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November 2011
The Parents Consortium wins grant from Big Lottery Awards For All.
We are delighted to announce that funding from the BIG Lottery Fund
has allowed us to continue our weekly youth club at
Each Wednesday a group will meet at
Ward & Partners
Charitable Fund
Once again, we were able to organise a Family Day out, this year to
Colchester Zoo with the help of a Kent Community Foundation Grant.
All of the children and their families had a great day out meeting the
animals in two close up encounters. Once again, our
parents and carers have expressed their gratitude in enjoying a great family
day, being together enjoying the company of their friends.
Ladbrokes Charitable
Trust
We continue to get support from our friends at Ladbrokes and this
year, they have not let us down. We will again be taking the young people
from our Youth Club and Kidsclub to an evening of
fun at the Christmas Pantomime at The Orchard Theatre.
If you represent a Charitable Trust or know of anybody who does,
please get in touch today so that we can update you on The Parents Consortium
latest projects and outstanding funding needs. If you would like any
further documents or information on our Trusts Fundraising, please get in
contact with Denise on 01322 668501
October 2011
KellyStore
Fun_Raisers raise £10,000+ for The Parents
Consortium.
Sunday September
18th was a wonderful day in Joydens
Woods for us. We were blessed with good weather and a great turnout of
approximately 200 entrants in the first 10K/5K run/walk for The Parents
Consortium.
As well as teams
from local running clubs, Barclays Bank(Swanley),
The London Stock Exchange, Portal tax Claims and McBrides
Auditors, some of our families joined in the fun.
Even our
children got in on the act with a great display of fancy dress from our
weekly Kidsclub team, organised by Esther Dawson.
The children really seemed to enjoy it, especially when they were
photographed by the local newspapers.
Franny Norman, Nicole Ward-Corderoy and Alan
Milner championed the 2K route which was accessible to wheelchair users. This
was a challenging triumph as there were several hills involved
!!!
A real family
atmosphere in the woods with music, bouncy castle, games and refreshments
made the whole day a success.
The Mayor of
Dartford opened the event and even joined in the mass group warm up.
We have to say
special thanks to KellyStore Fun-Raisers who
organised the whole event on our behalf. Without them this would not have
been possible.
We delivered a
family fun day and raised the profile of the Parents Consortium amongst the
local community. Unfortunately, we were not as successful as we had hoped
with the fundraising aspect. Although, £10,000 is fantastic and we are proud
of this achievement, it was not enough to save the Advice & Support
service in its current format. The main focus now is to continue with raising
funds for this service. Watch this space for future fundraising events.
eBay and Charity Giving:
Having a clear out? Did you
know that you can elect to donate 10-100% of your eBay earnings to The
Parents Consortium? We have just set up a charity account so you can select
us to benefit on your eBay listings. When you nominate to donate some, or all
of your earnings to us on eBay you will get that percentage discounted from
your selling costs. You can also sign up for Gift Aid so that we can claim
the tax back on your donation too. To start selling visit:
http://donations.ebay.co.uk/charity/charity.jsp?NP_ID=13687
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