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Five year old Amy takes on 3 races in 3 weeks!
Amy, at only five years old, decided to take on three running races over three consecutive weeks for The Murray Parish Trust last year. She completed junior races in the New Forest Marathon, Winchester Half and Hursley 10k and raised a total of £582.75 with more...
One Million Milestone reached! Halfway to #2MillionSteps
The Murray Parish Trust have reached the £1 million milestone in fundraising for our #2MillionSteps appeal in partnership with Southampton Hospital Charity. A great start to 2018 after our busiest year yet in fundraising for a brand new state-of-the-art...
Simply Fitness Zumbathon raises over £2,000!
For those who are not familiar with Zumba, it's a fitness class inspired by Latin American dance moves! Simply Fitness with Janice hold regular sessions and held a mammoth dance evening in October to raise funds for The Murray Parish Trust's #2MillionSteps...
Attitude at Altitude Inspiration, raises over £5,000!
Attitude at Altitude – an evening of talks to inspire, took place at Thornden Hall, Chandlers Ford in October this year. Three hours of talks by two high-flying women (quite literally). Shadi Ganjavian-Connor and Mandy Hickson, not only inspired the room...
Catherine Tate confirmed as headline reader for A Christmas Celebration
Catherine Tate has been confirmed as headline reader for our festive fundraising event at Winchester Cathedral on 7th December 2017 - A Christmas Celebration. The English Actor, Comedian and writer who played the character of Donna Noble alongside David...
Winchester Portrait Exhibition raises over £10k for local charities.
The Winchester Portrait Exhibition took place in April this year and raised over £10,000 for three local charities, The Murray Parish Trust, Friends of PICU and Winchester Cathedral. The exhibition, organised by artist, Nadine Collinson and photographer...
The Epicurean Collection raises more through Children’s meals.
The Epicurean Collection is a group of venues that have been supporting The Murray Parish Trust since 2015. Venues included in the collection have been raising money for The Murray Parish Trust by encouraging parents to donate 25p, with every child’s meal...
3Women Winter Sparkler in Winchester.
Start November with a Sparkle… We are thrilled to have been chosen as charity partner for this very special evening, as the last fundraising event hosted by 3Women, an organisation dedicated to raising funds for local and national charities. The 3Women...
Thank you CrawleyFest 2017!
CrawleyFest is a family friendly boutique festival which takes place in the village of Crawley just outside Winchester in Hampshire. This year they chose to support The Murray Parish Trust throughout the festival and it's a HUGE thank you from all of us,...
Team Jeremy France to scale Snowdon!
The team at Jeremy France Jewellers are up to their old 'fundraising' tricks again. This time, they (accidentally) decided to climb Mount Snowdon to raise money for The Murray Parish Trust and are set to scale the mountain on Monday the 9th of October. The...
Farewell to a dear friend – Robert Hardy CBE
All of us at The Murray Parish Trust were extremely saddened to learn of the death of Robert Hardy in August this year. We were honoured that Robert chose to support our charity as a 'noble cause' through an insightful evening at the Theatre Royal,...
Danebury Vineyards in festive charity partnership.
We are delighted to announce an exciting new charity partnership with Danebury Vineyards, an award-winning boutique English winery in Stockbridge, Hampshire. The new collaboration will see the vineyard support The Murray Parish Trust at 'A Christmas...
Rotary Club of Alresford Donate £5,000!
On Saturday 26th August Mark Porter (Chairman of Alresford's Rotary Community Service Committee) presented a cheque for £5,000 to Sarah Parish & her husband James Murray (co-founders of The Murray Parish Trust) on behalf of The Rotary Club of...
Peter Cooper Motor Group on board for ‘A Christmas Celebration’
We are delighted that the Peter Cooper Motor Group has chosen to become an Event Partner for a very special evening planned for December this year. 'A Christmas Celebration' is taking place at Winchester Cathedral on 7th December 2017 to raise money for...
Emergency Dept staff take on Tough Mudder!
The UHS Emergency Department is taking part in London South's Tough Mudder this year to raise money for the new children's hospital at Southampton General. A group of nurses, HCAs and doctors are braving the challenge on the 24th of September...
Ideal Collection raises over £20,000 – Next stop £30k!
The Ideal Collection recently donated £3,681.98 to The Murray Parish Trust. This latest donation makes a grand total of £21,462.39 that this wonderful group of venues have raised since the beginning of 2016. This incredible amount is the result...
Three generations at Great South Run for #2MillionSteps
Tracey Edwards is doing it all again at the Simplyhealth Great South Run this October to raise even more money for The Murray Parish Trust. Taking on the 10 mile route for the second time for #2MillionSteps, Tracey will be joined by her son Jamie Funnell,...
More fundraising from Paultons Park for Children’s Trauma Centre appeal
It's another wonderful surprise from Paultons Park who have raised yet more money for The Murray Parish Trust this Summer with different fundraising events held at the family theme park in Hampshire. We would like to say a huge thank you to...