Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation Races Ahead!
Skies were blue, champagne sparkled and the crowds were heaving on Wednesday 15 September as Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation held its Annual Charity Race Day at Sandown Park. The action on the track was not the only source of excitement as the Foundation’s Sporting Auction featured many exciting prizes.
Pat Eddery made a welcome appearance and offered his riding boots to eager bidders, Trainers Richard Hannon and Kim Bailey each donated a morning’s ride on the gallops for four lucky individuals. Some of the other great prizes up for auction were corporate hospitality and seats at Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Chelsea matches. Also up for grabs was a round of golf at Wentworth and a VIP day at the races at Sandown Park.
The money raised from the Charity Race Day will go towards the Foundation’s Development Centre, which works with severely disabled young people to give them the skills they require to enable them to move on to a lifestyle and location of their choice. The Foundation is currently fundraising for a major building project to modernise current accommodation and to provide better facilities for the students.
This years Charity Race Day was generously sponsored by ManGroup plc. Close to £20, 000 was raised by the event.
Notes for Editors
About Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation Development Centre - Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation Development Centre is one of the six Foundation sites challenging the needs of people with severe disabilities. A vibrant and stimulating environment for young disabled people, the Development Centre creates opportunities for students to gain greater independence and maximise their own potential. The Development Centre is now working to raise funds to complete the work at the centre with the building of a flexible space for use as a performance arena, an arts and education facility, meeting room, physiotherapy unit and an Internet access suite.
About Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation – Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation is a registered charity based in Leatherhead, Surrey providing solutions to the needs of people with complex disabilities through the work of its six centres specialising in education, vocational training, brain injury rehabilitation, skills development and information services
