Danny Dywer and Bear-Patrol the social networking group raise a total of £23,483.59 from their fundraising activities in 2018 for local good causes.
Danny Dwyer said: “Since joining The Rainbow Fund as a community volunteer in June 2018 it has changed my life completely, helping me mentally and physically in ways that I cannot describe, I’m personally smiling again and it has significantly helped to put a new lease of life back into The Bear-Patrol with the knowledge that monies raised at our community events will be looked after and handed out via grants to various local organisations that deliver ‘effective’ front line services to our LGBT+/HIV Communities, thus spreading the funding and giving them all a chance to survive and look after their service users in this current uncertain climate. All I can say is a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who has supported Bear-Patrol this year in every which way possible and we are looking forward to another exciting year ahead.”
The organisations who benefitted from the fundraising in 2018 are:
Sussex Beacon: £98.82
LGBT Community Safety Forum: £100
Give Gain Grow: £305
Sussex Heart Charity: £365
MindOut: £9,174.68
Rainbow Fund: £13,440.09
Total funds raised in 2018 is £23,483.59 bringing the grand total raised since Danny Dwyer and Bear-Patrol commenced their community fundraising in January 2011 to £211.472.23.
The main beneficiaries of Bear-Patrols fundraising this year are MindOut the LGBT mental health service (£9,174.68) and the Rainbow Fund (£13,440.09) who give grants to local LGBT/HIV organisations that deliver effective front line services to LGBT+ people in the city.
Danny has lots of ideas and events in the planning for the forthcoming year (2019) which will in effect all be building up to celebrating Bear-Patrols 10th Anniversary Fundraising in 2020.
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