Fundraising

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Over 220 guests enjoyed a fabulous meal and entertainment at the <B>Heart to Heart Ball for </B><B>ThePromise</B><B> in the Live room at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday March 6th</B>. The Live room lived up to its name as tables each boasted their own bay tree lit by hundreds of twinkling lights and creating the impression of a starlit forest glade. Brilliant young performers from the<A HREF="http://www.italiaconti.com/associate_schools.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.italiaconti.com/associate_sch"><U><B> Italia Conti Stage School</B></U></A> in Guildford welcomed guests with a "Cirque de Soleil" mime show and Eloise Smith and fellow students later wowed guests with her heart-rending performance of  "The Greatest Love of All".  And finally, the Italia Conti dancers energised guests with a high-octane street dance number just before the Auction.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="41ecbb80.jpg" border=0 width="203" height="184" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="41b39b80.jpg" border=0 width="313" height="184" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="41d96b80.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="184" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>"Cirque de Soleil" style mime from Italia Conti Stage School</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="43a9c080.jpg" border=0 width="668" height="264" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Eloise Smith and fellow students - </B><B>"The Greatest Love of All"</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4379c120.jpg" border=0 width="668" height="274" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Italia Conti dancers high-octane street dance</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Chris Sheasby</B>, former England rugby star, and our MC/Auctioneer for the night helped to raise over £14,000 from the Main Auction, which included a unique  amethyst and rough diamond necklace, specially created for the event by <B>Barbara Flynn</B>, Patron of <B>ThePromise</B>, and <B>Severus Snape's</B> wand from the set of the latest <B>Harry Potter</B> film, signed by <B>Alan Rickman</B>.  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="4209e340.jpg" border=0 width="158" height="308" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="422ee340.jpg" border=0 width="238" height="308" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Chris Sheasby and Barbara Flynn</B></div> <bR> <div> We were delighted that many guests made generous donations to our <B>Tree of Hearts</B> in support of some of our children in <B>Russia</B> who had designed hearts especially for the Ball and also bid for the interesting mix of prizes in our silent auction. Guests finally enjoyed dancing until the small hours to live band <B>Jason Kester and the Believers</B>. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="435ba220.jpg" border=0 width="698" height="290" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> We are delighted to announce that the <B>Heart to Heart Ball raised £27,000 for ThePromise</B>, which was matched with incredible generosity by one of our guests on the night. This money will enable us to employ a <B>Programme Manager based in Russia</B> and will help us to embed our work and our organisation more firmly into the Russian context and to explore additional areas where our help is needed. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>For information on our previous balls, click on the links below:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="crysatlball.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Crystal Ball"><U>The Crystal Ball</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="redhot.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Red Hot Russian Ball"><U>The Red Hot Russian Ball</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://thepromise.org.uk//News/Ice_Ball_Special.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://thepromise.org.uk//News/Ice_Ball_"><U>The Russian Ice Ball (pdf)</U></A></div> <div> <B>For information on our </B></div> <div>  <A HREF="birthday.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="5th Birthday Party"><U>5th Birthday Party</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Family Fun Day in Northwood Raises £4000</U></B></div> <div>  </div> <div> <B>ThePromise</B> was delighted to be the beneficiary of a Family Fun Day, masterminded by Barbara Richardson and Jo Chapple, and held in Barbara's splendid garden in the leafy suburb of Northwood in Middlesex.  Guests enjoyed the sunny weather and the fantastic food, generously donated and prepared by a host of volunteers, including loads of teenagers.  The centrepiece was a Hog Roast served with all kinds of salads and accompaniments washed down with Pimms, the ultimate summer barbecue experience!  A kind donation of chicken fillets was used to great effect in many dishes.</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> Barbara and Jo had assembled an interesting selection of silent auction items, including tickets to Arsenal, dinner at a local restaurant, services donated by local tradespeople, a weekend in a campervan and a week in a Swiss chalet, not to mention a number of alternative therapy sessions, notably Amatsu as both Barbara and Jo are practitioners of this amazing therapy developed in Japan.  Guests were entertained by local musicians throughout the afternoon. It was so relaxing to enjoy the autumnal hues of Barbara's lovely garden to the sound of a great acoustic band.</div> <bR> <div> Guests over the age of 16 made a suggested minimum donation of £15 and those who were UK tax-payers kindly signed gift aid forms so that ThePromise can collect the extra 28% from the government.  