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Here are just a few of the ways communities have helped raise funds:
Adults and children from Silwood Park Karate in Bracknell staged a 24-hour Karate Challenge to raise an incredible £7,788.
Former mayor of Bracknell Forest Borough Council Jacqui Ryder donated £40,000 raised during her year in office.
Former Wokingham District Council Chairman Iain Brown selected the Trust as his charity for the year raising £14.500.
Farnborough Sixth Form College raised more than £2,000 for the Trust by organising a fun run around their local community.
Regulars at the Jack O’Newbury public house in Binfield, Berkshire raise funds by taking part in a quiz night on the last Sunday of each month.
Ascot Nursery has raised hundreds of pounds over the past five years with events including an Easter egg hunt, a teddy bears picnic and sales.
Winkfield St Mary’s Church has donated £500 to the Trust for the past five years and has committed to donate annually until 2014.
An all-male Miss World Competition and a sponsored walk were just some of the enterprising ways in which students at Bradfield College near Reading raised more than £4,000 for the Trust.
Ladies from Cooper’s Hill Tennis Club in Englefield Green generated more than £1,000 from a summer tournament and raffle.
The staff and residents of French Ski resort La Tania have raised in excess of £35,000 over the past four winters holding a charity week each year to end the winter ski season. Fundraising activities have included a float race, ball, mountain climbs, cake sales, and an annual egg-eating contest.
Green-fingered residents of Woodside, near Ascot, have organised an annual plant sale in aid for the Trust for the past three years raising more than £1,000.
