A Bedfordshire cub pack, Neptune, has successfully raised the £1700 needed to help fund a new toilet block for Mafambisa Care Point in South Africa! Deemed a flushing success (!) the Great Biggleswade Loo Push involved two home-made toilet go-karts which were ridden in an area of Biggleswade. The unconventional take on raising money captured the Bedfordshire community, who can now proudly say that they have helped to raise money for a much-needed cause.
Mafambisa is the community partner of St Andrew’s Church in Biggleswade, where Neptune cub pack leader, Nick Gurney, attends. Donations on the day flooded in and by the end of the event the £1700 needed was not only reached but surpassed. Nick said: “We are just overjoyed by the community’s response and participation. We always hoped we would reach the donation target, but hitting the amount and surpassing the total is more than we could have wished for”. Any monies raised beyond the cost of the toilets will be used by Hands at Work wherever there is greatest need, serving to build resilience in Africa’s poorest communities.
And it’s not the end of the road for the toilet go-karts, either! They have been invited to participate in this year’s Biggleswade Carnival, so it won’t be the last time they will be seen proudly parading the streets!