Who are the Big Lottery Fund? They are a distributor of National Lottery funding, established as a non-departmental public body by an Act of Parliament. The Big Lottery Fund funds projects and activities that make communities stronger and more vibrant, and that are led by the people who live in them. They support charities, community…
The ACT Foundation The ACT Foundation (ACT) was formed in 1994 and is registered with the Charity Commission. They provide grants to individuals and other UK registered charities with the aim of enhancing the quality of life of people in need and, particularly, those on a low income who have a physical and/or mental disability or the…
Uckfield Waitrose The wonderful team at Uckfield Waitrose have been such incredible supporters over the last few months, we popped our application in for the Waitrose scheme ‘Community Matters’ to the branch, and a few months later they were handing us a cheque for £440! They have not just helped us with a financial donation…
How are they supporting us? The wonderful chaps Richard and Chris came down to meet us at the centre last week, had a good look around and saw our plans for the future and the development of our centre. They have kindly decided to offer the Trust a percentage of the commission for each house…
Our development The Children’s Respite Trust is delighted to have acquired a fantastic building in November 2017 which we are developing into a warm, welcoming and homely respite centre in the heart of the Charity’s catchment area, Uckfield, East Sussex. To assist us on this journey, Meeching Lodge have very kindly been fundraising over the…
The Children’s Respite Trust is rapidly approaching Grow Your Tenner Month (May). This mean’s we’ll be giving money away. The catch, though, is that we’re asking participants to turn their tenners into even more funds for the Trust. Who? Schools, companies, clubs and individuals are getting involved and we’d love you to get on board…
The Trust is delighted to have been chosen as the nominated Charity to be supported by the Heathfield Chamber of Commerce for 2018. The Trust has been a member of the Chamber for several years and is delighted to have been named as the beneficiary of their fundraising activities for the year. Heathfield Chamber Heathfield…
Sussex Strings, a group formed of local musicians who want to play some of the vast repertoire of string music, put on a charity concert at Trinity Church in Willingdon recently to raise funds for the Children’s Respite Trust. Spring Serenade The concert included music by Boyce, Tchaikovsky and Barber, but the highlight was the lively…
SLM Toyota’s Group Director Jason Barlow and Marketing Manager Mel Ball came to the Children’s Respite Trust recently to present a cheque towards the East Sussex Charity’s new Uckfield Respite Centre. Fund for a Better Tomorrow The money was given as a part of Toyota GB’s Fund For A Better Tomorrow initiative, in which individual dealerships…
The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust has awarded the The Children’s Respite Trust with an incredible donation towards the development of our new East Sussex Children’s Respite Centre. Making a Difference EKCT was founded on the 12th March 1963, to provide a formal structure for Ernest and his family to devote time and resources to charitable…
Uckfield Rotary Club We had the pleasure of meeting Jeff Holman from the Uckfield Rotary Club last week. We welcomed Jeff to our new premises to show him around, tell him all our plans for the future, the development of the centre, and basically had a good old catch up on what has been happening…
The ChalkCliff Trust The Chalk Cliff Trust is a foundation set up to provide grants and donations to charities, action groups and benevolent organisations in East Sussex. They cover such costs as salaries and running costs, which is a really crucial element to our charity to move the ‘East Sussex Children’s Respite Centre’ project forward….
LawlerDavis Independent Financial Planners, based in Eastboune have generously donated £3,360 to the Children’s Respite Trust! This incredible donation is enabling us to build a quiet lounge in the new centre. The lounge will be a tranquil corner in amongst the hubbub. It will include books, TV and sofas, so as to double as a cinema…
Respite Centre We are delighted to announce that the Children’s Respite Trust has today moved into new premises in Uckfield. This will eventually become the Charity’s respite centre for disabled children. The former Friday Advertiser print-works will be transformed over the coming months to create a warm, welcoming and homely centre from which the Trust will…
Sussex Charity Walk During the October half term 2017, Daniel Beck a Year 4 pupil from St Thomas a Becket Catholic Primary School in Eastbourne will walk 10 miles from Eastbourne to Bexhill. Fundraising Daniel hopes to raise £50 for each of the 15 classes at his school. Further to this Daniel hopes to be…
Thank you so much to everyone who attended our Phantom of the Opera themed Masquerade Ball on Saturday Night. We’re delighted to reveal that the final total was a fantastic £53,695. That’s more than ever before and we’re looking forward to putting it to very good use for the benefit of disabled children and their…
On this gloriously rainy day we would like to wish Chloe Eason from Willing Legal Services a massive good luck on her mission to complete the 3 Yorkshire peaks challenge. Starting tomorrow morning she has 12 hours to climb North Yorkshire’s three highest mountains. Leave her messages of luck. You can donate here:http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ChloeEason
We have both an auction and a raffle at this years Masquerade ball, and the prizes for both are really quite tremendous! Our raffle prizes vary from bouquets of flowers and wine tastings at Sedlescombe Vineyard to Pimms hampers and afternoon teas. Here is our full list of fantastic prizes you could win: 1st…
We have some really wonderful prizes at our auction this year. They range from holidays in France, to a dinner party cooked by a professional chef in your own home! Here is our list of prizes you can bid on at the ball……. Auction Lot 1: Tour of Stamford Bridge for Two & Signed Chelsea…
We are pleased to announce that tickets are officially on sale for the Children’s Respite Trust Masquerade Ball 2017 – the Phantom Masquerade. On Monday Sponsors of the Ball joined Children’s Respite Trust Ambassadors to hear about the Trust’s latest developments and to officially mark the launch of the Ball at Stone Cross Garden Centre,…
