SVA rises to charity challenge
Shoreham Vehicle Auctions (SVA) has raised over £25,000 for Chestnut Tree House Children’s Hospice (CTH) at its 10th annual charity auction.
This brings its total fundraising efforts for the charity to date to £181,523.
During a period of such unpredictability and disruption for businesses and charities nationwide, SVA had originally pledged its support to CTH by committing to donate £10,000 to the charity.
However, thanks to the generosity of the south coast’s motor trade including Frosts4Cars, Yeomans, and Tates who all donated cars as well as local independent dealers who made pledges on care packages the total raised for the charity during this year’s online event exceeded £25,000 in total.
Held online due to Lockdown 2.0 restrictions, the revamped format saw dealers pledge 60 hours of hydrotherapy, 42 sessions of a multi-sensory experience and 10 hours of care at Chestnut Treen House.
Catherine Stone, SVA’s business development manager who has led the campaign since SVA began supporting the charity in 2011, said: “This was our 10th year of supporting Chestnut Tree House, and despite extremely challenging circumstances for all, we weren’t about to abandon our goals. We were blown away by the support which has been shown to CTH in its hour of need.
“We were pleased to be able to put our skills of conducting remote auctions to use at a time when needed the most and truly could not have asked for any more amazing support. Surpassing £25,000 during such a challenging year really does highlight the generosity and resilience of the automotive trade. We’d like to thank all of our suppliers and those who contributed towards achieving such a significant fundraising total.”
Sarah Colbourne, head of fundraising at Chestnut Tree House said, “On behalf of everyone at Chestnut Tree House, I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone at Shoreham Vehicle Auctions for raising an incredible £25,000 – more than enough to pay for three days of care at Chestnut Tree House – where families will receive specialist care and symptom management from our nursing team and, sadly, end of life care if it is needed.”
