Charitable Donations
Our nominated charity for 2018 was Friends and Families of Special Children Ltd
We presented them with a cheque for £430.00
Our charity for 2019 was the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
We presented them with a cheque for £560.00 on Wednesday 26th February 2020.
Our nominated charity for 2020 was AL Amyloidosis.
We presented them with a cheque for £500 on Mount Batten Pier
Our nominated charity for 2021 and 2022 was St Luke's Hospice.
We presented them with a cheque for £500.00.
Our nominated charity for 2023 was Cancer Research UK and we will be presenting them with a cheque shortly.
Our nominated charity for 2024 is Guide Dogs UK
Over the last 10 years Plymouth Morris have made donations totalling over £5000 to a variety of local and National Charities.
The main ones are listed below.
2011 - Total £876.75
£700 - St Luke's Hospice - presented to them at our 42nd Annual Ceilidh on 28th January 2012.
£25 - Donkey sanctuary
£151.75 - Paid to RNLI & the Horse & Groom's charity
2012 - Total £226.24
£100 - Given to Scouts at King John towards a new Lawn Mower
£126.64 - Given to Billy at The Dolphin for his nominated charities on New Year's day
2013 - Total £458
£50 - Motor Neuron Disease Association
£408 - Heart Beat
2014 - Total £602.50
£500 - Devon Freewheelers - presented to them at our 45th Annual Ceilidh on Saturday 28th February 2015
£25 - Given to Billy at The Dolphin for his nominated charities on New Year's day
£12.50 - Hugs for Henry
£20 - Nepal Appeal
£45 - Paid to the RNLI & the Horse & Groom's charity
2015 - Total £275
Devon Freewheelers £250 and £25 to Billy at Dolphin
2016 - Total £350
£300 to Devon Freewheelers and £50 to Bring on the Smiles (children suffering from cancer)
2017 - Total 1083.57
£1000 to Mesothelioma UK and £83.57 to Billy at The Dolphin
£73.16 for The Brain Tumour Charity via The Horse and Groom at Bittaford.
2018 - Total £601.00
£101 for the RNLI via Billy at The Dolphin
£500 to HeartSWell
2019 - Total £700.00
£430 to Friends and Families of Special Children
£150 to the Dolphin for Derriford Hospital
£120 to The Dolphin for a defibrillator
2020 - Total £655.00
£155 to The Dolphin towards a defibrillator
£500 to AL Amyloidosis
2021 - Total £80.00
£80.00 to National Lifeboats
2022 - Total £658.00
£128.00 to The Dolphin for Mencap
£500.00 to St. Luke's
£30.00 to the Ukraine Appeal
2023 - Total £110
£110 to The Dolphin for 'Mind'
2024 - Total (so far) £132.00
£132.00 to The Dolphin towards a defibrillator
Previous years:
2001 - £500.00 to the Meningitis Trust.
2002 - £225.00 to Cancer Research UK.
(The money was collected during a memorial tour for Dennis Sharman, a former member of Plymouth Morris Men who died in December 2001.)
2003 - £670.00 to the Mustard Tree Cancer Support Unit at Derriford Hospital.
John Summerscales also raised £600.00 for The Meningitis Trust by having his head shaved. John had a close shave with meningitis in May 2000 and considers himself lucky to be with us today!
2004 - £1000.00 for St. Luke's Hospice. (£500.00 matched by South West Trains)
2005 - £95.00 for the Indonesian tsunami appeal.
2007 - £300.00 Care & Repair Home Improvement Agency.
2008 - £130.00 Macmillan Nurses at Derriford Hospital, and £300.00 St. Austell Brewery Charitable Trust who make donations to individuals and organisations from Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.
2009 - £133.00 Macmillan Nurses at Derriford Hospital, and £500.00 to The Chestnut Appeal, promoting prostate cancer awareness. see http://chestnutappeal.org.uk/chestnut_appeal_news_story.php
On Sunday 21st March 2010 members of Plymouth Morris Men danced their way around the Plymouth Mile course for Sport Relief. We raised over £900!
On 7th July 2011 we presented another cheque to the Chestnut Appeal for £700, raised during our 2010 season, bringing our total to £1200 for the 2 years we collected on their behalf.
