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HMS Cavalier - We Need Your Votes Again - 1 Week To Go!
5 August 2010
The Historic Dockyard Chatham is delighted to let you know that HMS Cavalier, our Second World War Destroyer, has reached the finals of the National Lottery Awards. The Awards are an annual search to find the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded project, and they aim to celebrate and recognise the difference that those projects have made to people, places and communities all across the UK. Thank you to all of you that have voted for us so far. If you haven’t yet voted, it’s not too late!
After making it through the Semi-final round thanks to a huge amount of support, HMS Cavalier is competing against two other projects in the Best Education Project category for the chance to win the national award and a £2,000 prize, and we need your votes again to help crown HMS Cavalier as a winner! This would be a major achievement, not only for The Historic Dockyard Chatham and all the volunteers that have dedicated hundreds of thousands of hours restoring this ship, but also for the whole of Kent and Medway as something to be proud of. Just visit http://www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards/shortlistitem.cfm?id_category=2&id_entry=106 or call 0844 686 1038 to cast your vote.
HMS Cavalier was the Royal Navy’s last operational Second World War destroyer and until 1999, was gently rotting in a dry dock on Tyneside. The ship was acquired for preservation and display at The Historic Dockyard Chatham as the National Destroyer Memorial dedicated to the 143 British Destroyers and 11,000 sailors lost at sea during the Second World War. Now restored, HMS Cavalier is a major heritage attraction and the focus of a range of educational programmes aimed at engaging children and young people of all ages with a strong focus on under-achieving students.
As a finalist, we will be appearing on a BBC1 primetime show on 4th September 2010 called “National Lottery Big 7”, and we need your vote to help us win! Please support us; just click here or call 0844 686 1038 to cast your vote. Calls will cost no more than 5p from a BT landline. Calls from other networks may vary; calls from mobiles could cost considerably more.
Every vote counts, so we really appreciate your support. Voting closes at Midday on 13th August 2010 so please register your vote before then. A huge thanks to those that have supported us so far, we just need one final push to be crowned the winner! Please pass this message on to your friends, families and colleagues as we need the support! Thank you!
Paul Barnard
Fundraising and Programme Development
The Historic Dockyard Chatham
Tel: 01634 823844
Email: pbarnard@chdt.org.uk
Website: www.thedockyard.co.uk
We could win a National Lottery Award – please vote for us online at www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards or call 0844 686 1038. Voting closes on 13th August at Midday.
