The Salford Dragon Boat Festival
Sunday 17th May 2020
Featured Charities
For every charity that either enters or has one or more teams entering to support them, we will add that charity's name to the list below and link it to their home page.
Charity nomination - Online Entry Form:
Our online entry form will also list all the previously supported charities, but is not exclusive. Teams will still be able to nominate their own charity, the only proviso being is that charity must be registered with the Charity's Commission.
Charity of the Year:
The charity that had the most teams entering the last event will be nominated to be the next Charity of the Year. The benefits to being Charity of the Year are:
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A proportion of all corporate entries will be dontaed to our Charity of the Year,
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The Charity of the Year will be the only charity who is permitted to fund raise on the day.
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The Charity of the Year will be the only charity whose web page will show as a child page under the 'Charities' tab.
The 2020 Charity of the Year is:
The following alphabetically listed charities have all been supported at the Salford Dragon Boat Festival:
Arthritis Research UK - now known as: Versus Arthritis
Barnabus - Charity of the Year for 2020
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)
Claire House Children's Hospice
Cornerstone Day Centre Manchester
Christie Hospital (The Christie)
Cornerstone Day Centre Manchester
Derian House Children's Hospice
GAIN (Guillain-Barré & Associated Inflammatory Neuropathies)
Homeless International - now REALL
Manchester and Cheshire Dogs Home
Men Matter Appeal - see Chestnut Appeal
Metabolic Support UK - previously known as C.L.I.M.B.
M.N.D.A. (The Motor Neurone Disease Association)
Reall (formally Homeless International)
Ronald McDonald House Manchester
St Mary's Hospital, Manchester
St Vincent's Housing Association
The Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity
The Salford Deaf Children's Society
The Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Versus Arthritis - previously known as: Arthritis Research UK