Archive for February, 2010

GCT Raffle Winners

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

 

The Global Children’s Trust would like to say thank you to all of you who supported our raffle, in buying raffle tickets!
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We are delighted to announce the winners of the Raffle which was drawn yesterday on Saturday 6th February 2010

The winners were as follows:

1st Prize was won by Catherine Edwards
2 weeks accommodation in a luxury Greek villa within a beautiful part of Crete (known as the ‘Chelsea of Crete’) including a champagne dinner at a beach-side restaurant

- Kindly donated by: Sandy Foster

2nd Prize was won by Niall O’Sullivan
1 night B&B at the Four Pillars Hotel including 2 spa treatments

Kindly donated by: Cotswold Watermark Four Pillars Hotel
http://www.cotswoldwaterparkhotel.co.uk/

3rd Prize: was won by Iain Mansfield
Dinner for 2 at Raymond Blanc’s Brasserie Blanc in Cheltenham

Kindly donated by Brasserie Blanc, Cheltenham
http://www.brasserieblanc.com/locations/cheltenham.html

4th Prize was won by Brenda Delmas
A Pinetum English Oak Nest of tables

Kindly donated by Pinetum
http://www.pinetum.co.uk/

5th Prize was won by Sarah Edmonds
A 6 month gym membership at Simone’s gym in Cirencester

Kindly donated by Simone’s Health Clubs and Training Academy
http://www.simones.co.uk/index.htm

6th Prize was won by Alison Kennett
A luxury food hamper

Kindly donated by My Secret Kitchen
http://www.mysecretkitchen.co.uk

7th Prize was won by Tracey Williamson
Ladies’ silk scarf

Kindly donated by Jungle, Brewery Court, Cirencester
Tel. 01285 650485

8th Prize was won by Claire Gilbanks
Glam Originals necklace

Kindly donated by Sharon Rastelli (Glam Originals)
http://www.glamoriginals.co.uk/index.asp

9th Prize was won by Jo Lunn
Selection of bathroom toiletries

Kindly donated by Karen Watson
http://www.Q4solutions.co.uk

10th Prize was won by Bill and Dawn Halsey
Butts Farm Food Voucher

Kindly donated by the Butts Farm Shop
http://thebuttsfarmshop.com/

We would also like to say a huge thank you to those individuals and organisations who supported us by donating such great prizes!

All winners have been notified by email.

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A Winning Formula …

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

There is a great deal going on in the background with GCT which we will share and update you all on shortly, some of it mundane and very necessary and some of it extremely valuable and rewarding!

The immediate news we can share at this time is that:

1. We will draw our GCT raffle on Saturday 6th February. We still have some tickets available. They’re only £5 each and so with the chance to win some incredible prizes, so we strongly recommend that you click the enclosed link to have a look at the prizes and buy as many as you are able …

http://www.globalchildrenstrust.org/indian-summer-ball-raffle.htm

We cannot guarantee that you’ll win a prize, but we can guarantee that 100% of these funds will go towards the projects that we are supporting which currently include:

     • Capital projects connected with Happy Home orphanage in India

     • Feeding starving children in Zululand through the ‘Banana Appeal’s Food in School’s Programme’

2. We will be launching a new GCT website in the coming months (details and dates to be confirmed)

3. We will be hosting a fundraising ball in the late summer again (theme and venue to be confirmed, but likely to be The Cotswolds again following the success of last year’s inaugural ‘Indian-themed ball’)

4. We learned the other week that the charities commission will be issuing our charity number in the coming months which will means that we will be able to claim gift aid on donations made, thus further increasing our capability to make a difference.

5. We will shortly be hosting regular fundraising auctions and raffles online with some incredible items to bid upon, including:

     a. An eco-designer dress, designed by Jeff Garner of Prophetic and painted by elephants!

     b. Sports memorabilia

     c. Concert, sports and celebrity dinner tickets

     d. Other donated products and services

     e. Crystal

     f. Hotel accommodation

6. Kevin Allen (Banana Man) left on Tuesday afternoon of this week for Zululand in Africa to spend time on the ground supporting his ‘Food in Schools Programme’ which takes starving, deprived children off the streets and provides them with lunch and education. We’re proud to have been supporting Kevin for a number of years now, long before the actual formation of The Global Children’s Trust.

Kevin’s a remarkable guy and for less than £15 you read about his incredible story and work. Proceeds from each copy purchased feeds a child for a month!

You can buy a copy of his book here – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Banana-Man-Inspirational-Accidental-Thousands/dp/1905823738

 

We look forward to catching you up on more news as it happens, but in the meantime, please buy some raffle tickets now. Thank you!

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