Mark Benevolent Fund |
20th April 2017 |
| Dear all, |
| I want to share with you details of a grant made by the MBF Worthy Causes Committee to the Bloodrun EVS charity. This grant, although small, has already generated a huge amount of interest in the north of England. |
| ‘Yesterday, the Mark Benevolent Fund made a grant of £13,400 to the Bloodrun EVS charity, serving Cleveland and North Yorkshire, to fund a fully equipped blood bike. |
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| This grant is particularly poignant. Those of you from the North East will recall a bike rider called Martin Dixon, from my home town of Billingham in Cleveland, who was a volunteer for the Bloodrun EVS charity. Sadly Martin died in a road traffic accident in Hartlepool during a tour of duty back in November. His son, Martin Dixon Jnr, submitted an application to the Mark Benevolent Fund for help with funding for a new Blood Bike. The Trustees of the Mark Benevolent Fund consequently made the award. |
| When I spoke to Martin yesterday he was lost for words. It is good to know that such a small amount can make such a great difference to so many people.’ |
| Find out more about the charity here: www.bloodrun.co.uk/about-us |
| Click here for the Facebook announcement: https://www.facebook.com/ GLMMM/photos/a. 764577310239071.1073741826. 327697100593763/ 1606730756023718/?type=3& theater |
| News article http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/ news/teesside-news/he-died- doing-two-things-12291138 |
| I would Secretaries please share this with your members. |
| Kind regards, |
| Darren Coleman |
| Charities and Communications Coordinator |
