NewcastleGateshead Initiative has announced Heel & Toe its Charity of the Year for 2012, following votes from staff inspired by the charity’s work with children across the North East.

On the partnership, Sarah Stewart, Chief Executive at destination management & marketing organisation NewcastleGateshead Initiative, said:

“We are delighted to be supporting Heel & Toe throughout this financial year. The work they do to enrich the lives of so many children and their families across the North East is incredibly important. At NewcastleGateshead Initiative we understand our support can help to gain exposure and funds for local charities and we’re committed to working in partnership with Heel & Toe in order to grow their profile across the breadth of our partnership network, where we work with around 165 businesses.”

Amanda Tweedy, Development & Fundraising Officer at Heel & Toe, said “The fact that the team at NewcastleGateshead Initiative realised how important their support would be to helping our children continue coming to the facility each week was a big boost for us and will make a huge difference.

NewcastleGateshead Initiative will be organising various fundraising activities throughout 2012 and supporting several of Heel & Toe’s planned events in the coming months, including a Zip Slide and Sky Dive.

If you’re thinking about attending our Annual Charity Ball  and need a top quality suit at a great price we have a great offer that will help.

Woven in Durham are offering a great price on suits and they have agreed to donate £20 from every sale back to Heel & Toe

All you need to do is mention the charity when booking a suit.

Evening Wear Package Includes:

Tuxedo Jacket

Evening Trousers

White Evening Shirt

Cuff Links

Bow Tie

Waist Coat or Cummerbund

Pocket Square

Evening Shoes

Insurance

All for £69.00 with £20.00 from each hire going back to Heel & Toe Charity.

We extend a huge ‘Thank You’ to Kids 1^st Nursey at Wansbeck for raising a grand total of £613.25 for Heel & Toe Children’s Charity at their Spring Fair.

The money was raised by holding a raffle, cake stall, old fashioned sweet stall and jewellery stall. The nursery also had an Easter obstacle course, tombola, colouring competition, pin the tail on the rabbit, name the rabbit, a messy lucky dip stall, an Easter egg hunt around the garden and their very own Easter bunny.

Zoe Robinson, Nursery Manager said: “We are all thrilled with the amount of money that we have raised for Heel & Toe. We chose to raise money for the charity as the cause is close to the hearts of some of our families in the nursery.”

Well done to everyone involved in the fundraising.

Pictured above Left to Right; Jane – Development Manager Heel & Toe, Kids 1^st Staff – Zoë Robinson and Jennifer Callan, Kids 1^stchildren – Isabel Lopez and Amelia McCready.

If you would like to raise money for Heel & Toe please get in touch -

info@heelandtoe.org.uk or call 0191 386 8606

We were delighted to hear that Newcastle based Solicitors Muckle LLP had appointed Heel & Toe as their Charity of the Year 2012 after being short-listed and then chosen, by staff members.  Our Development & Fundraising Officer, Amanda Tweedy went to meet Hugh Welch, Senior Partner and the rest of the Muckle team recently to launch the year of fundraising.  At the Launch Event Muckle held a ‘Duvet Day’ raffle whereby staff members made a minimum donation of £5 to win a day off work.  The event raised a fantastic £483, which Muckle then kindly agreed to match.  The company will be organising a variety of fundraising events throughout the year and also taking part in events organised by Heel & Toe.

Hugh said: “Our charity of the year is selected by our people who suggest local charities or good causes that they would like to support.  A short list is prepared and then voting takes place across the firm to choose the winning charity.  This time the winner was Heel & Toe who we are all looking forward to supporting its work.”

To find out more about Muckle visit: http://www.muckle-llp.com/

Linsey – BHSc(Hons) Occupational Therapy MBAOT, Therapy Services Manager

Since qualifying as an Occupational Therapist in 2002 I have worked in hospitals, for local authority, and in Independent Practice. I have worked within the specialist areas of general medicine, elderly care, neurology, stroke services and community physical disability.

Linsey will be working closely with our conductors and case managers as we look to provide Therapy Services for Adults and Children.

To find out more about Linsey’s background click here.

