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Back in February, we got involved with Stephen Brown’s Computers for Schools fundraising initiative. To help to provide much needed computer equipment to schools. Harrisons Homes purchase a laptop under the scheme and donated it to Fulston Manor school in Sittingbourne.
We have been following Stephen’s progress. With the support of Agents Giving he has pulled agents together across the UK to support the scheme. As of the time of writing this blog. The scheme has raised over £85,000 and donated 741 laptops/tablets and 12 dongles to schools nationwide.
What is even more remarkable, is that Stephen’s wife Sam, sadly passed away from a terminal illness whilst Stephen was fundraising for schools. Stephen is now fundraising in Sam’s memory, and hopes to raise £200,000 to help provide learning opportunities to many more disadvantaged children nationwide.
We wanted to get involved. This time around we would focus on supporting primary aged children across Swale.
Usually agents pledge to donate on each completed sale (similar to our ongoing donations to Holding On Letting Go). After 20 completed house sales, agents are gifted a laptop. For the agent to then donate to a school of their choice. Or, after 5 completed sales agents are given a tablet to donate.
But there’s more…
That’s not all though. Our friends and supporters over at Shore Way Marketing have pledged to match our donations to this scheme. So now we will be giving a laptop to a local school after every 10 completions or a tablet after 3.
There will be many different ways that the community can nominate their school for a laptop or tablet, follow our facebook or Instagram accounts to find out more.
If you would like to know more about the computers for schools scheme. Please visit https://agentsgiving.org/computer-for-schools-fundraising-scheme/
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Exciting news just in! We are absolutely delighted to announce that Harrisons have become “Sittingbourne’s Award Winning Agent” after winning “Best Fundraising Campaign” by Agents Giving.
To receive any award for our achievements is wonderful. We are especially proud of this award as it recognises the work we do for charity. To have been able to raise so much for child bereavement charity Holding On Letting Go over the past couple of years has been something we are very proud of, to have been given this award in recognition on this work is just amazing.
We are very proud of our amazing team, who have worked so hard to make this possible.
If you are thinking of selling your home. Why not give Sittingbourne’s Award Winning Estate Agent, Harrisons, a call on 01795 474848.
Since this article was published, Harrisons Homes have been awarded two more awards at The ESTAS Awards. Awarded Best In County and Gold in The Estate Agent Awards 2021. For more details please read our blog.
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Other Charity work
- Run a charity raffle raising £820
- Ryan completed a 150 mile bike ride
- Donated a laptop to Sittingbourne secondary school Fulston Manor, for students to use whilst homeschooling
- Run a Christmas appeal to ensure that every child under the services of HOLG received a Christmas Gift.
- Sponsored a local garage safari sale, in aid of The Faversham Creek Trust
- Sponsored a charity golf day
“To me it’s giving something back. Our industry is known for a lot of negativity, however I/we are driven to making a difference in people’s lives and that’s not just selling their house. Since Covid, there’s been a lot of businesses and charities that have struggled and we wanted to do our bit to help where needed. So we are not just taking, we are giving back. Holding On Letting Go was where it started. No child should have to go through dealing with loss, and if our contribution makes just a small difference to their lives, it’s worth every penny”
The winner will be announced at a charity ball hosted by Phil Spenser on 24th September.
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To celebrate raising an amazing £10k for Holding On Letting Go. On Saturday, teamed up with staff and volunteers from the charity. Pitching a pop up stall in Sittingbourne High Street.
We had a wonderful day. It was fantastic for our staff to meet the team from Holding On Letting Go. Shoppers and members of the public joined in with our raffle and tombola and hopefully learned something about this very important local charity too.
Raising a glass to toast this achievement. Harrisons have pledged to continue the support for the children’s charity. By committing to more fundraising in future and a pledge to bring the total raised to £20k. We are hoping to achieve the figure by this time next year!
Fund raising initiatives organised by Harrisons included donating £50 for every house sale; holding raffles, and a team member participating in a sponsored bike ride. Harrisons worked with other local businesses to donate Christmas presents to the children supported by Holding On Letting Go.
All the staff at Harrisons have got behind the fundraising initiative which has only been running for 12 months. It has already raised enough money for the charity to support 30 children. Who are struggling with the loss of someone they love. In the UK, a child is bereaved of a parent every 22 minutes. With more being bereaved of a sibling, other family member, or friends. The services offered by Holding On Letting Go are invaluable to many children throughout Kent.
To find out more about Holding On Letting Go and the work they do with bereaved children. Visit their website here. Or to learn more about our fundraising efforts. Read our article Harrisons Estate Agent Raise £10,000 For Charity
