More than £4,000 raised for armed forces charity (From Hampshire Chronicle)
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More than £4,000 raised for armed forces charity
10:00am Sunday 12th December 2010 in News
Canadian actor and theatre director, Michael Bawtree, outside The Rifles’ regimental HQ in Winchester, having helped to raise more than £4,000 for its benevolent fund
MORE than £4,000 was raised for an armed forces benevolent fund after a charity event at Winchester College.
It featured a dramatised reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol by Canadian actor and theatre director Michael Bawtree.
The cash will go towards The Rifles’ Care for Casualties appeal, which helps the regiment to care for long-term wounded soldiers.
The Rifles, which has its regimental HQ at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester, was founded in 2007.
Since then, it has suffered 54 fatalities in Iraq and Afghanistan, and several personnel have sustained major injuries.
Along with the college, the event last Tuesday (November 30) was backed by The Old Vine in Winchester and The Bell Inn at St Cross.
Other Winchester sponsors included Godwins Solicitors, Cadogan and Co, Belinda Hunt, Waitrose, Sarsen Press, P&G Wells bookstore, and Norton Park Hotel in Sutton Scotney.
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11:05am Sun 12 Dec 10