Hugo's Fund - Waitrose (Marlborough)

The Trustees would like to thank Waitrose shoppers in Marllborough for their support of Hugo's Fund in January. The income generated will help many more children and young people in the Marlborough, Pewsey and Devizes region, as well as creating greater awareness for the fund.

The wording for Hugo's Fund, the box on the right in the photo, is as follows:

Hugo died as a result of a road traffic accident in September 2007. He was 12 years old. His fund now helps other children to have the opportunities that he had during his short life but which for many are out of financial reach. 

Hugo's Fund is part of Childrens Chance (reg charity 1069104) which funds activities for children who would not otherwise have the chance. Children whose parents may have been made redundant, are disabled, ill, alone, or simply living on a low income.

Childrens Chance funds over forty different activities from music, drama, dance and singing lessons, to football, tennis and rugby coaching. It also funds horse riding, trampolining, swimming, day trips to London, and many more recreational and educational activities.

Hugo's Fund is dedicated to underprivileged children in the Marlborough, Pewsey and Devizes area, where Hugo had many enjoyable times. 

Please click on the button on the left to find out more about Hugo's Fund. Thank you.

Happy 2012, and thank you...!

Happy New Year! The picture shows the Childrens Chance tree displayed at the St Thomas's Church tree festival last year - it brought to an end a very busy 2011 for the charity.....We  sold out of exclusive Sue Finniss Christmas cards and sold the original watercolour too. We hosted a coffee morning at St Thomas's which raised just under £400, and our big event was our evening with Ann Widdecombe at the Arts Centre at the beginning of October, which grossed about £2000. All of which goes towards supporting children and giving 'chances'. One such chance was given to a young woman to 'twirl' and we are delighted to announce that she is a National Champion - congratulations! None of this would be possible without extraordinary generosity and we thank particularly Ann Widdecombe, Andrew Harvey and Sue Finniss. We also thank our constant and loyal volunteers, the organisations that gave raffle prizes (Cote, Qudos, Casa Fina, Wilton Garden Centre, Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury Arts Centre, Savills, Cambridge Wine Merchants and Patisserie Valerie) and all who came to the events and bought cards and books and cakes to help us. And of course our professional friends, especially Moore Stephens Accountants and Webby Foot! Thank you all, too numerous to name, for your support in 2011 - we wish everybody a happy and healthy Olympic 2012!

PS If you are visiting this site for the first time (having received one of our Christmas cards perhaps) please do click on the buttons on the left and find out more about Bobbie's Grant, Hugo's Fund and all the other things that we do, plus ways to help us - thank you.

Christmas cards and coffee!

Prominent Salisbury artist, Sue Finniss, well known for her illustrations in the book 'Salisbury: A Walk in the Close' as well as her recent appearance on BBC's Songs of Praise (from Salisbury Cathedral 9th October 2011) has donated the reproduction rights of a watercolour of Salisbury Cathedral for the 2011 Childrens Chance Christmas card. To launch sales of the card she supported the coffee morning at St Thomas's Church on Saturday 5th November where over £391 was raised.

Ms Finniss is offering the original watercolour, framed, for £200, and has pledged £50 to the charity.

Christmas cards, A6 size, sold in packs of 8 are now for sale for £3.00 - buy 5 packs and get a 6th free! Please call 01722 415991 to order and we will deliver.

The Trustees would like to thank Sue Finniss for her generosity and all who supported the coffee morning, especially the volunteer helpers on the day and the cake and biscuit makers! Pictured below: Roger and Cindy Demain-Griffiths, Tony Miller, Anna Mynott and Jane Miller.

Pictures by Caroline Rippier

Strictly Ann - Friday 7th October

 

STAR of Strictly Come Dancing, acclaimed novelist, former MP and government minister, the Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe has helped raise vital funds for Childrens Chance.

She travelled from her home in North Devon to Salisbury Arts Centre where she engaged in conversation with television news presenter Andrew Harvey who has been president of the charity since it was founded 13 years ago.

