{"id":14858,"date":"2017-02-02T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/?post_type=news&#038;p=14858"},"modified":"2017-02-02T10:35:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T10:35:09","slug":"weve-raised-100000-evelina-london-childrens-hospital-thanks-southwark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/news\/weve-raised-100000-evelina-london-childrens-hospital-thanks-southwark\/","title":{"rendered":"We did it! We&#8217;ve raised more than \u00a3100,000 for Evelina London Children&#8217;s Hospital thanks to Southwark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intropara\">Last week we told the stories of two extremely premature babies who were receiving care in the neonatal unit at Evelina London Children\u2019s Hospital as we closed in on our \u00a3100,000 fundraising target for the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>In the next few days after we published their story, we finally smashed our target \u2013 and it\u2019s all thanks to the generous people of Southwark.<\/p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"69959\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"448384\" data-no-track=\"impressions\">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<\/script>\n<p>After the News hit the shelves on Thursday, we received a huge anonymous donation of \u00a31,000 from a member of the community and several other donations &#8211; taking our total to \u00a3100,603.00.<\/p>\n<p>The money will all go towards funding vital equipment for Evelina London to help save the lives of extremely poorly babies.<\/p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"68153\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"448385\" data-no-track=\"impressions\">PGRpdiBpZD0ic291dGgtODkyNDIxOTkwIiBjbGFzcz0ic291dGgtY29udGVudCBzb3V0aC1lbnRpdHktcGxhY2VtZW50IiBzdHlsZT0ibWFyZ2luLWxlZnQ6IGF1dG87bWFyZ2luLXJpZ2h0OiBhdXRvO3RleHQtYWxpZ246IGNlbnRlcjsiPjwhLS0gIC8xNTQ3MjUwNzAsMjI2OTQxOTY5Njkvc291dGh3YXJrbmV3cy9zb3V0aHdhcmtuZXdzIC0tPg0KPGRpdiBpZD0iZGl2LWdwdC1hZC0yeDEiPg0KPHNjcmlwdD4NCmdvb2dsZXRhZy5jbWQucHVzaChmdW5jdGlvbigpIHsgZ29vZ2xldGFnLmRpc3BsYXkoJ2Rpdi1ncHQtYWQtMngxJyk7IH0pOw0KPC9zY3JpcHQ+DQo8L2Rpdj4gICAgICAgICAgPC9kaXY+<\/script>\n<p>It has been a long and emotional journey over the last few years, ever since the News came up with the ambitious idea of raising \u00a3100,000 for Evelina London, an amazing local children\u2019s hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The team at the News has been overwhelmed by the show of support from the community who have knitted, run, swum, climbed, sung, painted, raffled, and stripped off to raise money for our Evelina Appeal.<\/p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"71156\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"448386\" data-no-track=\"impressions\">PGRpdiBpZD0ic291dGgtOTI1MTg2MDE5IiBjbGFzcz0ic291dGgtaW4tYXJ0aWNsZS1tcHU5IHNvdXRoLWVudGl0eS1wbGFjZW1lbnQiPjwhLS0gIC8xNTQ3MjUwNzAsMjI2OTQxOTY5Njkvc291dGh3YXJrbmV3cy9zb3V0aHdhcmtuZXdzIC0tPg0KPGRpdiBpZD0iZGl2LWdwdC1hZC1tcHU5Ij4NCjxzY3JpcHQ+DQpnb29nbGV0YWcuY21kLnB1c2goZnVuY3Rpb24oKSB7IGdvb2dsZXRhZy5kaXNwbGF5KCdkaXYtZ3B0LWFkLW1wdTknKTsgfSk7DQo8L3NjcmlwdD4NCjwvZGl2PiAgICAgPC9kaXY+<\/script>\n<p>Here, we take a look back at some of the\u00a0 ways readers helped us hit our goal.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all who helped!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The Full Monty gang:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14901\" src=\"http:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/sdgdsgshs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sdgdsgshs.png 900w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sdgdsgshs-481x280.png 481w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sdgdsgshs-768x447.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A band of brave men, ranging from train guard, to tattoo artist, film producer, mechanic, and local politician, bared all in front of a 150-strong crowd at an Old Kent Road pub &#8211; after being put through their paces by News advertising manager Tammy Jukes.<\/p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"71157\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"448387\" data-no-track=\"impressions\">PGRpdiBpZD0ic291dGgtMzcxODY5MjA1OCIgY2xhc3M9InNvdXRoLWluLWFydGljbGUtbXB1LTEwIHNvdXRoLWVudGl0eS1wbGFjZW1lbnQiPjwhLS0gIC8xNTQ3MjUwNzAsMjI2OTQxOTY5Njkvc291dGh3YXJrbmV3cy9zb3V0aHdhcmtuZXdzIC0tPg0KPGRpdiBpZD0iZGl2LWdwdC1hZC1tcHUxMCI+DQo8c2NyaXB0Pg0KZ29vZ2xldGFnLmNtZC5wdXNoKGZ1bmN0aW9uKCkgeyBnb29nbGV0YWcuZGlzcGxheSgnZGl2LWdwdC1hZC1tcHUxMCcpOyB9KTsNCjwvc2NyaXB0Pg0KPC9kaXY+ICAgICA8L2Rpdj4=<\/script>\n<p>Freddie Clark, Adam Walker, Peter Kelly, Elliot Tingling, Mark Gettleson, Tony Moore, and Dan Cryer all agreed to strip off in full view of a room full of strangers to help raise money for the Evelina Appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The show ended in classic style, of course, with only a policeman\u2019s hat, rather than a helmet, covering the men\u2019s vitals.<\/p>\n<p>In what was probably Bermondsey\u2019s first ever Full Monty, the daring group managed to raise about \u00a32,500 through ticket sales and proceeds from the bar. Well done lads!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Councillor bares all for Evelina:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14882 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/Nick-Dolezal0102.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Nick-Dolezal0102.jpg 900w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Nick-Dolezal0102-416x280.jpg 416w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Nick-Dolezal0102-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Nick-Dolezal0102-832x560.jpg 832w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Labour councillor Nick Dolezal stripped down to his birthday suit and posed in freezing temperatures in a bid to get people to sponsor him to keep his clothes ON.