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This list was last updated on 23.12.24.
The list of names will continue to be on view until mid-November 2025 on this page.
and now, the outcome of the 2024 appeal….
This year 368 people were remembered, and thanks to generous donations from members of the public and sponsorship from Peter Posh Menswear, FBC Manby Bowdler LLP, Treadsetters Tyres of Halesfield, Sandford Carpets & Curtains, The James Beattie Charitable Trust, The Wulfrun Centre, The Express & Star and Hollingsworth & Co Ltd Chartered Accountants, the Tree of Remembrance maintained its record of boosting the funds of local good causes
Sponsored Breaks, a local Community Interest Company recognises people who are most deserving of a free campervan holiday in the UK along with Wolverhampton MS Therapy & Oxygen Centre, which offers therapies for people with long term medical conditions, Compton Care which supports people living with incurable medical conditions and the Rotary Club of Wolverhampton Charitable Trust which funds a range of local and international good causes were each presented with a cheque for £1,250.
From left to right- Rotarians Richard Walton, Stuart Williams, Lorraine McCarthy, Peter Williams MBE. Cheque recipients left to right Front Paula Anderson from MS Therapy Centre, back Simon Love from Sponsored Breaks CIC and Sally Woods from Compton Care.
Current president of City of Wolverhampton Rotary Club and Chair of the Tree of Remembrance Committee Lorraine McCarthy remarked, “ It was a pleasure to work with fellow Rotarians, members of the public and our sponsors on this touching fundraiser. In total £5,607 was raised and to all those who have supported this initiative in any way I extend our heartfelt thanks. We are grateful to Mayor Councillor Linda Leach for her support in launching the Tree in November 2024 and agreeing to present the cheques to our beneficiaries at a special luncheon held at South Staffs Golf Club”
The Rotary Club of the City of Wolverhampton has been organising the Tree of Remembrance in the City centre since Christmas 2004. In that time over £120,000 has been raised for City charities while, at the same time, providing people the opportunity to remember lost loved ones in their Christmas celebrations. The local charities benefitting this year are Compton Care, Wolverhampton MS Therapy Centre, Sponsored Breaks and The Rotary Club of the City of Wolverhampton Charitable Trust.
These are the good causes the Tree of Remembrance supported during the 2024 appeal, along with our very generous sponsors – we are extremely grateful to them for their support.
The Rotary Club of the City of Wolverhampton has been organising the Tree of Remembrance in the City centre since Christmas 2004. In that time over £120,000 has been raised for City good causes while, at the same time, providing people the opportunity to remember lost loved ones’ in their Christmas celebrations.
The good causes benefitting this year are Compton Care, Sponsored Breaks,The Wolverhampton MS Therapy Centreand Wolverhampton Rotary Club Charitable Trust; below is a brief background to each of one of them.
Compton Care has been providingspecialist care and support forfamilies living with life limiting conditions for over 40 years. Members of the Rotary Club of Wolverhampton were involved in the original concept of providing a hospice in Wolverhampton and worked with others to turn the dream into reality. For more information please visit www.comptoncare.org.uk
Sponsored Breaks, establishedin 2021 by City of Wolverhampton club Rotarian Simon Love,Sponsored Breaks providedeserving families with a free Campervan holiday in the UK;respite breaks for military personnel, emergency service workersand those who’ve suffered trauma, PTSDor life-threatening illness. For more information, please visit https://www.sponsoredbreaks.com/
The Wolverhampton MS Therapy Centre,located in Newbridge for over 30years, Wolverhampton MS Therapy Centre provides Oxygen Therapy and other Physical and Mindful Therapies for people living with the physical and psychological effects of both long-term debilitating health conditions and short term traumas. For more information, please visit https://www.mscentre.co.uk/
Wolverhampton Rotary Club Charitable Trust,a registered charity set up to raise and distribute funds to local, regional and international good causes. Funds are raised by the club’s members who volunteer to run a variety of activities throughout the year. Partnership work with Sponsors ensure that all sums raised from the general public are paid over to those benefiting without the deduction of any costs.
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