Generous donations from premier venue helps Wolverhampton domestic violence charity
The festive season has again benefitted a Wolverhampton domestic violence charity after it received a large donation from a banqueting suite it has partnered with.
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The Haven Wolverhampton was able to provide women and children fleeing domestic violence with Christmas dinners, home essentials, presents and the means to be able to celebrate the festive season after running a series of fundraising raffles which raised £5,523.14.
The raffles took place during Christmas events in December at Grand Station Wolverhampton and continues a partnership between the venue and the charity which started in 2015.
Grand Station director of sales and development Danny Thompson met with members of the Haven on Tuesday to receive a certificate of thanks and spoke about the partnership between the two groups.
He said: "The Christmas parties are my favourite time of the year as I love organising them and getting people down to them and we've been working with Haven as part of those events since 2015.
"Each year, we give a percentage of ticket money to them, as well as their members doing collections, raffles and all sorts of fun games to help raise money.
"The total raised from the year just gone is amazing as we only did six events across December, so I thought the Haven guys did really well to raise such a large amount of money."
Haven senior fundraising officer Chloe Evans said the raffles had been one source of income, with tickets sold at £2 each or three for £5, as well as a spin the wheel event, and raised more than £1,000 at four of the events.
She said having the support of Grand Station, which is one of the premier event venues in Wolverhampton, meant a lot because it helped them do more in terms of fundraising and helped them make Christmas more special for the people it helped.
She said: "It's amazing and we wouldn't be able to do Christmas without the Grand Station and to be able to raise more than five and a half thousand pounds from just six events is fantastic.
"The Christmas events get busier every year and I think our feedback from it was a lot stronger as we had so many people tell us that they'd heard of the Haven or had a family member be supported by it, so we got some really good feedback.
"The money went towards ensuring that the women and children had Christmas dinners, provided essentials for women who had come to us at the last minute and provide presents to children, so it's a lovely pot of money that we can spend and give them the Christmas they deserve."