<\/p>\n<p>He said he felt compelled to compete with rival councillor Mark Gettleson, who got his kit OFF as part of the News\u2019 Full Monty performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Council leader spends day in the life of his staff:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Southwark Council leader Peter John spent a day taking on some of his staff\u2019s toughest jobs, from sifting through filthy rubbish, to catching rats and cleaning the town hall, to drum up cash for the appeal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Waste wonder:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u2018secret world\u2019 of recycling was unveiled over the course of a weekend at Southwark\u2019s waste plant, and a lucky visitor scooped tickets to Paris and lunch at the Eiffel Tower.<\/p>\n<p>Over \u00a3205 was raised for the appeal, with more than 500 people turning up to explore the site, which was opened as part of Open House weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mayor\u2019s charity ball:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14884\" src=\"http:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/Mayors-ball0102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Mayors-ball0102.jpg 900w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Mayors-ball0102-479x280.jpg 479w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Mayors-ball0102-768x449.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the annual ball to mark the ending of the mayoral year, then Southwark mayor Abdul Mohammed raised more than \u00a38,000 for the appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The raffle and the auction raised more than \u00a34,000, which was then matched by Barclays Bank to double the total.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Southwark Metal goes above and beyond:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In April 2014 the generosity of a family run Bermondsey firm gave the News appeal for Evelina a massive boost.<\/p>\n<p>After visiting the children\u2019s hospital with the News a month earlier Tom Pratt from Southwark Metal wrote a cheque for \u00a320,000 taking our target well over the half way mark.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the Old Kent Road, this scrap metal business started off in a yard in Borough in1980 with one shed, one elderly employee named Albert and an Alsatian called Oi, but is now a multi-million business, with a share in Westminster Waste.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvelina is not new to us,\u201d Tom said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dad was treated there as a child when he was just seven or eight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Construction firm donates to Evelina:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Construction firm Standage, who were working on a Bermondsey estate at the time, handed over a \u00a3200 donation for the Evelina Appeal to St Saviour\u2019s resident Audrey Lupton.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Charlie Chaplin\u00a0fun run:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14895\" src=\"http:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/Charlie-Chaplin-run-CREDIT-Dilantha-Dissanayake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Charlie-Chaplin-run-CREDIT-Dilantha-Dissanayake.jpg 900w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Charlie-Chaplin-run-CREDIT-Dilantha-Dissanayake-490x280.jpg 490w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Charlie-Chaplin-run-CREDIT-Dilantha-Dissanayake-768x439.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Locals donned their bowler hats and walking sticks to help raise cash for the Evelina appeal during a sponsored Charlie Chaplin run down Walworth Road to celebrate the legend\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blue Market Square:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Publicans Julie and Moss O\u2019Sullivan, who run the Old Bank pub on Southwark Park Road, hosted a fundraising event at the Blue Market Square, drafting in punters and local businesses to help raise \u00a33,000 for the appeal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Channel Swim:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14887\" src=\"http:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/Channel-swim-team.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Channel-swim-team.jpg 900w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Channel-swim-team-484x280.jpg 484w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Channel-swim-team-768x445.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A team of six swam the English Channel \u2013 more than 32 miles \u2013 in 14 hours and 37 minutes, with three of the team undertaking two hour-long shifts, two of the team undertaking three each, and the final member completing two and then a final 37 minutes to reach the shore at Cap Griz Nez.<\/p>\n<p>The gang found the swim to be an amazing experience \u2013 and managed to raise \u00a38,000 for the appeal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris\u2019 marathon effort\u00a0for Evelina:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>News MD Chris Mullany, who launched the Evelina appeal, completed six fundraising events over the four years, and helped to raise some \u00a320,000 towards the total.<\/p>\n<p>Chris flew out to the Sahara desert in April last year to take part in the gruelling 160-mile Marathon des Sables &#8211; the toughest footrace on earth. The race took place over seven days, with competitors facing temperatures of up to 120 degrees Fahrenheit, while they scaled dune fields and djebels rising to the height of Ben Nevis.<\/p>\n<p>Competitors had to carry ten kilo rucksacks, with all their food for the week, clothes, sleeping bag and medical kit, including a venom pump and a signalling mirror and flare. Organisers said it was the hottest, hardest and longest one yet, with 140 people dropping out or being evacuated out of a starting field of some 1200. Chris lost a stone in a week, but finished 553rd, just making the top half of the field, and managed to raise more than \u00a33,000.<\/p>\n<p>He also led the team Channel swim, (left), swam the three mile Hellespont strait between Europe and Asia, completed the News team Three Peaks in under 24 hours, and in the space of a month climbed the highest peak in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro, and cycled from London to Paris in 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>All of his challenges were financed by himself, with all monies raised going to Evelina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019ve raised is just a drop in the ocean &#8211; and the Evelina will always need local support,&#8221; Chris said. \u201cTheir needs don\u2019t stop because we\u2019ve hit this target &#8211; so please get in touch with us if you have any fundraising ideas!