Charity Launch Exceeds Expectations

Date of article: 02-Dec-09

The Care Professionals Benevolent Fund (CPBF) raised a staggering £107,000 at the recent National Care Awards organised by Caring Times Magazine. The annual dinner and awards ceremony which took place at The Hilton Metropole and which this year was hosted by Ruby Wax was attended by 850 guests. Care workers, independent and group care home owners as well as sponsors and associated guests enjoyed a glittering evening that celebrated the very best in the business.

Mike Parsons, CEO of Barchester Healthcare gave a brief presentation on the charity at the start of the event and introduced the first showing of the charity’s video that featured a couple who had benefited recently financial support from the charity after experiencing illness, hardship and potential eviction from their home.

As well as a raffle and head and tails game, a charity auction, conducted by Mike and which included an African Safari, an exclusive Golf Break and a day at the races raised over £23,000

Such was the sense of support on the night Southern Cross Healthcare Group, Hallmark Healthcare, Barchester Healthcare, Caring Homes Group, Avery Healthcare, Four Seasons Healthcare and Milkwood Care Limited each paid £10,000 to become Founding Members of the Charity.

Said Guy Bosanko, Chair of the CPBF: ‘The amount of money raised on the evening far exceeded all of our expectations and provided ample proof of the unbelievable generosity of the Care sector.

This will obviously now give the Charity a fantastic foundation on which we can move forward and support Care professionals in need.

In addition, we have a number of fund raising initiatives in 2010 and would welcome anyone’s support in helping to organise these events ’