TfGM Fundraising

Ben Brisbourne, TfGM Transport Strategy
 
TfGM’s current corporate charities, GM Blood Bikes, and Alzheimer’s Society, are close to home for me. My mum was diagnosed with dementia following a decline during Covid. The change is sadly familiar, seemingly running in her side of the family. Meanwhile, I’ve been a regular blood donor for at least 5 years now, and every time, somebody has made use of it.

The 2024 Manchester Half Marathon is my warm-up to the 2025 Manchester Marathon. I’ve not ran anything more competitive than a parkrun before. I decided to do something challenging to keep my mind focussed, doing something positive with what time and ability I can free up.

Donations to these charities make a positive difference.  It will also keep my inspiration going, when my mind and body are feeling the strain. Better yet, if you can, give donating blood, or some of your time, a go. 

Keep an eye out for me ploughing down the Bridgewater canal during the evenings – if nothing else, I’ll have freed up a space on the transport network as I take the long way home from work!

If you’d like to sponsor me, please put BEN somewhere in the comments, so that our fundraising team can keep track of my donations. Thank you in advance for your support!

TfGM’s Charity Football Tournament
Date – Friday 14th June 2024
Time – 5pm - 8pm
Location – Trinity Sports Centre, Cambridge St, Hulme, Manchester M15 6HP

Calling all football fanatics!
Some of you may know that your TfGM colleagues play football every Wednesday after work and there’s always lots of players wanting to play in the summer months particularly.
We have always wanted to hold an internal departmental football tournament for a while and this year, it’s finally happening!
If you enjoy a kickabout and would like to meet and have a laugh with TfGM colleagues you wouldn’t normally see socially – then now is your chance. You’ll also be helping to raise money for our two corporate charities, GM Blood Bikes and Alzheimer's Society.
We’re looking for football teams (6 players with up to 2 subs) from within your TfGM team/department. For larger departments, you may even have enough players for multiple squads! If you are not able to make up a squad of 6, please still register your interest as we will merge teams looking for additional players.
For those of you that want to take part but not play, we are also looking for volunteers to referee the matches! If this would interest you, please contact fundraising@tfgm.com.
The minimum donation to join in is £5. Of course, you don’t need to play or referee to donate – and we’d love for as many people as possible to come along and cheer on their colleagues!
We’ll be heading to The Old Abbey Taphouse nearby afterwards so you can drown your sorrows if you go out early or cheer your victories if you’re the winners. You’ll be playing for the glory of your department!
To register to take part, your chosen team captain should fill in the below form: forms.office.com/e/VWYn7WxWcM

We’ll be taking payment from each team nearer the time so we will update the team captains on how to do this. Feel free to donate and mention the football tournament in a comment so we can work out how much it's raised in total! Thank you!