The Trust is urgently looking for volunteers for the Heathfield Show on 28th May! Volunteers will need to do one to two hours of marshalling and/or bucket shaking in return for free entry to the show for the rest of the day! The Trust will greatly benefit if we can get 6 volunteers as all of…
We’d like to say a huge well done and thank you to Nikki Bradley and Phil Lazarou who courageously jumped from 13,000ft, freefalling for 45 seconds before their parachutes opened and they could enjoy the Kent countryside during their five minute descent. Together, Nikki and Phil have raised £2,362 for the Trust’s work with disabled children…
Thanks to our Ambassadors who came along on Saturday, it was a fantastic match with a 2-0 win to Eastbourne Borough! We’d like to say an enormous thank you again to Print Matters for kindly donating their match sponsorship and to Eastbourne Borough for their wonderful hospitality. We look forward to treating our Ambassadors again in…
We have a third Ball sponsor … Clearwater Safety Solutions! Clearwater Safety are new to sponsoring the Ball last year and we’re very excited to have them join us! “Clearwater Safety Solutions provide professional but realistic health and safety advice to SME’s across Sussex, Surrey, and Hampshire through south London and into Essex and Kent.” This will…
Good luck to our skydivers, Phill and Nikki, who are taking the plunge this Sunday! Phil and Nikki will be flying up to 13,000 feet before leaping out and free falling for 30-40 seconds before the parachute is released. Combined, they have raised £2,223 for the Trust’s work! Thanks to everyone who has sponsored Nikki…
We’d like to say a huge thank you to Print Matters, for very kindly donating their match sponsorship and hospitality at Eastbourne Borough Football Club. We have invited all of our Ambassadors as a little thank you for their continuous support. On Saturday 19th March our Ambassadors can enjoy a game against Chelmsford with a…
We’re very excited to announce that we now have our second sponsor for the Masquerade Ball on board, Lawlerdavis Independent Financial Planners! Lawlerdavis sponsored the Ball last year and couldn’t wait to sponsor again this year. They have been valued supporters for over two years now and we are very grateful to have them on board…
We’re very thankful to JAGTechnic following the open day they held in celebration of the Jaguar XK8 20th anniversary; the raffle on the day raised £172 for the Trust! There were some great raffle prizes including a tour of Silverstone and a tour of Wembley Stadium. Guest speaker Peter Leake gave a fantastic talk on the history…
The Children’s Respite Trust is delighted to announce that the first sponsors are on board for this year’s Masquerade Ball. 6 Steps ActionCOACH, who have supported the Trust for several years now are back on board as one of the principle sponsors and we are delighted to have them. “6 Steps is part of the number…
Nigel Greaves, President of Eastbourne Rotary Club, presented a cheque for £1,500 to Children’s Respite Trust Ambassador, Helen Blaney, this week following the town’s Tree of Light celebrations at Christmas time. The presentations took place at Brewers Showroom in Birch Road, where five cheques were handed out to local causes from Eastbourne’s five Rotary Clubs:…
We’re thrilled to announce that Waitrose in Old Town Eastbourne have chosen to support the Children’s Respite Trust for the month of March with their Community Matters scheme! Please shop there if you can, and don’t forget to pop your green token in the Trust’s box! Every token really does make a difference to the…
We are delighted to announce that our Masquerade Ball 2016 will be held on the 12th November at the Winter Gardens and that we are now looking for this year’s sponsors… Our Masquerade Ball is our biggest event of the year with each year always being bigger and better than ever before. This year, around…
On Sunday 14th February our Chief Executive, Gavin Fisher, gave a talk at Riverhead Church in Sevenoaks. Following his talk, the Trust received a donation of £180 from the Church members and we’d like to say a big thank you to all those who kindly donated. The Trust is always grateful for the opportunity to…
Thank you so much to everyone who made possible the fantastic Comedy night on Friday 12th February. We’re delighted to be able to announce the final total raised of £2,895 – The most we’ve ever raised at a comedy night!. Around 160 people joined us to see three fantastic acts in the shape of Jake…
We’d like to say a huge thanks to Cuckfield and Lindfield Rotary Club for deciding to support the Trust’s work with a very kind donation of £2,500! This donation will greatly benefit our work with disabled children and their families throughout Sussex and Kent and we are always so very grateful for the support of…
Following the support from Eastbourne Asda in November & December, we are delighted to be able to announce that the Trust has received a cheque for £200! Thank you to all those who shopped there and popped their token in the Trust’s box and of course a huge thanks goes to Eastbourne Asda for choosing…