We are very proud to announce Northern Counties Insurance have chosen Heel & Toe Children’s Charity as their nominated Charity of the Year 2012.

NCi is the new name of Northern Counties Guarantee Corporation Ltd who first opened their doors for business in 1928 and are therefore one of the UK’s longest established insurance brokers.

With an A+ credit rating and as founder members of The Broker Network, you and your business insurance needs are in safe hands.

With a workforce at our North East Head Office alone with over half a million man hours’ insurance experience between them, it has never been easier to make sure you get the cover, service and premium you deserve.

NCI have quoted;

‘“I can speak on behalf of all the team at Northern Counties Insurance Brokers when I say that we were genuinely delighted to have selected Heel & Toe as our Charity of the Year for the next 12 months.

Not only will all the staff at Northern Counties and our Charity Insurance division, NCi Charity, be working hard throughout the year to come up with fun and exciting ways to raise money for Heel & Toe but we will also be looking to promote the excellent work you do to our clients and business partners so they too can help raise money for you too.

With so many great causes to select from, choosing a Charity of the Year is not an easy decision but my colleagues and I at NCi will be doing whatever we can to help promote and raise money for Heel & Toe in the next year.”

Nicola Taylor, Media Consultant, Northern Counties Insurance

To find out more about NCInsurance click here

Andrew Scott, Director of Stanley Travel will be donning his trainers on April 15th and taking part in the 26 mile Paris Marathon, hoping to raise thousands of pounds for Heel & Toe.

Andrew decided to take up the challenge for Heel & Toe after visiting our Centre and seeing first-hand how we provide a life-line to children with cerebral palsy, dyspraxia and other motor disorders across the North East.  Since then, Andrew and the team at Stanley Travel have appointed Heel & Toe as their chosen ‘Charity of the Year’ and offered to support us in a number of ways throughout the coming year.

Andrew said:

“When I heard all about Heel & Toe I jumped at the chance to go out to see the Centre and sit in on sessions with the children, to see how conductive education helped them.  The fact that the charity offers this service free and receives no government funding, convinced me that I needed to help them in any way I could.”

“Stanley Travel is a local family-run business and we felt it was important to show our support, not only to a charity on our doorstep, but also to one where we could see we were making a difference.  It was a real eye-opener to see the children taking part in the sessions and see how happy and positive they were.  We really want to do as much as we possibly can to help Heel & Toe continue their fantastic work with these inspirational children.”

Amanda Tweedy, Development & Fundraising Officer from Heel & Toe added:

“We really appreciate Stanley Travel appointing us as their chosen charity and look forward to working with them this year.  Not only is Andrew running the Paris Marathon for us, but his son Gavin is also doing the Great North Run and they are also giving us the opportunity to sell our competition tickets on their day trips and coach holidays, as well as getting involved in our own fundraising events.  This level of support is two-fold, as it will obviously help raise much needed funds for Heel & Toe, but also it will raise awareness of our charity and what we do, so that more local children can benefit from our service.”

To sponsor Andrew’s Paris Marathon in aid of Heel & Toe, visit: www.justgiving.com/Andrew-Scott12  or text ASPM12 £(amount to donate) to 70070.

Nissan Motor Manufacturing awarded  us £500

Product Revolution donated £100 and made us their chosen charity for 2012

Kings Church Darlington – Donated £200

Darlington & Durham Fire & Rescue Authority - awarded us £500 from the Bonfire & Fireworks Display Fund

Councillors B. Bainbridge & Willis donated £300

The New Inn at Hartlepool – raised £500 through fundraising efforts

Open College Network North East Region donated £170.70 through with fundraising efforts

If you would like to raise money for Heel & Toe Children’s Charity please get in touch 0844 3350512 or mail jane@heelandtoe.org.uk

We are delighted to have been chosen as local travel company, Stanley Travel’s first Charity of the Year.

Director Andrew Scott and son Gavin are running the Great North Run for Heel & Toe and the family-run business is also supporting us by selling our Competition Tickets on their day trips and Lucky Cities Cards on holiday trips.  The Heel & Toe team are really looking forward to working with Andrew and the Stanley Travel team over the coming year.