Letchworth Golf Club is very much part of the community and is delighted to support local charities and organisations to raise funds for so many worthwhile causes. Many of the partnerships have developed over a number of years, and the work will continue into 2021 and beyond.
Firstly, just wanted to thank you for the support on Digger's day (again!) this year. As you know, we simply could not do it without you, and the generosity you extend for the whole day. We haven't quite finished the figures yet, but think we're going to break our record at over £22,000 this year. It was a fantastic day, and we're really grateful to the whole LGC team. (RDA, Oct 2024)
Thank you again for supporting The British Normandy Memorial Fundraising in memory of the late Mr. Harry Billinge MBE to commemorate the 80th anniversary of The D Day Landings.
The fundraising was completed on June 6th at £64,250 with funds directed into the newly opened Winston Churchill Centre for Education on the site of the memorial. (The British Normandy Memorial 2024)
D Day 80 Certificate of Appreciation
Thank you for sending through a voucher for Letchworth Golf Club . We are very grateful for the support of the golf clubs who donated the vouchers. After costs we raised a wonderful £3,750 for the charity's work in this region which is absolutely fantastic, thank you! Since the competition started in 2015, we have raised over £18,282 through this event through this competition.
All the funds raised from these golfing events go towards the NSPCC Schools Services work in the region with primary and secondary children. Through the virtual presentations and sessions with the younger children, a number of disclosures have been made and several subsequent prosecutions have resulted. Thank you again for helping us raise funds for the charity to make a difference for children and young people at risk of abuse and neglect in Cambridgeshire and this region.
Many thanks again for your wonderful support for the charity, it is appreciated. Pauline, NSPCC Golf Event Team (Aug 2024)
Thank you for supporting our Anton du Beke Golf Day by donating a 4 ball voucher and helping to support families with a seriously ill child in hospital.
We wanted to write to say a massive thank you for supporting our Golf day which took place on 26 June. Your donation will make a huge difference to the families who stay with us and we are so grateful for your support.
I am delighted to let you know that you helped us raise over £37,000 which will support a family for 925 nights in one of our warm and welcoming "˜Homes from Home.' Thanks to you, we can continue to be there for thousands of families who need us, giving them the most precious gift of being together.
Thank you again for your support, and we hope that we can work together on another event very soon. Lindsay (July 2024)
I just wanted to reach out to you to let you know the monies raised from our charity golf day in June.
We will be donating £6100 to the MND Association to fund memory boxes for the children in the families affected by MND.
The boxes are very important to me as a mother and as a to way to remember my beloved grandmother who we lost to this cruel disease.
So thank you for helping make this total raised what it is and for taking the time to help us.
My family and I are extremely grateful. Lisa (July 2024)
Thank you very much for donating the four-ball voucher we used as a raffle prize for
Noah's Ark Children's Hospice Golf Day.
I'm delighted to let you know that together we raised c£100,000! This is an incredible amount, which will enable many more children like Ray his brother Arthur and parents like Roscoe and Gina to make the most of every day.
If you'd ever like to drop into The Ark, you know you're always welcome.
Once again, a huge thank you. We couldn't have done this without your generosity and we're extremely grateful. (June 2024)
Greene King Day for MacMillan Cancer Support - I just wanted to say a massive thank you to you and your teams at Letchworth for hosting our GK MacMillan Golf Day. It was a roaring success and the golfers really enjoyed your fabulous course. The greens were like Augusta, fast but true and in incredible condition as was the whole course.
We love the relaxed feel at your club and the catering was once again really good, I must get details of your butcher for those Sausages, we were very well looked after by your bar and catering teams.
The purpose of the day was to raise money for MacMillan and we have raised over £8.5k is no small measure thanks to your generous course fee and the 2 x 4 Balls you supplied us with for prizes. This is well in excess of the £5k we raised last year. See you in 2025! (June 2024)
I just wanted to message and say a huge thank you to Letchworth Golf Club for kindly donating a 4-ball voucher to Herts Young Homeless for our golf day at Stocks Golf Club last Friday.
