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Alresford Choir to perform Handel’s Messiah
On Sunday April 2nd 2017, the Alresford Community Choir will be performing George Frideric Handel’s Messiah in the Harvey Hall Performing Arts Centre, St. Swithun’s School, Winchester, to raise funds for The Murray Parish Trust. The choir’s...
The Holfords take on 12 Challenges in 12 Months!
Emma Holford (a South Hampshire Paramedic) decided to do something a bit different to celebrate her 40th year. While many of us may choose a trip away or throw a huge party to mark this particular milestone, Emma opted for a new challenge,...
Darius & friends raise over £6,000 at Bournemouth Marathon Festival.
Back in October 2016 Darius & Friends took part in several races at the Bournemouth Marathon Festival to raise money for The Murray Parish Trust. We are hugely proud to announce that this team of nine; Darius Khwaja, Sabrina...
FILM EXPO SOUTH 2017 support #2MillionSteps
We are hugely excited to hear that Film Expo South will be supporting The Murray Parish Trust’s #2MillionSteps appeal at their upcoming event in February. Already referred to as one of the region’s most exciting events in the film making...
Highlights of 2016 – The Murray Parish Trust
Filled with Festivals, Marathons, Shows, Partnerships and a very Odd Ball, 2016 most memorably saw the launch of our #2MillionSteps appeal. We’ve taken a look back over the year and wanted to share with you some of the highlights of our busiest 365 days...
Thank You to Staff at Paultons Park!
We would like to say a huge thank you to the super staff at Paultons Park for their donation of £1,583.80 to The Murray Parish Trust. The money was raised through 2 different events. The first was a Quiz night which was attended by 90 staff...
Fundraising ‘gems’ at Jeremy France Jewellers.
Jeremy France Jewellers is a family run jewellery business, based in Winchester, Hampshire and have been supporting The Murray Parish Trust throughout 2016. They have so far raised over £6,500 for the charity. “We were immediately touched by...
Duchess of Cornwall opens Piam Brown at Southampton Hospital.
The Murray Parish Trust were delighted to attended the opening of the newly refurbished children’s cancer unit at Southampton General Hospital on Thursday 24th November. James Murray, Samantha Robson and Kathryn Griffith met The Duchess of Cornwall during...
Oh, What a night! The Odd Ball 2016 raises 68k!
Sporting an array of outfits including top hats, aviator goggles, odd socks and even ‘oddly’ coloured eyes – guests of The Odd Ball 2016 fully embraced the steampunk to black tie ‘anything goes’ dress code and arrived to meet their hosts Sarah Parish and...
Ideal Fundraising!
At the beginning of 2016 The Ideal Collection pledged to support The Murray Parish Trust with fundraising initiatives at their venues across Hampshire and West Sussex. By donating 50 pence for every bottle of New Forest Spring Water purchased...
Family fundraising at The Great South Run 2016.
Earlier this year Tracey Edwards and her daughter Ruby Funnell were so moved by a speech given at Ruby’s school (Princes Mead) by Sarah Parish and James Murray, that they pledged to support The Murray Parish Trust’s #2MillionSteps...
The Ovation Rock Show
Young groups, singer-songwriters and choirs from Chichester Music Academy, Chichester College and local schools are taking to the stage in January for charity. Organised by Ovation Music, a Chichester based charity which provides...
The Times & The Sunday Times Interview
The Epicurean Collection venues raise more for charity.
The Epicurean is an online magazine dedicated to the finest in British food, comfort and culture. They have scoured the South of England to hand pick ‘The Epicurean Collection’, their favourite inns that provide not only high quality...
Darius & Friends take on Bournemouth Marathons.
Darius and his team are currently training hard in preparation for running the Bournemouth full and half marathons in this year’s Bournemouth Marathon Festival. Running on the 2nd October, this team of eight have chosen to support The Murray Parish Trust #2MillionSteps appeal which aims to raise £2million to provide a dedicated children’s emergency and trauma department at Southampton University Hospital. This specialised paediatric facility will serve nine counties across the South of England…
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Couple raise over £3,000 in Uganda’s race like no other.
On June 5th 2016 Lottie Moore and Léon Milns took part in the Uganda International Marathon (dubbed ‘A race like no other’ with very good reason) and raised a fantastic £3,055 in the process!
Fundraising for The Murray Parish Trust took this couple on a trip of a lifetime and we caught up with them to find out how this incredible experience has been life changing for them as well as all those that will be touched by their charity inspired adventure. We asked them a few questions..
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Family ‘trio’ to take part in ‘Great South Run’ for charity.
Tracey Edwards was so moved after listening to a speech from actors Sarah Parish and James Murray when they visited her daughter’s school, Princes Mead, earlier this year that she has taken on the challenge of running The Great South...
