Raymond Weil have raised £670,000 For Childrens Charities
Back in May Raymond Weil teamed up with Barack Obama to raise a staggering £670,000 for children’s charities. The event was held in Edinburgh on the last Friday of May with an excess of 1000 business men and women who paid up to a £2000 price tag per ticket.
There were a special nine school children who also won tickets to go to the event. Barack Obama was the key note speaker and it was one of his first speeches since he left office a few months ago.
The event was paid for by charitable trust founded by Tom Hunter who is a Scottish entrepreneur. Tom Hunter has also pledged to donate a minimum of £1bn to charity and isn’t going back on his word with a astounding accomplishment of £51.7m so far, he has had a bit of criticism though from the Guardian who said he has “so far only donated £51.7m” trying to make it seem like a small amount of money. We are sure the charities receiving this amazing amount of support aren’t kicking up a fuss about it.
There was no media presence allowed at the event which was held at Edinburgh international conference centre, which will also feature performances by Annie Lennox and the pop-rock band Texas.
The event was sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland and all profits from the event were donated to charities supported by the Hunter Foundation which included STV Children’s Appeal and the Kiltwalk.
The table prices varied massively from £5,000 – £20,000 depending if you wanted a front row table or were happy with one at the back with a table also going to the winner of a secondary school essay-writing competition, eight of their friends and a teacher.
There was further money raised at an auction which saw a Raymond Weil Freelancer watch 7740 donated as well as a number of other prizes which included two walk-on parts in the next JK Rowling Fantastic Beasts film, naming rights to the Gleneagles hotel’s American bar, and a private tennis session with Roger Federer and Andy Murray.
The keynote speaker for the event was no other that Barack Obama and the event was the former president’s first address since his term as president came to an end. Again the Guardian tried to shed a grey cloud over the event my asking to know how much Obama was being paid to talk at the event however this did not deter Sir tom who declined to answer or comment regarding the matter.
The night was branded a massive success by many of the attendees who had nothing but praise for the speakers, charity donations and musical talent on the night.