His gentle questioning revealed Ann’s contempt for the behaviour of certain sections of the media, so-called reality television and for a number of other aspects of everyday life. These include state intervention and intrusion, the compensation culture and the Human Rights Act.

No, she doesn’t want a pied à terre in London; no, she has no intention of accepting any invitations to take part in I’m a Celebrity, Get me out of Here, in spite of being asked several times.

However she would like to have been prime minister, and yes, she was disappointed not to have been offered a peerage last year when she left the House of Commons.

She answered wide-ranging questions on politics and politicians, the Armed Services, why she chose to settle in North Devon, her other media appearances and also talked about her forthcoming debut in pantomime at the Orchard Theatre, Dartford. In Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs she will play Widdy in Waiting opposite her judge on Strictly Come Dancing, Craig Revel Horwood, who plays the Wicked Queen.

The evening’s entertainment was, for the most part, good natured and showed that Ann is not only forthright but also has a quick sense of humour.

Following the conversation she signed copies of her books, having generously said she would give 25% of sales to Childrens Chance. Gross proceeds of the event exceeded £2000 from ticket sales, a raffle, donations and book sales.

Review by Caroline Rippier.

Photograph by Christine Vale.

The event was generously sponsored by Moore Stephens Chartered Accountants

The first presentation of the Bobbie Chettleburgh Grant for £1000 was made on 14th May to Salisbury Scout Henry Burfitt.

The Grant will fund Henry's trip to the World Scout Jamboree in July 2011 to Denmark, Sweden and Poland. Henry said that he was 'over the moon' when he heard he had been awarded the Grant, and Cllr Bobbie Chettleburgh said she was delighted that the Grant had gone to a Scout, and particularly the 2nd Salisbury Group which is run for special needs children.

The Jamboree is only held every four years so this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for Henry and it will be his first trip abroad without his family.

The presentation was made in St Thomas's Church, almost a year to the date that the 5 year Grant was announced by Childrens Chance in recognition of Cllr Chettleburgh's work for the charity during her 2009/10 Mayoral Appeal.

Picture shows Cllr Bobbie Chettleburgh presenting Henry Burfitt with his 2011 Grant certificate and a cheque for £1000. On the right of the background the engraved Grant presentation frame is shown with the four remaining Grant certificates. Applications for the 2012 Bobbie Chettleburgh Grant for £1000 can be sent in any time up to the closing date of 1st May 2012.

Bobbie Chettleburgh Grant - apply now!!

Would you like £1000 to fulfil your dream…?  

Could you use £1000 to help you go on a gap year….? Would £1000 enable you to go on that music summer school or have lessons for your sport that you have never before been able to afford…?

If you have a dream but know you cannot afford it, or if you have a passion to pursue your hobby but cannot afford the fees, then you may be eligible for £1000 to help you from the Bobbie Chettleburgh Grant awarded through Childrens Chance.

The grant is available to young people of 16-18 years of age who either attend school or college in Salisbury, or who live in Salisbury, and the grant may be used during the 12 months following the award. 

We are particularly keen to be able to give the 2011 award to a young person who has never travelled before, or a young person for whom £1000 would make a real difference to their lives. 

Applicants should note the 2011 Rules -  the Trustees cannot be liable for any personal injury or failure of service provision and any activity is undertaken entirely at the beneficiary’s own risk

To apply, young people will need to complete the standard Childrens Chance Application Form and in addition write a letter of application (including outline costs and timings) addressed to Cllr Chettleburgh, c/o Childrens Chance, 4 Victoria Road, Salisbury, SP1 3NG. The letter should be handwritten and cover no more than one side of A4. The usual rules will apply: the activity should be educational, recreational or cultural.      

SUBMIT YOUR LETTER BEFORE 1^st MAY – APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED ON 7^th MAY by Cllr Bobbie Chettleburgh (pictured below) 

www.childrenschance.co.uk 

                                                01722 415991

more details here