Throughout December we ran another online advent calendar of offers, raffles, lucky dips and ‘blind’ auctions – many to raise vital funds for our 2024 charity, Actors’ Benevolent Fund. We’re still finalising the figures, but it looks like you’ve already exceeded last year’s charity fundraising total – well into four figures! We’ll publish the final figure in FAB Express 106 in the spring.

Thanks so much to our generous donors and everyone who bought raffle tickets, charity items or bid in the auctions!

We’ll start mailing the various prizes and auction lots next week.

Remember that we still have a range of items available in return for a donation to our charity. As a reminder, here’s a reminder of what was in our Advent Calendar:

24th – Charity Add-on International Concerto soundtrack

23rd – Charity Auction – Duchess of Royston figurine (highest bidder Robert Hill)

22nd – Charity Raffle – Space Precinct shirts (won by Stephen Carson, Larry Peterson and Christian Tarpey)

21st – Charity Auction – Fanderson 82 convention brochure (highest bidder Keith Campbell)

20th – Charity Add-on – Great Themes From Thunderbirds mini album

19th – Charity Raffle – Robert Harrop Zero X (won by Robert Hill)

18th – Charity Auction – Takara Tomy Pod Builder (highest bidder Ian Haworth)

17th – Free Lucky Dip – Thunderbirds movie book (won by Jentsje Veenstra)

16th – Charity Auction – Four Feather Falls soundtrack (highest bidder Alex Bulgo)

15th – Free Lucky Dip – Robert Harrop Sidewinder (won by Martin Ashworth

14th – Charity Raffle – Thunderbirds Are Go notebook (won by Stephen Bushell)

13th – Charity Auction – Bond & Beyond brochure (highest bidder Keith Campbell)

12th – Charity Item – Supercar and Fireball XL5 soundtrack (still available)

11th – Free Lucky Dip – Thunderbirds DVDs (won by Christopher Coombs)

10th – Charity Auction – Robert Harrop UFO (highest bidder Robert Hill)

9th – Charity Add-on – Sleeping Astronauts soundtrack sampler

8th – Charity Auction – Thunderbirds movies soundtrack (highest bidder Keith Jones)

7th – Free Lucky Dip – 100 Thunderbirds postcards (won by Patricia Caminada)

6th – Charity Item – Space City window sticker (still available)

5th – Charity Auctions – five Space Precinct uniform shirts (highest bidders Stephen Bushell, David Sisson and Christian Tarpey)

4th – Charity Add-on – Journey To The Moon mini album

3rd – Charity Raffle – Thunderbirds Monopoly (won by Stephen Bushell)

2nd – Charity Auction – Robert Harrop Parker (highest bidder Robert Hill)

1st – Charity Raffle – Scalextric FAB 1 (won by LM Jones)