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24-year fundraising campaign pays off

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Howard Lake | 23 March 2004 | News

A care centre in Berkshire has opened after 24 years of fundraising.

The BBC reports that a care home for people with physical and learning difficulties will open in Wokingham, Berkshire, this week after a 24-year campaign of fundraising by a group of parents.

The parents raised £400,000 towards the £1.8 million centre, with Wokingham social services and the Ability Housing Association also contributing to the project.

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.

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