Basepoint Camberley raises £350 for Christopher’s Smile
Basepoint Camberley is delighted to announce that they have raised approximately £350 so far for local charity, Christopher’s Smile.
The centre’s most recent fundraising efforts, inspired by the Olympics, involved licensees taking part in a hula hoop challenge with first place going to Jason Chappel, from Intelligent Digital Media, who managed to hula hoop for a lengthy 41 minutes and 59 seconds.
Anne Moore, Assistant manager, comments: “Everyone that took part showed great enthusiasm and it’s great to be able to show our support for the charity in some imaginative ways. We are also due to take part in the charity’s fashion show on Wednesday 12th September, where we will be selling designer handbags to help raise more money.”
Basepoint Business Centres, who specialise in the development and operation of flexible business, innovation and enterprise centres, is owned by The ACT Foundation, a leading UK grant-making charity, dedicated to improving the quality of life of those in need. As such, each centre is dedicated to fundraising for a selected charity and The ACT Foundation match funds any money raised by the chosen charity, up to the value of £10,000 per centre.
Christopher’s Smile is a charity that funds the development of new biological drugs to treat medulloblastoma and other childhood cancers without devastating side effects. These drugs will provide an effective cure for all and save the lives of the children who currently do not survive this awful disease. By directly funding academic researchers, Christopher’s Smile will expedite the testing and development of these new drugs enabling children in the future to have access to more effective and safer treatments.
Basepoint Camberley is situated on the western edge of Camberley town centre, giving easy access to M3 links and junction 12 of the M25. Basepoint Camberley has 57 office and workspace units. All units are available on flexible easy-in easy-out licence agreements which mean that businesses can expand or downsize as their needs change, with as little as two week’s notice. For more information, or to enquire about business space at Basepoint Camberley, please call 0800 197 3486, visit www.basepoint.co.uk or email [email protected].