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Parkdean Resorts charity dinner raises £80,000 for Team Margot


Parkdean Resorts by Parkdean Resorts on 19/11/2021
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Parkdean Resorts hosted a charity dinner this week, bringing together friends, family and colleagues to share our enthusiasm and our love for the work of Team Margot, raising an incredible £80,000 in the process.

Over 350 guests enjoyed a three-course dinner, a charity auction, and live music and dancing performances, all hosted by Strictly Come Dancing judge Anton Du Beke.

Team Margot campaigns for every individual who is eligible, particularly those of mixed heritage, to register as blood, organ, stem cell and bone marrow donors.

In October 2013, 14-month-old Margot Martini was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of blood cancer, and required a bone marrow transplant (also known as a stem cell transplant) to stand the best chance of survival. Family and friends came together as Team Margot to raise awareness of Margot’s plight and others desperately seeking a blood stem cell donor match.

To date, Team Margot has either donated or made grants of over £500,000, and funds raised at last night’s dinner will go towards people, projects and charities close to Team Margot’s hearts.

Parkdean Resorts first partnered with Team Margot in February 2020, as it became our first formal corporate charity partnership. More than 18 months later, having faced COVID and the restrictions of lockdowns, last night’s dinner represented a long-awaited opportunity to do something in person, together.

Parkdean Resorts’ 9,000 people have spent hours raising money for Team Margot by any means possible throughout lockdown, which included dancing in their kitchens and walking laps of their gardens or parks in fancy dress. Their enthusiasm was powered by the very powerful story of Team Margot and the great work it does with families very much in need of support.

Steve Richards, CEO of Parkdean Resorts, said: “We are proud to support Team Margot. We want our community and charitable actions to make a real difference where it is needed the most, raising charity funds through local and national events, and supporting our local communities as well. During the last 12 months we have, across all of our Parks, been running, cycling, jumping, and doing just about anything we can to raise awareness and donations for Team Margot, and the event was a wonderful way to bring our friends and colleagues together to raise money for an incredible cause.”

Yaser Martini, Margot’s father, said: “Everyone at Team Margot is an unpaid volunteer. We willingly give our efforts & energy to spread the word, in our own time and in our own way, and we do what we do because we want to make a difference: we want to help save the lives of all those people who, just like Margot and our family, never thought they’d need a bone marrow transplant, blood or organ donation. Events like the charity dinner go a long way to helping us continue on our mission, and we’re grateful to Steve and the whole Parkdean team for their ongoing support for Team Margot.”