Thank you to everyone who attended Blackheath fireworks on Saturday 5 November! Once again approximately 100,000 people attended South London’s biggest and best free fireworks display.
With your support we were able to raise a total of £55,000 to support the event(£10,000 from public donations and £45,000 from sponsorship and business support). So if you donated then a huge thank you!
If you'd still like to donate then you can still do so in any of the ways below. Donations by text will include a small donation to the Mayor's chosen charity the Lavender Trust at Breast Cancer Care, which supports younger women affected by breast cancer.
We are very grateful to the following sponsors and business supporters who made generous donations towards the cost of running this hugely popular event:
You can still donate
Online: make an online donation (up to any amount).
SMS: text Fireworks to 70007 - all texts will be charged at £3 plus one standard text. Breast Cancer Care will receive 70p for each text sent. Text donations will end on 19 November 2011.
Telephone: call 020 8314 3007 to donate any amount Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
Breast Cancer Care is a registered charity in England and Wales 1017658 and registered charity in Scotland SCO38104.
What happened in 2010
It was thought at one point that the unexpected £36,000 shortfall in funding might put the display at risk. Due to the huge generosity of hundreds of individuals, community groups and businesses, the display was able to go ahead.
Lewisham Council launched an appeal for public donations and, including the cash collected on the night, over £25,000 was raised. The 2010 display was once again generously backed by independent fund management company GLC Ltd, who have been involved with the Blackheath Fireworks display since 1994.
Local professional film makers, Live Vision Studios, made a film of the event.