I went to Stoke Mandeville today..

[Andy G]

you've got your volunteer mate! Can you house some more of my tools for my particular trade? Electricians are quite sort after

Another Anston volunteer here you only have to ask and we'll be there !!!!

Andy

[delta1]

We've got the wrecking crew then!

Any offers to help with a rebuild?

[windowrest]

I'm skint, but I am up for a work party... If this is a venue for para olympics there may be a plan in place to make it shiny for 2012, no harm in a tidy up in the mean time though...

[Dinkum dude]

No one has mentioned or has offered to supply the eager beavers anything to work with yet, It wouldn't be good to turn up with nothing for the rebuild

I run a building company and have a fair bit of clout when it comes to purchasing materials, I know that one of my main suppliers does a lot of fundraising events for charity and are very likely to offer some very good help to this very worthy cause if I were to bend the right ears

Let me know if I can help, give me a list of what you guys need and i'll pass it on to the right people. For a start I'm pretty sure I can get my hands on some ex display stuff for free eg. Bathrooms and kitchen for sure, it will just need to be transported.

[lightning22]

I take it Jimmy Saville isn't into shooting then?

Rich

[Nealsey]

No one has mentioned or has offered to supply the eager beavers anything to work with yet, It wouldn't be good to turn up with nothing for the rebuild

I run a building company and have a fair bit of clout when it comes to purchasing materials, I know that one of my main suppliers does a lot of fundraising events for charity and are very likely to offer some very good help to this very worthy cause if I were to bend the right ears

Let me know if I can help, give me a list of what you guys need and i'll pass it on to the right people. For a start I'm pretty sure I can get my hands on some ex display stuff for free eg. Bathrooms and kitchen for sure, it will just need to be transported.

That's good stuff, materials are a good thing and extremely necessary to get any project off the ground. I have spoken to Terry D about getting some requirements and a detailed plan of the existing place to establish just what the scope of the project will be.

It will need help from all quarters though, fund raising, contributions, labour, materials etc. An exact scope needs to be estblished before we can start getting the stuff and workforce together.

Hopefully Terry can liaise with the Stoke Mandeville people to get some
details to work from.

Nealsey

[sparky]

The shoot for the fund will be at Millride(Midlands) on the 4th of November.

It wont be FT or HFT but a Hybrid format(details to follow)

Pete

[Big Mafoota]

think contacting the mags like airgun world, would be good to get support

The editor started the thread

[snock]

how do i donate then?

http://www.airgunbbs.com/forums/show...&postcount=213

[8mm Mauser]

Who cn we post a cheque to and who is it payable to?

[Dinkum dude]

No one has mentioned or has offered to supply the eager beavers anything to work with yet, It wouldn't be good to turn up with nothing for the rebuild

I run a building company and have a fair bit of clout when it comes to purchasing materials, I know that one of my main suppliers does a lot of fundraising events for charity and are very likely to offer some very good help to this very worthy cause if I were to bend the right ears

Let me know if I can help, give me a list of what you guys need and i'll pass it on to the right people. For a start I'm pretty sure I can get my hands on some ex display stuff for free eg. Bathrooms and kitchen for sure, it will just need to be transported.

In response to my post yesterday I called in to my main suppliers for a friendly chat with the manager re this fine cause.

And yes they are willing to help number one you are guranteed my discounts (which are very good) Plus further discounts as it is for a good cause, they will even approach their suppliers for further discounts for you. I'll be pushing to get the stuff for cost or less.

If paying for the materials imediately is a problem then I will offer use of my credit facilities with them to you, I should be able to let you use up to £15,000 of my credit if it helps. This is usually 30-60 days but I can get them extended if necessary.

One thing we will need this end is a list of materials and if possible a commencement date for the works.

This is a multi branch company in the south and the manager said that he will approach the managing director of the company with regard to this matter.

I hope this is of some help, I can also make Saturday if I'm needed.

Please feel free to Pm me if you wish to contact me.

Lets all make this happen for these guys

[Troubledshooter]

My father was an inpatient at Stoke Mandeville for quite a few years in the late forties and early fifties, and along with the usual therapeutic activities designated suitable for paraplegics, he became very good at Archery, even though he had never touched a bow in his life before that time, being a University rower and golfer.
I can't remember him saying anything about a shooting club, but even if there were one in existence at the time, he wouldn't have belonged to it as he was extremely anti gun. I was never allowed an air pistol at home, and even toy guns as gifts were discouraged.
I remember he had nothing but praise for the therapists at Stoke, apart from frequent references to their only skill requirement being a degree in Masochism, or words to that effect , who helped him immeasurably, and it is very sad to hear of the decline in the standard of shooting facilities offered.
I wonder if they still practice Archery as well.

[snock]

I wonder if they still practice Archery as well.

I believe they do.

I'm trying to locate the website I found last night which lists some of the activities they do. I'm sure archery was on it.


Edit: it's here.
More.
Yet more.

[Big Mafoota]

Whatever it is that gets arranged, I'm in.

[Smokeless Coal]

Just done a bit of publicising, hope something can be done.

There but for the grace of god.