Our fundraising extravaganza of the year is back! The Masquerade, at the Cavendish Hotel!  We will have some incredible entertainment throughout the evening, from balloon popping contortionists to big bands playing a fantastic set well into the night. There will of course be a delicious three course meal and a welcome glass of fizz, and…

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Donation to the Trust

The wonderful bunch of Rotarian’s that make up the Sovereign Harbour Rotary Club have donated an incredible £500! We recently went to meet the Sovereign Harbour Rotary Club at a lovely little restaurant in Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne. We introduced them to the charity and explained about what it is we are trying to achieve with…

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Arbonne

The Foundation The Arbonne Charitable Foundation have a mission, and that is to provide support for programs and opportunities that promote the development of confidence and self‑esteem in teenage girls and boys. They have helped more than 340,000 teens develop increased confidence through programs supported by the Foundation. Our Empowerment Program The incredible amount donated from the Arbonne Charitable Foundation…

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DM Thomas Grants

DM Thomas Foundation The DM Thomas Foundation has a mission, that is to transform young lives. They do this by raising money to support a wide range of fantastic projects that help disadvantaged young people to Achieve It, Beat It, Live It and Experience It. Thanks to support from fantastic people all over England, they are able…

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The Lady Eileen Joseph Foundation

The Lady Eileen Joseph Foundation The Lady Eileen Joseph Foundation generously awards grants towards; general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science, animals and environment/conservation/heritage. In 2017 they have awarded over £64,000 in small grants many differing charities across the South. What have they…

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Big Lottery Fund

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…

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respite centre

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…

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Looking back over 2016 for the CHildren's Respite Trust Children's Charity in Sussex, Kent and Surrey

2016 was a busy and wonderful year for the Children’s Respite Trust. After hosting two comedy nights, a golf day, and masquerade ball, the Trust achieved many feats and accomplishments, not least helping many more families with disabled children. The 2016 Ball The 2016 masquerade ball not only had more attendees than ever before this…

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Office Karaoke get your office in tune for Children's Respite Trust charity in Sussex aiding disabled children and their families

Get your office in tune with #OfficeKaraoke up and down the country office workers everywhere are invited to belt out a number in support of the Children’s Respite Trust and help to make life better for families with disabled children. Do you have a colleague in your workplace who thinks she’s Beyonce? Maybe it’s the…

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