North Devon branch

About us

The North Devon fundraising branch celebrated reaching £1 million in 2009!
Will you play a part in raising the next £1 million in North Devon?
The committee and group members hold organised events throughout the year, ranging from table top sales to extravagant balls.  The group meet regularly to share ideas,
socialise, establish events and talk about future plans. The members are all ages, give varying amounts of time to the group and support each other in fundraising.
The North Devon branch is always looking for new Friends! If you would like further information
about the group, events or to find out how you can help us, please contact Jo Dunbavin
on 01598 710277 or email jodunbavin@yahoo.com

News:

AGM Report
Thank you very much to all of the North Devon CLIC supporters that attended the CLIC Sargent North Devon AGM at The Cedars in Barnstaple on Wednesday, 26th May 2010.
Thank you to Mike Clift, our retiring Chairman, and Sara Jones, our retiring Treasurer, who have done fantastic jobs for the branch over several years . Mike summarised the achievements of the Branch over the last 12 months. Most noteably was the reaching the £1 million total for money raised in North Devon. Thanks to Brian and Marge Taylor, June Wright, Ivan Huxtable, Dale Bazely and Rose and Joe Warner, Margaret and Ron Clayden for their involvement with this and their huge commitment to CLIC Sargent over many years.

Ali Ramsay, South West Fundraising Manager, provided an informative summary of regional news and thanked all of the committee that have stepped aside for their years of dedicated work. Ali reported on corporate partnerships with Tesco, Weatherspoons, HMV, Marks and Spencer and Virgin.

Further National successes were the opening of the 6th CLIC house – Billy’s house in Nottingham and the 7th, Paul’s House, in London would be opened this year.

In North Devon, Alison told of 9 children (4 of whom were newly diagnosed), who were under the care of CLIC Sargent.

Catherine Hunt , Chair of the Bideford Ladies Circle presented the committee with a cheque for £3283.79: proceeds from a year’s fundraising in aid of CLIC Sargent. A fantastic  achievement.

A new committee were elected with Diane Chavasse, the inspirational mum of Ollie, taking on the role of Chair. Di will be a great leader for CLIC Sargent North Devon to continue its good work; she already undertakes promotional talks for the charity relating to her running and fundraising. Di pledged to continue to “spread the word” and demonstrate her conviction that the core values and aspirations of CLIC Sargent to help the children, should be at the centre of all future fundraising.

Guest speaker, Helen Chadwick provided the AGM with an excellent insight into the role of a CLIC Sargent Nurse Specialist. Recently retired, Helen has served the Exeter area as a CLIC nurse for many years. Her recollections were entertaining and illuminating.
Mike Clift quoted Ivan Huxtable in his report, summing up the efforts of the last 23 years of CLIC Sargent and the focus of the committee for the years ahead: “We do it for the children.”  We do indeed.

Ivan’s Variety Night was held on Friday, 9th July in North Molton Sports Hall.
The night included a fantastic ABBA Tribute Band. The event was attended by  600 people who enjoyed a wonderful night of  variety.  A huge thank you and congratulations to Ivan and his team.

Latest Fundraising Highlights

Bingo! All those that had their eyes down in Fremington Village Hall for Bingo on Monday, 13th September had a fantastic night. North Devon Chair, Diane Chavasse stated that it was a great fun and roll on the next one!
The Bingo is run professionally but the organisers donate the proceeds of their weekly raffles to a different charity each week. It was well run, well attended and our CLIC Sargent raffle prizes were very well received. The evening raised £439 for the branch.  Thank you very much to Claire Symons and Jenny Birch who organized for that Monday to be a night for CLIC Sargent. The Bingo sub-committee are now working on getting the Christmas Bingo proceeds in 2011. Very sought-after apparently! Watch this space!

Next up was the Family Barn Dance. Despite clashing with the Barnstaple Carnival and Fair Night, the event on Saturday, 13th September was full-up with lots of families prepared to miss the Carnival to do the Dosado and there was some great dancing to the excellent band.!

The barbecue was buzzing—thank you to Ped Dunbavin who could just be made out behind the blue haze of the barbecue for all his burger cooking—and to Theo and Jacky Massos who did a very steady trade on the bar. Claire Symons did another excellent job with the raffle.  Kevin and Jenny Birch did fantastic work, as ever, setting up the event.  The very enjoyable evening made £400. All in all, a great fund-raising week for the branch.

A Darts Marathon at the First In Last Out Pub in Bideford in September was held in memory of Josh Northcott. It raised a fantastic £1,348. Congratulations to all involved.

Mary Cooper, better known to many as Mary Chugg, opened the Exhibition of her beautiful paintings on Thursday, 21st October 2010 at the Barnstaple Museum.  The exhibition has been a great success, with 19 pictures being sold, generating a wonderful donation of £2,746.35 for CLIC Sargent. 

Forthcoming Events

Christmas Bazaar. Thurs, 2nd December 2010, Bishops Tawton Village Hall, 7 pm. CLIC Sargent Christmas Cards on sale.  Flower arranging and Christmas Cake demonstrations. For more information, please contact Claire Symons on 01271 858601

Traditional Family Carol Singing taking place on Saturday, 4th December 2010, 3—5 pm in the lovely grounds of Tyspane Care Home, Lower Park Road, Braunton. Wrap up warm and join us for accompanied family carols, Father Christmas, warming refreshments and a raffle! For more information, please contact Jo Dunbavin on 01598 710277

Branch Christmas Meal. Tuesday, 7th December 2010. 7.30 pm for a quick meeting, 8.00 pm for a meal at The Hunters Inn, Newton Tracey. £16.95  for 2 courses and coffee, £21.95 for 3 courses and coffee. £10 deposit by 26th November. All welcome!
Please contact Helen Gregory for more information at gregorys.tarmac@virgin.net

Annual Carol Concert, St Peters Church, Saturday, 18th December. £5. Retiring collection in aid of CLIC Sargent. For more information, please contact Mike Clift on 01271 831188

New Year Meeting Dates 2011:
Tuesday, 15th January 2011,
Tuesday, 8th March 2011,
each 7.30 pm,  The Hunters Inn, Newton Tracey

TESCO DECEMBER CHALLENGE
CLIC Sargent North Devon have been challenged to find volunteers to support a collection outside every Tesco Store in North Devon. The collections will take place on Friday, 10th and Saturday, 11th December 2010.
 
Can you spare an hour?  Please help us have two collectors outside each store from 9.30  am until 6 pm each day. Sign up right now! Please telephone your nearest store co-ordinator to book an hour or two. Even better, bring a friend to fill up a one hour slot with the two necessary collectors!

Bideford:
Marilyn Northcott
01237 479372

Barnstaple: Mo Clift
01271 831188

Braunton: Jenny Birch
01271 858601

Ilfracombe: Jo Dunbavin
01598 710277

Please help us and phone now! Mo, Marilyn, Jenny or Jo will be delighted to hear from you.