Little Red Mx-5

The Little Red MX-5 donation car goes from meeting to meeting and events that we attend, collecting any loose change you decide to donate. Once £50 has been collected, a charity is selected by drawing the name of a member who has suggested a worthy cause and the money passed to them to donate accordingly.

The idea was born several years ago about the club making charity donations, so after some thought we managed to get a small MX-5 and convert it into a money box (It is actually a Sindy Car!)

This is purely donations only, if you feel you would like to, then each time we have collected £50 it gets donated to a chosen charity. The charities are proposed by the members. Their names all go into the hat and when we have £50, a name is drawn and the money goes to that person/couples nominated charity.

Just our way of giving a little back!

If you have a charity you would like to nominate, please contact Trevor Boyland.

Charities Receiving £50:

• July 2022 - During the month of July a total of £220 was raised and St Margaret’s Hospice and Brain Tumour Support (Thornbury) have each received £110, in memory of Steve Budd.

• April 2022 - £50 Dennis & Sue - Devon Air Ambulance

• March 2022 - £50 Trevor and Denise's charity - Motor Neurone Disease)

• December 2021 - £50 to Nita's charity - Devon Air Ambulance

• November 2021 - £50 to Tony and Pat's charity - ChemoHero North Devon

• September 2021 - £50 to Tony and Helen’s charity - The Chestnut Appeal Derriford

• February 2020 - £67.66 plus another £157.34 from members - Motor Neurone Disease (Denise and Trevor's daughter Sarah, sponsored parachute jump).

• February 2019 - £50 to Amanda and Andy's charity - The Alzheimer's Society

• July 2018 - £50 to Amanda and Andy's charity - The Alzheimer's Society

• January 2018 £50 to Colin and Marie's chosen charity http://www.volunteeringinhealth.co.uk

• April 2017 The £50 is going to Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance thanks to a suggestion by Ros & Pete.

• March 2017: Kevin had collected £50 in the model MX-5 and the chosen charity to receive it was Wessex Heartbeat.

• August 2016: Wessex Heartbeat charity for which Amanda has been fundraising and she posted the following ; “ I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone for donating the £50 from the car + the extra £40 donations from tonight's meeting towards Wessex Heartbeat in memory of my friend I have now reached £861.00 so not long to go to reach my £1k target, you can see your donation at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Amanda-Bealing-For-Hollie. Thank you everyone, it means a lot. “

• March 2016 - Gareth our 4 hoofed member