Description: Chris - Chris Helps Raise funds In his Spirit by funding and raising Awarness for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and the Disabled
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Many of you will know Christopher was a massive Man Utd fan. Thanks first to Lee Sharpe and especially Jimmy Curran, physio his last 5 years were so special for him, meeting many players including David Beckham 4 times and Sir Alex 3 times. Christopher’s United journey is to feature in a documentary film being made by Keith Norris who lives in Whitehead, Northern Ireland. Keith is the owner of the well known flag “Big Lily” which was displayed many times at the Stretford End of Old Trafford. Chris used to s
Thomas Wilson, Trusts and Major Donor Engagement Executive, recently invited us to visit the Children’s Hospice to view their new Memory Sensory Garden. While it is not yet completed Thomas felt it would be a nice time to visit it as we approached Christopher’s anniversary. We were so pleased when Thomas told us that the £5,239 donation the charity made last year was, along with another donation, being used to rebuild their memory garden. This new colourful garden has additional new features....
After we closed the charity at the 31st March 2018, being our financial year end, we had to then complete the Annual Returns to the Charity Commission NI. This included Audited Accounts, a Trustees’ Report on the year past, an On-Line Monitoring form plus this year an On-Line Closure form. We were pleased to recently receive a letter from the Charity Commission to say all is finalised and The Christopher McCollum Fund was noted now as “ceased to exist”. We felt it right to advise this on both the website an