had a brilliantly successful
• Average audience through the Red Nose Day and as a result we Property Maintenance
night: 7.1 million are receiving hundreds of grant re-
The support from Swindon has quests every week. For those of Painter & Decorator' Specialist Artexing
again been brilliant, with loads of you seeking a grant, please bear
schools having already sent their with us. We will be sending out Telephone: (01793) 791388
dosh in, and companies like Intel new guidelines in June. I