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    <title><![CDATA[David Mason takes Clowns to new heights]]></title>
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David Takes Clowns in the Sky to new heights.<br />

A big Thank you to David Mason for his magnificent effort in climbing; Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike, Great Gables, Llewydd and Snowdon to raise funds in support of all we do at Clowns in the Sky. His total of &pound;404.99 will go a long way in helping to put a smile of the face of a child suffering from a brain tumour.<br />

David's photos really do put our Clown in the clouds and we very much appreciate all his efforts both the physical climb and the sponsorship raised.<br />

Thank you David<br />

From the team at Clowns in the Sky.<br />

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David Takes Clowns in the Sky to new heights.<br />

A big Thank you to David Mason for his magnificent effort in climbing; Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike, Great Gables, Llewydd and Snowdon to raise funds in support of all we do at Clowns in the Sky. His total of &pound;404.99 will go a long way in helping to put a smile of the face of a child suffering from a brain tumour.<br />

David's photos really do put our Clown in the clouds and we very much appreciate all his efforts both the physical climb and the sponsorship raised.<br />

Thank you David<br />

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    <title><![CDATA[Barclays Bank lend a helping hand]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[We would like to say a very special Thank you to the staff at the following branches of Barclays Bank; Romford, Shenfield, Corringham and Gidea Park. Their recent support both financial and staff hours has made an enormous difference to the success of recent fundraising events and raising awareness for the work we do at Clowns in the Sky. There further commitment promised during the 2011 will no doubt further increase our ability to bring a smile to the face of child with a brain tumour.<br />

Thank you, from the team at Clowns in the Sky.<br />

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    <ecc_detail:content><![CDATA[We would like to say a very special Thank you to the staff at the following branches of Barclays Bank; Romford, Shenfield, Corringham and Gidea Park. Their recent support both financial and staff hours has made an enormous difference to the success of recent fundraising events and raising awareness for the work we do at Clowns in the Sky. There further commitment promised during the 2011 will no doubt further increase our ability to bring a smile to the face of child with a brain tumour.<br />

Thank you, from the team at Clowns in the Sky.<br />

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    <title><![CDATA[Our small business supporters in the community ]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Clowns in the Sky rely on the generosity of individuals to give of their time and finances. In these difficult financial times, when we are all feeling the pinch, the events we hold to raise money need to be ever more rewarding. So it is with heartfelt thanks that we acknowledge the support of small business in our local communities. The support they give with donations of services, raffle prizes, publicity, and our collection tins, means that this all adds up to a big slice of our revenue.<br />

Below are just a few of the business that have supported us recently.<br />

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Millie's Cookies (Lakeside)<br />

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Queen's Theatre (Hornchurch)<br />

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The Park Inn <a href="http://www.parkin.com/">www.parkinn.com</a><br />

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Tahiti Beauty salon <a href="http://www.tahitibeautysalon.co.uk/">www.tahitibeautysalon.co.uk</a><br />

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Costcutters (Newmarket Green, Eltham)<br />

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Smyths Toy Store (Charlton)<br />

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L X Engineering Ltd<br />

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Royal Bank of Scotland   Payroll Giving charity fund (Westcliff-on-Sea)<br />

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The Big yellow (Bromley) <a href="http://www.bigyellow.co.uk">www.bigyellow.co.uk</a><br />

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Fish n Chickn, Essex<br />

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Pridmore Bookmakers <a href="http://www.pridmorebookmakers.co.uk">www.pridmorebookmakers.co.uk</a><br />

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    <ecc_detail:content><![CDATA[Clowns in the Sky rely on the generosity of individuals to give of their time and finances. In these difficult financial times, when we are all feeling the pinch, the events we hold to raise money need to be ever more rewarding. So it is with heartfelt thanks that we acknowledge the support of small business in our local communities. The support they give with donations of services, raffle prizes, publicity, and our collection tins, means that this all adds up to a big slice of our revenue.<br />

Below are just a few of the business that have supported us recently.<br />

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Millie's Cookies (Lakeside)<br />

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Queen's Theatre (Hornchurch)<br />

<br />

The Park Inn <a href="http://www.parkin.com/">www.parkinn.com</a><br />

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Tahiti Beauty salon <a href="http://www.tahitibeautysalon.co.uk/">www.tahitibeautysalon.co.uk</a><br />

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Costcutters (Newmarket Green, Eltham)<br />

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Smyths Toy Store (Charlton)<br />

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L X Engineering Ltd<br />

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Royal Bank of Scotland   Payroll Giving charity fund (Westcliff-on-Sea)<br />

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The Big yellow (Bromley) <a href="http://www.bigyellow.co.uk">www.bigyellow.co.uk</a><br />

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Fish n Chickn, Essex<br />

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Pridmore Bookmakers <a href="http://www.pridmorebookmakers.co.uk">www.pridmorebookmakers.co.uk</a><br />

