We are delighted to announce that we will soon be benefitting from an exhibition of paintings inspired by Shakespearian plays from stage and screen actor Jonathan Hyde. From February 7th – 19th Jonathan’s paintings will be on display in the Oxmarket Centre of Arts, Chichester to view and buy, with proceeds being donated to our projects. Jonathan Hyde has performed and starred in numerous theatre, television and film productions. Credits include 2011’s Rattigan’s Nijinsky at Chichester Festival Theatre, King Lear, Macbeth, Spooks, The Queen, Titanic and Jumangi to name but a few. He is soon to be seen performing in the UK tour of The King’s Speech. Jonathan is also a very talented artist and while at Chichester in 2011 was inspired to take brush to canvas and create a series of narrative pieces based on Shakespeare, principally King Lear. Jonathan skillfully captures the inner mood and emotional atmosphere of the characters he paints. This is an exciting opportunity to be able to view and buy this original artwork and to help raise awareness and funds for Children on the Edge. Jonathan's work can also be seen on Saturday 4th February The Minerva Theatre in Chichester alongside two performances of The Virginia Monologues, also in aid of Children on the Edge. There is no reason at all to despair at growing old. Your sixties and beyond can be the very best - and funniest - time of your life. So says much-loved and respected agony aunt and journalist Virginia Ironside in her production of ‘The Virginia Monologues’. Directed by Nigel Planer, the show premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2009, before going on to tour the UK. After 10 years as agony aunt at Woman magazine, Virginia became the problem page editor for the Sunday Mirror and Today as well as writing the ‘Dilemmas’ column for the Independent every Monday, and a monthly column for the Oldie. Now Virginia will be giving two special charity performances at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, on 4th February 2012 (Performances start at 2.30 p.m. and 7.45 p.m.). All profits from the show will be donated to our work. The performances were bought for the charity by a local lady who wished to make a difference in the lives of children living in the most difficult situations. Chichester Festival Theatre has kindly given the use of the Minerva for both shows free of charge. Each show will be followed by a champagne reception where Virginia will be available to sign copies of her books and the audience will have the chance to enjoy an exhibition of paintings by stage and screen actor Jonathan Hyde. Hyde’s credits include 2011’s Rattigan’s Nijinsky at Chichester Festival Theatre and the forthcoming production of The King’s Speech which will tour the UK from February 2012. All proceeds from paintings sold will also go to Children on the Edge. Tickets cost £15 and it is advisable to book well ahead in order to avoid disappointment! Simply call the Chichester Festival Theatre box office on 01243 781312 or visit their website. As 2011 drew to a close there was plenty of good news for Patrice Millet and his sports programme in Port au Prince. Children on the Edge supports Patrice with this innovative project which gives over 400 children in the slums of Haiti the chance to play football, be coached and encouraged, and receive a food parcel at the end of each training session to take home. Not only was Patrice nominated as a top ten CNN hero but he was featured on Russell Howard’s Good News where all of the footage taken by CNN was screened on prime time BBC! There’s also been some good news on the ground where it really matters. Recently funds have been raised for a bus, which has been desperately needed for years on the project. Not only does it help get the children to training and matches, but it enables Patrice to take them out on trips further out from the slums, to places they’ve never been able to see before. “The kids had never been to these places yet so they were very excited and very, very happy to discover new landscapes,” says Patrice. “They are so happy and really enjoy the trips”. We still need your support. Running costs for the bus are expensive and each daytrip means that food needs to be provided for the children. Please take a moment to read more about the project and consider donating. For our Christmas Appeal this year we're keeping it simple. We describe a simple idea about what love in action is for us, and what it can be for you too. We outline three of our projects where we demonstrate love in action and give two easy ways for you to do the same. This Christmas you can: 1. Text 70080 to donate £3 to our projects. This will pay for a football in Haiti, a hygiene kit in Thailand, or two good meals in Burma. 2. As part of your Christmas shopping buy one of three products (100% Natural Roll-on Lip Oils from The Body Shop®, beautiful jewellery from Jewels for Freedom, or a stylish kids print from ISAK) which currently give either a portion, or all of their profit back to Children on the Edge! Please click the image on the left to view this year's appeal in full (or contact us for a full sized version) and consider donating to our work this Christmas. Thank you. On Sunday 20th November Chichester Youth Theatre put on a magnificent street performance to raise money for our projects. Dressed as guardsmen in full scarlet uniform complete with busbies they marched through the town centre. Parade ground drills soon gave way to a river-dance spectacular that entertained shoppers and residents throughout the day. Generous donations from the appreciative audience ensured that International Children's Day was appropriately celebrated. We'd like to say a huge thank you to the dancers involved. You can catch the Chichester Youth Theatre next in their Christmas performance of ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ at the Chichester Festival Theatre, starting on the 17th December. Go to www.cft.org.uk for more details about the show! Borochora is a fishing community in Bangladesh and is the home of one of our three Learning Centres set up for working children. Poverty