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16th September 2006, Barrow Savoyards at Appleby Grammar School
Amount Raised (£) paid directly to AGS Fund

15th September 2006, Leo Houlding Talk
Amount Raised (£) paid directly to AGS Fund

Summer 2006, Castle Bank House Event
Amount Raised (£96) paid directly to AGS Fund

15th July 2006, Rotary Fun Run
Amount Raised (£) paid directly to AGS Fund

15th July 2006, Claire Named Manager Of New Community Sports Hall
Reproduced with kind permission of the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald (www.cwherald.com)

18th June 2006, Castle Bank House Strawberry Cream Teas
Amount Raised

10th/11th June 2006, Appleby Horse Fair Car Parking
Amount Raised (£3237) paid directly to AGS Fund

20th May 2006, Curry Evening at Appleby Grammar School
Amount Raised

11th May 2006, Taking Shape
Reproduced with kind permission of The Westmorland Messenger.

30th April 2006, Car Boot Sale at Appleby Grammar School
Amount Raised

15th April 2006, Panto Cheque For Sports Hall
Reproduced with kind permission of the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald (www.cwherald.com) Amount Raised

3rd April 2006, £2,390 Raised For Charities
Reproduced with kind permission of the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald (www.cwherald.com)

31st March 2006, Appleby Grammar School Tuck-shop
Amount Raised

29th March 2006, Appleby Grammar School Concert
Amount Raised

25th March 2006, Sports Hall Fundraising Continues
Reproduced with kind permission of the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald (www.cwherald.com)

25th February 2006, Firemen's Funds For Charities, "Buffaloes" Buy Bricks To Support Sports Centre
Reproduced with kind permission of the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald (www.cwherald.com) Reproduced with kind permission of the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald (www.cwherald.com)

3 Generations of Rock
Fundraising event organised by the Steel and Codd families. Amount Raised

31st December 2005, Freemasons' Building Blocks Support Sports Hall
Reproduced with kind permission of the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald (www.cwherald.com)

3rd December 2005, Fundraising Committee Christmas Fayre
Amount Raised

29th October 2005, Bag Packing at Morrisons Supermarket
Amount Raised

17th September 2005, Barrow Savoyards
An evening of Gilbert and Sullivan at Appleby Grammar School. Amount Raised

9th July 2005, Appleby Carnival Stall
Amount Raised

2nd July 2005, Fundraising Committee Coffee Morning
Thanks to Andy Connell, Heather Stephenson, Sue and Georgie Fell and five schoolgirls who did a sterling job dispensing coffees.  Amount Raised

June 2005, Appleby Grammar School Summer Concert Raffle
Amount Raised

29th May 2005, Car Boot Sale at Appleby Grammar School
Amount Raised

21st May 2005, Curry Evening at Appleby Grammar School
Amount Raised

12th March 2005, Appleby Grammar School Re-Union, intake year 1966
Reproduced with kind permission of the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald (www.cwherald.com) Reproduced with kind permission of The Westmorland Messenger. Amount Raised

9th March 2005, Geoff Lightburn's 50th Birthday Celebrations
Reproduced with kind permission of the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald (www.cwherald.com) Amount Raised

15th January 2005, Bag Packing at Morrisons Supermarket
Appleby Grammar School students and helpers spent the day packing bags for shoppers and raised a magnificent sum. Well done! Amount Raised

16th December 2004, Donation from the Hadfield Trust
Amount Raised

10th December 2004, Appleby Grammar School PE Department Disco
Amount Raised includes £20 donation received at the same time.

