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Our Supporters
People often tell us how impressed they are with the work that we do for the deprived children of Zambia. We could not do any of it without the help of our loyal, creative, energetic supporters all over the world.
Some are friends and members of the Eastwood family. Many are individuals who have been moved by the plight of the children to do something to help.
This is a space for us to give you news and highlights about some of them and what they are doing, or have already done, to support our work. We will update it regularly, but sadly, as much as we would love to, we could never hope to tell you about all of our many, many generous supporters around the world!
If you would like to find out about the sporting, sponsored and challenge events that people are currently taking part in or would like to support someone, please go to sponsor a friend.
If you or your school, church, university, company or other group would like to be featured here, please do let us know. We'd love to hear from you.
The amazing individuals who are supporting us include;
Nick Moglia
Nick ran the London Marathon for Cecily's Fund in 2010 and raised a phenomenal £26,900. While attempting to beat his own Marathon record, he succeeded in beating the record for any individual raising funds for our work in any single event since Cecily's Fund began.
Margaret Walker
Margaret Walker's has written three books, humorous autobiographical genre, with tales from her life as a vicar's wife for over four decades.
The books: 'Cucumber Sandwiches and Fishnet Tights', 'Away with the vicar', and 'Don't eat the cat'are all priced £6.99 (£8 incl. p&p)
are all available from Margaret at:21 Garth Terrace,Porthmadog, Gwynedd, LL49 9BE. Cheques made payable to Margaret Walker. Profits will go to Cecily's Fund.
Peter Clifton
Peter Clifton, an old friend of the Eastwood family, has devised a unique and successful 'Poems in a Pub' formula; in the cosy surroundings of a pub, the evening begins with a long poem being read. Guests are then invited to read out their favourite poems, their own compositions and translations of a French poem which Peter sets in advance. Everyone votes, informally and good humouredly, on the best three poems and translations and Peter sends a home made certificate to the winners. Guest are invited to make a donation to Cecily's Fund. Peter has run several of these events around Oxfordshire, raising over £150 in an evening. If you'd like to run something similar, see our Fundraising Ideas page for Peter's secret recipe for a perfect Poems in a Pub evening.
Cynthia Gunn
In September 2007 Cynthia Gunn, a former teacher at the International School of Lausanne, walked the circumference of Lake Geneva, the second largest freshwater lake in Central Europe. This would be impressive enough for anyone, but Cynthia has suffered for many years with osteoarthritis. She embarked on the momentous sponsored hike after successful operations on her feet. Over twenty days, Cynthia covered 118 miles and raised £5,000 for Cecily’s Fund. Cecily’s Fund Chair, Basil Eastwood said “This is a truly remarkable achievement - a testament to Cynthia’s surgeons, as well as her own courage and resilience!”
The International School of Lausanne are also regular supporters in their own right.
Schools and colleges which support us
A number of schools, churches, universities, companies and other organisations are also giving us increasing support and help. Among the first of these were the schools Cecily and her sisters attended; Windlesham House School and Bedales.
Bedales
Bedales school, and its sister school, Dunnanie have continued to keep Cecily's name alive - and to support fellow pupils in school sin Zambia - through concerts, walks, runs, prizes and a school reunion in aid of Cecily's Fund. Bedales’ St Cecilia day concert which is held each year in aid of Cecily’s Fund will hold a very special place in 2009, our Make Music Give Hope year, especially as St Cecilia is the patron saint of music.
Windlesham House School
Windlesham House School has supported Cecily's Fund since the very start. There was a large Windlesham presence at Cecily's funeral and teacher Richard Martin took part in the first Cecily Day in 1997 - and subsequently the school has been represented at most of those days since. They walked for the charity in its very first year and have done so on numerous occasions since. Richard Martin says of cecily "She was a delightful girl, still very fondly remembered by many current staff.
Cokethorpe School
Cokethorpe is local to our office base in West Oxfordshire and its pupils have done a mass sponsored walk for us several years running.
Other schools and colleges which regularly support us include:
Groups that support us
Rotary and Inner Wheel
The Rotary Club of Witney and the Inner Wheel of Witney have adopted Cecily's Fund as their charity in 2010 and have kindly organised a number of fundraising events to support our work.
The Rotary Club of Eynsham supports us by providing helpers at collections and other events.
We are also in contact with Rotary Clubs in Zambia to discuss how they can support orphaned and vulnerable school leavers to have better work prospects.
