To complete the trio of cheque donations made from our three offices in lieu of Christmas cards in December 2022 Richard Booth presented a cheque for £150 to Ellie Weatherly of Arthur Rank Hospice Charity this afternoon.
You can find out more about Arthur Rank Hospice Charity here: https://www.arhc.org.uk/. The Charity is close to our Sawston office and is based in Shelford Bottom.
We were delighted to meet Jo Revitt from Papworth Trust on 5th January to present her with a donation cheque for £150.
Adams Harrison donate to 3 charities each Christmas (local to each of our three offices) as an alternative to sending Christmas cards.
Click here for more information about Papworth Trust and the work they do.
In the picture Jennifer Carpenter, Managing Partner (left), presenting the cheque to Jo Revitt (right).
The staff at Saffron Walden office collected items to donate to Uttlesford foodbank.
More details can be found here: https://uttlesford.foodbank.org.uk/
Once again Adams Harrison staff were excited to join in the Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day 2022, and they were all very grateful for the extra layer of clothing due to winter finally arriving with sub-zero temperatures overnight!
We are busy counting the donations made by staff who donned their Christmas jumpers.
This year will be TWICE as good as before because for every £2 donated the UK government promised to give £2 to Save the Children too.
Here is a photo of our staff in Saffron Walden office who got into the Christmas spirit!
All of last week lots of staff across all three offices were busy baking lovely home made delights that were brought to the office. Donations flooded in to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. £148 was raised.
Debra Tofts, receptionist at Sawston wrote this poem about the week:-
A cup of tea
A slice of cake
Mid morning time
Afternoon delight
Happily baking
Buying and making
Time to savour
Enjoying the flavour
Brownies a plenty
Flapjack so chewy
Scones with cream
Rocky road a dream
Coins being rattled
Donations flooding in
For when it comes to Macmillan
Well where do we begin
Adams Harrison were delighted to sponsor the Haverhill Rotary Club Young Citizens Awards Dinner at Haverhill Golf Club on 21st March.
Jennifer Carpenter, Managing Partner, attended the prize giving. The awards were made by the District Governor, Ian Elliot of the District Rotary Club to four local students chosen by their head teachers. 2 students from Samuel Ward Academy School were chosen by Mr Andy Hunter; and 2 students from Castle Manor Academy School were chosen by Mrs Vanessa Whitcombe.
Jennifer said
It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening and a fantastic award to support. The students were all very well deserving in receiving the award for their outstanding contribution to school and community life and for being great young role models to their peers.
The Rotary Club stated that it was an apt award for them to present as the Rotary moto is “Service above Self”.
We have, for a number of years, donated to good causes at Christmas in lieu of sending Christmas cards. This helps the environment by reducing paper usage and waste, and staff in each office are asked to make suggestions as to which local good cause should receive a donation.
Jenny Carpenter presents Jill Hayden of the JHC with cheque
John Huntingdon’s Charity in Sawston was chosen by the Sawston Partners to receive a donation of £200. Jenny Carpenter, Managing Partner, visited Jill Hayden at the JHC Centre on Wednesday 19 January to deliver the cheque.
Practice Manager, Louise Taghi, said
John Huntingdon’s Charity has been helping the Sawston community for over 500 years and is a vital resource, particularly over the past 2 years as a result of the pandemic.
The Partners at Adams Harrison have, for a number of years, donated to good causes at Christmas in lieu of sending Christmas cards. This helps the environment by reducing paper usage and waste, and staff are asked to make suggestions as to which local good cause should receive a donation, and a good cause local to each office is chosen.
Café Cornell Staff with Jenny Carpenter and Louise Taghi of Adams Harrision.
For December 2021 Café Cornell was chosen to be the recipient of a £200 donation from the Saffron Walden office.
Staff and helpers visited the Adams Harrison office on Wednesday 13 January to receive the cheque.
Practice Manager, Louise Taghi, said
We take our community and social responsibilities very seriously and for a number of years we have made donations to local good causes in lieu of sending Christmas cards. We are conscious of the negative environmental impact of sending Christmas cards and we used the money saved to donate to a good cause. Café Cornell has been operating at Cornell Court in Saffron Walden since May 2021 for residents and general public and also offers a work-based training scheme which is focused on enabling individuals facing challenges and barriers to work to build confidence and to work towards formal qualifications. We were delighted to welcome trainees, staff and volunteers to our ‘covid-safe’ space in our car park on Wednesday so that we could present them with a cheque for £200.
The partners of Adams Harrison have decided that in lieu of sending corporate Christmas cards they will be donating the money normally spent to three local charities – REACH Haverhill; The John Huntingdon’s Charity in Sawston and Café Cornell in Saffron Walden. In addition to supporting local charities this is also incorporating the firm’s commitment to reduce it’s environmental impact. If you wish to donate to any of these great charities please click on one of the images below to go directly to their website.
We were delighted to be at yesterday’s Haverhill Show, where we sponsored the music and contributed to funds raised for local charities and good causes for the town. 
