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Chairman’s Welcome
Welcome from our Chairman
Our parent company Axis is once again match-funding the proceeds from tonight’s ball. Every pound you donate or spend will go twice as far!
Good evening and welcome to the Axis Foundation Charity Ball 2022.
I know that many of you come back to support us each year and we don’t take that for granted and very much value your support. Thank you. 2022 saw a major milestone reached by the Axis Foundation. We celebrated donating a grand total of £2m to 270 small, local impactful causes like those you will see on the later pages of tonight’s programme. We are massively proud of reaching this £2m landmark and want to thank everyone who has supported us in our 14-year journey of giving: those who tirelessly raise funds for our charity, those who work behind the scenes and those, like yourselves, who have donated so kindly and generously to help us reach this milestone.
My fellow trustees and I know, both through evidence and personal messages of gratitude, that our grants have made a real and lasting impact on people’s lives. We are determined to continue, with your help, offering a lifeline to people who need our support. Tonight, as ever, we are supporting our friends at Demelza Children’s Hospice as well as raising money for the Foundation so that we can carry on making grants and donations and thereby help us reach another significant target. I know you will join in the celebrations and support our auctions, table games and raffle this evening. Hopefully there is something on offer to suit every pocket! I would like to take this opportunity to thank our patron Alan Curbishley, my fellow trustees Maurice Gertski, John Hayes, Mick Hayes, Tim Hayes, Joe Ibrahim and Sandie Ryan as well as Axis’s brilliant support team of Claire Richardson, Paul Smart, Kellie Turner and Sarah Hodgson. All of them work very hard on behalf of the Foundation and none of what we have achieved in the past 14 years would have been possible without them. I would also like to thank Steve Sutherland for once again compering this event and keeping us all on time tonight. Have a great night and my personal thanks, once again, for helping us achieve our £2m in donations and changing people’s lives for the better! Peter Varney Chairman Axis Foundation
Inside...
1 Chairman’s Welcome 3 Doubling Your Donations 4 £2m Donated – Our Amazing Milestone 8 How we got to £2m 12 Your Entertainment Tonight 20 Thank You from Demelza 24 How to Bid in our Silent Auction 26 Auction Lots 36 Free Photo Memories to Take Home 38 Your Gift to Others 50 Fabulous Fundraising 56 Thank You
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