PRESS RELEASE
Mayor of Cheltenham's Charity Appeal: Auction of Promises.
Bid for a tour of Parliament with your local MP
28 August 2009
Cheltenham Samaritans, as one of the Mayor's Charities, is to hold an Auction of Promises at 8.30 pm on Friday 4 September 2009. All members of the public are welcomed to come along to Sacred Hearts Church Hall, Moorend Road, Cheltenham and bid for the items which include:
- Tea on the Terrace and a tour of Parliament (for 4 people) with Martin Horwood MP
- Lunch for 2 at the House of Lords
- Use of a flat in Central London for the weekend (sleeps 4)
- A day’s golf at Naunton Downs Golf Club
- 18-pint cask of Battledown beer of your choice
- Bottle of House of Lords Champagne
- Family ticket to Cotswold Farm Park
- 2 tickets for Prescott Hill Climb on 5 September 2009
- Highlights, cut and blowdry
- and a pamper package.
In total 55 promises and fix-its are being auctioned by a highly experienced, local auctioneer and credit card facilities will be available. Telephone bids can be accepted on 01242 529387 until 12 noon on 4 September 2009.
A full list of items to be auctioned can be found on Cheltenham Samaritans' website at www.cheltenhamsamaritans.org/assets/docs/aop.pdf
-ends-
Notes to editors
This year the Mayor of Cheltenham's Charity Appeal (Registered Charity 1118165) is supporting the following four charities: Alzheimer's Society, Maggie's, the Sea Cadet Corps and Samaritans.
It is the aim of Samaritans to make emotional health a mainstream issue. Samaritans' vision is for a society where fewer people die by suicide because people are able to share feelings of emotional distress openly without fear of being judged. Samaritans believes that offering people the opportunity to be listened to in confidence, and accepted without prejudice, can alleviate despair and suicidal feelings.
Samaritans is a registered charity, founded in 1953, which offers 24-hour
confidential emotional support to anyone in emotional distress. The service
is offered by 16,800 trained volunteers and is entirely
dependent on voluntary support. Across the UK, you can call Samaritans on
08457 90 90 90 (1850 60 90 90 in the Republic of Ireland) email jo@samaritans.org,
write to Samaritans at Chris, PO Box 9090, Stirling, FK8 2SA, or if you
are deaf or hard of hearing use the single national minicom number 08457
90 91 92. Log on to www.samaritans.org for more information. Calls from
BT will be charged at up to 4 pence per minute at all times. A call set-up
fee of 3 pence per minute applies to calls
from residential lines. Mobile and other providers' charges may vary.
For further information about this press release or to learn more about Cheltenham Samaritans please contact Graham Tandy, Publicity Officer, Cheltenham Samaritans, Victoria House, Back Albert Place, Cheltenham, GL52 2HN (Phone: 07777 683 448 or email: publicity@cheltenhamsamaritans.org)