Fundraising

(Look away now if you are offended by the mention of Christmas in September!) You know the festive season will be here before we know it so why not get organised now and buy your Christmas cards while they are on special offer? We have a lovely range of ten different designs and they cost […]

Our 40th Anniversary special month of fundraising will start on Monday 2 September with a cake sale at the Centre. There is no need to bring in any cakes – just bring your love of cake (and some money!) Our Christmas cards will also be on sale from Monday in the Centre and you’ll be

We have reached our pledge target! A huge thank you to everyone who offered to support us with a pledge for the Big Give Christmas Challenge. We have had so many generous offers; it has been incredibly heartwarming to have the community get behind us for what we know is a big financial ask. This

We have two bucket collections coming up in September and we’d love you to join our collections team. The dates are: Slots of two hours are available throughout the day. Don’t worry if you haven’t collected before as you will be given all the training and support you need. It’s a great way to raise

This year, we are applying to take part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge, the UK’s biggest matched funding campaign, but we need your help! As part of our application, we need key supporters to make promises of funding called ‘pledges’ before 30 August. The minimum individual pledge amount is £100, but we are aiming

When we set the Go1984! Challenge mileage we were worried we were too ambitious… When we set the fundraising target of £7,000 we wondered if this was too much… We should know not to underestimate the power of a BMSTC team! Not only did we ‘travel from’ Agadir ‘to’ Reading – we also travelled back

If you’ve been inspired by our Go1984 team and the huge amounts raised, we have another challenge coming up in September which is open to everyone and we’d love you to get involved. We are excited to be a charity partner for this year’s Twilight Runway Challenge on 21 September. This is an accessible event, suitable

Thank you to our amazing collectors who have recently collected for us, our collection at the Meadows in June raised £1,085 and our June station collection raised £1208.31! Our next collection is coming up at Tesco, Pinchington Lane, Newbury on Friday 26 July and we still need a couple of collectors from 11am to 12.30pm

We’re thrilled to announce that our amazing Go1984 Team smashed the Go1984 Challenge last weekend. Not only did they achieve the original 1,984 mile distance – they sailed past the finish line and did a couple of victory laps, completing a phenomenal 2,086 miles!  A huge thank you and congratulations to everyone who took part