Sporting Inspirations Dinner 2010

Football legends and celebrity supporters attended Scope’s annual Sporting Inspirations Dinner, raising over £91,000.

For the second year running, Scope’s biggest fundraising event of the year, Sporting Inspirations was held at The London Marriott, Grosvenor Square.

The dinner theme was football in celebration of last summer’s FIFA World Cup in South Africa and the forthcoming 2018 World Cup draw. The evening included an exclusive “in conversation with” panel discussion hosted by Manish Bhasin from The Football League Show on BBC One. Manish interviewed our VIP guests, which consisted of football icon Jack Charlton OBE, England Under-21’s manager Stuart Pearce MBE, player-turned-pundit Steve Claridge and referee Graham Poll, who all talked about their career highlights and hopes for the future.

The evening was hosted by Scope patron Alastair Stewart OBE supported by fellow Scope patrons Cherie Booth and Ade Adepitan MBE. We were also joined by Paralympic swimming golden couple Sascha and Nyree Kindred, together with top Swindon Town striker Charlie Austin and his partner Bianca Parker.

The auction and silent auction raised over £51,000 with lots including Britain’s Got Talent live show tickets, Take That concert tickets, Vivienne Westwood jewellery and a Manchester United VIP package.

For further information, please contact Sue Dorrington, Special Events, Scope on 020 7619 7271 or email her.

Scope’s Business Development Board and the Sporting Inspirations Event Committee

• Chair, Isabel Hudson (QBE, Phoenix Group, Pensions Regulator, Standard Life WPC)
• Ian Black (Trustee, Scope)
• Chris Casey
• Paul Clarke (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
• Mark Dearsley (Partnership Assurance)
• Dinesh Dhamija (Copper Beech Group)
• Patrick Donovan (Citgate Dewe Rogerson)
• Richard Farr (BDO)
• Mark Hicks (Marsh)
• Mike Hobday (IBM)
• Sally Jones-Evans (Lloyds TSB)
• Tim Lebus (Duke Street)
• Adam Levitt (Herbert Smith LLP)
• Niamh Prendergast (Ernst & Young)
• Mark Rolfe (Barratt/Hornby/LCP/Sage)
• Ken Schiff (Weil, Gotshal & Manges)
• Tom Scott
• Martin Stewart (The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games)
• David Sullivan (Willis)
• Roland Wessel (Star Energy)

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Photos courtesy: Getty Images/FA/BBC