Fundraisers Sparkle at Lyneham
RAF Lyneham
www.raf.mod.uk/raflyneham
3rd November 2006
RAF Lyneham Fundraisers have presented £2000 on the station annual bonfire night festivities. The Citizen’s Advice Bureau is one of 3 local charities selected as a beneficiary this year by the Admin Wing Fundraising Committee.

A giant cheque in the shape of a hot dog, was presented by the proud team to the North Wilts Citizens Advice Bureau on Friday 3rd November, as hundreds of the fireworks were being displayed in the clear moon lit autumn sky.

Mary Spooner, Citizen’s Advice Bureau Office Manager at Chippenham, who was delighted to receive it along with a complementary warming glass of Gluhwein.

The Admin Wing fundraisers have supported the Station Bonfire Night for the past 3 years by providing the ever-popular Imbiss BBQ, toffee apples and Gluhwein. This year, it was a combined effort with the professionals from Catering Squadron, who provided hot soup, cheeseburgers, pastries and Irish Stew.

The CAB have provided an excellent service to RAF Lyneham personnel and families for many years and now hold regular sessions in the HIVE at the HUB, the first Monday of each month.

For Sqn Ldr Martin Young, one of the admin officers at the Wiltshire airbase, it was his last Imbiss at Lyneham. He said at the firework display “I would like to thank everyone at Lyneham who has supported our events, in particular, I would wish to thank Catering Squadron staff who have always gone out of their way to help us. Whether it be, by providing tea urns for hot drinks or storing some of our chilled food, they have been superb and we could not have raised the £4,000 this year without them."

The Fundraisers Team have also been marvellous, giving up their free time to support many events throughout the year and have been great fun to work with (I have never heard so many ‘lame’ sausage jokes). For those who may get Brattie withdrawal symptoms, fear not, the Imbiss will continue at Lyneham under the supervision of Sgt Andy Davis and Flt Lt David Harper”.

Royal Air Force Lyneham www.raf.mod.uk/raflyneham with thanks to Sergeant HE PENNEY Deputy Media Communications Officer RAF Lyneham Home to the mighty Hercules, affectionately named "Fat Albert" Wiltshire's airbase, working around the clock, come rain or shine 'First in and Last out'