Posts Tagged “Sainsbury’s”
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Headway Cambridgeshire Awards Finalist
Headway Cambridgeshire has nominated Sainsbury’s Sydney Street for a prestigious community award Headway has been successful with their nomination for Sainsbury’s in the Business in the Community Awards in the Employee Volunteering Team of the Year category which recognises the support that the supermarket has given to the charity that they adopted as their Charity of the Year in 2011/12. Headway’s Chief Executive, Mary Goode, said: “We have been both delighted and humbled a... Read more... -
Running for Headway Cambridgeshire
Hugh Oxburgh ran the Bath Half Marathon on 11 March 2012. Hugh is collecting sponsorship for Headway Cambridgeshire through his JustGiving Fundraising page. Hugh works at Sainsbury's Sidney Street Store in Cambridge and came up with this idea as his contribution to the branch's year long charity partnership in which staff are staging various events aimed at raising funds and awareness. We're no... Read more... -
Cambridge University Rowing Team Visit Headway
On Friday 24 February, five members of the Cambridge University rowing team and their Cox visited Headway House to show their support for us. Our friends and supporters at Sainsbury’s in Sidney Street are sponsoring the rowing team in their run up to this year’s University Boat Race, to be held on Saturday, 7 April. Staff at Sainsbury’s Sidney Street store are supporting Headway Cambridgeshire across a year-long charity partnership and it was through them that the rowing team heard abou... Read more... -
Cambridge Union Charity Fair 2012
Headway Cambridgeshire attended the Cambridge Charity Fair 2012 at the Cambridge Union Society on Friday 27 January from 6.00 pm to 10.00 pm. The Charity Fair was an opportunity for a dozen charities to raise awareness of the work they do, highlighting not only each charity’s mission and purpose, but also the value of working or volunteering in the charity sector. The organisers invited Headway Cambridgeshire to take part as one of the exhibitors, and to provide a fun activity to engage ... Read more... -
Chief Executive Update 16 December 2011
We had a great success on Tuesday with our first Carol Concert at St Barnabas Church, Mill Road. Attendance was good, including clients, staff, volunteers, families and some of our supporters, for example the Mayor of St Neots. Although it was not a fundraising event, I am delighted that Karen accepted £150 from a couple who are keen to support us in the future. As always we were also grateful to Sainsbury’s who baked a lot of mince pies especially for us. This event was a great ‘first’ c... Read more... -
Carol Service at St Barnabas Church
Over 100 friends, clients and supporters of Headway Cambridgeshire attended a special carol service at St Barnabus Church in Mill Road this week.
Among the guests were the Mayor of St Neots, Councillor Barry Chapman, and Councillor Stephen Davison. His Honour the Mayor has adopted Headway Cambridgeshire as his chosen charity for the year and is raising funds as well as raising awareness of our work. Councillor Davison did a sponsored bungee jump for Headway ... Read more...
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A Day In The Life Of Our Chief Executive
Mary Goode is Chief Executive of Headway Cambridgeshire and this is her experience of a typical working day: 5:00: I live between Bury St Edmunds and Diss so it takes me ... Read More