Soroptimists International of Tamworth
Soroptimist International is a worldwide organisation for women in management and professions, working through service projects to advance human rights and the status of women. The Tamworth branch of SI have been loyal supporters of Cecily's Fund for many years, raising several thousand pounds which has helped hundreds of children to go to school. They have done this by holding events like Jazz in the Park, a Georgian Night - complete with period costumes and a Georgian butler (pictured right)! - International Dinner Nights and lots more. Two of their members have visited Zambia to meet some of the children we support. We are very grateful for the hard work and generosity of this wonderful organisation! For more information, please visit their website: Soroptimists International of Tamworth
Churches that support us
Many churches contribute to our funds through collections or organised fundraising events.
Kennington Overseas Aid
In 2009 Cecily's Fund was adopted as their charity of the year by Kennington Overseas Aid. KOA was founded in 1968 by three churches in the Oxfordshire village of Kennington to raise funds to help 'neighbours' in developing countries. This year they hope to raise £21,000 for our Peer Health Education programme, training and supporting young school graduates to run school workshops on how to stay safe from HIV. They are running a whole summer of events including concerts, parties, a fun run, a door-to-door collection and more. See our Events Diary for more information.
Companies that support us
Companies help in many ways, not just by making financial donations. How your company can help and business news.
British Airways
British Airways Community Investment have recently granted Cecily's Fund three complementary return flights to Lusaka. Cecily's Fund prides itself on its high level of accountability and regular monitoring visits to Zambia are an important part of our procedure. We monitor the current programmes to ensure they are running smoothly and to budget. We also use this opportunity to review the success of the programmes, make recommendations for improvements and work with our partners to develop the programmes. The money we save on flights will enable us to fund 90 children through primary school for a year. Thank you BA. www.ba.com
ABF Ingredients
ABF Ingredients and the ABFI Group have given very generous donations and organised their own innovative fundraising events including a charity dinner and silent auction on a romantic Mississippi steamboat, raising over £4,000.They also put together a team of runners in the 2009 London British 10K, raising over £5,000 in sponsorship. www.abfingredients.com
Kaim Todner
Kaim Todner LLP is a law firm based in the City of London with branch offices in the London Boroughs of Islington and Southwark and a regional office in Ashford, Kent. They have supported Cecily's Fund by entering teams of runners in the 2009 London 10k run and raising lots of sponsorship! www.kaimtodner.com
Oak Tree Fine Press
We are delighted to have established a relationship with the Oak Tree Fine Press, a privately owned publishing company which specialises in exceptionally high quality books featuring work by the world’s greatest authors and artists and donates all profits from the sales of its books to organisations assisting children living with or affected by HIV. Our partners, Hodi, have recently received a generous donation from Oak Tree Fine Press to support them in providing primary and secondary education for vulnerable children in the Kitwe area.
Venner Shipley
Venner Shipley is one of the leading firms of European patent and trade mark attorneys, representing a broad range of clients including major domestic and international corporations, SMEs, universities and individual inventors. They have also supported Cecily's Fund with team participation in sponsored runs and have made a generous donation towards our programmes in Zambia.. www.vennershipley.co.uk
Other corporate sponsors include:
- Explorer Instruments
- Reads and Co Chartered Accountants
- Scottish Power matched sponsorship raised by a supporter
Other companies who have provided raffle ticket prizes include:
- Crabtree & Evelyn - Oxford
- Bodyshop - Oxford
- Lush - Oxford
- Two Foot Nothing - Oxford
- Next to Nothing - Oxford
- UItimate Picture Palace - Oxford
- The Corner Club - Oxford
Raffle prize donors for Crazy for You!
The following companies donated raffle prizes for the one-night-only performance of Crazy for You at the London Palladium on Ocboter 18th:
- The Courthouse Hotel invites one lucky raffle prize winner to Afternoon Tea for Two at the elegant and historic Courthouse Hotel. www.courthouse-hotel.com
- Return to Glory have generously donated a voucher for a Pampering Spa Party for four in the comfort of your own home (within the M25!).
"Return to Glory has amassed a big following among professionals." The Sunday Times
"My Return to Glory specialist was confident, in control and experienced." Jodie Kidd
"I'm officially hooked." Elle Magazine
www.returntoglory.co.uk
- flaurena(TM) have donated a beautiful handmade silver necklace, crafted especially for the event. The designer, Lauren Cross, was at school with Cecily.
http://flaurena.com
- The Hole Beade Shoppe - two hand-crafted bracelets made especially for the event with semi-precious stones. www.theholebeadshop.com
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