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Teddington Village Fair on 26th June at Udney Hall Gardens was a glorious sunny day. The League’s stall received a lot of interest and raised £68.00 from generous donations received. The fair was well attended by the local community and had a great atmosphere. There was music, singing and dancing from local groups, a huge variety of food available and a good selection of stalls. Thank you to The Teddington Society for allowing the League to attend. This event not only enabled us to raise funds, but also to inform more of the local community about our work and the…

This years Twickenham Green Fair on 30th May was another great family day, with lots of interest in our stall and the Leagues activities. Not only did we gain some new volunteers and raised £50.78, we also won “Best Stall” for Information, Colour and Banners and were presented with our certificate by the Major and Majoress. Thank you to all of our volunteers who helped on the day and the local community for showing such an interest in our work and the services which are available at Teddington Memorial Hospital.

The League attended this years Richmond May Fair on Richmond Green on Saturday 14th May. The weather thankfully stayed fine and we received lots of support from the local community. The day was full of great food, music and dancing from local groups and over a hundred different charity stalls, including a craft marquee and to top the day, there was the crowning of the Richmond May Queen. A really fun family event where we gained several new members and raised £84.49 from generous donations. All in all a great day and we look forward to attending next year.  …

The League spend the bank holiday weekend at Squires Garden Centre, Twickenham, collecting donations from generous customers for Teddington Memorial Hospital. An amazing £1,025.86 was raised in the three days our volunteers were there. Thank you to all the League’s volunteers for sparing their time to attend and to all our supporters on the day, for their most generous donations. A Huge thank you also to Squires Garden Centre, for allowing the League of Friends to hold our collection days. The money raised will go towards enhancing the health care services and equipment available at Teddington Memorial Hospital.

Teddington Bowling Club recently held a Charity Day, which was a great success. It not only encouraged new members, but also raised £70 for The League. A huge amount of fun was had by all who attended and the event really shows what a great local group the Club are. Thank you to all who attended and donated towards Teddington Memorial Hospital, your kind donation will be used towards enhancing the services which are available to patients, staff and visitors.

The League of Friends gratefully received a wonderful donation from The Builders Arms, Field Lane, Teddington of £2,385.00, all raised by the generosity of it’s staff and the local community. The money raised will go towards enhancing the equipment and essential health services available at Teddington Memorial Hospital and shall help to keep the hospital at the heart for the community. We really value local support such as this and our thanks go out to all who helped to raise such a great amount for this very worthy cause.

Come and join The League of Friends at this year’s St Margarets Fair, being held on 9th July 2016, from 12 noon, on the Moormead Ground in St Margarets. The Fair will be celebrating its 38th year, with all the usual entertainment, fairground rides, games, displays, live music, dog show, home-cooking, barbeque and tea/beer tent, along with over 100 stalls. The League will be having an information stall, where we will be sharing our recent activities and the current projects which we are supporting at Teddington Memorial Hospital. As well as selling quality bric-a-brac to help raise funds and enable…

The League of Friends of Teddington Memorial Hospital has kindly been invited again this year to hold box collections at Squires Garden Centre, Twickenham, on Saturday 30th April, Sunday 1st and Monday 2nd May and at Sainsbury’s, St Clares, Hampton on Friday 1st July. If you happen to be shopping on one of these days, please come and say hello and show your support. We would love to meet more of our supporters.

TEDDINGTON LIGHTS UP 2015. The League of Friends had a great afternoon at Teddington Lights Up which was held on 26th November 2015. The event was a huge success and was really well attended by the local community. Our stall received lots of interest and we managed to raise £118.77 from generous donation and the sale of merchandise. A huge thank you to our much valued volunteers, for all their help on the day and to Teddington Together for enabling us to be part of such a wonderful festive event. We look forward to attending in 2016.

TEDDINGTON RFC’s FESTIVAL OF RUGBY  RAISED AN AMAZING £673.05 FOR THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF TEDDINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL The League of Friends of Teddington Memorial Hospital’s Chairman Pamela Bryant MBE and Office and Projects Manager Adele Cowell gratefully received a cheque for £673.05, from Teddington RFC’s Club Chairman Gareth Cross. Teddington RFC held a Festival of Rugby and Club Open Day, on 13th September 2015, at their ground in Bushy Park. The day was a huge family event with lots of activities, including rugby demonstrations, a touch rugby tournament, bouncy castle, face painting, pony rides, a raffle held on behalf…