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Vehicle chosen for
Silver Star Appeal
The Silver Star Appeal has
selected a vehicle to become the Mobile Diabetes Unit (MDU).
The vehicle is to come from Ford
Sandcliffe motors. The Sandicliffe Group Commercial Sales Director,
David Haynes, has said "Sandicliffe specialise in fitting vehicles
to exacting specifications and are pleased to be working with The
Silver Star Appeal in this very worthy cause."
The vehicle will be Silver Star
Appeal's first mobile diabetes assessment unit and will be fitted
out with a bed, sink, seating, and storage and will have disabled
access.
It is hoped that the vehicle will
be ready for a launch at the Diwali celebrations in November. Once
the vehicle is launched it will travel round local community centres,
doctor surgeries and work places offering free diabetes assessment
test to those who want it.
Silver Star Appeal at the Asian Lifestyle
Show
The Silver Star Appeal was at the Asian Lifestyle
Show displaying the new prize for the current lottery draw – a brand
new Ford ka.
In between the multitude of appearance by various Bollywood stars,
including Shah Rukh Khan, the Silver Star Appeal managed to raise
both funds and awareness.
The draw for the raffle will be made on Sunday
28th October. For further information about where you can buy
tickets for the draw just click on the tab on the top of the screen
which says “raffle”.
Silver Star lottery draw
The Silver Star Lottery was drawn in style at a Gala Dinner in aid
of the Silver Star Appeal.
Hundreds of people attended the event, which was
held at The Athena on Rutland Street, in Leicester including a
number of well known celebrities.
Tre Azam from the Apprentice, the England and
Worcestershire cricketer Vikram Solanki and the Rt Hon Geoff Hoon,
Minister for Europe, were all at the Athena to show their support
for the Silver Star Appeal.
Before the evening £20,000, had been raised
towards the cost of a Mobile Diabetes Assessment Unit.
The much anticipated drawing of the Silver Star
Lottery was the focus of the evening's celebrations and there was a
last minute rush in lottery sales as the guests thronged to buy
their lottery tickets.
The 3 prizes in the Silver Star Lottery were a
week's holiday in Ananda, a £1000 in cash and the much coveted first
prize a brand new Honda Jazz donated by Francis Honda.
By the end of the evening over £15,000 had been
raised which will all go towards the cost of Leicester’s own Mobile
Diabetes Assessment Unit.
Coronation Street star supports Silver Star
Appeal
The former Coronation Street and Dinner
Ladies star, Shobna Gulati, visited Bestway cash and carry in
Leicester. She came to raise awareness of the issue of
diabetes, particularly in the Asian community, and to show her
support for the Silver Star Appeal.
Cherie Blair attends Silver Star Tea Party
Cherie Blair QC was the Guest of Honour at the Silver Star Appeal
Tea Party held in London.
Despite the poor weather the event was a great
success and Mrs Blair was able to meet with a wide range of
successful women from all walks of life; from the worlds of business
through to sport and the professions.
Mrs Blair chatted to everybody in the room and
then listened to a talk on the importance of diabetes testing form a
practising GP Dr Hema Patel. Mrs Blair saw for herself how simple it
is to do a diabetes test when Dr Patel did a test on the manager of
the restaurant at the Crowne Plaza St James.
Mrs Blair gave a short address. She said she was
"delighted to be able to support the work of the Silver Star Appeal."
She said that diabetes was an issue that she felt
very strongly about and that it is vital that people get tested so
the disease can be treated before life threatening complications
arise."
Filbert gives a thumbs up to the Silver Star
Car
The Silver Star Appeal was the special guest of Leicester City
Football Club in May as the football season drew to a close.
Filbert the Fox, the Leicester City Mascot,
spearheaded the fundraising appeals as he posed for photographs with
the Silver Star Car which is the first prize in the Silver Star
Lottery.
As the fans streamed into the Walker's Stadium to
watch Leicester vs Norwich many stopped to admire Filbert and the
Silver Star Car, a Honda Jazz donated by Francis Honda, and purchase
their lottery tickets for just £1!
In partnership with LCFC the Silver Star Appeal
was able to raise awareness of diabetes.
Rudolf Walker launches Silver Star Song
competition
One of Britain's leading soap stars is encouraging children to back
the Silver Star Appeal charity campaign. Rudolph Walker, who plays
Patrick in EastEnders, was in Leicester recently to show his support
for the Appeal.
The enthusiastic youngsters at Rushey Mead School
bombarded Mr Walker with questions such as how he got into acting
and indeed how old he was! Rudolph then launched the Silver Star
Song Competition.
Year 8 pupil Hamdi Hassan said: "I couldn't
believe it when he walked in. I was trying to get him to tell me
what happens next on EastEnders, but he wouldn't.”
The competition encourages the pupils to write
and perform a song, with the winners performing at a charity gala
which could win their school £500.
The Silver Star Song Competition is part of the
Silver Star for Schools initiative which aims to raise the
importance of a healthy lifestyle and a balanced diet in Leicester's
schools.
Rudolph Walker said it was great to be in
Leicester and with such an enthusiastic audience. He also praised
the Silver Star Song Competition and that he thought everybody
should enter.
Dionne Warwick launches Silver Star Car
Dionne Warwick, the international icon who has had hits in the
charts since the 1960s including “Walk on By”, visited Francis Honda
in Mountsorrel in February 2007 to launch the Silver Star Lottery.
She was in the UK only for three days.
She was greeted by Robin Francis and fans from
all over Leicestershire to the tune of "Do you know the way to San
Josa." She then went on to chat with fans and sign copies of her
latest CDs that were raffled off in aid of the Silver Star Appeal.
It was then down to the main business of the
evening when Dionne formally launched the Silver Star Car that is
the first prize in the Silver Star Lottery. The car, a Honda Jazz
was donated by Francis Honda who were also hosting the event.
Having flown in only hours before, Dionne said
she was really pleased to be in Leicester and to be associated with
the Silver Star Appeal.
She also said that diabetes was an issue that was
close to her heart and that it was so important that people get
themselves tested if they feel they might be at risk.
Everybody was thrilled that Dionne was
able to come to Leicester to launch the Silver Star Car that is the
first prize in the Silver Star Lottery.
Launch event with Esther Rantzen
TV star Esther Rantzen was in Leicester in January 2007 to launch
the Silver Star Appeal
The Silver Start Appeal hopes to raise £50,000 to
get a Mobile Assessment Centre up and running in the Leicester Area.
The money will go towards staffing and equipping a minibus so that
it can start its important work of testing people for diabetes and
high cholesterol in the in Leicester area. Once it is equipped the
Mobile Assessment Centre will have the capacity to test thousands of
people a year.
The Mobile Assessment Centre also promotes
culturally sensitive health care within the south Asian and African-Caribbean
groups where there is a high prevalence of diabetes.
Esther Rantzen, who opened St Gabriel's Community
Centre 20 years ago said: "It is so important to keep ourselves
healthy and if there is a problem we need to discover it as soon as
possible. Diabetes can be extremely serious.
"It is so important to keep ourselves healthy and
if there is a problem we need to discover it as soon as possible.
Diabetes can be extremely serious."
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