We included a thank you within our programme on the day and we are really pleased to say that your generous support helped us to raise a total of £7,989 for Herts Young Homeless. This is an amazing total and will help us to provide our vital services to support young people across Hertfordshire who are facing homelessness.
Without the support we receive from people like you, our work would not be possible, thank you for making a difference.
Happy New Year from Ruby, Ellie, and the rest of the Noah's Ark Team.
Your support has helped many families, like Ruby's, thrive this year.
Ruby is five years old, and, for the first time in many years, can finally be heard and understood. With the support of Ellie, Noah's Ark Play Specialist, Ruby uses eye gaze technology to express her wants, needs and feelings independently - something which hasn't been possible until now.
Ruby even used the technology to make a list of her favourite people. Simon, Ruby's Dad, shared with us her final list. We were so moved to hear that"¦
"She picked Mummy, Daddy... and Ellie! From the first session with Ellie, they clicked so well, and Ruby felt like, wow, someone finally understands me - it's wonderful."
Ruby is just one of the 350 children we support each year. You can read more about the moments of joy, reflection, laughter and fun that families have enjoyed in our 2023 winter newsletter edition of Moments That Matter
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"I just wanted to say a massive thank you for your donation to our charity golf day! It was our third year running and this year we raised a huge £8657, all for the Huntington's Disease Association (hda.org.uk)!
Our family collective total over six years is now just over £32,000 for the HDA.
This is a wonderful charity who has supported our family for years so thank you, it really means a lot and we really appreciate it.
Due to the great feedback and the success, we will definitely be arranging another golf day next year! "
On Monday 12th June 2023, Letchworth Golf Club hosted Greene King Pub Partners who raised more than £5.000 for Macmillan.
Read the full story HERE
2023 - "I'm delighted to let you know that together we raised over £103,000! This is an incredible amount, which will enable many more children like Illiana and parents like Natasha to make the most of every day.
We have recently shared our brand new newsletter, Moments That Matter, which we released to coincide with Children's Hospice Week. I hope you'll enjoy leafing through and following us on social media to see our posts raising awareness of children's palliative care.
If you'd ever like to drop into The Ark, you know you're always welcome.
Once again, a huge thank you. We couldn't have done this without your generosity and we're extremely grateful."
" I am delighted to share with you the story of nine-year old Precious and her family, which, like spring, is full of optimism and hope. When Precious was born, her family were given a long list of things she would never be able to do - including breathe without mechanical support, communicate, or even swallow. With the help of Noah's Ark's Care Team, Precious has surpassed all expectations. As Precious' dad, Raph, puts it: "This sense of calmness and peace we have now, we owe to Noah's Ark." You can read more about Precious' story here ."
"We recently launched our biggest ever nurse recruitment drive . We're looking for an additional ten nurses to help those we support enjoy life as children, rather than as patients. If you know anybody who might be interested, we'd greatly appreciate you sharing our nurse recruitment page with them.
And we are delighted to announce that James Tugendhat has been appointed as Noah's Ark's new Chair of Trustees. He will succeed Jeremy Isaacs CBE, who has led the charity through transformational change. Jeremy will become our Honorary Life Chair and remain a close friend to and supporter of the charity. You can read more here .
It is thanks to your generous support that we have been able to provide such impactful support for Precious and her family, and why we are now looking to expand our services to help more children and families make the most of every day. Thank you again from all of us at Noah's Ark Children's Hospice.
Our annual golf day will be on Thursday 29th August 2024
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The Garden House Hospice has been a pillar of our community for over thirty years; a place of care, comfort and compassion for patients and families facing the realities of life-limiting illness. The statistics are compelling - open 365 days, on a 24/7 basis; 640 patients a year, 435 of whom have had a cancer diagnosis; 3,500 family members supported with 900 counselling sessions - the Hospice is an integral part of the life of our community. Sadly, each year several families within our Golf Club are touched by the quality of our Hospice; its reputation speaks for itself.
But such quality and care is not cost-free. It takes £5.7M a year to run the Hospice; the NHS provides around 33% of that sum. The community, through its support of the Hospice's shops, through legacies and through community fundraising activities provides the rest. Garden House Hospice was started by the community, it serves the community and it is sustained by the community. And Letchworth Golf Club, each year, plays its part. In 2019-20 LGC members raised over £30,000 to support the Hospice and we will continue to support as much as we can going forwards.
