25/11/2025
Carter the Brave came to Hollywood on Saturday night as 260 sparkling guests arrived on the red carpet for the annual ball to raise a staggering £30,000! 🙏❤️💙🎈 Helen Norgrove performed an array of fabulous Hollywood songs whilst guests enjoyed glasses of fizz & the Hollywood Dip. The Red Carpet Photo Corner was busy along with lots of sales of CTB Gin & Flower Power Books. Matt opened the evening followed by Reverend Edge who spoke about how far Carter has come, ending with Grace. Harry Lally carried on the exceptional musical tone with his performances including Ariyan & Harrisun Lally along with a debut appearance by Carter himself on the guitar! This was followed by our Hollywood solo performances by the totally amazing Helen Norgrove, Joanne Mayling, Abby McCathie, Caroline Hodges & Olivia Grime. Each & every one worthy of an Oscar – SO much talent right there! I then spoke about Carter’s journey, our fundraising & B*H investments, followed by an extremely interesting speech by Dr Potluri regarding the research that CTB has funded. You could hear a pin drop! Mark Brider, CEO of B*H Charity made a fabulous speech thanking team Carter for all we have done & announced that we are…
‘THE BIGGEST PATIENT FAMILY FUNDRAISERS IN THE HISTORY OF B*H!!!!’ 🎉🎉🥂🥂❤️❤️💙💙🎈🎈
Along with some serious & funny memories of The Sahara Trek! We presented a Cheque to Mark Brider for the £111,250 raised from the Sahara amongst the glitz of the night! We then had the pleasure of the Auction Opener – brilliant James Bond/Full Monty/Ghostbusters rendition & dancing by Matt, Nick Kaey, Harry Lally & Emil Zachev! Then onto the Hollywood Auction – 28 lots for our fabulous Roger Bedson to get through & as always Roger smashed it even dressed as a ghost! With Mark Huggett, Rob Oakley & Neal McCathie being brilliant spotters! Then the one that held it all together & kept us on track throughout the entire event was our fantabulous MC Jamie Norgrove!
Finally Jam Productions took us dancing for 2 hours with a finale of Carter’s Journey song - A Million Dreams which had us all crying on the dance floor! This was a moment I will never forget – super emotional. To capture it all on camera was the one & only Matt Bielby who has taken some of the best flagship photos ever!
So many people are part of this. Helen Norgrove – your planning & organisation of the music, songs & performers was absolutely spectacular! I cannot thank you enough. Leanne Balloons Brown & Rosie’s Balloons give up their time every year to create what can only be described as Hollywood Masterpieces! Luke from Sterling Photobooths helped us with all the Hollywood letters & EPH Creative helped with the props! Gemma Wilkes of Tailor Maid Events provided all the covers & sashes at a great price! Jo & Craig Wright worked hard on the Gin sales & Matt, Harry, Nick & Emil sold the dip & Toby Pedder, Laurie Graves & Martin Pickup have worked tirelessly on the CTB Hollywood brand. We also had so many dip & auction prizes donated - a huge thank you to you all!
Finally, we had an army of friends helping on the run up & on the day - Helen Norgrove, Jamie Norgrove, Bonita Prosser, Jo Wright, Andie Robinson, Kath Turner, Zara & Paul Salloway, Nick Rafferty, Sarah Stokes, Becky Cartter, Harry Lally, Nick Kaey, Michelle & Mark Huggett, Kate & Roger Bedson, Rad McCathie, Helen Bielby & Helen & Bren O’Neill.
What a night, what a team, what a result… OUR TEAM CARTER IS THE BEST!!
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who helped us make this happen!
CURRENT TOTAL FOR CTB IS £590,000!!
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