Wow what a night we had at Novotel Southampton on Saturday, for our 18th Smile4Wessex Gala Dinner.

Firstly a huge thank you to our wonderful sponsors Moore Barlow LLP and MarineSpace for generously supporting the event once again. It really does make such a difference and we truly appreciate your continued support.

Massive congratulations to our very worthy winners of our 2023 Smile4Rich Fundraiser of the Year Award - Major Kevin Matthews and The Thomas Hardye School Combined Cadet Force in Dorchester, for their 2x2x24 challenge in May. Also a special mention to nominees, Nick Kinloch and Simplify Consulting for their amazing fundraising efforts and indeed all our fundraisers for their dedicated support over the past year.

A special thank you to all our guests for joining us and once again supporting us so generously .... This event couldn't happen without all of you!

Thanks also to The Strand ... You were awesome as always.

To everyone who generously donated auction and raffle prizes... Medtronic for displaying and demonstrating the kit for our newly announced appeal... And all the team at the Novotel - Thank you.

I will be in touch with all our auction winners over the next few days.... We don't have a final total raised yet, but will hopefully be able to announce this soon.

Thank you ALL for making it such a special night .... Keep smiling!