Always welcome!  Children under 16 came free.</div> <bR> <div> Tanya van Dalen, a volunteer Occupational Therapist from ThePromise spoke movingly of her experiences with the children in Room 4 at Yelatma Orphanage.  ThePromise has been working with older children at Yelatma who up to now have been confined to one activity room during the day without any stimulating activities or equipment.  Tanya has been instrumental in helping to set up our work in Room 4 and told guests that £100 would pay for a day's training for 2 Russian care workers, £25 would pay their weekly wage and £500 would help to buy additional play equipment, like trampolines, scooter boards etc to help these disadvantaged children develop their physical strength.</div> <bR> <div> Barbara and Jo's Family Fun Day provides a great example of what can be achieved by motivating your friends and relations to raise money for ThePromise.  If you feel you might be able to organise a fun event like this, we are always on hand to give helpful advice and publicity material to help motivate your guests.  We can always provide volunteer help and a speaker to tell guests how the money raised will be spent.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Just email janet.abbott@thepromise.org.uk or call her on 020 8769 3378 to discuss your event</B>.</div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="890" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 376 WIDTH="586"><div> <B><U>Charity Challenge</U></B></div> <div> Calling all intrepid supporters, why not have a look at the <B> </B><A HREF="http://www.charitychallenge.com/cc/charitychallenge/index.jsp" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.charitychallenge.com/cc/chari"><U><B>Charity Challenge Website</B></U></A><B> </B>the UK's leading adventure travel company. In September 2008, <B>June Thompson and George Watson cycled from St Petersburg to Moscow and raised over £5,000 for ThePromise.</B> </div> <bR> <div> The bike ride was organsied by Charity Challenge and there were people on it who were raising money for their favourite charities.  With more than 100 inspirational challenges each year for around 2000 participants, they have so far helped to raise around £15 million for over 750 charities. Expeditions include treks, mountain bike rides, mountain climbs, white water rafting, sailing, horse riding and Community Challenges and take place all over the world, with four different levels of ability.</div> <bR> <div> <B>We are now registered as one of their charities</B>, so if you, or anyone you know is interested, please have a look at their website - sounds great for "gap" years and those who just need a challenge.......</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Open Charity Events 2010</U></B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.thepromise.org.uk/Documents/ThePromise Open Charity Events 2010.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.thepromise.org.uk/Documents/T"><U><B>Click here</B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.thepromise.org.uk/Documents/ThePromise Open Charity Events 2010.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.thepromise.org.uk/Documents/T"><U><B> to to see a pdf  table of Open Charity Events</B></U></A></FONT> that you can take part in this year to raise money for <B>ThePromise</B>.  Events include runs, swims and cycle rides and there are opportunities for people at all levels of fitness.  To help in your fundraising you can set up a page on <A HREF="http://www.justgiving.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.justgiving.com"><U><B>www.justgiving.com</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3aa23d60.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="214" ALT="Cycle Group Moscow" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B><U> <A NAME="easyfundraising"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B><B><U>  <script language="javascript">AC_FL_RunContent_QueryString = 0;</script> <script src="http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/js/AC_RunActiveContent_QueryString.js" language="javascript"></script> <script language="javascript"> if (AC_FL_RunContent_QueryString == 0) { alert("This page requires AC_RunActiveContent_QueryString.js."); } else { AC_FL_RunContent_QueryString( 'codebase', 'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0', 'width', '120', 'height', '60', 'src', 'http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/files/new_orgsupp120x60.swf?target=_blank&clickThrough=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.easyfundraising.org.uk%2Ftp%2F', 'quality', 'high', 'pluginspage', 'http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer', 'align', 'middle', 'play', 'true', 'loop', 'true', 'scale', 'showall', 'wmode', 'window', 'devicefont', 'false', 'id', 'new_orgsupp120x60', 'bgcolor', '#ffffff', 'name', 'new_orgsupp120x60', 'menu', 'true', 'allowFullScreen', 'false', 'allowScriptAccess','sameDomain', 'movie', 'http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/files/new_orgsupp120x60.swf?target=_blank&clickThrough=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.easyfundraising.org.uk%2Ftp%2F', 'salign', '' ); //end AC code } </script> <noscript> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="120" height="60" id="new_orgsupp120x60" align="middle"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/files/new_orgsupp120x60.swf?target=_blank&clickThrough=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.easyfundraising.org.uk%2Ftp%2F" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /> <embed src="http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/files/new_orgsupp120x60.swf?target=_blank&clickThrough=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.easyfundraising.org.uk%2Ftp%2F" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="120" height="60" name="new_orgsupp120x60" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /> </object> </noscript>   </U></B></div> <div> <B>easyfundraising</B> is a shopping directory listing some of your favourite online stores including Amazon, Next, Debenhams, John Lewis, Toys R Us, HMV and over 2000 others.  