Hi there and welcome to the all new SuziPerry.com. Have a good look around and don't forget to grab my You may remember that last year Free Radio organised a fantastic 10 mile walk from Himley Park to Wolverhampton Racecourse and an amazing total of £103,000 was raised for Promise Dreams. This year on Sunday 10th July we are off again and I know that Free Radio and Promise Dreams are hoping to build on last year – indeed the people that have already registered is phenomenal. A video of last year’s event is still showing on my website show what a fantastic event it was. We’ll all be there and look forward to seeing all your lovely faces again. For more information and details on registration etc., go to www.freeradio.co.uk/walkoftheblackcountry Entry is free.
Category: Promise Dreams
Our 11th Annual Dinner will be taking place on Saturday 3rd March at Wolverhampton Racecourse and this year will have a circus theme – cue the clowns……………….
I will bring you more information on this when I have it
Cheers and much love
Sooze xx
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We did it – yesterday Sunday 19th June was an absolutely amazing day. Beacon Radio organised a fantastic fundraising event for Promise Dreams (supported by Wolverhampton University and 3,500 lovely people pounded the pavements of Wolverhampton with a 10 mile walk from Himley Hall to Wolverhampton Racecourse.
The weather was really kind and in spite of a not too good forecast, the sun shone for us all and the outcome was phenomenal.
At the end of the day Beacon were calling £88,000 raised but the final amount was yet to come and this morning, the 20th June, Fresh made the announcement that the the total raised was……….
£103,000!
a lot of tears were shed at the Promise Dreams office this morning because we can only imagine just how many dreams are going to be delivered in the next few months to so many lovely kids.
It was so lovely listening to so many of you who took part, telling your stories on Beacon. Thank you – every one of you.
From Steve, Don, Beverley and myself – a heartfelt thank you.
To Beacon – hats off to you all for such a brilliant job. Your organisation was fab.
Photos courtesy of Benjamin Lycett
The Beacon Walk of the Black Country which was launched at our 10th Anniversary Dinner at Wolverhampton Racecourse has already received an amazing response and it would be great to see you there on Sunday 19th June.
Beacon presenters have teamed up with the University of Wolverhampton to urge people from across the region to don their walking shoes and walk 10 miles to help raise as much money as possible.
The Walk of the Black Country will start at Himley Hall, Dudley and finish at Wolverhampton Racecourse in Dunstall, Wolverhampton. The event is FREE to enter meaning all the sponsorship money will be going to Promise Dreams.
You can enter at beaconradio.co.uk and get all the information about the walk.
You know all about Promise Dreams but if you have a minute or two, please check out the video here to see why Steve, Don and I care so passionately about our charity.
Matt Ramsbottom the MD at Beacon adds – “we’re really excited about our Walk of the Black Country and hope that lots of people will join us on the day”
Bev Bird our Charity Manager at Promise Dreams said “we’re so pleased to be part of this event and although 10 miles is a challenge, it’s certainly achievable and I’m sure that the crew from Beacon will keep everyone going!”
The lovely Beverley Knight will be there and hopefully so too will Jacqui Graham and her family.
I know that Beacon is over the moon with the amount of people that have already registered and we are all so happy that so many of you have already agreed to be there. It should be a fab day so I am really looking forward to seeing you on the 19th.
If you want to support us but can’t physically make it on the day, I have put a Just Giving page in case anyone wants to commit to sponsoring.
Poppett and Trevor T's Gorgeous Show Girls
At the beginning of March, I was part of a truly wonderful evening to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Promise Dreams with an anniversary dinner that was second to none.
A fabulous night was had by all at Dunstall Racecourse on the 5th March 2011. With the launch of our tenth year – the Promise Dreams Team and over 400 kind people joined together to have a superb evening to raise monies for Promise Dreams.
The evening got off to a thunderous start with Trevor T and his gorgeous show girls treating the room to a spectacular show including fire throwers and stilt walking and getting all the guests doing the conga around the tables - and that was all before the starters were served!!
The evening festivities continued with a beautifully presented 4 course dinner and then onto the other festivities.
I was honoured to host the event along with Steve Bull and it was a delight to introduce Beverley Knight onto the stage. She entertained the crowd with an acoustic set with songs from the past and present and it was lovely to have her stay for the whole evening with her lovely mum. To have one soul diva was amazing but then 80’s legend, Jaki Graham took to the stage and rocked the crowd – many of the guests joined her on stage!
Jaki Graham and Family
A DVD showing all of our guests what the charity was about was delivered in total silence and I believe that bidding on the Auction items was inspired by the footage shown because a quick-fire round of bidding ensued raising a record breaking amount of money for the Charity – thank you so much everyone for your wonderful support
Dancing until 2am finished off what can only be described as a superbly successful evening – and one that we hope will set the tone for the fundraising from now forward….
with Steve and Beverley
If you would like to attend one of our events then you can join us at Beacon Radio’s Walk of the Black Country with monies raised coming to Promise Dreams. If this is something that you would like to take part in, you can go to www.beaconradio.co.uk and register.
For more info on Promise Dreams, check out www.promisedreams.co.uk
Our annual 5k ‘Run For Dreams’ took place in Wolverhampton’s West Park recently and for once it didn’t rain – well only a smidge before the start. Thanks so much if you came and joined in the fun and a big hug to Steve Bull and Don Goodman who, as ever, were wonderful co-hosts.
I’ll let you know how much was raised when the total is in. I was amazed I got round the course having eaten an 8 course Taster Menu at top chef Glyn Purnells’ restaurant in B-ham the night before; well I sort of rolled and stumbled. Big kiss to Beacon radio and all of our kind sponsors including Wolverhampton Audi and Esporta. From my point of view, a very big thanks to everyone that sent in donations by mail and of course via Just Giving. I’ll keep you posted.
Sunday 19th September is the date for the Run for Dreams this year. We are looking at doing more in the West Park this year though with lots of things to entertain the youngsters too.
I know that we are hoping for a much bigger turn out this year and so I am hoping that many of you will sign up to join Steve Bull, Don Goodman and myself in this really important fundraising event for Promise Dreams.
Good news for those of you that like a bit of a lie in on a Sunday – we’re starting later in the morning………………..Please join us!
Run For Dreams 2010 Application Form
I’ve also got a new JustGiving page to help raise funds for promise dreams, please check it out.
