When I met James Cracknell

The Lymphoma Association's Charity of the Year partner, Nielsen UK, held a Sports Day as one of their team challenge events. I was invited to attend and take part.

The event was to take place after the launch of Nielsen's successful bid to become an official partner of London 2012!!

To my surprise and delight James Cracknell, Olympic Rower, was there to help with the launch. James and I are pictured above.

With James' consent we decided to collect donations from those wanting to have pictures taken to go in the charity pot!

An old school style sports day followed with egg and spoon, three legged, wheel-barrow races and a tug of war at the end.
The sports day raised over £200.

GO Active - my first freelance job!

One of my first freelance jobs was to write the content for a new physical activity website ~ GO Active (www.getoxfordshireactive.org).

The aim of GO Active is to get more adults in Oxfordshire active through sport, physical activity and exercise, therefore it was essential for the content to appeal to a wide audience.

Homepage

About Us

Light & Active

Nice & Easy

Tone-Up & Destress

Team & Challenge

You can view all the pages online at www.getoxfordshireactive.org

CRM 2009

I secured two cause-related-marketing partnerships for the Lymphoma Association this year, one with SockShop.co.uk and the other with The Purple Gift Company. Both partnerships ran during September, when Lymphatic Cancer Awareness Week takes place.

SockShop.co.uk donated 20% from the proceeds of a range of purple socks sold.

SockShop.co.uk promotion

The Purple Gift Company donated 10% from the proceeds of a purple photo album and a purple tea light.

The Purple Gift Company promotion

Both partnerships were successful in raising significant awareness and funds for the Association.

Oxfordshire Sports Awards 2008... my last awards :-(

Levon De Silva

The 3rd annual Oxfordshire Sports Awards took place at the Kassam Stadium on 7 November 2008. The winners were unveiled in front of 270 guests, including 36 finalists, 9 Olympians and 2 Paralympians.

The guests were treated to an inspirational speech by Anna Hemmings, two times Olympian and six times world champion, and a host of local Olympic and Paralympic athletes who were congratulated on their successes in Beijing earlier in the year. But it was 13 year old, Levon De Silva, who stole the show with a performance of his European Championship Street Dance.

Steve Williams (pictured below), Gold Medallist in the Men's Coxless Fours in Beijing was awarded Sportsman of the Year. The other award winners were: City of Oxford Junior Women's Coxless Four (Junior Sports Team of the Year); Men's 1st Team of Banbury Hockey Club (Sports Team of the Year); Tim Hampson (Coach of the Year); Wallingford Rugby Club (Club of the Year); Caitlin Williams (Junior Unsung Hero); Imogen Shaylor (Young Sportsperson of the Year); David Kuester (Veteran Sportsperson of the Year); Claire Scott (Extreme Sportsperson of the Year); Graham Kiff (Disabled Sportsperson of the Year); Lesley Williams (Unsung Hero); and Claire Lasko (Sportswoman of the Year).

The amount of dedication and talent at the Kassam Stadium that evening was overwhelming. It was the best awards yet and I was very proud to own it. As you will have seen in the title of this post, I will no longer be organising the Oxfordshire Sports Awards as I am leaving the Oxfordshire Sports Partnership next month to take on a new challenge as Business Development Manager with a cancer charity. Roger Cowdrey, very kindly presented me with a beautiful bunch of flowers and I was delighted to go out on a high!!

Thank you to everybody for making the evening so special.