Just use the links on the easyfundraising site whenever you shop online and, at no extra cost to you, we'll receive a donation of up to 15% from every purchase you make. It really is that simple.</div> <bR> <div> It's completely free to register and you won't pay a penny more for your shopping when you use the easyfundraising site. In fact you can even save money as many retailers offer discounts, special offers and even 'e-vouchers' exclusive to easyfundraising. </div> <bR> <div> If you shop online anyway then why not raise valuable extra funds for us by using this fantastic scheme.  All you need to do is click here <A HREF="http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/tp" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/tp"><U><B>http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/tp</B></U></A> and when you register, select <B>The Promise</B> (with a space) as the organisation you wish to support. </div> <bR> <div> <B><U>eBay for charity</U></B></div> <div> All you net traders can now sell items on eBay and make a donation to <B>ThePromise</B> at the same time by nominating us as your chosen charity. Or you might have items which you could sell on eBay on our behalf. Either way, <B>ThePromise</B> can benefit from your on-line trading.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Sharegift</U></B></div> <div> This is a charity share donation scheme, which makes it easy for people to give any number of shares to charity. they specialise in accepting small holdings of shares, particularly those which are not worth selling, because that would cost more than they are worth.</div> <div> They also help people with larger gifts of shares for their favourite charities. For details go to<B> </B><A HREF="http://www.sharegift.org.uk" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.sharegift.org.uk"><U><B>www.sharegift.org.uk</B></U></A></div> <div> We can't nominate ourselves, but anyone who donates shares in this way can say which organisation they want the money to go to.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Reduce your Phonebill with ThePromise</U></B></div> <div> We are now registered with telephone service <B>Affinicom</B>, which offers subscribers telephone calls at much lower rates than BT and donates a percentage of the saving to the <B>ThePromise</B><B>. </B>So you get cheaper bills, and the ThePromise receives a donation… </div> <div> Click here to download the pdf leaflet to find out how. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://thepromise.org.uk/HTMLobj-736/Affinicom_leaflet.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://thepromise.org.uk/HTMLobj-736/Aff"><U><B>Affinicom Leaflet.pdf</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div>  </div> <div> <B><U>Give As You Earn</U></B></div> <div> Donating directly from your monthly salary is a tax efficient way of donating to <B>ThePromise</B>, and it happens automatically once you have set it up so you never need to think about it! Please get in touch with us if you would like to donate in this way.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Individual Fundraising</U></B></div> <div> We have individuals all over the country who are engaging in all sorts of weird and wonderful fundraising activities to raise money for us! If you or a group of friends would like to support us but don't know where to start, please just get in touch with us at <B>post@thepromise.org.uk</B></div> <div> For some fundraising ideas to get you going, click here to download: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://thepromise.org.uk/HTMLobj-737/ThePromise_Fundraising_Ideas.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://thepromise.org.uk/HTMLobj-737/The"><U><B>ThePromise Fundraising Ideas Page</B></U></A><A HREF="http://thepromise.org.uk/HTMLobj-737/ThePromise_Fundraising_Ideas.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://thepromise.org.uk/HTMLobj-737/The"><U><B>.pdf</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> If you would like to promote our work to your friends and colleagues, please download <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.thepromise.org.uk/Leaflets/ThePromise leaflet .pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.thepromise.org.uk/Leaflets/Th"><U><B>ThePromise</B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.thepromise.org.uk/Leaflets/ThePromise leaflet .pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.thepromise.org.uk/Leaflets/Th"><U><B> Leaflet</B></U></A></FONT><B>.</B> For  <A HREF="http://www.thepromise.org.uk/Leaflets/ThePromise leaflet HQ.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.thepromise.org.uk/Leaflets/Th"><U><B>High Quality Printing Version download here</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> If you need sponsorship forms we can help you with that too. </div> <div> Just let us know if there is anything else we can do to help.</div> <div> <B>post@thepromise.org.uk</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Schools Fundraising</U></B></div> <div> We are delighted to have already been nominated by various schools as their chosen charity and are very happy to come  and present to assemblies in the UK. 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