CUMMINS RELAY RACE

For the second year running, Stephen George & Partners show their support to help raise money for LOROS.

A team of four from SGP ran the Cummins Relay Race to help raise over £10,000 for the local charity.

Nick Austin, Practice Director at Stephen George & Partners said, “We took part last year and had such a good time we had to come back. This year we did not mind that we came 33rd, it was about taking part. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Cummins Solicitors for arranging a well organised event for a very worthy charity”.

BRAVING THE ELEMENTS FOR CHARITY

Stephen George & Partners are taking part in the Cummins Relay Race!

Our best runners have split up into two teams. Each runner will brave the autumn weather and run 3.25 miles in aid of LOROS, the Leicestershire and Rutland Hospice.

Last year, over £5000 was raised for this worthy cause and the Stephen George & Partners team are keen to help beat that figure this year.

The race takes place on Sunday 26 October at Victoria Park, Leicester.

You can support the Stephen George & Partners team by making a donation on our JustGiving page.

PEDALLING FOR PROLOGIS 100

Stephen George & Partners are not afraid of a challenge for charity, and this month was no different as Andrew Langton and Thomas Morgan donned their bikes for MacMillan Cancer Research.

On Thursday 4 September Andrew and Thomas took part in the Prologis Cycle Challenge across the UK, covering 100 km across the picturesque Costwolds ending at the Farncombe Estate, Broadway.

Despite being seasoned cyclists, the challenge could not be underestimated, but certainly worth it as the team helped to raise money for a worthy cause.

STEPHEN GEORGE & PARTNERS RUN RACE FOR LIFE

On Sunday, seven of us from Stephen George & Partners completed the 5k Race for Life at Victoria Park raising money for Cancer Research. 

We had a great time, the weather was brilliant and it was amazing to see so many people coming together to raise money for such a good cause.

We have exceeded our £500 target with more donations still to come! Thank you to everyone who has donated so far and well done to those who took part.

Bring on the 10k next year!

GREAT KNARESBOROUGH BED RACE 2014 - A DECORATION BUILDER'S REFLECTION

Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, June 14th 2014, in the evening; comment in a pub overheard by friends following the conclusion of the Great Knaresborough Bed Race – “…there’s this architect who lives in Knaresborough who spends millions of pounds every year and always wins Best Dressed Bed”.  

It’s another, hitherto unheard of, version of the comments heard each year and is sadly untrue for the money part and only nearly true for the other.  Other comments have included allegations of buying decorations from professional builders (including film studios and theatre companies), that I am a ‘professional decoration builder’ (I wish) and that I am ‘cheating’… well, really!

No, I don’t spend millions, but I do raid skips and beg for materials and have an unnatural attraction to junkshops and charity shops looking for the hidden repurposing potential in discarded bric-a-brac, fabric, cardboard and wood and store it up waiting for each spring’s announcement of the theme for the coming year.

Do I win Best Dressed Bed every year?  Again, no I don’t, but I am pleased to have picked up first place a total of eight times since my first bed in 1997, including a hat-trick in 2008-2010 and a second and a third place along the way.

INCREDIBLE CYCLE CHALLENGE FOR CHARITY

As well as our fundraising for the Race For Life, Andy Langton from the Stephen George & Partner's Leicester office is also raising money for Cancer Research by cycling from John o'Groats to Edinburgh! 

Andy and friends will be cycling from John o' Groats to Edinburgh on the 31st July - 4th August, which is a staggering 361 miles in total!

If you would like to sponsor Andy, you can do so on our Just Giving page. Please share our page on Facebook to get the word out about our Fundraising efforts!

WIG WEDNESDAY AT STEPHEN GEORGE & PARTNERS

Staff wore wigs, hats and Minnie mouse ears to raise awareness for our current fundraising for Cancer Research!

So far we have raised  £179.54 which is 35% towards our target of £500! Please visit our Just Giving page if you would like to sponsor Stephen George & Partners who are taking part in the Race for Life on Sunday 6 July.

Click here to see the photo album on Facebook!

CAKES FOR CHARITY AT THE LEICESTER OFFICE

A bake sale at Stephen George & Partner's Leicester branch was a fantastic success!

We raised £137.86 from the sale of cakes, pudding and biscuits - as seen above.

All donations are going towards the fundraising total for Cancer Research’s Race for Life, which several members of staff are participating in this July. We'll be following their running progress later in the year, so watch this space.

Finally, a special thank you must go to Maisie for organising a successful event for such a good cause.