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17th September 2010 - DWM raise almost £2,400.00 for Everton Lower School
Published: 21 September 2010
DWM are pleased to announce that after a very successful and enjoyable fundraising day at Pavenham Park Golf Club on Friday we were able to raise a grand total of £2,317.50 to Local School, Everton Lower School to help fund valuable resources and School equipment.
Julie Ashwell, the Head Teacher of Everton Lower School was also able to join us at our fundraising day and was delighted to receive a cheque for almost £2,400.00 at the end of the evening.
A huge thank you to all those Companies and individuals who came along to support our day and who dug deep in their pockets to help us raise as much money as possible.
01st July 2010 - DWM Select Everton Lower School from Prize Draw
Published: 01 July 2010
DWM are pleased to announce that this years draw has now been drawn and the lucky winner to receive all of the funds that we will raise on our 2010 Fundraising Golf Event will be donated to Everton Lower School, Sandy, Bedfordshire to spend as they wish.
We have spoken to the Head Teacher at Everton Lower School who is delighted to have been selected and is hoping to come along and support our day and enjoy a round of golf.
Last year we were able to raise almost £1,700.00 for Alban Middle School and this year we are hoping to do even better!
We would like to say a special thanks to all those Schools who have supported our Campaign and took the time to fill in and send back their Draw Entrance Forms. Unfortunately there can be only one winner, but we wish them all the very best of luck for next years draw!
14th June 2010 - DWM Sponsor Three Peaks Yacht Race to help raise money for Willen Hospice
Published: 14 June 2010
DWM are pleased to be supporting Jason Sharp and his Team, The Salty Peaknuts, on their quest to complete this years Three Peaks Yacht Race - Barmouth to Fort William.
"Yes, we really are going to complete the Barmouth to Fort William Three Peaks Yacht Race which combines yachting and mountain running and cycling into one of the greatest adventure challenges in British sport. The entire race involves a total of 389 miles of difficult coastal sailing, 26 miles of cycling and 72 miles of running, with approximately 14,000 feet of ascent, including 2000 feet between Ennerdale and Scafell Pike, to reach the highest points in Wales, England and Scotland - so we shall really earn our sponsorship money for our nominated chairty Willen Hospice!!
How did it come to this!? Probably Jason recounting his experiences in the 2009 Fastnet race to Tim in the pub and striking his competitive nerve. What could match that in 2010? Time and research gave up to Tim the 3PYR, which surely offers an experience to beat the Fastnet. And so the planning began: all you need is a lean yacht and a couple of iron-men went the thought process. In the end we ditched the iron-men, brought together some good fellows who are up for a challenge (each press-ganged to commit to the deposit whilst pickled at the bar - note the common theme), got training and found a rather more luxurious vessel! Stephen and Jeremy claim to remember a time when they separately ran the London Marathon, although being now in their dotage their carers wonder if this really happened. That said they did lead the team over the line on our recent road race! Our skipper David is local to Wales and familiar with the navigational hazards but otherwise it’s a novice team that fancies it has an outsider’s chance of the trophy, failing which the glory of just finishing will do!"
To find out more about any of our sponsorships, please visit our sponsorship page
03rd June 2010 - Mayor Visits DWM
Published: 08 June 2010
DWM are delighted to have been recognised for our fantastic achievements and forward thinking ideas through our Solutions4Schools campaign, following a recent visit from the Mayor of Bedford, Mr Dave Hodgson.
Our Solutions4Schools campaign was designed to help School's raise additional money through various means. We offer schools valuable knowledge to help them understand their networking issues and requirements and help them build towards a solid and reliable solution to allow for future expansion at the minimum of cost and disruption.
We also reward any School wishing to use our installation services a 1% reward in National Book Tokens to give them additional funds to purchase essential books and book related equipment.
We also hold an Annual Fundraising Event to which all proceeds are donated to a local School. Our Annual Fundraising Event this year will be held on Friday 17th September and Mr Hodgson is hopeful that he will be able to attend.
DWM, like Mr Hodgson, are fully supportive of enhancing and improving School facilities and we are keen to work together to introduce forward thinking and cutting edge technologies to improve our Bedfordshire Schools.
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27th May 2010 - DWM Sponsor DWS Racing in Isle of Man TT 2010
Published: 08 June 2010
DWM sponsor Matt Dix and passenger Julie Hanks-Elliott (Daughter of Roy Hanks) in the Isle of Man TT 2010. The mountain course will again play host to some high profile and high quality newcomers in 2010 with a healthy blend of British and Irish Championship riders and talented overseas stars.
A combination of youth and experience, the line up continues to go from strength to strength with riders having experience in World Supersport, World Endurance and British Championship racing, further proof that the Isle of Man TT Races are attracting some of the finest racers.
TT 2010 29th May - 11th June 2010.
We wish Matt and Julie the very best of luck!
