EDDC's Chief Executive gets a close shave
Tuesday 17 March
The Customer Service Centre at East Devon District Council has pulled out all the stops and, together with other members of staff, has raised an impressive £1,260 for Comic Relief. There were lots of people happy to do something funny for money.
Ingenious ways to raise the cash included a close shave for the Council’s Chief Executive, Mark Williams, who agreed to part with his carefully nurtured sideburns to anyone who was prepared to bid over £25.
The sideburns were duly dyed red in comic relief colours before the ceremonial shave took place in the reception area at Knowle, much to the bemusement of a few watching customers.
Customer Service Centre staff, who master-minded the fund-raising activities, were delighted to receive support from a large number of East Devon businesses* who were very generous in donating prizes for the raffle.
Cakes
Staff baked cakes on a daily basis for their colleagues who were not worrying about their waistlines – at least for a few days! One member of staff even got her fresh, free range eggs from a member of her team who keeps her own hens.
Many of the Council’s services donated money to the charity from their own fund-raising events. Property Services handed over £63 which was raised at their Never Too Old Christmas Bash; Information and Communications Technology (ICT) donated money raised by a leaving collection for one of their managers; and the Environmental Health team pledged substantial sums to see one of their managers relieved of his beard.
In addition, a large number of staff paid £1 each to dress up, or down, on Friday 13 March, resulting in a sea of red around the Council’s buildings.
*Please see below a list of companies who kindly donated their services or prizes for the raffle
Sidmouth and area
New Look
Edinburgh Woollen Mill
Dukes
Top Sports
Feathers
The Beauty Sanctuary
Lloyds Chemist
No 1 By Design
Clinton Cards
Beauty Within
The Blue Ball
Sid Valley Hotel
Roly’s Fudge
Haymans Master Butchers
Vinnicombes Bakery
Fitzalan Gems
Trumps
MIA
Eight’s A Wish
The Victoria Hotel
Woodlands Hotel
Bedford Hotel
Radway Cinema
Black Horse / Bowd Inn
Indoor Market Engravers
Emily’s of Devon Chocolates
Goviers
The Hair Studio
The Hair Loft
Forever England
C & C Electricals
Homes for You
Balfour Arms
Boots, Woolbrook
Paper Moon
Country Bloomers
Indoor Market The Cheese Board
Boots, High Street
The Salty Monk
Fords
Westcliff Hotel
Somerfields
Tesco
Sidmouth Floriast
The Upper Crust
Tudor Rose
Honiton
William Hill
The Heathfield
C H Baker and Sons, Butchers
Honiton Motel
Honiton Garage
Honiton Toy Shop
The Holt
P & J Butchers
Beer
Beer Fisheries
Beer Fishing – J Aplin
The Anchor
Newton Poppleford
La Rosetta Italian Restaurant
Exeter Inn Pub
Moores Restaurant
Other
Exeter Chiefs
Exeter City Football Club
Bicton Park
Unison
Xerox
For further press information please contact:
Nick Stephen, Communications Officer, on 01395 517 559
East Devon District Council, Knowle, Sidmouth, Devon EX10 8HL
