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A grand day out for Sundowns: 12 April 2010; Wirral based charity Sundowns has been chosen as the Merseytravel corporate charity for 2010.

Youngsters and their parents from Sundowns attended the recent launch of the Wallace and Gromit in Space Exhibition at Spaceport in Wallasey, where they were officially welcomed as the Merseytravel corporate charity for 2010 by Merseytravel Chief Executive, Neil Scales and Radio Merseyside presenter Roger Phillips.

Sundowns charity provides support and advice from people who have a child with Downs Syndrome and offer help with information covering things like education, benefits and health issues. Sundowns also provide social events for the whole family and offer support for siblings of people with Downs Syndrome.

Neil Scales said, “For the past eight years our staff have voted for a good cause to become our corporate charity for each year and this year we are pleased to be supporting Sundowns.

“Sundowns are celebrating their tenth anniversary this year and we hope to mark the occasion by not only fundraising, but also offering our support where we can.”

Roger Phillips added, “Sundowns are a great charity, doing very valuable work with a limited budget and resources, so the support of an organisation such as Merseytravel will be invaluable to them”

Lisa Masters, Chief Executive of Sundowns said, We would like to thank the staff of Merseytravel for choosing us as their charity of the year! This is a huge honour and we are all very excited”

Pictured left to right: Parents and children from Sundowns, Roger Phillips and Neil Scales.; Back to Media Centre