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,…
Hastings Bookkeeping firm Numerical are helping the Children’s Respite Trust achieve its goals for disabled children and their families. The company has kindly provided their services free-of-charge helping the Charity to move over to a cloud based accounting system. Trust CEO, Gavin Fisher, said of the move “It will be of great benefit for the families we’re here for. Ultimately, we’ll…
Chapter 12 Bar & Kitchen hosts of the last ambassador’s reception and previous sponsors of our charity events are supporting as again. Chapter 12 are a wine bar & Kitchen in the heart of Hailsham. Full of food, drink, live music and much more. https://chapter12winebar.co.uk/ Tickets are now on sale, get yours here: https://www.fatsoma.com/…/gnsfs…/the-phantom-masquerade-ball
Carers Required – Ringmer The Children’s Respite Trust is assisting a family in Ringmer to recruit two carers for a one-off short-term placement (20 hours in total). The role is to provide support for a 17 year-old boy with severe autism from the hours of 10.30am to 3.30pm from Tuesday 30th May to…
Westways Vendings are a new sponsor this year who we are very happy to have on board. Linda Baker of Westways Vending is also on our committee for the ball this year. Services As well as a new sponsor announcement we are happy to say. Tickets for this Year’s Phantom ball are NOW ON SALE!…
The Children’s Respite Trust’s photography competition has now closed. We’ve had some stunning entries and the winner will receive a big cat photography workshop: a chance to get up close to the animals to get some amazing shots! Categories include Landscape, Portrait, Animals and Wildlife, Sport and Events, Transport, and Architecture. We have decided our favourite two from…
Constant supporters of our charity and all events we hold, ASPRAY are once again giving their support as sponsors to us. Aspray offer a free one-stop-shop for management of all UK building insurance claims and building repairs. Tickets will be available by the end of the month so make sure to keep an eye out.
