CHARITY DRAW AT CHAMBER’S ANNUAL DINNER RAISES £3,900 FOR BROUGHTON HOUSE

A cheque for £3,900 has been presented to Broughton House following the charity draw at Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce’s recent annual dinner.

More than 600 business leaders attended the event at the Victoria Warehouse, Trafford Park.

Also among the guests was a delegation from Broughton House, including chief executive Ty Platten, development director Julie Verne and resident Jack Pilkington Royal Engineers.

Broughton House, the Salford home for ex-servicemen and women, was the Chamber’s nominated charity at the event and a video of the song Some Frontier by indie rock band Orphan Boy – which features some of the residents – was played on the big screen.

The main raffle prize, donated by United Airlines, was two return United Polaris business class tickets from Manchester to New York/Newark.

Companies also donated restaurant meals, an overnight hotel stay, gym membership, tickets to the Manchester Jazz Festival, a day-long loan of a Tesla vehicle, a hamper and a goodie bag of health products as prizes.

The cheque was presented to Broughton House by Alice Smith from the Chamber.

Julie Verne said: “We are delighted and hugely appreciative that Greater Manchester Chamber nominated Broughton House to be the beneficiary of the charity draw at this year’s annual dinner.

Broughton House has operated as a care home for the ex-service community since 1916, when they accepted their first resident Charlie Fox. Since then they have gone onto care for over 8,000 veterans, providing nursing, residential, residential dementia and respite care.