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    <title><![CDATA[Welcome to Tony Cottee our new Patron]]></title>
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<strong>Former West Ham and England Footballing Legend, and now Sky Sports Commentator/Football Pundit</strong><br />

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Born in West Ham, East London, a lifelong West Ham fan, and family man with 3 children.<br />

Making his first team, First Division debut for West Ham aged just 17 in 1983 and making it very memorable, scoring the first goal in a 3-0 win against Tottenham. By the age of 20 Tony had scored an amazing 37 League goals. Tony received the PFA Young Player of the Year in 1986, and that season had 20 goals with his name on them. The following season saw an even more impressive 22 league goals, and a further 13 goals followed for Tony in 1987-1988. By the age of 23 Tony had played 212 league games for The Hammers with 92 goals scored.<br />

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Tony's other signings included Everton, Leicester City, Norwich City, Barnet, Millwall and the Malaysian side Selangor, and Birmingham City on loan. He was also capped seven times for England.<br />

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His final tally was 579 League games and 226 goals and with competitions this increased to 712 games with 293 goals. Tony exceeded his ambition to score 200 League goals in his career.<br />

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Tony has not only been a success on the pitch but also off of it, he now commentates for Sky Sports and is a regular Pundit on the radio. He has also been very involved with charitable causes, in May 2011 he managed an ex-West Ham Team in a Charity Event organised by Football for Fans, with his team raising money for Great Ormond Street Hospital. In 2010 Tony was involved with a Charity Golf Day for Alzheimer's, in 2009 Tony kicked off a toy appeal for needy children in Newham, and in 2008 Tony supported Cards for Good Causes which have helped various charities including St Francis Hospice in Havering-atte-Bower and St Luke's Hospice in Basildon, Essex. <br />

 <br />

A sporting legend, with commitment, drive and determination, and generally an all-round nice guy   what more could Clowns ask for? <br />

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    <ecc_detail:title><![CDATA[Welcome to Tony Cottee our new Patron]]></ecc_detail:title>
    <ecc_detail:content><![CDATA[<br />

<strong>Former West Ham and England Footballing Legend, and now Sky Sports Commentator/Football Pundit</strong><br />

 <br />

Born in West Ham, East London, a lifelong West Ham fan, and family man with 3 children.<br />

Making his first team, First Division debut for West Ham aged just 17 in 1983 and making it very memorable, scoring the first goal in a 3-0 win against Tottenham. By the age of 20 Tony had scored an amazing 37 League goals. Tony received the PFA Young Player of the Year in 1986, and that season had 20 goals with his name on them. The following season saw an even more impressive 22 league goals, and a further 13 goals followed for Tony in 1987-1988. By the age of 23 Tony had played 212 league games for The Hammers with 92 goals scored.<br />

 <br />

Tony's other signings included Everton, Leicester City, Norwich City, Barnet, Millwall and the Malaysian side Selangor, and Birmingham City on loan. He was also capped seven times for England.<br />

 <br />

His final tally was 579 League games and 226 goals and with competitions this increased to 712 games with 293 goals. Tony exceeded his ambition to score 200 League goals in his career.<br />

 <br />

Tony has not only been a success on the pitch but also off of it, he now commentates for Sky Sports and is a regular Pundit on the radio. He has also been very involved with charitable causes, in May 2011 he managed an ex-West Ham Team in a Charity Event organised by Football for Fans, with his team raising money for Great Ormond Street Hospital. In 2010 Tony was involved with a Charity Golf Day for Alzheimer's, in 2009 Tony kicked off a toy appeal for needy children in Newham, and in 2008 Tony supported Cards for Good Causes which have helped various charities including St Francis Hospice in Havering-atte-Bower and St Luke's Hospice in Basildon, Essex. <br />

 <br />

A sporting legend, with commitment, drive and determination, and generally an all-round nice guy   what more could Clowns ask for? <br />

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    <title><![CDATA[Rainforest Cafe Thank you]]></title>
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Clowns in the Sky would like to say Thank you to Georgina Wood, Sales &amp; Marketing at The Rainforest Cafe for their voucher donation that will help raise much needed funds and also for the discount vouchers that we have distributed. Their support is much appreciated.<br />

<br />

<a href="http://www.therainforestcafe.co.uk/">www.therainforestcafe.co.uk</a> <br />

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Clowns in the Sky would like to say Thank you to Georgina Wood, Sales &amp; Marketing at The Rainforest Cafe for their voucher donation that will help raise much needed funds and also for the discount vouchers that we have distributed. Their support is much appreciated.<br />

<br />

<a href="http://www.therainforestcafe.co.uk/">www.therainforestcafe.co.uk</a> <br />

