![]() On a happy sunny June evening, the mighty Dorset House Parents Association team took on their valiant Westbourne House counterparts in a titanic 20 over cricket match in Shopwhyke, Chichester. White (or nearly white) trousers, yellowing bats and barely recognisable sweaters had been ransacked from hidden cupboards and Deep Heat set aside carefully for the post match celebrations. In what was described by the Westbourne Captain as a 'closely contested affair', and the Dorset House Captain as a 'Walkover...almost a thrashing', a wonderfully joyous evening was celebrated by all concerned. The Children on the Edge Ambassadors provided a welcoming BBQ and appropriate refreshments to dull the pains of over exertion. Thanks to the generosity of individuals, and a completely inappropriate fining system for minor technical infringements, over £1500 was raised for our projects. Our grateful thanks to Mr Barker, Westbourne House Head teacher, for kindly allowing us to hold the event and to all those who cooked, played and celebrated a splendid evening. If you’re part of an organisation that would be interested in putting something equally valiant together, then please do get in touch! ![]() Beaver Scouts from the Chester area hiked six miles along the Sandstone Trail on Saturday 29 June to raise money for our projects. Beaver Scouts from 1st Sandstone Scout Group based on Bickerton Hill were joined by other Beavers from the Chester and Tarvin areas, and by their own Scouts and Cubs, for their annual Beeston Hike. Over 80 young people, accompanied by their Leaders and parents, left the Scout Hut on Bickerton Hill and trekked over Rawhead. through Bulkeley and Peckforton woods and on to Beeston Castle. Together they hope to raise over £2000 for Children on the Edge. Sandstone Beaver Leader Kate Kerr, known as “Falcon”, said “Unlike last year, when we had to eat our picnic under the groundsheets we took to sit on, the weather this year was perfect with light cloud and a cool breeze until we reached Beeston when the sun came out just in time for our ice creams! All the Cubs and Beavers made it to Beeston where they explored the Castle, measured the depth of the well, fought on the battlements, and discovered a room which only they, being smaller than adults, could get in and out of. Fortunately they all came out!” The Scouts and Cubs had extra fun exploring the massive ‘Queen’s Parlour’ cave at Rawhead – something the Beavers can look forward to in the future when they move up to Cubs. The Cubs and Beavers were accompanied by about 40 parents and leaders, making it a great family day out to draw their scouting year to a close. We’d like to say a huge thank you to all the Cubs, Beavers, Leaders and parents involved in organising the hike for your faithful fundraising, both this year and in years gone by. A tremendous effort by all! If the Chester Scouts have inspired you and you think that your local group would be interested in fundraising for our work, then please do get in touch. ![]() As registrations pour in for the Chichester Half 2013, to add a bit of fun along the way we’re giving out Next voucher prizes, courtesy of Chichester District Council, for each hundredth runner. Our number 300 is Kayley Hackshaw; she’s been running with friends and as part of a running club for a couple of years now, and loves how much energy she gets from it. “I always feel like it clears my head” says Kayley, “and it's a great way to wind down after a long day at work”. Having participated in a few 10k runs before, a Race for Life last Saturday on Clapham Common and the Leatherhead Rotary Club Bluebell Run for the last couple of years, Kayley wanted to track her improvement and stretch herself by entering a half marathon. Although she’s London based now, she grew up in Chichester and loves the area, so decided it would be great to run here and benefit from the support of her Chichester family and friends too! Kayley describes how the work of Children on the Edge is close to her heart, as while she was at university she went to Manila in the Philippines and worked with a charity that had set up a brilliant school programme in the slums of a rubbish site in Tondo. She says “I really had no idea of the poverty and destitute living conditions that some children grow up in until I walked into that school! Children on the Edge has very similar projects for improving the quality of life of children and I would love to be involved in fundraising!”. Since signing up for the Chichester Half, Kayley has set up a JustGiving page to get sponsored for her run and raise money for her projects. We’d love as many runners as possible to follow her example! If you’re running this year and think you can get sponsored then please do consider fundraising for our work, every little really does help. Find out more about our projects, sign up for the Chichester Half and get sponsored! ![]() On Tuesday 30th April, Osmund Company at St Mary’s Calne School in the Wiltshire Downs, raised over £400 for Children on the Edge by inviting Peter Wilson MBE to speak at a fundraising dinner. Peter is the gold medal winner for Double Trap Shooting at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Following a delicious supper with pupils and staff, Peter gave an entertaining and enlightening talk about his experiences leading up to the double trap final. Peter’s obvious enthusiasm for the sport, his commitment to hard work and practice, and his ultimate ambition to make his dream come true, were inspirational for the young and not so young alike! Bringing along his gold medal provided an ideal photo opportunity for many of the pupils and many autographs were signed! We are hugely thankful to both Peter and Osmund Company at St Mary’s Calne who, in addition to this event, have raised £250 through their ‘bob a job’ campaign and mufti day. Altogether the amount they raised will pay for rent on a classroom and a hot meal each day for 100 working children, for three months at our Learning Centres in Bangladesh. If you or your school would like to fundraise for our projects then please do get in touch. ![]() We’d like to say a big thank you to Deb and Will Egleton, who completed the 2013 ‘Just Walk’ event at Goodwood to raise money for our projects. Starting and finishing at Goodwood Racecouse, Just Walk is an exciting sponsored UK charity walk for anyone wanting to fundraise for the charity of their choice. The event offers enthusiastic walkers the chance to experience a breathtaking charity walk over the picturesque South Downs in West Sussex. We’re really grateful to Deb and Will for choosing Children on the Edge and would like to congratulate them on walking 40k in 8.5 hours! Deb says of the event, “We were exhausted! But we really enjoyed the walk and are amazed and chuffed to see our total went over £500! We also hugely enjoyed over 70 miles of training walks... So thanks for the inspiration! We really believe that Children on the Edge is just that”. If you’d like to fundraise for our projects, don’t hesitate to get in touch! ![]() We'd like to introduce you to our friends at Bell Tent Parties. These friendly, Chichester based folks provide a beautiful bell tent with handmade themed decorations, available to hire for all sorts of parties and events. Not only this, but a donation from every event they do comes straight to Children on the Edge! This Saturday they had their first ever event at Oving Scarecrow day. Here the Bell Tent team got lots of children involved in a competition colouring in scarecrow pictures inside their lovely tent, as well as having great fun with the dressing up basket and pirate treasure box! This simple competition raised £18 for our projects and a lucky five year old girl from Bosham won a prize of a bucket of yummy Montezuma's chocolates. We'd like to say a huge thank you to Bell Tent Parties and we look forward to working with them in the future. If you think your business can support us in this way then don't hesitate to get in touch. ![]() After raising £7,000 last year for our work, the girls at St Christopher’s Prep School in Hampstead decided that they would like to run another fund raising activity in 2013. The girls of Bronte house, decided that an Alice themed tea party would be just ideal, and with the addition of a second hand clothes exchange into the mix, it was the perfect recipe for what Head teacher Suzie West described as “a hectic, entertaining and profitable afternoon”. All the girls dressed up as a character from Alice in Wonderland, ate cakes, drank lemonade and enjoyed a screening of the film, whilst parents chatted and enjoyed a cake or two themselves! Whether or not these girls believe in ‘six impossible things before breakfast’ we’re not sure, but they did raise an incredible £2,000 for our project in Bangladesh in one afternoon, which is a nigh impossible feat and one to be very proud of. We’d like to say a huge thank you to them and the staff and parents at St Christopher’s. If you think your school could raise money for our work, then please get in touch. |
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