Number 8 Group Director and New Zealand All Blacks Legend Zinzan Brooke assists us with our latest fundraiser

Regular readers of posts on this page will know that C&D Consultancy are the approved training partners for Number 8 Group and that we try to raise money for our chosen charities Breast Cancer Now (via Legacy 4 Lucy) and Bark Inn Kennels whenever and however we can.

Our next fundraiser for the two worthy causes is "An Evening with Zinzan Brooke" on Thursday, 2nd February 2017 at The Copthorne Hotel at Brierley Hill, Dudley.

Tickets are £50 each and full details are the flyer below (click the flyer to see it full size). You can book tickets from Route 39 or through C&D.

Charity fundraising event on September 1st to raise funds for Breast Cancer Now & Bark Inn Kennels.

Here at C&D we are always willing to support charitable causes and do so on a regular basis either behind the scenes or directly. For some time now we have supported our friend Jason Guy with his fundraising for Breast Cancer Now in memory of his wife Lucy and we are doing so again in September this year.

Traditionally, Jason has raised funds for his chosen charity with events and John & Jill have raised funds for their chosen charity Bark Inn Kennels in other ways. But now we are JOINING TOGETHER with a new style of event to, hopefully, broaden the appeal of the fundraisers and raise money for both of these worthy causes.

So what are we doing then?


We are hosting a recital by International Classical Pianist Philip Lange (a personal friend of John & Jill) who has agreed to come to The Mount Hotel in Wolverhampton on Thursday evening, September 1st and perform two 45 minute recitals of some of the world's best piano music.

The casually smart evening will commence with canapes & prosecco before we move into the recital area to listen to Philip Lange's first piano recital. In the interval a silent auction will be held, as well as "£10 in the drum" and "Heads & Tails" to hopefully raise further funds before Philip returns to the grand piano for his second recital followed by cheese and wine.

Tickets are available from C&D at £25.00 each and we would ask you to register your interest ASAP by emailing john.woodward@demolishdismantle.co.uk as tickets will sell out quickly.

Philip Lange's programme is below and you can get a preview of his work by visiting his website.

Philip's Programme:

• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - HANDEL
• Nocturne in F major - BIZET
• Walk in the Black Forest - JANKOWSKI
• Ballade for Adeline - PAUL DE SENNEVILLE
• Forgotten Dreams - LEROY ANDERSON
• Rustle of Spring - SINDING
• Ave Maria - BACH/GOUNOD
• Rondo alla Turca - MOZART
• Barcarolle in F sharp minor - LIADOV
• Autumn - CHAMINADE
• Capriccio in B minor - HURLSTONE
• INTERVAL
• Wedding Day at Troldhaugen - GRIEG
• The Submerged Cathedral - DEBUSSY
• The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - DEBUSSY
• Fantasie-Impromptu in C sharp minor - CHOPIN
• Cavatina - STANLEY MYERS
• Dance of an Angel - PIAZZOLLA
• Malaguena - ERNESTO LECUONA
• Poem - FIBICH
• Impromptu in A flat major - SCHUBERT

Please support these great causes and book tickets now!

C&D sponsors First4Staff Golf Day 2016, reserve your place now!

Here's the details courtesy of Jason from First4Staff:

Open your diaries and dust your clubs off:

• The Date: Wednesday 21st September 2016
• The Venue: The Astbury Bridgnorth
• The Time: 12 noon shotgun

To date just under £100,000 has been raised for Breast Cancer Now since May 2013 and our Golf Days are an important part of our fundraising so we are expecting this to sell out quickly …please note we have been limited to 25 teams this year and allocation is on a first served basis so prompt reservation will be required!!

Please find attached the ‘Team Details Form’ for completion and we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 21st September!!

You can still donate to our great cause at: www.justgiving.com/legacy4lucy2016 or for more information visit www.legacy4lucy.co.uk

Here's the Team Details sheet, please click it to view it full size:

Football Pontoon kicking off to raise money for two charities

We'd like to share with you the details of a great fundraising game being run by Graham Large which we hope our readers will be eager to get involved with, especially considering the prizes on offer as well as it being a good cause.

We'll leave it to Graham to explain the details below:

It's that time of year again, the football pontoon is back! And this year it is bigger and better!

As many of you will know, my good friend Neil Taylor is running the New York Marathon next month for two fantastic charities.

The first of which is Birmingham Children's Hospital, where Neil's eight-year-old daughter Kiahna has undergone five major heart operations. The second is Breast Cancer Now in memory of my friend Lucy Smith, wife of our close friend Jason Guy, who sadly passed away earlier this year, aged just 33, following her long battle with breast cancer.

To help Neil's fundraising efforts, I'm organising a game of Football Pontoon. The rules of which are as follows:

• Each person puts £10 in the pot and they are randomly assigned one of the 92 teams in the Football League. Then, once all 92 teams have been sold, the competition will begin.
• The idea is for your nominated team to accumulate exactly 21 goals by the end of any particular sequence of league games. Only league goals will count towards your total.
• If more than one team reaches 21 goals on the same day, the team that scored their 21st goal earliest in their game will be awarded 1st prize.
• Whether there is a full fixture card or not, the teams who play league games will still have their goals added to their total; this is simply the luck of the draw. In the event of a game being postponed no score will be added to either team.
• Goals are tallied up at the end of each match and the totals adjusted accordingly. If by the end of any particular game, your team's goals total exceeds 21, then you will "go bust" and have to start again from zero.
• You are not restricted to one number, so you are welcome to increase your chance of winning by buying a second team!

We have three fantastic prizes on offer for the top three placed teams in the pontoon.

FIRST PRIZE - A pair of tickets in the International Suite for a future Wolves home game, courtesy of John Woodward from C&D Consultancy.

SECOND PRIZE - A pair of tickets in the First4Staff executive box for a future Wolves home game, courtesy of Jason Guy from First4Staff.

THIRD PRIZE - A signed montage of Wolves legends Steve Bull and John Richards.

So, if you are interested in purchasing a team and helping us raise vital funds for these charities, please drop me a line at grahamlargeuk@gmail.com.

Thank you for your support.