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Picture perfect:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former Southwark Council chief executive Annie Shepperd paid Dan Martin, head of design at Southwark News, \u00a3450 for an oil on canvas painting of her granddaughter Chloe.<\/p>\n<p>The fee went straight to the children\u2019s hospital. It took around 30 hours to paint Chloe, sitting in Annie\u2019s back garden in Nunhead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Three Peaks Challenge:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14891\" src=\"http:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/Three-Peaks1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Three-Peaks1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Three-Peaks1-495x280.jpg 495w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Three-Peaks1-768x434.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Six News and Weekender staff members, joined by an estate agent, local councillor and reader, attempted to turn mountains into molehills while climbing the summits of the UK\u2019s three highest mountains as part of the Three Peaks challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The nine-strong team was made up of the News and Weekender MD Chris Mullany, head of design Laura Nessman, her fianc\u00e9, Keatings Estates director Nick Baer, then chief reporter Oli Pugh, reporters Laura Burgoine, Reena Kumar and John Prendergast, Brunswick Park Labour councillor Mark Williams, and Siobhan Keane, from Arment\u2019s Pie &amp; Mash in Walworth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Race around Italy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14903\" src=\"http:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/wwasfssg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"896\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwasfssg.png 896w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwasfssg-498x280.png 498w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwasfssg-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwasfssg-450x252.png 450w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/wwasfssg-350x196.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bermondsey funeral director Barry Albin-Dyer donated \u00a3500 after a race around Italy in a classic car.<\/p>\n<p>Barry hammered the hand-built two-litre Morgan around the twisting turns of the 1,000-mile course of the Mille Miglia.<\/p>\n<p>Barry sadly passed away in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14898\" src=\"http:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/Harris-Peckham-Park-Primary-School.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Harris-Peckham-Park-Primary-School.jpg 900w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Harris-Peckham-Park-Primary-School-480x280.jpg 480w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Harris-Peckham-Park-Primary-School-768x448.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sweet-toothed pupils at Harris Peckham Park Primary School helped raise \u00a3443 through a cake sale organised by Year Six pupils.<\/p>\n<p>Pupils were also encouraged to wear an outfit made up entirely of their favourite colours and took part in tombola and a \u2018guess how many sweets\u2019 competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bangkok Kitchen:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14885\" src=\"http:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/Bankok-Kitchen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Bankok-Kitchen.jpg 900w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Bankok-Kitchen-488x280.jpg 488w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Bankok-Kitchen-768x440.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thai restaurant Bangkok Kitchen agreed to donate 50p from every delivered order \u2013 and drivers donated their tips for three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Co-owner Farhen Enver was once a patient at the hospital and said he was keen to give something back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kind-hearted knitters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>St Peter\u2019s Church, in Liverpool Grove, Walworth, knitted small blankets for premature babies to match the measurements of an incubator or cot at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The London Marathon runners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14894\" src=\"http:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/London-Marathon-team-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/London-Marathon-team-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/London-Marathon-team-1-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/London-Marathon-team-1-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/London-Marathon-team-1-700x392.jpg 700w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/London-Marathon-team-1-450x252.jpg 450w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/London-Marathon-team-1-350x196.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jamie Jukes, pub landlady Wendy Pooley, Southwark councillor Rosie Shimell, and Kelly Browne all took on the Virgin London Marathon to raise money for the appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Wendy, who runs the Good Intent in East Street, Walworth, decided to run the marathon for Evelina as a way to give something back to the hospital where surgeons saved her daughter\u2019s finger back in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie dramatically changed his lifestyle to get fit enough for the marathon with a personal trainer, while Cllr Rosie Shimell took in the sites of Southwark during her training for the 26.2-mile challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly, known as Miss Copley where she works at St Joseph\u2019s Primary School, in George Row, was so keen to put in the miles ahead of the event that she was put under doctor\u2019s orders to take it easy in the run up to the big day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary Magdalene gets on board:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Children of all ages at St Mary Magdalene Primary School, in Peckham, joined up to help the appeal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Old Salt Quay:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14896\" src=\"http:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/Comedy-night-Old-Salt-Quay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Comedy-night-Old-Salt-Quay.jpg 900w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Comedy-night-Old-Salt-Quay-482x280.jpg 482w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Comedy-night-Old-Salt-Quay-768x446.