levels are so high in this area that many children have to work alongside their families in order to survive, leaving no opportunity for their own education. The Learning Centres provide these children with a few hours each day to have a break from their work, attend classes, freshen up, and play with their friends. This is a chance for them to just be children. Facing annual flooding and soil erosion, residents of this hill-top community also struggle with food provision. Consequently we have funded the planting of 2,500 saplings along the eroding slopes which skirt Borochora. The trees include varieties of mango, lychee, jackfruit, mahogany, teak and eucalyptus, planted in an evenly-spaced grid around the community. The hope is that these trees will provide both an economic and environmental benefit to the community in the years to come. Please feel free to find out more about our work in Bangladesh and consider donating to the Learning Centre projects. Here at Children on the Edge we’re asking the public to crunch their old cars for cash as part of a novel fund-raising scheme run by the Giveacar social enterprise. Unwanted cars are collected free-of-charge by Giveacar and either sold through an online auction, or disposed of in an environmentally friendly way. Proceeds from the sale are donated to a charity of the donor’s choice, with ‘bangers’ that are scrapped still netting between £40 and £160 for the chosen cause. The scheme is intended to discourage irresponsible owners who may consider abandoning their cars – spoiling the appearance of the local environment and also costing local taxpayers’ money to remove and dispose of them. Here at Children on the Edge we are not only pleased to be one of the latest of hundreds of charities who have recognised the potential of Giveacar, but we are delighted with a very special first donation. Giveacar was set up by Tom Chance who was working in a three month job buying and selling scrap cars whilst at University, when he had the spark of inspiration which became Giveacar, an award winning donation scheme which has already generated over £500,000 for 500 charities. Tom’s parents, Sarah and Alan Chance own Grange Farm Shop in Funtington and are donating their farm van to their son’s scheme to raise money for our projects. Sarah Chance says “We are delighted to give our old farm van to Children on the Edge and publicise Giveacar at the same time. We know from experience how well this publicity prompts donations. So many people are truly delighted to donate their cars, especially following a death in the family. It seems to help people with their grieving process donating their cars. The team at the office are often very moved by some of the stories but equally glad that the money will help charities, such as Children on the Edge”. The £100 scrappage price might seem like a small amount, but it can make a big difference to the children we work with. £100 can provide a hot lunch for 200 working children in Bangladesh for an entire week. As we live in a country where 2 million cars are being scrapped each year, social enterprises like Giveacar stand to make an incredible difference where it is needed most. At the start of this autumn we had the pleasure of joining hundreds of our friends from The Body Shop At Home™ at their Christmas conference. The Body Shop At Home™ Consultants have been an incredible support to Children on the Edge over the years and raised a huge amount of money not only through their parties, but through their own fundraising events and sponsored challenges. This September they were set a fresh challenge. For every new recruit each consultant made, The Body Shop® Head Office would give £5 to Children on the Edge. Not only this, but if they could recruit a target of 1,000 new consultants, Head Office would double this amount to £10 per recruit! The ladies went away from the conference inspired by a great time together having seen what their efforts can achieve through a video update showing the work we support in the slums of Haiti. As well as concocting plans for balls, sky dives and all kinds of party activities to raise money for our projects, they went away determined to reach the recruitment target. When the results came in at the end of the month we were utterly bowled over. Not only had the ladies hit their target but gone way past it recruiting a staggering 1187 consultants! This was the highest recruitment level in 5 years and resulted in a total of £11,870 being donated from The Body Shop® to Children on the Edge. We’d like to say a massive thank you to all these amazing ladies for their hard work and effort both through this challenge and in everything else they do promoting and fundraising for our projects. If you want to support these ladies in their efforts then don’t hesitate to book a Christmas party with The Body Shop At Home™, where there are many opportunities to raise money for our work. Just call 0800 092 90 90 to find out more about hosting a party. This would be a great chance to stock up on 100% Natural Lip Oils which make perfect stocking fillers. Every time one is purchased 50p from the sale comes to our Child Friendly Spaces. Tetra Brik Aseptic is the worlds most popular beverage carton, and has just launched a new award winning carton design with a smart slanting ‘edge’. As part of this launch and in keeping with the ‘edge’ theme, they have decided to support Children on the Edge in a new and innovative way. If you pop onto their website and click on ‘Play the Edge’ in their menu they have provided a (rather addictive) little game to test your competitive edge! Simply log in through facebook and have a go at using your mouse to tilt the package and flip the ball as far as you can. The further you flip, the more points you get. These points are turned into a donation to our work. It couldn’t be easier for you, your friends and family to raise funds for the children we work with. At no cost to you can accumulate points, turn the points into cash, and pit yourself against other players on the leader board! We hope you enjoy it. |
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