Jacobs Steel held their first charity ball in 2019. Matt Jacobs and Pat Barton, our hands-on, vision-led Managing Directors, came up the idea of the ball to bring local business people together and work together to look after our community. Matt Jacobs says, “It’s really important to us as a business to be part of the community and give something back where we can.”
The 2019 ball was a complete success, where Jacobs Steel raised over £9,000 for local charities Guild Care and West Sussex Mind, so they decided to do it again in 2020! Unfortunately, the pandemic had other plans; so the ball was delayed until 2022. Nevertheless, another success, raising over £12,000 for the aforementioned charities.
This year, the Jacobs Steel team were overwhelmed by the generosity of those who donated, raising a whopping £17,652.67 for West Sussex Mind and Guild Care. This is approximately £5,650 more than last year!
On the night, we have a silent auction, a live auction and a raffle. Local businesses donate prizes, which we are so incredibly grateful for. We also play a number of games which helps people get in the spirit and have a bit of fun, whilst raising money for a good cause.
Words from Jacobs Steel’s Pat Barton
We’ve given a lot of support to the community in various ways over the years, but we wanted to do something just that little bit more significant. When you bring 300 business people in to a room, lots of them will know of West Sussex Mind, and they’ll know of Guild Care. But they won’t know what they do.
Charities have a real difficulty because they need to get themselves out in front of people, without overly pushing it. Fundraising is so important to them. It’s a sad thing to say, but some of these charities go unnoticed. Part of why we’ve done this is to bring charities to the forefront of peoples’ minds.
A huge thank you from Jacobs Steel
This year’s donations came from the following businesses, to whom we’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks:
Simply Conveyancing
Crudo Mexican
HD Tribe Ltd Funeral Directors
Guild Care
Browns Natural Pet Store
OnPoint Mortgages
CSN Homes
The Pilates Company
Wiston Estate
Centrestage Hair Company
The Fish Factory
Taylor Rose MW
Tern. Restaurant
5 Rings Energy
Vice Puddings
Orca Online Marketing Limited
Emma at Saga Travel UK
Loop Property Software
Apollo Mortgages
We also couldn’t hold these events without sponsorship, and we’re extremely grateful to this year’s sponsors:
Briant Broadband
Connect Media UK
Magenta MAD
Metropolis Visual
Beaus Photography