Fundraising

Since 2010, Uptonogood? has raised in the region of £65k for good causes and local groups. £40K of this has been spent right here in Upton helping to improve our village amenities, particularly our recreation facilities and village hall. The majority of the remainder has been distributed to other local groups and organisations that help us make the day a success. In particular Blewbury Primary School’s fantastic burgers have raised some £14K for the school. A full list of the monies raised and donations given can be seen in the table below or downloaded via the following link:

https://www.uptonogood.org.uk/uptonogood-fundraising-summary-2019/

 

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2019	Total
Money raised	3,650	5,188	7,385	11,597	9,070	10,320	9,995	8,549	65,793
Charitable Donations:
Upton Playground / Recreation Ground		3,000	3,000	2,000	3,534	3,514	2,360	3,877	21,305
Upton Village Hall (UVHAT)	3,000	70	500	5,235	1,010	4,064	3,158	1,000	18,056
Blewbury School	400	952	3,000	2,400	1,472	2,277	2,018	1,716	14,235
Didcot Air Cadets	250	250	250	350	350	350	350	350	2,500
Upton Parish Council – Marquee(s)				1,241					1,241
Upton Table Tennis Club					300				300
Benson Vintage Bike Club		50	50	50	50		50		250
Hagbourne Scouts						200	200	200	600
Blewbury Brass Band							500	200	700
Other donations nominated by marshals:
Action Medical Research						20			20
Air Ambulance				500	120	100	100	480	1,300
Alzheimer’s Society				20			40		60
Becky Brown Sponsorship								120	120
Brain Tumor Charity					20				20
Breast Cancer					20				20
British Heart Foundation					20	20	20		60
British Red Cross						40			40
Cancer Research					40	40	60		140
Cats Protection						40			40
Christian Aid					40				40
Clic Sergeant							60		60
Coppafeel!							200		200
Diabetes UK					40	40	40		120
Didcot Park Run						20	20		40
Didcot TRAIN						20			20
Distonia Society							20		20
Enrych						20			20
Footsteps						40	100		140
Foundation for the study of Infant Deaths							20		20
Friends of St Marys					200	40		500	740
Give Bees a Chance							20		20
Grove U16 Rugby								160	160
Hagbourne Scouts					20	20		20	60
Harwell Primary School							20		20
Helen & Douglas House							20		20
Home Farm Trust						20			20
Hope For Justice					20				20
Macmillan Nurses					60		20		80
Maggie’s Oxford						20			20
MS Society				140	40	40			220
Music In Hospitals						40			40
NRAS								40	40
NSPCC							40		40
Parkinson’s UK					40		100		140
Prostate Cancer					20	20	20		60
PSP Association: Progressive Supranuclear Palsy						20			20
Ridgeway National Trail								250	250
Riding for the Disabled (Abingdon)						20			20
RSPCA				20					20
Samaritans Newbury					20				20
Save the Children							20		20
Smile Train				40		40	40		120
Stepping Stones						20			20
Style Acre				60	40	40	40		180
Sue Ryder Hospice							20		20
The Polycystic Kidney Disease Charity							20		20
UVHAT				240	140	80	120		580
Wallingford Volunteer Centre						20	20		40
Water Aid				40	40		20		100
WWF							20		20
Yattendon CE Primary School				40	80	80		100	300
	3,650	4,322	6,800	12,376	7,737	11,364	9,915	9,013	65,177
Retained funds	0	865	1,450	671	2,005	1,000	1,080	616	616

Notes:

1. Upton Playground / Recreation Ground. £3k was for the new Upton play area, and as a result of raising these funds locally we were able to obtain a grant from WREN for the rest of the funds for the project. The play area was officially opened at Uptonogood 2012. £5k was for the bike pump track, an extension of the new play area making use of the piles of earth created when the foundations were dug for the Village Hall extension.  The £3,534 in 2014 is a contribution towards the new ride-on mower (£2,684), pump track repairs (£350) and the pump track annual maintenance contract (£500).
2. Blewbury School. Each year we raise money for Blewbury School, partly through money raised by the BBQ which is run by the school governors and partly through charitable matching. The money raised has been primarily for the proposed new year 6 classroom.
3. Upton Village Hall. In 2010 almost all of the money raised was for the Upton Village Hall Amenity Trust (UVHAT) to help fund the village hall extension. Since then some money has been used each year for improving the facilities in the village hall. In 2013 and 2014 a further £6,245 was raised for the village hall which will go towards the new kitchen and other hall facilities, benefiting both the hall and the Uptonogood event.