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    <title><![CDATA[Jennifers Nanny continues to raise lots of pennies for Clowns in the Sky]]></title>
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It's time we said a very special Thank you to Jennifer's nanny Sheila Gwyther.<br />

Over the past seven years she has raised thousands of pounds selling her hand made cards &amp; jewellery, running numerous raffles &amp; auctions and supporting any event we run at Clowns in the Sky.<br />

Her hard work has kept the spirit and memory of her Granddaughter alive and we would like to say a special Thank you.<br />

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    <ecc_detail:content><![CDATA[<img width="250" height="188" alt="" src="http://www.clownsinthesky.org/UserFiles/Image/Blog/sheila.jpg" /><br />

It's time we said a very special Thank you to Jennifer's nanny Sheila Gwyther.<br />

Over the past seven years she has raised thousands of pounds selling her hand made cards &amp; jewellery, running numerous raffles &amp; auctions and supporting any event we run at Clowns in the Sky.<br />

Her hard work has kept the spirit and memory of her Granddaughter alive and we would like to say a special Thank you.<br />

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    <title><![CDATA[Thank you to Big Yellow store at Bromley]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Clowns in the Sky would like to say a big Thank You to Scott Mackenzie, Store Manager and all the staff at The Big yellow storage in Bromley for their continued support.<br />

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www.bigyellow.co.uk <br />

<br />

The Big Yellow have very kindly supplied one of their units free of charge to Clowns in the Sky for storage of our Activity &amp; Sensory trolleys that we supply to Children's cancer Wards nationwide. Without this support we would be unable to have these trolleys ready to dispatch at short notice.<br />

The children and Play specialist love our trolleys and they really do make a difference to the time spent in Hospital.<br />

Once again a big thank you from all at Clowns in the Sky.<br />

<img width="350" height="263" alt="" src="http://www.clownsinthesky.org/UserFiles/Image/Blog/Big%20Yellow%20Store%201.jpg" /><br />

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    <ecc_detail:title><![CDATA[Thank you to Big Yellow store at Bromley]]></ecc_detail:title>
    <ecc_detail:content><![CDATA[Clowns in the Sky would like to say a big Thank You to Scott Mackenzie, Store Manager and all the staff at The Big yellow storage in Bromley for their continued support.<br />

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www.bigyellow.co.uk <br />

<br />

The Big Yellow have very kindly supplied one of their units free of charge to Clowns in the Sky for storage of our Activity &amp; Sensory trolleys that we supply to Children's cancer Wards nationwide. Without this support we would be unable to have these trolleys ready to dispatch at short notice.<br />

The children and Play specialist love our trolleys and they really do make a difference to the time spent in Hospital.<br />

Once again a big thank you from all at Clowns in the Sky.<br />

<img width="350" height="263" alt="" src="http://www.clownsinthesky.org/UserFiles/Image/Blog/Big%20Yellow%20Store%201.jpg" /><br />

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    <title><![CDATA[Smyths support their staff running in Brentwood half marathon]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A special Thank You to Smyth's Toy Store for their donation of &pound;1,000.00 in support of their staff members, Dean Jagger, Amber Wildes &amp; Jessica Chambers. All three staff members successfully completed the Brentwood Half Marathon on Sunday 20th March 2011 in support of Clowns in the Sky.]]></description>
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    <ecc_detail:content><![CDATA[A special Thank You to Smyth's Toy Store for their donation of &pound;1,000.00 in support of their staff members, Dean Jagger, Amber Wildes &amp; Jessica Chambers. All three staff members successfully completed the Brentwood Half Marathon on Sunday 20th March 2011 in support of Clowns in the Sky.]]></ecc_detail:content>
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    <description><![CDATA[<b><u>Brentwood Half Marathon</u>                                                                                          <u>Sunday 20th March 2011</u></b><br />

<b>A HUGE THANK YOU</b> to those 12 runners who made such an effort to run 13 miles in aid of Clowns in the Sky at the Brentwood Half Marathon on Sunday 20th March.<br />

I'm told conditions were quite good for a run, but no conditions are ever good for me running.<br />

You really are all very brave, pounding those roads and without iPods too, it was news to us all that all headsets were banned.<br />

Now I'm no expert but Ruth, how amazing are you? A fabulous first time of 1.47:12, placed at 565 of around 2500 runners, with Richard not far behind at 1.47:29 and position of 583, and Dean Well you were through first but you do have to wear your tag to get clocked, oh! I'm getting all technical now.<br />

This is the list of runners and their times, but what was so important was the awareness raised about  Clowns in Essex, being promoted by 12 runners in our t-shirts. Also the sponsorship money raised (awaiting a final total). Runners be proud of yourselves, for your dedication, effort and team work; I really hope you went home with a feel good factor and sense of achievement. We are all very proud of you:                                        <b>Chip                                         Gun                            Placed</b><br />

