Jill Halfpenny Sends Her Words of Support

Jill Halfpenny has sent her words of support to those giving up their beds on October 2 as part of Byte Night.

Jill said: "Byte Night is a fantastic idea for a truly great cause. Please support it in any way you can and if you know of anyone who will be giving up their bed for a night then please sponsor them and show your support. Thank you so much."

To sponsor the Bond Solutions team and help raise money for Action for Children please click here.

If you would like to get involved in Byte Night please register at www.bytenight.org.uk/.

Not Long To Go

It's only 9 days until the Bond Solutions team will spend a night sleeping rough in aid of Action for Children and we are all looking forward to the challenge.

As October 2 quickly approaches, we are pleased to announce that former ITV anchorwoman Kim Inglis will be hosting North East Byte Night 2009. Kim has been in the media spotlight for the past 15 years and we would like to thank her for supporting the first official Byte Night to be held in the region.

For those who are unable to sleep out, tickets are now on sale for the evening event - with 100% of the ticket price going directly to Action for Children. Tickets cost just £10 and include an evening meal, two drinks and admission to the evening’s entertainment - which will feature performances by two up-and-coming singers and a quiz.

We are pleased to announce that Codeworks Connect is sponsoring North East Byte Night and several members of the team will be volunteering on the night, bringing with them games consoles which will be available for use throughout the evening.

Heather Baxter of GENI is making special Byte Night cupcakes which will be on sale and, speaking from personal experience, are definitely not to be missed. Thank you also to Laura Maddison of Altitude Recruitment who has also donated a box of cupcakes to our raffle.

Byte Night will be a fantastic event in which the business community can come together and raise money for a fantastic cause.

To book your tickets for Byte Night, please email bytenight@bond-solutions.com.

To sign up for Byte Night please visit http://www.bytenight.org.uk/.

We look forward to seeing you there and raising money to help young people in the North East.

Well Done Jules!

Congratulations to Julie for completing her skydive on Saturday in aid of Action for Children.

As promised the pictures have arrived!

The weather was fantastic and the team celebrated her safe descent with a BBQ – the pilot even flew the plane over the garden as promised.

Thank you to all of those who sponsored Julie making us 37% closer to reaching our target. This is fantastic and very much appreciated.

We are now looking ahead to Byte Night on October 2, where all of the team will be sleeping rough for one night to experience what it is like to be homeless.

We are hoping this will allow us to reach our £3,000 fundraising target and make a big difference to young people across the region.

Action for Children has helped over 19,000 children in the North East over the past year and it relies on support from the business community to continue its work.

If you would like to get involved in Byte Night please click here and please also visit our JustGiving page www.justgiving.com/bond-solutions if you are able to sponsor us and help change the lives of children across the country.

Click here for more pictures of Julie’s jump.

JULIE TAKES THE PLUNGE

We hope you will all join us in wishing our financial controller Julie Curtis good luck for her skydive on Saturday.

The jump, taking place at Peterlee Airfield, is in aid of Bond’s chosen charity Action for Children whom we have pledged to raise £3,000 for this year.

As a foster carer, Julie is passionate about helping young people and she is hoping to raise a substantial amount of money for the Charity - which has helped over 19,000 young people in the region over the past year.

Fostering Solutions, whom Julie and husband Derek foster through, has kindly paid the cost for the jump, meaning all sponsorship money raised will be donated directly to Action for Children.

We have so far raised 15% of our target following the Coast to Coast cycle which our technical director Peter Clark did with three friends last month, so we still have a way to go before reaching our goal.

The Bond team will also be sleeping rough for one night on October 2 as part of Byte Night North East.

If you would like to sponsor Julie in her jump please visit our JustGiving page at www.justgiving.co.uk/bond-solutions. For further information about Action for Children please click here.

Photographs of Julie doing her jump will follow next week!