As we speed towards our next sixth form Kenya trip, departing from London Heathrow on 28 June, a few updates in the world of Elimu.
Our recent African themed fundraiser was a lovely occasion (photos from Lucy to follow in due course) and we are very grateful to everyone who came along to support us and helped make the event possible. The Mayor of Bromley attended with his consort, Marianne Chambers, and took the time to write a very throughful note afterwards saying how much he and Marianne had enjoyed it.
Special thanks goes to Kevin French again for supplying the food and to Katy Hughes, head of Art at The Priory, who allowed us to host the evening in the Art block (she, in fact, suggested it!) and donated two of her paintings for the auction. She had been working on them both - one a giraffe and the other a Malachite Kingfisher, a bird commonly found on Lake Naivasha, Kenya - for a while.
The evening raised nearly £400 for Elimu, which has risen, and is still rising, to over £600 thanks to the generous donations of absentee supporters.
With the summer holidays in sight, Elimu's focus for the next few months is to build on this and raise as much as possible for the charity, particularly our development project, Stalion nursery school. This will be through grant applications as well as further fundraising ventures. As mentioned previously, we have been offered a conditional grant of £5,000 from the AV Foundation which will be released in two parts once we have raised half of that amount ourselves.
It is a tough time for any charity to be raising funds, especially one as small and relatively new as Elimu, but we are determined.
In view of this, we are organising a countryside sponsored walk to take place on Sunday, 15 July, starting in Borough Green and ending in Sevenoaks via Ightham, apple orchards and a nice pub lunch, Knole Park and an afternoon tea stop. The walk is 9.6 miles and rated 4/10 for difficulty according to Time Out magazine. Having completed a reki last week, I can confirm it is a beautiful walk suitable for both regular and non-walkers.
We are hoping for warmth and sunshine and encourage as many people as possible to join us!
Please email joanne@elimufoundation.org.uk for a sponsor form and exact details.
More about the route can be found here http://www.walkingclub.org.uk/book_1/walk_36/index.shtml
In other news... Elimu is now a member of the Small Charities Coalition, which brings together small charities with experts in the sector and provides opportunities for networking, skills sharing and mentoring www.smallcharities.org.uk
We are also excited to report that we have joined The Big Give, part of the Reed Foundation, which offers a free and intelligent way for philanthropists to support charities and projects of interest, and for charities to engage with donors. The Big Give showcases the work of its member charities and runs a variety of programmes and events to help them raise funds and further their income. Elimu's profile - which took several hours to set-up and contains extensive information on the Stalion project, including aims, impacts, risks, background and who is involved - can be viewed here http://new.thebiggive.org.uk/charity/view/10498
More on this to come!
Don't forget to make contact if you would like to breathe in some country air and take part in our walk on 15 July.
With thanks and best wishes,
Jo
Our recent African themed fundraiser was a lovely occasion (photos from Lucy to follow in due course) and we are very grateful to everyone who came along to support us and helped make the event possible. The Mayor of Bromley attended with his consort, Marianne Chambers, and took the time to write a very throughful note afterwards saying how much he and Marianne had enjoyed it.
Special thanks goes to Kevin French again for supplying the food and to Katy Hughes, head of Art at The Priory, who allowed us to host the evening in the Art block (she, in fact, suggested it!) and donated two of her paintings for the auction. She had been working on them both - one a giraffe and the other a Malachite Kingfisher, a bird commonly found on Lake Naivasha, Kenya - for a while.
The evening raised nearly £400 for Elimu, which has risen, and is still rising, to over £600 thanks to the generous donations of absentee supporters.
With the summer holidays in sight, Elimu's focus for the next few months is to build on this and raise as much as possible for the charity, particularly our development project, Stalion nursery school. This will be through grant applications as well as further fundraising ventures. As mentioned previously, we have been offered a conditional grant of £5,000 from the AV Foundation which will be released in two parts once we have raised half of that amount ourselves.
It is a tough time for any charity to be raising funds, especially one as small and relatively new as Elimu, but we are determined.
In view of this, we are organising a countryside sponsored walk to take place on Sunday, 15 July, starting in Borough Green and ending in Sevenoaks via Ightham, apple orchards and a nice pub lunch, Knole Park and an afternoon tea stop. The walk is 9.6 miles and rated 4/10 for difficulty according to Time Out magazine. Having completed a reki last week, I can confirm it is a beautiful walk suitable for both regular and non-walkers.
We are hoping for warmth and sunshine and encourage as many people as possible to join us!
Please email joanne@elimufoundation.org.uk for a sponsor form and exact details.
More about the route can be found here http://www.walkingclub.org.uk/book_1/walk_36/index.shtml
In other news... Elimu is now a member of the Small Charities Coalition, which brings together small charities with experts in the sector and provides opportunities for networking, skills sharing and mentoring www.smallcharities.org.uk
We are also excited to report that we have joined The Big Give, part of the Reed Foundation, which offers a free and intelligent way for philanthropists to support charities and projects of interest, and for charities to engage with donors. The Big Give showcases the work of its member charities and runs a variety of programmes and events to help them raise funds and further their income. Elimu's profile - which took several hours to set-up and contains extensive information on the Stalion project, including aims, impacts, risks, background and who is involved - can be viewed here http://new.thebiggive.org.uk/charity/view/10498
More on this to come!
Don't forget to make contact if you would like to breathe in some country air and take part in our walk on 15 July.
With thanks and best wishes,
Jo
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