A FUNDRAISING EVENING FOR THE SPORTS HUB EQUIPMENT CAMPAIGN SILENT AUCTION BROCHURE SATURDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2019 Welcome From Sir Peter Wall, Chairman of the Gordon Foundation I am delighted to welcome you to this Gordon’s Gastronomic Dinner to raise funds to equip our new Sports Hall and All-Weather Pitch. Sport is an excellent paradigm for life, so it forms an important component of a Gordon’s education. It develops physical fitness, mental resilience, teamwork and overall wellbeing; sport also teaches us how to bounce back from failure and be magnanimous in victory. Our superb new accommodation will provide dedicated year-round facilities, and will enable us to expand our sporting repertoire. This evening is a chance to enjoy the company of all sections of the Gordon Community as well as fine food and entertainment. Please be generous in your support for the cause, through the raffle and auctions, to ensure that we can provide sporting opportunities that will develop fit, competitive and well-rounded Gordonians. Have a tremendous evening and sincere thanks for your support! We Are Supporting From September 2020 our new sports hall, accommodating four badminton courts along with changing rooms, a first aid room and café, will provide our students with dedicated indoor sports facilities for year-round use as well as the opportunity to play a wider range of new sports including badminton, indoor football, basketball, indoor cricket, handball volleyball and other recreational activities. The floodlit all- weather pitch will provide our football and rugby players with training facilities throughout the year, whatever the weather. These enhanced facilities will provide ample space for spectators and also allow Gordon’s to host more competitive events. As well as benefiting the students and staff at Gordon's, the sports facilities will be available to hire for sports groups within the local community Trustees of The Gordon Foundation agreed to fund the capital cost of these new sports facilities through long-term loans. Now we are fundraising to purchase the new equipment required to ensure that Gordon’s students have the very best opportunities to use these transforming new sports facilities. The equipment wish list ranges from the outdoor rugby posts, indoor electronic basketball goals and indoor cricket nets to table tennis tables, badminton nets and volleyballs. We have also included the 40 new trees and landscaped planting required! The full list can be found at www.gordons.school/gordonssportshub. Our fundraising target is £150k of which about one-third has so far been raised. This evening provides a fantastic opportunity for us to make a significant difference to our fundraising total and enable Gordon’s students to develop healthy and resilient lives. Recognising the importance of physical activity in developing healthy lives we want to provide every opportunity for our students to be physically active and to make sport at Gordon's accessible to all. Message From Hannah Russell MBE 2 x Paralympic Champion; Word Record Holder; 6 X World/European Champion and Gordonian My five years spent at Gordon's were some of my best years. I am so grateful for all the opportunities the school provided me, helping me grow into the young women I am today. The pursuit of excellence at both Gordon's and my own personal goal worked really well together and having like-minded people at the school allowed me to fulfil my ambitions and go on to win multiple gold medals at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. The new plans for the development of facilities will add to the opportunities and aspirations of the school, the students, and all who aspire for future success. I was fortunate to benefit from the environment at Gordon’s and every effort, commitment, and pledge will go towards changing someone’s life. Tonight’s Speaker - David Nash It’s a privilege to have a former Sportsman, a now successful businessman and one of the good guys in our midst this evening. Having played 257 matches for Middlesex as a professional cricketer, David Nash turned his attention to helping those less fortunate in life. During his testimonial year, he became inspired by working with Shooting Star Chase, successfully raising an incredible £20,000 for the leading children’s hospice charity. With a real flair for fundraising in 2010, he decided to set up D&G Group with his brother, Glen. Once operating out of the spare room of his Sunbury family home, he desired to help brands and charities raise funds through world-class events and sporting functions, using his strong network to help those in need. Now backed by a team of 40, alongside sporting heroes Lewis Moody MBE and Graham Gooch OBE as active Ambassadors, Nashy (as he’s better known) has gone on to raise over £20 million for charities up and down the country. D&G Group have facilitated the silent auction this evening, that we’ve love you all to get involved with. The type of man you hear before you see, with time for anyone; do grab him for a chat throughout the evening, especially if you know anyone in need of support. Whether it be in Events & Production, Fundraising, Hospitality & Lifestyle, Recruitment or Consultation, D&G Group are always interested in giving back to good causes. Useful information • In order to bid in the silent auction, bidders must be aged 18 or over. • Each item in the silent auction is defined as a “Lot”. Bidders may bid for more than one Lot but may make only one bid for each individual Lot. • In order for a bid to stand the bidder must fill out the “Your Bid” box on the back page or in the space provided. • When you have placed all your bids, please clearly write your details in the back page of the silent auction brochure. • The successful bid for any one Lot being bid for will be the highest bid received by the scheduled end of the silent auction. In the event that two or more bids equal the highest bid, the Lot shall be awarded to the bid received first. There may be more than one item available of particular Lots and in these instances, up to the top three bids will be successful. • Bids must be above the minimum bid amount for the Lot being bid for; be in pounds sterling; and be received by us before the scheduled end of the silent auction. We will notify the highest bidder at the event after the advertised closing time. • Late, incomplete, defaced or corrupt bids, and bids below the minimum bid value will not be accepted. • You acknowledge that once you have been informed you are the highest bidder, you are obliged to pay for the item(s) on the night. Payment will be processed on the night of the silent auction with a voucher or delivery of physical item(s) to follow. • You can pay by cash or all major credit & debit cards. Credit card charges, pre-agreed with the event host/charity will be deducted from the project surplus. • Experiences/vouchers are valid for a year from the date of the silent auction unless stated specifically. All vouchers are non-refundable, cannot be extended and must be used in one time. • Unless expressly stated as included within the package, the highest bidder is responsible for making all arrangements and meeting all costs out of their own pocket that may be necessary to take up and enjoy their Lot, including but not limited to costs of travel, accommodation, insurance and food. • Some package suppliers may require a refundable damage deposit upon booking – this applies to villas, apartments and other private properties. • If, for any reason, we are unable to award a Lot, we reserve the right to withdraw the Lot from the auction. • All items offered in the silent auction brochure shall be subject to availability and we shall not be liable for any claims, expenses, costs and/or any losses (including, but not limited to, loss of profits, indirect, pure economic and consequential losses or otherwise) or any damage (save for death or personal injury arising from negligence) suffered by any Bidder. • We shall not be liable for any delay or non-performance of any obligations in relation to the Lot to the extent that such performance is interrupted or prevented by circumstances beyond our reasonable control. • In the event of force majeure or some other unforeseen cancellation (including the insolvency of any third-party provider of any booking, experience or auction prize) to a booked experience, you will receive a refund of the total minimum bid value for the specified Lot. • In the event of a refund any amount bid over the minimum bid value, plus £100 of the minimum bid value, will be classed as a donation to the chosen charity or cause and cannot be reclaimed through D&G Fundraising. • Some images in this brochure are for illustrative purposes. • D&G Group acts as agents for the supply of the listed products, events and services identified in this brochure. Any agreement to purchase the products, events and services will be between the supplier and purchaser of the products not D&G Group. • 100% of all revenue for the donated Lots goes directly The Gordon Foundation. • 100% of revenue above the minimum for all non-donated Lots goes directly to The Gordon Foundation. • All Memorabilia- £25 to The Gordon Foundation. • £0-£499 on experiences - £25 to The Gordon Foundation. • £500 - £1,499 on experiences - £50 to The Gordon Foundation. • £1,500 on experiences and above - £100 to The Gordon Foundation.