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An NHS charity.
Registered charity no: 1059043
Registered address:
5 Old Fulwood Road, Sheffield, S10 3TG
Marigold Ball
Friday 30th October 2009
12 ladies from Sheffield have come together with the aim of raising funds for the Teenage and Young Persons Unit on Ward P3 at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. The Unit cares for teenagers and young adults (aged 16 to 24) with leukaemia and other blood disorders.
The 12 ladies, who named themselves the ‘Disparate Housewives’, first set about fundraising for the unit by producing a 2010 calendar. This cheeky calendar contains a comedy sketch and risqué caption for each month, with the ladies themselves featuring as the models. From this came the associated Christmas card featuring Miss December.
Then came the big one, the Marigold Ball! This prestigious black tie event brought together Sheffield’s finest at Baldwin’s Omega on Psalter Lane in late October. There was an auction, silent auction, marigold competition and raffle, with over 100 fantastic prizes on offer. BBC Radio Sheffield’s Rony Robinson conducted the auction, with lots including a canteen of cutlery donated by Carrs of Sheffield and a diamond bracelet donated by UK Bullion.
The event proved to be a great success with everyone in attendance enjoying a terrific night out. Special thanks go to Clare and David Shepherd who led the whole event. £17,000 was raised in total for the unit, in memory of Clare and David’s daughter Sam and fellow patient Neil Gardiner.
Future events are now in the very early planning stages, so please keep yourself updated by visiting the Disparate Housewives website at www.disparatehousewives.co.uk