RMS in the Community

RMS makes a splash

June 2010

Estate agent Rook Matthews Sayer (RMS) has been making an effort to get involved with the local community, most recently supporting the City of Newcastle Amateur Swimming Club by sponsoring its summer barbecue, which took place on June 18, 2010.

The club, based at the City Pool in Newcastle city centre, develops swimmers to enable them to take part in competition at regional, national, international, Commonwealth and Olympic levels. David Jones, valuation and marketing manager at RMS Gosforth, explains how the company got involved: "Following the change in government, the swimming club is going to lose funding and it needs to raise money simply to keep everything running. “There are several squads comprising around 150 swimmers who take part in local and national galas that incur transport costs and so on." He continues: "It’s a fantastic organisation. My 11-year-old son goes frequently, and it's great to see that it works with all ages of swimmer, from five years old upwards, across the city. The standards of the club become clear when you consider that it has produced some high performing athletes, such as Chris Cook." The club was formed in 1977, when head coach Ian Oliver became chief swimming coach/organiser at Newcastle Council. During his career, he has coached swimmers to win nine Commonwealth medals, including five Golds, and this will be the 15th year that swimmers from Newcastle have competed in major swimming events. David adds: "At RMS we've made a donation of £1000 to sponsor a fundraising barbecue at the Northern Rugby Club, Gosforth, where there’ll be a raffle to raise funds. “From the company’s perspective, we’re always looking to put something back into the community and this seemed like an ideal project.

"For more information on the club, log on to www.cityofnewcastleasc.co.uk or call Russell Mills on 07986 793800.

New veterans centre benefits from donation from RMS

April 2010

Rook Matthews Sayer was pleased to hand over a cheque to North East housing support charity, Norcare in January. The money was raised during RMS’s campaign, ‘The market is moving,’ which ran during September and October 2009. For every home listed, an amount would be paid to Norcare. Clive Rook said “The market was improving, but we had no real idea how much money we would end up raising for the charity. We were pleased to raise £6,350, which will go towards the purchase of a mini bus for Norcare. This will allow the staff to take residents out and about, so they will be able to benefit from all the North East has to offer. All the staff at RMS participated in the campaign, their energy and enthusiasm helped raise the amount we did. In addition to the money raised by RMS, one of the companies we work with Simply Group, raised £246 for the charity, which will go towards the mini bus also. We chose Norcare to support, because of their work with the homeless and we were excited to find out that they were opening a new centre for vulnerable veterans.” Norcare is working with the Royal British Legion to pilot a centre that will re-create home life for ex servicemen and women that have fallen on hard times, to help them re-build their lives.