Carry on Running for Derian House

Charitable Cause

During 2006 staff at Taylor Patterson, their families, friends and business associates are organising and supporting events to raise money for Derian House Children's Hospice. The fund raising team aim to raise £2,500 over the year.

This page will constantly be updated to keep you informed of future events and the success of previous ones as the team work towards achieving their target for the charity.

To find out more about the hospice and the work it does please visit their website.

Other events taking place include:

• IN THE OFFICE
  The last Friday of each month sees staff take part in a dress down day and throughout each month cakes and sweets are kindly being made and donated by staff, family and friends for sale in the office to raise extra funds.

Greg's Marathon Effort

After months of training Account Executive, Greg O'Brien took part in the Anglesey Marathon on Sunday 24th September.  With perfect weather at the start (cloudy, drizzle and fairly cool) all went well for the first 12 miles.  Then the sun came out and the hills took their toll and Greg' target of a 3hr 40 finish began to slip away.  With a great crowd and encouraging banter with other runners, Greg made it round the 26 miles, dragging himself up the final 3 mile hill to get to the finish in 3hr 55min 54secs, a 'comfortable'  four minutes to spare on the all important four hour landmark.

When asked whether he'd do another one, whilst tucking into the post race pasta, "Maybe" was the reply, "but I'll look for a flatter course next time !"

Link to Results
http://www.angleseymarathon.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=127&Itemid=98

Photo Link

http://www.marathon-photos.com/index.html

Go to Anglesey Marathon and put in Runner Number 78

Kiersons Great North Run

Kierson James, Commercial Insurance Broker/Office Manager has been thinking about taking part in the Great North Run, the worlds biggest half marathon, for a few years and this year she decided to go for it and has been successful and secured a place in the half marathon, which takes place on Sunday 1st October - race number 34334.

After taking part in the Run Preston 2006 in July 2006 and with regular training to get fit with friends, Kierson is now prepared and looking forward to all the buzz and excitement of the whole day!

Kierson is not running solo as 8 friends are all supporting her for the whole 13.1 miles.

The Great North Run is a point-to-point course that starts in Newcastle and finishes in South Shields.

Taylor Patterson supports Derian House Children's Hospice and Kierson is aiming to raise lots of money for this wonderful charity.

Hopefully Kierson will be a successful finisher and details of her results and finish time along with the amount raised will follow shortly.

Previous Events

• RUN PRESTON 2006
  Six Taylor Patterson employees have all been training hard and put their running shoes on for the 10k and 5k July's Run Preston 2006 and raised hundreds of pounds for Derian House in the process.
  
  The run started in Market Street and followed a very scenic route through the city, along the riverside and through Avenham and Miller Parks. Over 1,500 people took part in the event.
  
  The staff all very successfully completed the run and those who took part were:-
  Karen Draper
  Sheila Lynch
  Kierson James
  Martin Kay
  Greg O'Brien
  James Thompson
  
  Kierson's husband, Karen's sister and Sheila's sister also supported us and took part in the 10k run.
  
  We raised a huge amount of £650.00 for this one event making a grand total raised so far of £2,700.00.
  
  Final results and further details of the run can be accessed from www.joelee.co.uk.
  
  We would like to thank all our fellow employees, insurance companies, local businesses, friends and family for sponsoring us and contributing towards a really worthy cause.
  
  

• CHARITY EVENING with local band MR JEFFRIES
  The event held on 20th May at Fulwood & Broughton Cricket Club was a huge success. Over 100 tickets were sold for the event with raffle and auction prizes being kindly donated by insurance companies and local businesses.
  
  To find out more about the event and to see pictures from the evening please click here.

  The evening raised £1,750 and the fund raising team at Taylor Patterson would like to thank everyone who supported the event.

  The amount raised to date amounts to £2,050.00 - our aim is to raise £2,500 by end of year! Our 3rd main event will be arranged shortly which is likely to be a pub quiz or cheese and wine evening within the next 2/3 months and further details will follow nearer the time.
  
  These events are being raised by the Taylor Patterson "Fund Raising Team" - Members of the staff involved are the following managers:-
  
  Andy Griffin
  Jeremy Hunt
  Karen Draper
  Martin Kay
  Kierson James

  If you would like to find out more information, please feel free to contact us.