Sponsor Lynda at London Marathon

posted: 27/01/2011

In George House Trust's 26th year, Lynda, our Director of Services, is running the 26 miles of the London Marathon, raising money for George House Trust.

For 26 years George House Trust has been campaigning, supporting people and fighting stigma: George House Trust needs financial support now more than ever to make sure we survive the recession and cuts and continue to deliver good quality services to people living with and affected by HIV in NW England.

1st marathon

Lynda only started running 6 years ago, to raise money for George House Trust by taking part in Great Manchester Runs. This is her first ever marathon.

Lynda is meeting all the costs of the London marathon and travel etc herself, so all your sponsorship money goes directly to George House Trust to support people living with HIV.

JustGiving

Lynda has a handy JustGiving page - it is simple, fast and totally secure.

Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to George House Trust and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer.

So it’s the most efficient way to donate - Lynda raises more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for George House Trust.

So please dig deep and donate now. Every donation, no matter how small, adds to Lynda's £3000 target and directly benefits people living with and affected by HIV.

Thank you very much!!

London marathon image from aidsmap 

Battle of the Bars £409

posted: 15/12/2010

Remember late November, at AXM, when entertainers, hosts and bar staff from venues across the village came together to battle it out to support George House Trust? We do, and the event raised a warming £409.22, for which we are very thankful.
 

The venues and their crews pulled out all the stops to be crowned winners of Battle of the Bars 2010.

Miss Thunderpussy (Thompsons Arms), Jessica Barge (Queer), Veronyka Kastle (Churchills), Misty Chance (View) as well as representatives from AXM, Sugar Pops, Crunch, The New Union, Manto, Via, The Birdcage and others put in their time for free just to entertain you.

The 10pm to 5am night at AXM was free entry apart from your generous donations on the door, all of which went directly to George House Trust.

The Battle of the Bars were keen to maximise charitable giving and so offered Buy One Get One free on all drinks from 10pm until 1am and drinks at promotional prices.

Thank you to all the venues for taking part, and to the artistes for performing free for you, the staff and people who supported us in any way on the night - generous people all!

Thank you very much from all of us at George House Trust!
 

Interested in fundraising?

See what you could do to help us fundraise and how we can help you with this, on our community Fundraising pages

Football Club raises money for George House Trust

posted: 09/12/2010

George House Trust would like to say a big thank you to the Albaroni Football Club, who's team raised funds and awareness about HIV, as part of World AIDS Day 2010.

The young players wore red ribbons and heard a talk about HIV as well as collecting funds to support Geroge House Trust's work.

Manchester Art Gallery World AIDS Day Events

posted: 19/11/2010

George House Trust and Manchester Art Gallery are working together on two events to raise awareness about HIV and challenge HIV related stigma.

The first event is a Family Art Day on Saturday 4th December from 1pm-3pm. This event is open to all families with children aged 6-11 years old and is free. The event is themed around World AIDS Day and using the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt to raise awareness about HIV. The event is completely free. Please arrive at 12:30pm to sign up for activities at Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3JL.

The second event is an Imagine Weekend on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th December, 12noon-4pm open to adults and to families with children of any age. The event will focus on making a work of art from Red Ribbons. This event is completely free. No need to book - just drop in.

Please note that both these events are open to the general public and all activities will be delivered by Manchester Art Gallery staff, not staff from George House Trust. We therefore cannot guarantee confidentiality, if you choose to share personal information at these events.

You can find further information at: http://www.manchestergalleries.org/

Sign Up - Great Manchester Run

posted: 16/11/2010

You can now sign up to run with Team GHT in the 10km Great Manchester Run in mid May 2011. We are very pleased to have 85 places for Team George House Trust runners on Sunday May 15th 2011.
 

Run with us
Team GHT Places are open to all runners, including people wanting to run with Team GHT for their first time. We want a big turnout of runners and supporters – the sponsorship money you raise helps us provide vital quality support services to people living with HIV in North West England.

Book now

The Great Manchester Run is always overbooked, so be sure to reserve your GHT Team place now.
To book one of our 85 running places, please send a cheque for £36.00, payable to George House Trust. Please write your details - name, email address, telephone number and postal address on the back of the cheque, or another piece of paper.
Send your cheque and details to:
GMR 2011, Christy Lau, George House Trust, 77 Ardwick Green North, Manchester, M12 6FX
 

The £36.00 pays Great Manchester Run’s charges for registering you. We can refund this later, if you wish, once we have received at least £150 in sponsorship for you. However to maximise the money we raise, we hope you will meet this cost yourself.
 

Team GHT Offer

What we offer you as part of Team GHT:

• Team GHT running vest
• Free after run massage from our friends at the Active Health Group
• Training support from Manchester FrontRunners
• Safe bag and clothes storage at the Manchester Convention Centre (GMEX)
• After run party at a city centre venue, including a free buffet
   

Some free places
We have a few free places for people who are cannot afford the £36 entry fee. If you need a free place, please contact Lynda by phone 0161 274 4499 or email

We will pull names out of a hat to choose who gets a free place.
 

Already signed up with Great Manchester Run?
If you already have booked a place on the Run through the Great Run's online registration page and want to be part of Team GHT, please email Lynda, or give her your details by phone 0161 274 4499. We will then keep you informed about sponsorship and all the Team GHT arrangements.
 

We look forward to meeting everyone again for another fantastic day!
 

Run pics on Flickr 

In the meantime, check out photographs of Team GHT at the 2010 Great Manchester Run on Flickr