On December 20th and 21st, three of us from Testing Circle took some of the kids from our chosen Charity, Shooting Star Chase, to see Rihanna at the O2!  AEG Worldwide very kindly donated a box suite for both nights so the kids could really have that VIP experience.

Everyone loved Calvin Harris (Rihanna’s support act), but of course the crowd went wild when Rihanna came on stage!  There was junk food galore, with burgers, pizzas, hot dogs and chips - the kids all had such an amazing night; and the gift bags that we gave them were filled with presents kindly donated by PhotoBox, tastecard and a private sponsor.

Shooting Star Chase is an amazing Charity based in Guildford, Surrey; that provides huge amounts of love and support to life-limited children and their friends and family.  It costs that £23,000 a day to run their two hospices; and less than 7% of that is funded by the government.  As well as raising money, Testing Circle wanted to take some of the teenagers out for a ‘night on the town’ and the O2-trip was born!

Thank you once again to all the people who made these two evenings happen - it was an amazing Christmas present for the kids who came (and the carers too!) and they, along with us, will certainly remember it for a very long time.

To make a donation to this incredible cause, please visit our Charity page and click ‘Donate’.

“ICAP raised a record £12.75 million (US$20 million) worldwide on its 19th annual Charity Day. This brings the total amount raised through the ICAP Charity Day, which started in 1993, to £89.35 million” -- ICAP Official Website

A massive congratulations to ICAP who have held another hugely successful Charity day and raised a staggering £12.75 million!  The 200 charities they are supporting this year include; “The Cure Parkinson’s Trust”, “World Child Cancer” and “Beat Bullying”.  Celebrities such as Lewis Hamilton, Jamie Oliver, Rod Stewart and Jessica Alba took to the phones in ICAP locations all around the World, to raise money for these incredible causes.

Michael Spencer (Group CEO of ICAP) said "It's an incredible achievement in these difficult times. I'd like to thank all our employees, customers and suppliers, as well as our very distinguished guests, for the huge effort they made to raise this figure for the 200 charities we are supporting this year around the world. It will have an enormous impact on every one of these deserving causes." -- ICAP Official Website

We are all really excited to take 22 of the teenagers from the incredible charity Shooting Star Chase #SSCHospices to see Rihanna in a box suite at the O2 Arena, next week!  Shooting Star Chase is a phenomenal charity that provides love and support to children who won’t reach their 19th Birthdays, and their friends and families.  They have two hospices based in Guildford and Hampton which cost them a staggering £23,000 a day to maintain with only 7% of that funding coming from the government.  The kids are so excited for their ‘VIP night out’ as are the staff from both hospices...we are so honoured to be able to do this for them, but none of it would be possible without AEG Worldwide who have generously donated their corporate suite for two nights!  If you would like to donate to this extraordinary cause, please visit the page on our site and click ‘Donate’!