4th December 2004, Fundraising Committee Christmas Fayre.
43 sponsored building blocks, plus donations, etc., less the cost of the stall. Amount Raised

2nd December 2004, samscott's Ltd
Ladies, gents and childrens clothing store, Little Dockray, Penrith. They ran a fashion show and donated the funds raised to worthy causes. Amount Raised

2004, Appleby Grammar School Variety Concert.
Amount Raised

18th November 2004, Leo Houlding's Mountaineering Talk
Article and photo: Climbing star gives fund-raising talk for new sports hall (by kind permission of The Westmorland Messenger 25/08/04). Ticket sales (£795), raffle (£115) and refreshment sales (£66) all contributed to a very successful fundraising event, and in addition, 32 building blocks were sponsored!
Amount Raised

25th September 2004, Appleby Grammar School Reunion
Amount Raised

25th September 2004, Cumberland and Westmorland Herald
Article and photo: Appleby's £1 million sports grant joy.

September 2004, Sales of Shopping Bags from Appleby TIC
Organised by Alex Chalmers. Amount Raised

11th July 2004, It's a Knockout 2004 Carnival Weekend
Amount Raised

3rd July 2004, Coffee Morning
Amount Raised

27th June 2004, Castle Bank Garden Fête & Strawberry Fayre
Members of the fundraising committee once again provided the refreshments.
Amount Raised

29th April 2004, Bronco Lane of the SAS
Guest Speaker at Appleby Grammar School. Amount Raised

24th April 2004, Coffee Morning
Amount Raised

18th April 2004, Collecting at Westmorland Services
Amount Raised

April 2004, Wild Rose Park covers the insurance
Wild Rose Park have very kindly paid for a (not cheap) year's Public Indemnity Insurance to cover all the events planned.

28th February 2004, Bingo Night
Bingo and Raffle. Amount Raised

5th February 2004, Grammar School Concert featuring Andy Connell
Rock, pop and blues evening. Amount Raised.

6th December 2003, Fundraising Committee Christmas Fayre
Amount Raised

November 2003, Appleby Scout Group Concert
Amount Raised

November 2003, Donation by the Rank Organisation
Amount Raised

27th September 2003, Tamla Motown Evening, Public Hall
Amount Raised

30th August 2003, Appleby Grammar School School Re-union
Thanks to Gill Forrester, Val Robinson and Stuart Robinson for raising these funds from their successful AGS School re-union.
Amount Raised

16th August 2003, Westmorland Messenger
Article: Plans go in for valley sports hall.

19th July 2003, It's a Knockout Community Fun Day
Alex and Sue enjoy the showThe slippery poleThe washing machineVolleyball semi-finalVolleyball semi-final
The slippery poleThe slippery poleThe washing machineVolleyball semi-finalVolleyball semi-finalHot-dogs for sale!Working out the scores
Reproduced with kind permission of the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald (www.cwherald.com)Amount Raised

17th July 2003, Appleby Grammar School Lunchtime Disco
Amount Raised

5th July 2003, Coffee Morning with Appleby Grammar School
Amount Raised

29th June 2003, Castle Bank Garden Fête & Strawberry Fayre
Reproduced with kind permission of the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald (www.cwherald.com)
Amount Raised

10th June 2003, Donation from Appleby Inner Wheel Club
Amount Donated

31st May 2003, Cumberland and Westmorland Herald
Article: Summer, 2004, start predicted on Appleby indoor sports complex.

17th May 2003, Car Boot Sale and Hot-Dog Stand, Appleby Heritage Centre
Sue Fell and her bric-a-bracAVCE Leisure & Recreation students in the rainThe steam train in Appleby station
Steam Train celebration on Appleby Station, in honour of the late Bishop Eric Treacy. Students from The Appleby Heritage Centre AVCE in Leisure and Recreation organised a car-boot sale, whilst Martin Stephenson and Sue Fell sold hot-dogs and bric-a-brac.
Amount Raised by AVCE students
Amount Raised on hot-dogs and bric-a-brac sale

29th March 2003, Coffee Morning
Amount Raised

22nd March 2003, Coffee Morning
Sue and Georgina just as things got busy...
Sue Fell and daughter Georgina working very hard to cope with the demand.
Amount Raised