Dean Ord                                             ?                                                              ?<br />

Ruth Rhodes                                      1.47:12                                    1.50:12                       565<br />

Richard Chambers                           1.47:29                                    1.50:29                       583<br />

Gary Warwick                                    1.57:08                                     1.58:23                       908<br />

Ray Hill                                                 2.03:03                                    2.04:22                      1101<br />

Dean Jagger                                       2.11:08                                     2.12:51                     1416<br />

Joseph Ansah                                    2.11:11                                      2.14:11                     1454<br />

Jessica Chambers                            2.23:14                                     2.24:56                      1728<br />

Mark Rowlatt                                     2.23:49                                        2.26:47                      1769<br />

Claire Evenden                                 2.56:33                                        2.58:16                     1985<br />

Roger Portanier                               3.16:05                                         3.17:48                      2022<br />

Amber Wildes                                   3.16:06                                         3.17:48                      2016<br />

The support you gave each other was great too, and I was very thankful of the help given by the lovely volunteers: Gary and Kim Smith, and Iris Cunningham.<br />

Shall we do it again next year? Put the 25th March 2012 in your calendars please.<br />

<b>THANKS AGAIN. Donna<br />

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    <ecc_detail:content><![CDATA[<b><u>Brentwood Half Marathon</u>                                                                                          <u>Sunday 20th March 2011</u></b><br />

<b>A HUGE THANK YOU</b> to those 12 runners who made such an effort to run 13 miles in aid of Clowns in the Sky at the Brentwood Half Marathon on Sunday 20th March.<br />

I'm told conditions were quite good for a run, but no conditions are ever good for me running.<br />

You really are all very brave, pounding those roads and without iPods too, it was news to us all that all headsets were banned.<br />

Now I'm no expert but Ruth, how amazing are you? A fabulous first time of 1.47:12, placed at 565 of around 2500 runners, with Richard not far behind at 1.47:29 and position of 583, and Dean Well you were through first but you do have to wear your tag to get clocked, oh! I'm getting all technical now.<br />

This is the list of runners and their times, but what was so important was the awareness raised about  Clowns in Essex, being promoted by 12 runners in our t-shirts. Also the sponsorship money raised (awaiting a final total). Runners be proud of yourselves, for your dedication, effort and team work; I really hope you went home with a feel good factor and sense of achievement. We are all very proud of you:                                        <b>Chip                                         Gun                            Placed</b><br />

Dean Ord                                             ?                                                              ?<br />

Ruth Rhodes                                      1.47:12                                    1.50:12                       565<br />

Richard Chambers                           1.47:29                                    1.50:29                       583<br />

Gary Warwick                                    1.57:08                                     1.58:23                       908<br />

Ray Hill                                                 2.03:03                                    2.04:22                      1101<br />

Dean Jagger                                       2.11:08                                     2.12:51                     1416<br />

Joseph Ansah                                    2.11:11                                      2.14:11                     1454<br />

Jessica Chambers                            2.23:14                                     2.24:56                      1728<br />

Mark Rowlatt                                     2.23:49                                        2.26:47                      1769<br />

Claire Evenden                                 2.56:33                                        2.58:16                     1985<br />

Roger Portanier                               3.16:05                                         3.17:48                      2022<br />

Amber Wildes                                   3.16:06                                         3.17:48                      2016<br />

The support you gave each other was great too, and I was very thankful of the help given by the lovely volunteers: Gary and Kim Smith, and Iris Cunningham.<br />

Shall we do it again next year? Put the 25th March 2012 in your calendars please.<br />

<b>THANKS AGAIN. Donna<br />

<img alt="" width="250" height="188" src="http://www.clownsinthesky.org/UserFiles/Image/Brentwood%201.JPG" /><br />

<img alt="" width="150" height="200" src="http://www.clownsinthesky.org/UserFiles/Image/Gary%20Warwick%20&amp;%20Ray%20Hill.JPG" /><img alt="" width="150" height="113" src="http://www.clownsinthesky.org/UserFiles/Image/Iris%20Cunningham%20&amp;%20Gary%20&amp;%20Kim%20Smith.JPG" /><img alt="" width="150" height="200" src="http://www.clownsinthesky.org/UserFiles/Image/Joe.JPG" /><img width="150" height="200" alt="" src="http://www.clownsinthesky.org/UserFiles/Image/Mark.JPG" /><br />

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Well done Shania, we are all very proud of you.<br />

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    <ecc_detail:content><![CDATA[A very special Thank You for a little girl called Shania Muir, for completing her first ever run at Hastings on Sunday 20th March 2011. Shania, who was a friend of Jennifer raised an impressive amount of &pound;105.00 to help support the work we do at Clowns in the Sky.<br />

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Well done Shania, we are all very proud of you.<br />

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