Category: Fundraising
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Police Sergeant’s 1st marathon is for SLC
Sergeant May Preston from the Salford Central Neighbourhood Policing Team will be taking part in the Belfast Marathon on 7 May 2012 to raise money for the club. Sergeant Preston said: “It’s a really iconic building and it’s great that they have stayed close to their roots and chosen to do so much good within…
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ebay auction of Smiths memorabilia for SLC
Stephen Wright, photographer of the iconic picture of the Smiths outside SLC (used on the inside sleeve of the Queen is Dead) has generoulsy donated one of the original proofs sent to him by Rough Trade Records. This is now being auctioned on ebay with the money raised going to the club. If you would…
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New T shirt from Topman
We have a new T shirt available, courtesy of Topman, who have helped our fundraising campaign by designing and printing it for us. We are also grateful to 3 smiths fans from Leicestershire who called by last week and agreed to model the new shirt. Its in black with a picture of the famous sign…
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Charlatans and Topman fundraise for SLC
The Charlatans performed in Manchester last night, part of a Topman CTRL event in aid of the club. For more pictures and full reports go to http://www.topmanctrl.com/2010/10/21/ctrl-live-manchester-review/ http://www.nme.com/news/the-charlatans/53502 “This one’s for Salford Lads Club,” said lead singer Tim Burgess “Let’s keep it going for another 100 years”. It’s Brilliant that so many people give us…
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White Collar Boxing for SLC and St Ann’s Hospice
Boxing coaches Russ Arrowsmith and Dave Connell have organised a 4th fight night at the Willows Variety Club in Salford. It’s next Friday 16th July with all proceeds going to Salford Lads’ Club and St Ann’s Hospice. For the past 6 months the novice boxers have worked along side ex professionals to reach a stage…
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Workhouse children in the concert hall
On Tuesday nights we have lots of young people rehearsing a new version of Oliver Twist. Its called Ollie Wiva Twist – produced by Tracie and Dan from the Salford Foundation. All the young people taking part, are from Salford. The final production takes place at the Lowry – August 25th. Proceeds from the show…
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Fundraising team
Our intrepid team of bag packers spent a weekend at our local supermarket recently, raising funds for this years annual camp. Thanks to Sainsbury’s and customers for helping us raise a brilliant £1712 in 2 days.
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Lads & Dads breakfast and pool
The club held a new event on Saturday morning, a lads and dads pool competition, followed by breakfast. Pictures show cooks Dennis and Ryan making the breakfast and our 16 competitors.
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Fight Night 3
Every year boxing coaches Russ Arrowsmith and Dave Connell who work from our gym help raise money for Salford charities. This year they aim to raise money for the Salfordian Holiday home for the Elderly. The event is Fight Night 3 which will take place at the Willows Variety Centre in Salford on October 2nd…
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Fans ebay auction for Salford Lads’ Club
Smiths fans have put 4 items on ebay to raise funds for the club. There are 2 framed original Smiths photos by Stephen Wright and a couple of weird and wonderful Morrissey figures – one knitted and one modelled in clay. Please follow the link to view auction items and make a bid to support the club. http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/glayven