Thank you so much to everyone who joined us last night for the 5th annual Children’s Respite Trust Ball – the Diamond Masquerade. Nearly 500 guests all looked amazing, dressed to the nines in masks, suits and gowns and helped to make 2016 Masquerade Ball the best yet! Compered by Heart FM’s Lynsey Bartlett, the…
We are extremely excited to start working with a PR team from Brighton University. They will be helping us as part of a project for their PR module of their university course. We met with Georgie, Liam and Alex just before the charities’ Ambassador’s reception on 25th October. They are full to the brim with…
If you would like to get involved with this years Masquerade Ball held at Winter Gardens Eastbourne we would be grateful for any help we could get. This is an amazing event to be a part of. This year we are fortunate to have a lot more people attending and want to make sure a…
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…
On Sunday 2nd October, a lovely sunny day, 4 plucky supporters donned their jumpsuits and took the 12,000 ft leap out of an airplane over the Kent countryside for our Autumn Skydive. These bold four were Dougie Weller, Jen Budd, Grant Clayton and Agnes Vane who braved the October chill, and took to the skies to show their support…
Toffee is our newest addition to the team. She is currently known as our morale booster and we have discovered she does not like having a bath in the sink but she does a very good job of being mischievous and cute. She is proving a hit with the team ensuring we are getting exercise…
We are excited to welcome our newest member of the team Tilly Carsons, as our new apprentice. With previous experience working in children’s nurseries and helping out at East Sussex Association for the Blind, she will be a great asset to our team. Her plan is to find new, innovative opportunities for the charity and…
On October 2nd a team of four brave adventurers will be taking on the challenge of our Autumn Skydive! This will involve flying 13,000 feet up in a perfectly serviceable plane, before taking the leap out of the plane and free falling for 40 seconds, before the parachute opens and they make their landings. These four challengers…
This last week the ladies of the Royal Eastbourne Golf Club held their annual Charity Stableford competition with all their raffle funds raised going towards the Children’s Respite Trust as their chosen charity. We are thrilled to announce that we were able to accept a cheque from the Ladies Captain Denise Wishart for £300! We would like…
The clock is ticking to get your tickets for our Masquerade Ball, we have already sold 400 tickets and have had to release 50 more tickets due to popular demand. If you don’t want to miss out, then snap them up quickly before we are all sold out!
Eat your heart out Alan Sugar. We’re looking for the real apprentice. The Children’s Respite Trust is hiring once again and this time we’re looking for an apprentice to join the small, but perfectly formed team. Check out the Trust’s Jobs Page for full details.
Tickets have gone on sale for the Children’s Respite Trust’s next Comedy Night and we’re delighted to report that there has been an instant take-up. The event, which takes place at Langney Sports Club, home of Eastbourne Borough Football Club, has built up quite a following and last time sold out with a month to…
We are delighted to announce that the 2016 Children’s Respite Trust Golf Day in Association with Simple Safety Advice was an outstanding success with a grand total raised of £6,177. Around 72 guests arrived at Chartham Park near East Grinstead for bacon rolls and coffee before heading out for 18 holes of golf. The stableford…
We would like to invite our families and supporters to take a look at the recent consultation from East Sussex County Council. The idea is to end contracts with schools that deliver outreach support to primary schools for children with ASD and SLCN and to deliver a county council run service offered by the Communication…
Our masquerade ball is approaching and most of you will know, this year it has a diamonds are forever twist to it. I know you are all thinking but what is a diamond theme without a bit of James Bond thrown into the mix. You are in luck as we are thrilled to announce that…
We are thrilled to announce that X factor contestant Anton Stephans will be performing at this year’s Masquerade Ball. Anton was on the X factor in 2015 and wowed the judges with his powerhouse vocals and performance. He has been a backing singer for the likes of Tina Turner, George Michael and Luther Vandross and is now…
The last week has seen us meeting with a variety of other children’s respite charities as we look to explore the possibilities of working together across the country. Yesterday our journey took us to Aylesbury where we met with Chat Charity, who are a children’s respite charity much like us, and the week before we ventured…
On Thursday 16th June the East Sussex National Farmers Union Society will be holding their annual golf day at the Ashby Family’s Villa Golf in aid of the Children’s Respite Trust. We are thrilled to be the chosen charity by the Captain Gabrielle Murray and can’t wait to take part. The shotgun starts at 1pm followed by…
We are thrilled to announce we have received a generous £370 cheque from Waitrose Eastbourne towards the Children’s Respite Trust. We are delighted Waitrose chose us as the charity they wished to support and a great big thank you goes out to Waitrose Eastbourne for this wonderful donation and for their ongoing support.The funds donated will…
A massive well done goes out to Penny Morgan of Project Eastbourne and Mina O’Brien of Ditzy Media for taking on the challenging London to Brighton Trek, this was a massive commitment and they did supremely well! We would like to say a very big thank you goes to Penny Morgan for raising an amazing…