The charity Riding for Disabled (RDA) provides life enhancing therapies, through the riding of horses, for children and adults with physical and learning disabilities. It relies entirely on voluntary contributions. The Letchworth Diggers, a golfing society of Letchworth Golf Club members, hosts an annual charity day that raises the money necessary for the viability of the Stevenage branch of the RDA. In the past 30 years it has raised over £300,000
This year LGC hosted on the 6th October 2021 and a grand total of just on £20, 000 was raised. A brillaint result!!! This will aid hugely in the charity purchasing a mechanical horse which will be used for those who are not yet comfortable with the real animal as yet. An amazing way to still be able to offer the support and experience of the real thing. To keep the smiles on faces! So many people are involved in this day being such a success and we look forward to welcoming everyone back in 2022!
Ciaran " Our thanks to everybody who supported our Charity Day.
The accounts have now been completed and we raised a total of £18,282 including donations, raffle, auction, halfway house etc.. To this the RDA will be able to add approx. £2,000.00 in Gift Aid making a grand total in excess of £20,000 for the RDA. The best the Diggers have ever done and all thanks to the generosity of the LGC members and their guests.
Thank you all so very much and we look forward to seeing you again next year."
Letchworth Golf Club will be hosting the 2nd annual golf day on behalf of The Hertfordshire MS Therapy Centre on Friday 17th September 2021.
The day starts with a warm welcome and a hearty breakfast before the players take on our Academy par 3 course ahead of their main round on our 18 hole Heritage course. During the round, all players will take part in individual, long drive and nearest the pin competitions before relaxing back at the clubhouse with much needed refreshments. The day will be concluded with a fundraising auction.
Letchworth Golf Club, are delighted to be able to support Paul Bishop and the team at the MS Centre as their golfing and fundraising partner.
A fundraiser day was had at Letchworth Golf Club on Friday 22nd October 2021, in memory of firefighter, Danny Granger, who died in hospital following a month-long battle with Covid-19. He served with Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service as an on-call firefighter and had been based at Cottenham Fire Station for nearly 22 years. Now, a fundraiser has been set up in his memory, with the proceeds going to Addenbrooke's Hospital. The day saw 100 people tee off in a shotgun start followed by a raffle and an auction.
The grand total raised was an incredible £2610.00! A huge honour to have hosted this day and to see so many friends and family enjoy the fairways at LGC.
Rob , " I just wanted to say what a fantastic day it was last Friday at the Danny Granger golf day. Letchworth GC was a fantastic venue and the course was in awesome shape. Thanks to all of the staff for helping it be such a great day. Takes some doing with 100 golfers.
Thanks again. Ps: I won!! ðŸ†"
On the 9th November we hosted the JGI for a Hole-In-One Challenge on our Academy 6th Hole. All in aid of raising funds for initiatives to get people in local communities in the game .
Measuring 101 yards and wind into, it was going to be a tester. The Challenge: Ben Brownson and James Noakes, founders of the JGI, hit 500 shots between them to achieve the Ace.
The first shot was hit at 13:00pm and the necessary working out of which club suits the distance began. With the wind playing a factor, it was going to be interesting. Shot after shot was hit and some shots came pretty close. Some not so close. Then on the 52nd shot, it happened!!! The ACE! Ben made the shot with a 9 iron.
One bounce and then in!
It was an incredible day all in all and we will be working with JGI going forward on other initiatives including our Night Golf event in January 2022. Watch out for more information in Club News.
If you would like to support and donate to the JGI please visit their webpage - CLICK HERE
Herts Fire and Rescue
Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) is the statutory fire and rescue service for the county of Hertfordshire, England. HFRS covers an area of 1,514 square miles and a population of 1.19 million. A hardworking group of people who's main priority is to keep us all safe.
So it was a privilege to host the HFRS Society on the 13th December for their final golf day of the year. With 48 players, the course holding up well in the December weather and the day itself presenting a mild temperature, it was a great day had by all.
We look forward to hosting again in 2022!