As lent arrives, our favourite things leave! In aid of the Douglas Macmillan Hospice, we will be giving up some of our favourite snacks, drinks, and treats! Starting March 6th and ending on April 18th, it is sure to be a tough six weeks for those taking part. But, with such a good charity which is close to so many of our hearts, I’m sure we will have no problem taking…
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Blue Bay does Movember
A bunch of the Blue Bay boys went clean shaven as of Wednesday 1st November and are growing moustaches throughout the month to raise money for the Movember Foundation, let us tell you more and how you can help out the cause…
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Alex Takes On a Triathlon for the Dougie Mac
Our very own Alex is tackling not just 1 or 2 but 3 disciplines to raise money for the Dougie Mac, a local hospice providing support to adults with life limiting illnesses in the North Staffordshire area. Alex will be taking on the Trentham sprint triathlon on Sunday 10th September 2017 where he’ll endure a 750m swim, a 20k cycle followed by a 5k run.
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Giving Up Our Favourite Things for the Dougie Mac
The challenge is on. We’re waving goodbye to our favourite things in aid of the Dougie Mac. The Lent Challenge involves 47 whole days busting the cravings, desires, and hankerings of our much-loved foodstuffs (and drink-stuffs, come to that) in a sponsored feat to raise dollar for a worthy cause.
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Bringing Pounds for Douglas Macmillan Hospice
The Douglas Macmillan Hospice set themselves the challenge of raising lots of pounds in the aptly named Bring A Pound Day. It’s as logical as the name suggests – bring a pound. The result? There will be many, many pounds to help do good for their incredible cause. The Dougie Mac is close to us all at Blue Bay Travel so we jumped on board to help them in their…
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Staying Strong for Reuben
As I’m sure you remember from our last blog, we’ve been fundraising for Reuben’s Retreat by fighting our indulgences and giving up our favourite things for 40 days and 40 nights. It’s hardly been a picnic either! We Blue Bay folk are naturally creatures of comfort, so for several long weeks we’ve been living on the brink of tantrum. Last time you heard the trials and tribulations of Amy, Nicola,…
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Rising to the Challenge for Reuben
It’s been a few weeks since we started our stint of giving up our favourite things for 40 days and 40 nights in order to raise money for Reuben’s Retreat. They’ve been long weeks, full of cravings and wistful glances through the kitchen cupboards, but the Blue Bay team are a tough bunch at heart. We’re now the champions of a good cause, so everyone is doing their best to…
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Give Up Something For Reuben: Watch us squirm as we give up our favourite things in aid of Reuben’s Retreat
So, last week we held our end of year meeting (postponed from December due to various Mexico-based shenanigans), during which we launched Reuben’s Retreat as our new charity partner. We’re giving up our favourite things for 40 days and 40 nights (any resemblance to Lent is purely coincidental). We’re a gluttonous bunch and this is no mean feat; between us we’re giving up our beloved chocolate, sweets, cakes, crisps, take-aways,…
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Giving Pride ‘n Purpose to South Africa’s Children with the Virgin Unite Project
The children of South Africa’s Mpumalanga Region are a truly resiliant and inspiring bunch. Following a trip to the area in November of 2011 I had the privilage of visiting a Pride ‘n Purpose Virgin Unite Project at a village just outside the luxurious surroundings of Richard Branson’s Ulusaba Game Reserve in Sabi Sands to help them paint a creche for the local children.
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Red Nose Day – The Conclusion
Well, thanks to some tremendous generosity we managed to almost double our target and raise an incredible £901.06 for Red Nose Day!
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Red Nose Day Update
Just a quick update to let you all know how we’re getting on! Firstly I’d like to say a massive thank you to our very kind sponsors that have donated so far. In just one week we’ve already achieved 18% of our target, which is fantastic!
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Red Nose Day 2011
All the staff at Blue Bay Travel will be taking part in various activities to help raise money, including a pyjama day, quiz and anything else we can come up with before the big day! Our very own Thom has also volunteered to let us shave off his lovely long locks if we exceed our target of £400! And as if that wasn’t enough, our Directors have kindly offered to…