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Entrepreneurs race to £100,000

Charitable entrepreneurs proved a real driving force for fund-raising as they donated £100,000 in a single night to boost the health of children across the North East.

The total, in aid of The Children’s Foundation, was the highest ever raised by the Entrepreneurs’ Forum’s annual charity ball, which this year took on a Monte Carlo Formula One theme.

More than 300 of the region’s businesspeople and their guests gathered for the popular event, which was held for the sixth time at the Hilton Hotel in Gateshead.

It took the total raised by the Forum’s charity balls over the past six years to more than £400,000.

Professor Stephen Singleton, chairman of The Children’s Foundation, said the money raised would be vital to the organisation’s mental health and regional small grants projects.

He said: “To raise more than £100,000 in one evening is quite simply extraordinary and I extend my thanks to all the people who donated auction prizes, all the guests who dug deep into their pockets and all the volunteers and staff who helped pull the event together.

“This money will really make a difference to the health and well-being of children here in the North East.”

Forum chief executive Carole Beverley said: “Altruism is a common thread flowing through the Forum and I am overwhelmed by the exceptional generosity of many of our members and their guests this year in helping us to raise this substantial amount for a very worthy charity.

“I’d like to thank all those who came to support this exciting event. The total raised is really staggering and we are thrilled to think about the positive impact it will have on the lives of so many children here in the North East.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .