Charities
Curves has established an enviable reputation for supporting charities. During the past 2 years, the club and all its members have worked tirelessly for charities, locally and nationally, raising phenomenal amounts of cash.
Our Donations Timeline
October 2008 - Breast Cancer Awareness month during which time we raised £1,001.56 for Breast Cancer Care. For every new member that signed up during October we donated 50% of their service fee to the charity. We also held raffles, created memory walls for our families and friends and also started a book sale.
March 2009 - On Red Nose Day we encouraged ladies to dress up in red for the day and we managed to raise £450 for Comic Relief!
March 2009 - Also during March we took part in the Annual Curves Food Drive and we successfully managed to donate over 1,464lbs worth of food to the Winchester Churches Nightshelter! http://www.wcns.org.uk/
April 2009 - £100 was donated to the XLP Research Trust with money raised from our second-hand book sales. http://www.xlpresearchtrust.org/
July 2009 - £100 was donated to the Romsey Young Carer's Project with money raised from our second-hand book sales. http://www.romseycarers.org.uk/ycarers/index.html
October 2009 - £742.05 was donated to Breast Cancer Care during Breast Cancer Awareness month.
November 2009 - £275.55 was donated to Children in Need.
December 2009 - £100 was donated to Mountbatten Activity Club with money raised from our second-hand book sales. http://community.mountbatten.hants.sch.uk/content/index.php?page=61
March 2010 - 1,986.5lbs of food was donated to the Winchester Churches Nightshelter and the Emmaus charity for the homeless, also based in Winchester as part of the annual Curves Food Drive. http://www.wcns.org.uk/ http://www.emmaus.org.uk/
