The Willow Foundation Dinner with Arsene Wenger and Bob Wilson
Tuesday 14th July 7:00pm, Mayfair

Pi Capital is delighted to host this very special and worthwhile charity dinner for The Willow Foundation, with guests Arsene Wenger, Manager of Arsenal Football Club and Bob Wilson former Arsenal and Scotland Goalkeeper.

Arsène Wenger is Arsenal Football Club’s most successful manager and has taken charge of more Arsenal matches than any other previous manager in the Club’s history. His honours as Arsenal Manager include three League titles, four FA Cups and four Charity/Community Shields, including two League and Cup ’doubles’ in 1998 and 2002. He is the only Arsenal manager to have won the FA Cup more than once and the only manager to take the Club to a UEFA Champions League Final, while he was also the first manager in English League history to complete an entire 38-match season unbeaten in 2003/04. Arsène has also been decorated with an honorary OBE in 2003 and France’s highest civil honour, the Legion d’Honneur, in 2002. He also received the Freedom of Islington in 2004.

The Willow Foundation is the only charity of its kind providing special days for 16 to 40 year olds. Special days aim to provide young adults living with life-threatening conditions a chance to escape the pressures of their daily routine and share quality time with family and/or friends.  Every special day is of the young person’s choosing - it could involve fulfilling a lifelong dream or it could simply offer an opportunity to bring some much needed normality back into their lives.  To date the charity has organised and funded special days for young adults living with a wide range of serious conditions including: cancer, motor neurone disease, cystic fibrosis, Huntingdon’s, organ failure and multiple sclerosis (later stages).  Bob & Megs Wilson founded the Willow Foundation in 1999 in memory of their daughter, Anna who died of cancer aged 31. The charity’s name, Willow, stems from Anna’s nickname and its aim is to replicate the positive impact special days had on both Anna and her family during her treatment.   In 2003 the Wilsons stepped back from the day to day running of the charity, however Bob Wilson remains a trustee and Megs Wilson is Founder President. They are both heavily involved in fundraising activities and are kept informed of every special day organised.   Bob Wilson is the former Arsenal and Scotland goalkeeper and TV presenter.

www.willowfoundation.org.uk

RSVP to Kate Lewis  if you are interested in attending and of the above events.

kl@picapital.co.uk

( 020 7529 5664