Category Archives: Fund Raising

A Welcome To Our Corporate Members

Fund Raising

The following organisations give valuable support to Fleet Pond and the work of Fleet Pond Society by their Corporate Membership:

Dimension Data United Kingdom

2 Waterfront Business Park,
Fleet Road, Fleet, Hampshire,
GU51 3QT, United Kingdom.

Founded in 1983, Dimension Data plc is an ICT services and solutions provider that uses its technology expertise, global service delivery capability, and entrepreneurial spirit to accelerate the business ambitions of its clients. Dimension Data is a member of the NTT Group.

www.dimensiondata.com

The Logic Group Holdings Ltd.

Logic House
Waterfront Business Park
Fleet, Hampshire
GU51 3SB, United Kingdom.

The Logic Group

Top brands in consumer focused industries rely on The Logic Group to help them deliver enhanced customer interactions experiences for their customers. With over 25 years’ experience, we are a trusted partner to card acquirers and schemes, alternative payments services, mobile network operators, systems integrators, regulatory industry bodies and many prominent high-street brands.

With over 50% of the UK’s top retailers, telecommunications companies and insurance groups benefiting from The Logic Group solutions, we process in excess of 35% of the UK’s card transactions and manage over 20 million loyalty scheme members for our clients.

At The Logic Group we are committed to taking responsibility for our position within the community and managing our business to provide a positive impact on society – read more about our Corporate Social Responsibility.

www.the-logic-group.com

A Fantastic Fundraising Evening In Fleet

Fund Raising, People

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Colin Gray, Chairman of FPS, with some of the raffle prizes

Jim Storey, FPS Committee Member and event co-organiser, writes:

“What a great time we had at WE The Restaurant in Fleet on Monday 18 November. They hosted a fundraising dinner for Fleet Pond Society and what amazing food they served!

We also had some brilliant prizes donated by local businesses for our raffle and Hart Ranger Louise Greenwood, Cllrs Sharyn Wheale and Sue Tilley and FPS Committee stalwart (and birthday girl) Mandy Saxby left no wallet unturned!

It was an extremely popular evening with more than 80 guests present, and over £1,200 was raised for FPS  – a really fantastic result and a fun and tasty evening for all concerned.”

A Very Successful Charity Trek!

Fund Raising

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Colin Gray, with Nick Keeley, at one of the conservation sites on the way

David Pottinger writes:

On Sunday 22 September, Colin Gray set out and successfully completed his challenging 21 mile trek! The aim was to raise money for the Fleet Pond Clearwater Campaign and, as of today, nearly £1,800 has been donated – many thanks to everyone!

Full details of the trek can be found here and an interesting set of pictures from the day can be found here. The photos immediately above and below come from this set.

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Colin, with Cathy Holden and Mandy Saxby, near Aragon Hall

The photos were kindly provided by Nick Keeley, who is the Treasurer of Fleet Pond Society. Nick is very familiar with such charity events as in 2010 he cycled to Liverpool and back to raise funds for Fleet Pond!

It’s not too late to support Colin’s achievement and you can donate online here.

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Colin Gray, back at the workshop, together with the walk escorts

Picture credits: Nick Keeley (top two, with permission), bottom David Pottinger.

Sunday 22 September Is The Day!

Fund Raising, People

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David Pottinger writes:

This Sunday, Colin Gray, Chairman of Fleet Pond Society (FPS), will be taking on the challenge of a 21 mile circular trek, visiting a large number of wildlife and environmentally important sites along the way.

Full details of the trek can be found here.

Through FPS, Colin has put an enormous amount of time, effort and passion into conservation activities at Fleet Pond Nature Reserve and this event is one more example of his unstinting commitment!

The purpose of the event this Sunday is to raise funds for the Fleet Pond Clearwater Campaign (see here for details). This campaign has already delivered numerous improvements to the pond and additional funds will allow us to take this even further.

If you would like to sponsor Colin for this event, please see his fundraising page here – all donations will be extremely welcome.

We all wish Colin the very best on the big day!

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Chris Packham talking about the Fleet Pond Clearwater Campaign

Here are some interesting photos taken by Colin during the practice runs for the event:

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Photo credits: Colin Gray

Colin’s Challenge Trek For Charity – Just A Week To Go!

Conservation, Fund Raising, People, Photography

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A tussle of herons

David Pottinger writes:

Colin Gray, Chairman of Fleet Pond Society, will be taking on the challenge of completing a round trip trek of 21 miles on Sunday 22 September – quite a distance, and just a week to go!

The purpose is to raise funds for the Fleet Pond Clearwater Campaign as well as increasing awareness of local conservation sites and activities.

The very interesting photos above and below were taken by Colin during various preparatory treks. A lot of hard work has already gone into planning and practicing for the challenge, let alone actually doing it!

If you would like to support Colin and Fleet Pond through this charity event, please see here.

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The Aragon Hall Lion

In a previous post, a list of the 12 environmentally important sites that Colin will be visiting on his charity trek  was given. You may not be aware that there are so many such sites in the local area and an interesting way to explore these (in overview) is to use the useful SketchMap site.

Type in GU51 at the top and use the boxes on the lhs to explore the possibilities eg clicking Nature Reserves shows the positions of the different sorts of sites (local nature reserves, SSSI sites etc). A snapshot of some typical results is given below.

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Snapshot from the SketchMap site with local conservation areas highlighted

Full details of the individual areas can be found on their associated sites.

We wish Colin the very best of luck!

Photo credits: Colin Gray