A big thank you has gone out to staff from Serco for choosing to support the Gold Dust Appeal at the annual Star Awards.
Every year, the Serco management team nominates a charity that benefits those using our services and after holding their annual event, the Star Awards, which recognises staff achievements, and holding a raffle, Serco proudly presented a cheque of £440.00 to the...
A ‘999 Day’ has been organised by a young mother, in aid of the Gold Dust Appeal, on Sunday 23 October from 10:30-4:30.
Charlotte Tonks, who is currently representing Devon at the Mrs United Kingdom Galaxy Pageant, chose to support the Gold Dust Appeal after her son had to stay on level 12 for two weeks with para-influenza.
She said: “The Gold Dust Appeal is really close to...
On Sunday 25 September, mum of one, Naomi Temple, abseiled off the roof of the Holiday Inn hotel in Plymouth, to help raise vital funds for the children’s wards and the ‘brilliant staff’ who cared for her son, Jenson.
When Jenson was just six weeks old he was very poorly with bronchiolitis and was rushed to Derriford Hospital. He was cared for on Woodcock Ward but his condition...
This Sunday, hundreds of runners will take to the roads in and around the city centre for this year’s Britain’s Ocean City Plymouth 10k run. We are delighted that 16 of these runners will be donning their running shoes in aid of the Gold Dust Appeal.
One of those runners is Adam Hopkins, Business Development Manager at local company, Redrok, who are one of the official sponsors of this...
The Gold Dust Appeal has received a massive boost thanks to an extremely generous donation, taking the total now up to £75,000.
A huge thanks to BD (Becton Dickinson U.K. Limited), a plant that manufactures a broad range of blood collection products and systems, who through their employees have raised £10,000 after selecting Gold Dust as their chosen appeal. Their Head Office based in...
The Burrator Inn, Plymouth, has kindly chosen the Gold Dust Appeal to receive the monies raised through their charity fundraiser this year, for reasons close to their heart.
Every year, one charity is selected and over the past 10 years, a staggering £51,000 has been raised. This year’s charity fundraiser involves a 12 hour darts marathon, which is taking place this Saturday 20th...
A team from Derriford Hospital are doing all they can to raise funds for the Gold Dust Appeal.
Several members of the Outpatient Management Centre have signed up to take part in the Gold Dust Superheroes Abseil on Sunday 25th September, down Plymouth's iconic Holiday Inn.
To raise as much as possible, the team have organised several fundraising events. These include a...
Thanks to the efforts of local fundraisers, £50,000 has been collected since the appeal was launched last year.
The Gold Dust Appeal aims to raise £100,000 to create a bright, exciting and welcoming environment throughout the children’s and young people’s areas on level 12 of Derriford Hospital.
After an extremely generous donation of £5,000 from City Bus Plymouth, the company...
Volunteers are invited dress as a superhero and take up the daunting challenge of abseiling down a building, to raise money for our children’s wards.
The Gold Dust Appeal is joining forces with Children’s Happy Hospital Fund and Derriford Children’s Cancer Services for the first Superheroes Abseil, taking place on Sunday 25th September, down Plymouth’s well known Holiday Inn.
Last month, the Derriford Health & Leisure Centre (DHLC) held a night of live motown funk from Motor City Strays, in aid of the Gold Dust Appeal and raised an impressive £628.00.
Tracey Gardner, General Manager at DHLC, said: “We are really pleased that the evening was a success and that we were able to support the Gold Dust Appeal.