To read more about Matt and Julie and DWS Racing at the Isle of Man TT 2010 click on their link www.dwsracing.co.uk
18th May 2010 - Draw Entrance Forms Issued
Published: 18 May 2010
Draw entrance forms have now been issued to all Bedfordshire LEA and Bedford based Schools. We have already had a good response back of completed forms but for those of you who have not sent your forms back don't miss out on your chance to win!
The deadline for returning your completed forms is Wednesday 30th June 2010.
Thanks to all those Schools who have already shown us your support!
5th May 2010 - DWM organise 2010 Fundraiser
Published: 5 May 2010
We are pleased to announce that due to its huge success last year DWM have arranged this years Fundraising Golf day on Friday 17th September at "The Bedford" Golf Club, Great Denham, Bedford.
We have already started to issue Bedfordshire LEA Schools with their Draw Entrance Forms to be in with a chance to win the monies raised on the day. The deadline for completed forms will be Wednesday 30th June 2010.
We hope that we will be able to raise even more than last year! Good Luck!
For those schools who have not yet received their draw entry forms you can also download a copy here - Download Draw Entry Form
Customers who have been invited to participate in our game of golf can also download a copy of our invitation here - Download Golf Entry Form
16th November 2009 - DWM receive heartfelt thanks from Alban Middle School
Published: 01 December 2009
We are delighted to have received correspondence from the Headteacher at Alban Middle School who have offered us their "heartfelt thanks for our incredibly generous gift of £1,682.71".
The School are delighted to be the recipients of our fundraising day held on 23rd October 2009 at 'The Bedford' Golf Club, Great Denham. They have confirmed that all the money will be used directly on resources that will enhance and enrich the children's experiences at Alban through a variety of means.
"Firstly, the children organise for themselves play equipment to use at lunchtimes. They have a store area on the playground and children take on the role of playground leaders and organise the distribution of the equipment which helps to make recreation times more enjoyable for them. They had been asking if they could fundraise to buy new equipment and replace that which is broken and we are delighted to be able to tell them that they can do that now, thanks to your kind donation.
The School Council are currently asking for suggestions as to what the children would like to play with and will then let us have a list of their suggestions. They are very excited by this and their lunch breaks will provide much more fun and excitement than previously!
We are aware of the difficult financial climate the families in our communities are facing and because of this, curriculum enhancement opportunities have been reviewed because of the cost to parents. Because of your donation, we can provide this curriculum enhancement which the children always love without asking parents to contribute. This will greatly enrich the children's education and enable us to support parents at this difficult time."
We at DWM are very proud of our successful achievement in our first year of fundraising and we encourage all Schools in Bedfordshire to get involved next year to allow them the chance of receiving our funds that will hopefully be even greater next year.
23rd October 2009 - DWM raise almost £1700.00 for Alban Middle School
Published: 28 October 2009
We are pleased to announce that our first fundraising event was a huge success. Our day began at "The Bedford" Golf Club with breakfast and a round of golf, followed by some great entertainment by Geoff Swain (Trick Shot Champion) and a lovely 3 course meal. With thanks to the golf course for their tremendous support we were able to raise almost £1700.00 from the sale of drinks, snacks, raffle tickets and auction bids throughout the day.
A huge thanks to all of our Customers and Staff who supported us on the day and donated generously, and also a special thanks to those Companies who donated prizes for our raffle and auction to include Fulham FC, BSS Recruitment, Touchstone Electronics and "The Bedford" Golf Club.
We hope that you all had a wonderful day and due to its great success we hope that we will be able to make this an annual event.
The lucky winner from our Entrance Draw was Alban Middle School, Great Barford. Unfortunately they were unable to attend on the day to collect their cheque but we have been able to arrange a meeting with the Head Teacher in order to present our cheque to them for almost £1700.00.
Once again, thank you for all your support and we look forward to seeing you again next year!
30th September 2009 - DWM Extend Prize Draw Form Date
Published: 30 September 2009
Firstly, a big thank you to all those schools who have already participated in our Free Prize Draw. We wish you all the best of luck and hope that we are able to raise a substantial amount of money which will hopefully go a long way to helping with funding for school equipment for the winning School.
We still however have many forms which have not yet been completed so we have decided to postpone our Draw until Friday 16th October 2009 to allow further time for final forms to be returned. The NEW CLOSING DATE for all final Draw Entrance Forms will now be Thursday 15th October 2009 and we will be announcing the winner on Monday 19th October 2009.
If you know of any Schools who have not yet completed and returned their forms, please remind them to do so. It is FREE OF CHARGE and there is NO OBLIGATION to purchase.
GOOD LUCK!
16th September - DWM issue their first two sets of National Book Token Vouchers
Published: 16 September 2009
We are pleased to announce that we have just issued our first two sets of National Book Tokens to 2 Lower Schools in Bedford. One was issued with £322.00 and the other £229.00 in National Book Tokens. We hope that these Schools will be able to use these vouchers to help with School Equipment and we look forward to hearing from them soon about their experience.