{"id":14420,"date":"2017-05-10T13:48:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T12:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/?p=14420"},"modified":"2017-05-10T13:48:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T12:48:29","slug":"positive-activities-annual-charity-golf-day-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/2017\/05\/positive-activities-annual-charity-golf-day-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive Activities Annual Charity Golf Day Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of their 10th-anniversary celebrations, Positive Activities held their 5<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Charity Golf Day at Grimsby Golf Club on Friday 5<sup>th<\/sup> May 2017. It was a great day on one of North East Lincolnshire\u2019s finest and most challenging golf courses. The sun shone on all the teams of 4 who participated helping to raise much-needed funding for the local charity.<\/p>\n<p>As well as the golf, there was a raffle and an auction, which included a signed Manchester United football, a caricature illustration of the Arsenal \u2018Invincibles\u2019 Premier League football team (signed by Paul Mercer) and a framed signed replica set of 17 times World Champion Phil \u2018The Power\u2019 Taylor\u2019s darts.<\/p>\n<p>Over \u00a32000 was raised which will help Positive Activities to continue supporting local people experiencing social isolation, mental health and physical health issues through sporting, media and adventurous activities.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Fenty, Managing Director, said \u201cI am so grateful to the many golfers who entered the event. I am also grateful to the many individuals and businesses who donated raffle prizes, auction items and sponsored us such as Carpet Warehouse Group, The Pie Stall, DFDS, LCS Group, AF Blakemore, Grimsby Golf Club and M&amp;J Accountants.<\/p>\n<p>It is great that everybody has some fun on days like this but we see it as an ideal opportunity for small charities like Positive Activities to promote our services to a wider audience and to raise funds, which enable us to continue working with local families. We really do appreciate the support we get from individuals and businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Positive Activities<\/strong> (PA) deliver a wide range of creative, sporting and adventurous activity based programmes. Their activities <strong>engage<\/strong> people of all ages, <strong>enrich <\/strong>people\u2019s lives and <strong>inspire<\/strong> them to get involved in their communities. PA work with people experiencing social isolation, mental health and physical health issues and support them to make positive changes in their lives. This year they are celebrating 10 years of working with communities in North East Lincolnshire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/pa.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14421\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14421\" src=\"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/pa-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"pa\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/pa-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/pa-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/pa.jpg 983w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Team Patto, with 89 points.<br \/>\n<em>(Left to right) Peter Strong, Walter Smith, Gary Patterson being presented winner\u2019s prize by co-organiser Steve Fenty. Far right Larry Bignall<\/em><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-14420\" data-postid=\"14420\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-14420 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month VANEL Member organisation, Positive Activities, held their 5th Annual Charity Golf Day at Grimsby Golf Club as part of their 10th-anniversary celebrations. The event was a great success, raising over \u00a32000 which will help Positive Activities continue to support and help vulnerable people in North East Lincolnshire. Read on for full details. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"xn-wppe-expiration":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[10,36,12,402],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3cThd-3KA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14420"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14422,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14420\/revisions\/14422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}