15th February 2003, Elvis Experience, Appleby Grammar School
22nd February 2003, Coffee Morning
Scott and Amy help outScott and Amy help out
Len and Martin deep in serious conversationLen and Martin taking a breakNick Swinscoe scrubbing the pansHelpers at the coffee morning included Scott, Amy, Len Coulthard and Martin Stephenson (deep in serious conversation at the time these were taken, but very happy at the successful outcome of the main funding bid!)
Article: Funding support for sports hall
Amount Raised

Late December 2002, Dominoes and Raffle at The Grapes
Well done Audrey Gilmore and The Grapes, once again!
Amount Raised

26th December 2002, Boxing Night Disco in the Public Hall
A very successful evening. Thanks to Martin Stephenson, Sue Fell, Simon Fell, Lara Parkin and Max Robinson for all their help on the night. Thanks also to Audrey Gilmore (The Grapes) for running the bar and donating some of the profits.
Amount Raised

7th December 2002, Christmas Charity Fair - Tombola and Cake Stall
Amount Raised

16th November 2002, Coffee Morning
Martin and helpers in action.Are we doing it right?The customers!
Chairman of the Fundraising Committee, Martin Stephenson, and his helpers raise money in time-honoured Appleby fashion.
Amount Raised

Summer 2002, Cricket Club Barbecue
Amount Raised

6th July 2002, Coffee Morning
Amount Raised

3rd June 2002, Golden Jubilee Party in the Castle Grounds
The townspeople celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee.
Amount Raised

20th April 2002, Cumberland and Westmorland Herald
Article and photo: School Sports Schemes Clear Funding Hurdle.

31st March 2002, Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union
Alan Westnedge of the AEEU presents a cheque for £250 to Nick Swinscoe. Stuart Robinson obtained this grant from the Learning Fund of the AEEU. The Union's  bi-monthly magazine advertised grants available to "community projects", so Stuart promptly applied, and was successful.
Alan Westnedge (left) of the AEEU presents a cheque for £250 to Nick Swinscoe.
Amount Raised

22nd March 2002, AVCE Leisure and Recreation Students
Reproduced with kind permission of the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald (www.cwherald.com)
Article and photo: Donation from Disco...
Amount Raised

25th January 2002, Student Support Centre
Reproduced with kind permission of The Westmorland Messenger. Appleby Grammar School does it again! The money they have earned from the Student Support Centre is donated to the Sports Hall.
Charles Forbes (right) of the Student Support Centre presents a cheque as a gesture of thanks and goodwill to the school, along with a sports shield for boy's PE, which was awarded to Ben G. (left).
Amount Raised

1st December 2001, Christmas Tombola
Organised by Sue Fell, manned by Sue and her daughters.
Amount Raised

19th October 2001, Appleby Grammar School Sponsor Day
Reproduced with kind permission of The Westmorland Messenger.Reproduced with kind permission of the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald (www.cwherald.com) Students from Appleby Grammar School step out on a 12-mile sponsored walk, or spend 5 hours in complete silence!
Article and photo: Charity day raises £4483.17 for Community Sports Facility
Amount Raised

6th October 2001, Cumberland and Westmorland Herald
Reproduced with kind permission of the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald (www.cwherald.com)Article and photo: Ian heads out west to raise cash for sports hall ...
Amount Raised

2nd September 2001, Appleby Grammar School Tennis Courts
Adult and Child Tennis Tournament.

22nd July 2001, Appleby Cricket Club
Charity Cricket Day, sponsored by G. Middleton Ltd.
Amount Raised

7th July 2001, Appleby Grammar School Coffee Morning and Grand Summer Draw.
Reproduced with kind permission of The Westmorland Messenger. Nick Swinscoe receives a cheque for £837 from year 7 pupils of Appleby Grammar School, Sarah R. and Kelly O.
Amount Raised

16th June 2001, Cumberland and Westmorland Herald
Article and photos: "Vision" for sporting excellence in Appleby area.

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