Ferndown Golf Club Raises £47,000 For Charity

Back in September 2015, Ferndown Golf Club hosted the launch of the Alliss Invitational Charity Golf Day sponsored by JM Scully Ltd. The event raised a staggering £47,000 for The Peter Alliss Wheelchair Charity and Ferndown Captain’s chosen charities. The auction was hosted by Mike Osman whose persuasion skills helped secure the amazing total.

This month, the monies raised through the generous support of golfers participating in the Peter Alliss Invitational and Ferndown Golf Club events, was presented to the beneficiary charities. This included a presentation of powered wheelchairs to local disabled young people by Peter Alliss.

Maggie Blanks, Founder and CEO of Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund said “The support from the Alliss Invitational Charity Golf Day means we can continue funding early diagnostic testing and our national Tissue Bank.

Money raised for the Peter Alliss Wheelchair Charity from the golf day last September has so far provided two power packs for manual wheelchairs, one stroller, one specialised seating system, five walkers, two standers and three wheelchairs.”

Peter Alliss closed the presentation by saying “It has been over 30 years since I first stood here with John Iles (original sponsor of the Salterns Alliss Merlo Competition) and it’s great that the money raised over all these years helps to better the lives of these families.”

Ian Walton, General Manager said “Previous in 2014 the Salterns Alliss Merlo Pro Celebrity competition which came to a close after 28 years broke through the million pound barrier. It is fantastic to see that the new competition format is on course to raise vital and life changing amounts of money to support disabled children in the community.”

For more information about Ferndown and the long association with the Alliss family and the Alliss Invitation Charity Golf Day please visit www.ferndowngolfclub.co.uk.