Examination Schools hosts Make-A-Wish summer charity ball
Date added: Monday 28th March, 2011
There are currently 20,000 children and young people living in the UK with a life-threatening illness. Established in 1986, Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK has granted 6,500 magical wishes to these children and young people. Each year the charity holds a number of key fundraising events to help raise the money required to grant more magical wishes. One of those events is the Make-A-Wish Summer Ball which will take place in the magnificent surroundings of the Examination Schools, University of Oxford on Saturday 2 July.
The Summer Ball is one of the charity’s most stunning and prestigious events. Guests embark on an evening of splendour; they are greeted with a champagne reception, indulged with a sumptuous dinner and enjoy live entertainment from a noted performer before the charity auction and an invitation to dance the night away. Wishes for children are also granted on the night. One little girl wished to be a princess. She arrived at the Ball in a horse and carriage and was met by HRH Prince Azim, son of the Sultan of Brunei, and actor Jude Law. On another occasion, a young man who wished to be James Bond arrived in style in an Aston Martin looking the part in his mini tux!
Jayne Watson, Trustee and the organiser of the event, commented:
“The Ball benefits so many of our children as the money raised really does help grant magical wishes and we are only able to do this because of the generosity of our guests, many who return to the Ball year on year”.
Newly appointed Events Manager at the Examination Schools, Kay Hogg, is delighted to be hosting such a prestigious event. The Examination Schools is owned by the University of Oxford and is used to sit the University’s examinations. However for much of the year the Schools, which is one of the largest fully licensed city centre conference venues, can be let out for day meetings, exhibitions, trade shows, dinners and other gala events. As a Grade II listed Victorian building with sweeping marble staircases, highly decorative plasterwork ceilings and oak panelled rooms, the venue provides an exquisite backdrop for all sorts of events.
Tickets for Make-A-Wish’s Summer Ball are £200 each and tables seat 10 people. For more information or to secure your tickets now, please contact Jayne Watson at operations.manager@bms.ox.ac.uk or T: 07730 299851. Alternatively please contact Ashley Cole on ashley.cole@makeawish.org.uk or T: 01276 405084 or visit the Make-A-Wish website.