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More than \u00a3600 was raised by generous drinkers at the Old Salt Quay, in Rotherhithe, through comedy and live music nights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dulwich Hamlet:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dulwich Hamlet Football Club organised a Bank Holiday derby and managed to raise more than \u00a31,105.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bike-riding fundraisers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Regulars at Camberwell\u2019s St George\u2019s Tavern raised more than \u00a3100 through a bike-bound collection tour around the borough.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One mother&#8217;s fundraising:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vikki Chapman set out to raise more than \u00a31,000 after her son Harvey was treated at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Harlem Shake:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Staff at Arments pie and mash shop dressed up as a wide array of colourful characters, including a giant panda, Barney Rubble and Luke Skywalker to convulse wildly to the first 30 seconds of the bass-filled Harlem Shake song \u2013 all in the name of charity<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surrey Square Primary School:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Surrey Square Primary School pupils, in Walworth, raised \u00a3400 through a non-uniform day, with each child donating \u00a31 to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hebe takes to the pool:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14889\" src=\"http:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/Hebe-Barber-swim0102.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hebe-Barber-swim0102.png 900w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hebe-Barber-swim0102-459x280.png 459w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hebe-Barber-swim0102-768x468.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nine-year-old Hebe Barber, who was a patient at Evelina after contracting eColi at the age of two, raised \u00a3510 after swimming 65 lengths of a 25-metre pool within an hour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lucky Lions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two lucky Lions fans won tickets to see Millwall take on Wigan in the FA Cup semi-final during a fundraising raffle. Parkinson\u2019s UK donated the tickets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Slim for good\u2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Slimming World group in Brockley organised a \u2018Slim for Good\u2019 challenge to raise money for the appeal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Film fund:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A film crew who used The Den and some footballers as part of a science documentary made a \u00a3150 donation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>London to Paris:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gavin Tiffin, a hospitality manager at St Thomas\u2019 Hospital, cycled more than 280miles from London to Paris before hitting the streets in four marathons in Paris, Vienna, London and Madrid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pictures perfect:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Cinema Museum, in Lambeth, held a raffle during its Saturday Morning Pictures screening, which gave the older generation a chance to step back in time and for the kids to see the fun their grandparents once had.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Super Susan:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rotherhithe market stalwart Susan Smith organised a Table Top Fun Day at Bacon\u2019s College.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good one Gary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gary Marshall organised a jumble sale and raffle at the Millpond tenants\u2019 hall in Jamaica Road.<\/p>\n<p><strong>History help:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The proceeds raised during a fun day celebrating Gypsy Roman Traveller History Month at Leyton Square, featuring animals from Surrey Docks mobile farm, were donated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snooker champ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bermondsey\u2019s Reg Perry beat pool champion Andy Breen during a fundraising event. He was among several challenging Breen, who was ranked eighth in the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conference call:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Southwark\u2019s Lib Dem leader, Cllr Anood Al-Samerai, raised more than \u00a3108 at the party\u2019s Spring conference \u2013 where even the party leader Nick Clegg donated a pound.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Every little helps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tesco donated \u00a3500 as part of its re-launch of a store in More London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After four long years of amazing feats of bravery and generous giving, we have raised \u00a3100,000 for Evelina Hospital<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":14892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[13602],"tags":[7425,13557],"class_list":["post-14858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-health","tag-misc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}