Posted on 13/08/09, filed under Claire's diary, what's going on at local web & lws creative | No Comments
-
-
Race in action
-
-
-
River Arun
Well I was’t expected to be starting a ‘Dragon Boat’ race the other Sunday. There I was minding my own business driving back from Arundel when Matt, our new Operations Director, called to tell me our clients
www.dragonboatevents.com where down on the river at the Arun running an event.
Off I went for a look and we got a warm and welcome from David and Roger (love the wine!) and then got asked if we’d like a little boat trip and to start a race. The guys then did a great plug for LWS so thanks very much!
A great day and excellent to see loads of our clients down on the river too including Chris Leigh-Jones and Paul Froome from www.kittiwake.com and www.krystallon.com.
Posted on 13/08/09, filed under what's going on at local web & lws creative | No Comments
-
-
LWS Team
-
-
The Winners
Similar to last year, Local Web Solutions | LWS Creative sponsored Red Anywhere’s Red Golf Day 2009. The event was held at Manning’s Heath Golf Club on Tuesday 14th July in order to raise money for Sussex Autistic Society and Worthing Churches Homeless Projects.
The day was a complete success, with pleny of fun being had and money being raised for the two charities. he prize draw raised £1,580 with the Prize Tree raising £490, both totalling £1,035 for each charity. The Auction with a Twist provided a pledge of £1,455 for Sussex Autistic Society and £718.50 for Worthing Churches Homeless Project.
Although Local Web Solutions | LWS Creative were not the winners this year we were still proud to be sponsors and to take part. Congratulations to this years winners, SJA International.
Posted on 04/08/09, filed under what's going on at local web & lws creative | No Comments
The beautiful Eastlands Estate near Billingshurst was the venue for a vibrant networking event hosted by Bennett Griffin Solicitors (www.bennett-griffin.co.uk). The focus of the evening entitled: “Building bricks -Building relationships” was to highlight the St Barnabas house Building A Dream appeal. The Worthing-based hospice has the challenge of raising £3 million in the next 12 months to complete their project of building a new state-of-the-art hospice. The team at Bennett Griffin have been long-standing supporters and fundraisers for St Barnabas House, and are proud to be sponsoring the first stone to be laid in The Walk of Life - the pathway that will welcome patients and visitors to the new hospice.
After 30 minutes of animated networking, guests listened to Hugh Lowson, CEO of St Barnabas House. Hugh showed a poignant, inspiring film in which Desmond Lynam OBE explained the need for a new hospice and the bold but not impossible task facing the fundraising team. The final £3 million will enable the new hospice to be completed next year.
It was then the turn of Ian Macara, Partner at Bennett Griffin and Head of Business for private clients and Peter Bennett, Partner and Head of BG Commercial to inspire the audience. Both men spoke passionately about the client focused ethos of Bennett Griffin. It was also revealed by the compere, Dee Blick that one of Ian’s personal ambitions is to trek in the foothills of the Himalayas with his family, whilst Peter is planning to walk the length and breadth of France after completing his Open University studies in evolution.
Guests were then treated to a superb cookery demonstration by Dan Clark, Master Chef of Great Britain. Dan captivated the audience with his culinary skills. His risotto and the other scrumptious dishes he created were polished off in minutes.
A thoroughly enjoyable evening was drawn to a close by Stephen Hollamby, Managing Partner at Bennett Griffin. Stephen thanked both the guests for attending and the organisers LWS Creative for their hard work. He also spoke eloquently of the need for local businesses like Bennett Griffin to continue giving back to their local communities and he reaffirmed Bennett Griffin’s commitment to continue with their fundraising activities for St Barnabas House.
All in all it was a perfect evening and each guest left in good spirits, knowing a little more about St Barnabas House and how they could become involved in the Building A Dream Appeal.
For further information including images, and high resolution visuals please contact Claire Love Jones of LWS Creative on 01903 785568.
“Firstly I would like to thank you and your team for an excellent evening. You organised a fist class event in a stunning location with superb speakers and Dan’s amazing food, all for such a worthwhile cause.
Before last night I had only heard of St. Barnabas, and I was very moved to find about their great work. This was all the more poignant as cancer has been a big part of our family’s life. I think now that as a Company, we will be supporting St. Barnabas and the fantastic service they provide.
I met some great people and forged some good contacts. I have even developed a new cake from discussions last night. This was an added bonus to a very worthwhile evening aimed at raising the awareness of such a needed charity. Well Done.”
Sean Tullett, Country Farm Cakes
