December 12, 2011
Yeovil Rotary Club’s ‘Last Night of the Proms’ concert at the Octagon Theatre raised £6281.66 for local charities.
More than 300 people attended the Octagon in Yeovil for the annual event, which has been sponsored by local accountants and financial planners Old Mill for the past three years.
The main benefactors of the concert, which featured soloists Jeni Bern and Andrew Forbes Lane with Greg Arrowsmith as conductor, were St Margaret’s Somerset Hospice and the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance; both charities received cheques for £2,850. (more…)
December 12, 2011
CONGRATULATIONS to this week’s winners
JACKPOT £1,000.00 P TUCKNOTT, BATH
2ND PRIZE £ 250.00 D J IRELAND, FERNDOWN (more…)
December 6, 2011
Two workers at Musgrove Park Hospital are probably spending their Christmas day a little differently to you and me this year.
Annette Vickery from Taunton, and Hayley Tidball of Wellington, are braving the cold to take a dip in aid of the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance.
Their friend, Jeanie Knight will also be taking part in the annual Exmouth Christmas Day Swim, which attracts thousands of people in festive fancy dress. (more…)
December 2, 2011
We were delighted to be able to present a £1,000 cheque to the Hope family from Somerset last week after they won the Jackpot prize in our ‘Flight for Life’ weekly lottery draw.
Liann and Stephen Hope from Bishops Lydeard have been members of the lottery since November 2006.
The ‘Flight for Life Lottery’ is the easiest and most sustainable way that the public can support us. It costs £1-a-week to join and has five main cash prizes including a Jackpot of £1,000 and a number of other consolation prizes. Unlike the National Lottery, there are no rollovers so the prizes must be won each week. (more…)
December 1, 2011
THE mother of a toddler who fell seriously ill last week has praised the people who helped him on the road to recovery.
Thanks to the support of staff and members of the public at Riversmeet Leisure Centre in Gillingham, medical professionals in Bristol and Yeovil, and the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, 16-month-old Sebastian Carr is on the mend after suffering febrile convulsions.
Sebastian’s mother, Lissy, was taking him to a picnic with friends when she noticed he was behaving unusually. By the time she parked her car at Riversmeet Leisure Centre, Sebastian was completely unresponsive. (more…)
