November 2008 ~
fundraising event at Cobbs Farmshop &
Kitchen that raised £450. Thanks to staff
and customers at Cobbs Farmshop & Kitchen in
Hungerford for their support.
The First Night of Dame
Agatha's Greatest Case by Kintbury Players
was a very entertaining evening which raised
£800. Thanks to everyone, particularly the
cast and directors of the Kintbury Players
for supporting us once again.
Other donations have
included:
Thanks to the Ritchie Charity for £500
Saints & Sinners London for £5,000
The Rank Organisation for £2,000
The Goldsmiths Company for £3,000
Sept/Oct 2008 ~ Many
private donations plus:
£1,200 from the Worshipful Company of
Basketmakers
£1500 from Hendon Golf Club
£10,000 from Openreach (Zurich)
£10,000 from Freemasons Grand Charity
Aug 2008 ~ A number
of private donations have been made during
August and we are pleased to say that our
total fund raised is: £92,300.
July 2008 ~ Thanks to the Cross Keys for
a bar coin collection that has raised £43.52
Thanks to:
Brian & Eileen Williams for £500
City & Metropolitan Welfare Charity, London for £2,000
Haberdashers Company, London £1,000
RTR Foundation, Glasgow for £3,250
Hedley Foundation £3,000
Rothschild Charity for £1,000
A local anonymous donor for £500
Forest of Bere Lodge Freemasons for £250
June 2008 ~ The Flowerpot
Trail!
 Over
30 groups of people took part in The Flower
Pot People Trail and we are pleased to say
that the trail programme, raffle and tombola
raised £461.
click here for the photographs from
our Flower Pot Trail! (these will open in
a new window ~ close that window to return to this
site!)
Many thanks to the companies
who donated prizes:
Cobbs Farm Shop, Hungerford
Garden Art, Hungerford
Wyvale Garden Centre, Hungerford
TH White, Marlborough
Boki Florists, Newbury
Woodborough Nursery, Pewsey
Primrose Lane Florists, Marlborough
Zogrows, Newbury,
BlueBee Florists, Hungerford
Floral Fayre, Pewsey
May 2008 - We would
like to thank the
Greenham Common Trust for their recent
donation.
£5,000
April
2008 - 7-in-a-Barge raised £9,192.33, of
which over £8,000 was achieved through the
generosity of Horsey Lightly, Solicitors of
Newbury, and their Clients following a
Champagne Reception. The 7-in-Bar group
cruised from Newbury to Great Bedwyn on the
Trust's purpose-built barge, Diana,
serenading passers-by en route and giving
concerts in the Kennet Centre, Dundas Arms
(Kintbury), Bear Hotel (Hungerford), Pelican
Arms (Froxfield), finally giving an evening
of entertainment supported by Simon Knights
on guitar, Philip James, magician, and the
Millennium Choir.
Amount raised: £9,192.33
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April 2008 - A Bring
& Buy Sale at the Cross Keys, Great Bedwyn,
was a very successful event.
Amount raised: £417
 Spring
Sudoku – This was distributed in Great
Bedwyn and is a picture Sudoku, so first you
need to work out what symbol represents what
number – The Winner was John Walley from
Little Bedwyn, but it’s also available on
our website now and will put on all the
boats this season. There will also be a
Summer and Autumn Sudoku, so keep checking
our website !
click here for a Sudoku entry form
Amount raised so far: £28
Bitty Bitty Chang Chang Panto –
by St. Mary’s Drama Group in Kintbury in
February 2008.
A wonderful, entertaining evening, the
pantomime by Gerry Heaton, loosely adapted
from the book ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ by
Ian
 Fleming
Amount raised: £707
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Aladdin Panto – was held in The Village
Hall in Great Bedwyn at the end of January
and beginning of February 2008.
Bruce Mason, the Landlord of
The Cross Keys played the part of Widow
Twanky, his rendition of ‘Diamonds are a
girls best friend’, had the audience in
hysterics!
 Thanks
go to the newly-formed Great Bedwyn
Pantomime Society for their support.
Amount raised: £1,000
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Duck Race – This new, and
hopefully annual event, organised by Valerie
Dalgleish, Assistant Trust Administrator,
was held in Great Bedwyn on New Year’s Day
2008, Simon Quinton Smith won twice with his
‘Duck Vader’ on the River Dunn.
 There
were 10 races and each winner received a
Certificate and there was a trophy for ‘The
Best Dressed Duck’ won by Imogen. Afterwards
we went to The Cross Keys for indoor Duck
racing, where Bruce, the landlord, was a
great race organiser!
Amount raised: £400
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 Canal
Crossword - this was designed
exclusively for The Bruce Trust by Valerie
Dalgleish and was distributed in Great
Bedwyn and to our Volunteers (October to
December 2007), this was won by Olwyn Brian,
of Newbury. She and her husband had a
complimentary meal for two at The Cross
Keys, Great Bedwyn. This crossword is now
available on our website and will be placed
on all our boats throughout the Season of
2008
click here for Crossword template
click here for Crossword questions Amount raised
so far: £52
Simon Lewis – ‘A View from The
Palace’ Talk. Simon was appointed as the
First Communications Secretary to The Queen
in 1998, he looks back at his 2 year spell
at Buckingham Palace and reflects on some of
the issues he faced in his new role
(December 2007). Organised by Bedwyn ‘Swings
& Slides’ group
Amount raised: £300
Review
07 - by The Kintbury Players, who
performed various humorous sketches, served
with bangers & mash, wine and a raffle
(November 2007)
Amount raised: £773.22
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At
the end of 2007 we launched a New Boat Appeal to raise
£150,000 to design and build a new 6 berth, wide-beam
boat and we are grateful to everyone who has supported
us so far but we still have a long way to go! Listed
below are details of what’s been going on and what is
planned for 2008. All your support and help is very much
appreciated – Thank you!