North Hampshire Fundraising Committee

The Committee was founded 21 years ago under the patronage of The Rt Hon, Sir George Young, Bt, MP. Together with the invaluable efforts of the North Hampshire Collectors group, over £30,000 is raised each year for Macmillan's vital work in helping many people affected by cancer. It produced the first Ellington @ Wellington in 2007, the biggest project ever tackled by the North Hampshire Committee, and worked with a will to attract an appealing array of artistes and to secure sponsorship, thanks to which all the proceeds, total over £5,500, went to Macmillan Cancer Support. A second production in 2008 was even more successful, and, following the indoor event "Laurie Holloway live at the Heath" in October 2009 almost £20,000 had beed raised by the Ellington @ Wellington team.

Current members, Chairman and Treasurer Ian Waddell, Tony Green, Roger Head and Katherine Loxton Hannah of Hartley Wintney, Barbara and Michael Rice of Winchfield, Samantha Holden of Elvetham Heath, and Keith Pickles of Church Crookham, and Paul Morgan and Abby Stevens of Macmillan Cancer Support. Additional assistance has come from John Holden of McCarthy Holden Estate Agency.

Active support is given by Macmillan staff Paul Morgan, Area Fundraising Manager – Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands, and Abby Stevens, Fundraising Manager, based in Andover and Reading respectively.

Macmillan Cancer Support’s role is expanding. Thanks to treatment advances people with cancer are living longer and often ‘quality’ lives but they and those close to them therefore need enhanced support. This costs money. Ellington @ Wellington was set up in response to this perceived need for the 21st Century.