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Save the Children Canterbury Branch Diamond Anniversary Concert and Gala Dinner Raises £10,000

On Friday 29 October the Canterbury Branch of Save the Children celebrated 60 years of fundraising with a Concert and Gala Dinner at Shirley Hall, King’s School, Canterbury. Several Canterbury VIPs attended the event.

Andrea Russo, the Branch Events Director, coordinated the event in which international pianist Freddy Kempf was the star musical performer. A short recital was also given by local clarinettist Eleanor Eden, accompanied by Nancy Litten on piano.

The anniversary event raised a net total of £10,000.

Carol Reed, Chairman of the Canterbury Branch, who celebrates 25 years on the committee this year, said:

“The evening was all we hoped for: a full house, musical performances that dazzled, and a huge amount of money raised for Save the Children. We’d like to say a big thank you to all our supporters.”

Andrea Russo and clarrinetist Eleanor Eden.

Open Gardens in West Bridgford, Nottingham

This year's annual event attracted large crowds and proceeds were given to Save the Children's West Bridgford branch. There were several tea and cake stalls, gardens selling plants, books and bric-a-brac, and a face painting stand. A charge of £2 was made for a ‘passport’ to visit all the gardens.

The West Bridgford branch displayed information about the work of Save the Children, had a goods sale and ran a quiz for the children. The event raised an impressive £2800, the weather was perfect and much enjoyment was had by all.

40 years of fundraising from the Ashley & Loggerheads branch

On Sunday 27th June, Ashley & Loggerheads branch celebrated 40 years of fundraising in the beautiful gardens belonging to Mr & Mrs Murray.  The weather was perfect for present and past members who were invited to an afternoon of reminiscing, salmon sandwiches, homemade cakes and Carva.

Pauline Cooper was presented with an engraved plate in recognition of her 40 years service and being a founder member. Her husband Derek Cooper was also presented with an award for his continuing support over the past 40 years.

Collections in costumes!

St Andrews Group recently held a bake sale and collection. To stand out from the crowd they wore superhero costumes with bright colours and capes!

The group’s President Anastasiya also completed a skydive in May and raised over £500.

Cheese and Wine night!

The newly formed Edinburgh Group Group held their first fundraising event, hosting a fabulous Cheese and Wine night at the Edinburgh French Institute. Suitably attired in striped tops the event was a great success and raised over £500. The group hope to make this an annual event.

Emergency fundraising Coordinator honoured by University!

Habib Diouga was honoured by the University of Greenwich for his achievements as a London Emergency Fundraising Coordinator for Save the Children as part of their GET Volunteering and Mentoring Achievement Ceremony 2010.

Habib had been involved in amazing work over the last year including a station collection at London's Kings Cross which raised over £6000.

Pupils raise thousands for Rwanda Project

Pupils from Christ's Hospital and Tanbridge House School have together raised over £5,200 to help fund Save the Children and UNICEF projects in Rwanda for the young victims of genocide.

Christ's Hospital pupils met Lynn Whittaker of Save the Children recently to present her with a cheque for half of the total raised and an equal amount will go to UNICEF.

Fundraising events over the last two terms have included a collaborative Theatre evening and Fashion Show by the two schools at Christ's Hospital as well as separate events such as the sponsored "Running for Rwanda" in which over 100 Christ's Hospital pupils took part to raise £3,100.

Save the Children's Lynn Whittaker said: "This is a wonderful effort and we are very grateful. Contributions like this really do make a difference to children's lives".

Haiti fundraiser in the South West raises £1,265

Ujima Radio 98fm and Bristol’s finest singers, dancers and performers joined forces to produce a night of entertainment at The Metropolis with all proceeeds going to the Haiti earthquake appeal.

Also joining the line up were poets, stand-up comedians and Ujima's own DJs. Ticket sales and a raffle on the night generated a fantastic £1,265. Special thanks go Andrew, Linda and Tim at Ujima for all their hard work!

Haircut for Haiti!

Julian Bettney had his golden curls chopped off and styled in the colours of the Haitian flag at Enzo hairdresser, Datchet. He raised £300 for the Haiti emergency appeal and the story ran in the Windsor Express. Photo credit: Ian Longthorne, Windsor Express.

Another wonderful fundraiser in aid of the Haiti disaster was held by Ann Hurst of the Stretton Church Branch who opened her house for afternoon tea. Over 50 people took part in the emergency fund raising event.  There were raffles, fresh produce to purchase and a table top sale, all beautifully presented. The event raised over £300 and a very enjoyable afternoon was had by all.

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