Charity
Although we all go to Conception to have fun and meet up with old friends, there is a serious side to the event, namely it’s charity fundraising. Over the years (2000 to 2008), Conception has raised over £50,000 for charity! This is broken down as follows:
2000: Macmillan Cancer Support £300 and Hoburne nominated charities £100 (total: £400)
2001: Royal Bournemouth Maternity Unit £600 and Hoburne nominated charities £200 (total: £800)
2002: Round Table Children’s Wish £2,000 and Hoburne nominated charities £300 (total: £2,300)
2003: Round Table Children’s Wish £4,500 and Hoburne nominated charities £400 (total: £4,900)
2004: Round Table Children’s Wish £5,000, Naomi House £500, and Hoburne nominated charities £500 (total: £6,000)
2005: Naomi House £3,500, Round Table Children’s Wish £3,500, and Hoburne nominated charities £600 (total: £7,600)
2006: Hoburne nominated charities £500, Round Table Children’s Wish £5,000, and New Milton Round Table £3,700 (total: £9,200)
2007: Julias House: £3,000, Naomi House: £3,000, Round Table Children’s Wish £3,000, Hoburne nominated charities £1000, New Milton Round Table £2,000, Alzheimer’s Society £258, and Macmillan Cancer Support £288 (total: £12,546)
2008: Hoburne nominated charities £500, Wessex Autistic Society £4,000, Round Table Children’s Wish £3,500, Boscombe Nursery group £1,000, and New Milton Round Table £1,000 (total: £10,000)
Totals by Charity
Alzheimer’s Society: £258 (thank you letter (2007))
Macmillan Cancer Support: £588 (thank you letter (2007))
RBH Maternity Unit: £600
Boscombe Nursery group: £1,000
Julia’s House: £3,000 (thank you letter (2007))
Wessex Autistic Society: £4,000 (thank you letter (2008), certificate (2008))
Hoburne nominated charities: £4,100 (thank you letter (2007), thank you letter (2008))
New Milton Round Table: £6,700
Naomi House: £7,000 (thank you letter (2007))
Round Table Children’s Wish: £26,500 (thank you letter (2007), thank you letter (2008))
Detailed information on a couple of those donations can be found below:
Round Table Children’s Wish
In 2006 Julian Hayley (the, then, New Milton Round Table chairman) was pleased to give a £5,000 RTCW cheque to Round Table Children’s Wish on behalf of Conception outside of the Naish Hoburne building.
Additionally, local lad Nic was presented with a nice new, specially modified, wheelchair on behalf of Conception and New Milton Round Table. This particular type of chair costs over £5,000.
The picture below show, from left to right, New Milton Round Table’s current chairman Ian McMillan, Nic’s father, John Puzey, Julian Hayley, and Nic’s mother. Nic himself is in the front.
Julia’s House
In 2007 one of the beneficiaries was Julia’s House who were presented with a cheque for £3,000 after the prize draw.
Photograph courtesy of Carlos Staffiero
Wessex Autistic Society
In 2008 one of the beneficiaries was the Wessex Autistic Society who were presented with a cheque for £4,000.
Shown are Andrew Mussell, Jasmine Mussell , Millie Paterson of WATS, Julian Hayley and Alex Helm outside the school that the fund supports.
