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# Bear Patrol raise £21,929.46 for Sussex Beacon in 2016
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/bear-patrol-raise-21929-46-for-sussex-beacon-in-2016/
- Published: 2017-01-24T09:00:43.000Z
- Updated: 2017-01-24T21:10:16.000Z
- Description: The Mayor of Brighton & Hove attended the Bear-Patrol Bacon and Sarnie social at the Sussex Beacon last month. Between bacon butties Simon Dowe announced that Bear Patrol events in 2016 had raised £21,929.46 for the Sussex Beacon and £6,763.16 for other organisations making the grand total raised fo
- Author: Besi
- Tags: In The South, News, Bear Patrol, Danny Dwyer, Rainbow Fund, Rockinghorse, Sussex Beacon

## Mayor of Brighton & Hove attends the Bear-Patrol *Bacon and Sarnie social* at the Sussex Beacon last month.

[![Image: Nick Ford Photography](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/web-600-3-4.jpg)](http://gscene.com/news/bear-patrol-raise-21929-46-for-sussex-beacon-in-2016/attachment/web-600-3-505/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)

Image: Nick Ford Photography

Between bacon butties the Sussex Beacon CEO, **Simon Dowe** announced that Bear-Patrol events in 2016 had raised **£21,929.46** for the Sussex Beacon and **£6,763.16** for other organisations making the grand total raised for good causes by Bear-Patrol in 2016 to **£28,692.62**.

Bear-Patrol was founded by **Danny Dwyer** on May 28, 2008 and has been fundraising for good causes since January 1, 2011.

To date they have raised and donated a total of £158,115.99 to 20 different organisations.

**The following totals have been raised for each organisation:**

**♦ Sussex Beacon:** £141,330.13

**♦ Rainbow Fund:** £3,951.60

**♦ Canine Partners:** £3,629.72

**♦ Sussex Cancer Fund:** £3,078.75

**♦ Rockinghorse:** £1,636.25

**♦ Mencap (south coast):** £1,149.41

**♦ GMFA:** £763.75

**♦ Lunch Positive:** £505.73

**♦ MacMillan (South):** £425.00

**♦ Great Ormond Street:** £392.50

**♦ THT (South):** £305.00

**♦ Chestnut Tree House:** £240.00

**♦ Peer Action:** £180.00

**♦ Mildmay Mission:** £166.25

**♦ Brighton Pride:** £162.15

**♦ Rise:** £88.50

**♦ Brighton Housing Trust:** £50.00

**♦ Demelza:** £30.00

**♦ Ditch The Label:** £25.00

**♦ Age UK:** £6.25

**Total amount raised:** £158,115.99

[![Image: Nick Ford Photography](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/web-600-59.jpg)](http://gscene.com/news/bear-patrol-raise-21929-46-for-sussex-beacon-in-2016/attachment/web-600-5380/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)

Image: Nick Ford Photography

All Monies Raised via Bear-Patrol and Danny Dwyer during their events goes directly to the charity/organisation via online donation pages and/or registered collection tins and buckets.

A high percentage of their funding is specifically allocated to named projects i.e. a new summer house, garden pond, decorating, equipment, chemotherapy chair and natural hair wigs for cancer patients.