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On 23rd April 2010, Stevenage Community Trust celebrated its 20th birthday and raised over £4,000 from various fundraising activities across the town.

The celebrations started with a Gala dinner sponsored by MBDA and the Wine Society. Guests included members and supporters of the Trust as well as representatives of grant beneficiaries. Items kindly donated by Stevenage Borough Football Club, Stevenage Borough Council and Ken Follett were auctioned or raffled. 

A cake sale at local solicitors Hilliers, coffee mornings at Douglas Drive, Stevenage Borough Council and the Follett Office and a nearest the pin competition at Stevenage Leisure golf course were just some of the events which raised money for the Trust.  Supporters held dinner parties on Saturday night asking guests to make a contribution in aid of the Trust.

In the town centre the Mayor, Cllr Sue Myson, was the first customer at the Trust’s fundraising café sponsored by Eat Lunch.  Customers were able to enjoy a massage by Lavender Touch and the day culminated in a Balloon launch by the Trust’s Chair Ken Follett.

‘It was great to see so many people in Stevenage joining our celebrations and making it a big birthday party for the Trust and the Town’ said June Oldroyd Stevenage Community Trust Manager.