FANTASTIC WINE DRAW AND CONCERT

A huge THANK YOU! to all who donated wine, bought tickets, or otherwise contributed to our Grand Wine Draw. We had 6 wine baskets, a magnum, and a bottle of Wiston sparkling wine with a tour and tasting at Wiston Estate.  

The draw was conducted at our Songs for a Summer Evening concert in Steyning, West Sussex on 1st July. A really lovely evening with fizz and canapés wonderfully created by MSP's trustees.  It was a great fundraiser, with fabulous prizes.  We were all so busy singing and serving that we completely forgot to take any more photos!

 

The prizes

THOCCO FRANK PART 1 DIPLOMA

I am delighted to say that Thocco has been doing really well.  He is almost half way through his 2 year course in nutrition and food security, and he is on course for a 2:1 degree.  He is rightly proud of his achievements.  Here is his part 1 Diploma, received today.

 

AND ANOTHER GLORIOUS WINE DRAW!

Our famous wine draw!

6 chances to win a basket of 6 bottles of quality wine, with drinking notes and recommendations. This is what our prizes looked like last time - and this year's will be similar - plus a mystery magnum!

Some of our baskets on display

And a close up

A mere £5 a ticket for a chance to win over £60 worth of wine.  One of our donated bottles alone is worth over £300!  Happy to sell tickets online - just pay to our account.  Contact 07947 306256 or 01903 879800 for details.

FUND RAISING CONCERT IN STEYNING

1st July 2022

I and some of my wonderful singing chums from The Singing Salon will be giving a small fund raising concert at a beautiful house in Steyning, West Sussex on 1st July.  Do come along if you're in the area!  Tickets from 01903 879800, or averil222@gmail.com includes a glass of fizz and canapés.

100 more girls taught menstrual hygiene, and given reusable sanitary pads

We are delighted that Enelless Pemba, who ran a very successful project for us with some of the girls in local schools pre-COVID, has been able to run a second course for us, on 24th and 25th February 2022, this time using some of her left-over materials.  She tutored 120 girls over 2 days, with a programme focusing on climate change, tree planting and school cleanliness, as well as menstrual hygiene, body care and pad making, with an awards ceremony to finish.  There were insufficient resources on this occasion to enable her also to tutor the girls in pad making, but all those who attended were given a reusable pad at the end of the course for their own use. 

Thank you Enelless!!

Waiting to start

With Enelless

 FUNDRAISING CONCERT 26 FEBRUARY 2022

WEST SUSSEX

 FUNDRAISING NEWS

Our fundraising has, of course, been affected by Covid over the past 2 years.  But we have been able to run a few activities and have 3 more in the pipeline.  Watch this space!

A fundraising concert 26 February 2022

Just before the pandemic, we were extremely fortunate to benefit from the kind generosity of the owner and trustees of Champs Hill, a most wonderful private concert venue in West Sussex, who supported a fundraising concert there in aid of MSP and a London charity, Place2Be.  The concert was given by Vocal Fusion Acapella, a male barber shop group of which one of our trustees is a member, and the award winning Citi UK choir (finalists in Gareth Malone's BBC TV series The Choir) on 30th November 2019.

Vocal Fusion returns to Champs Hill on 26th February 2022, this time in conjunction with Kaleidoscope and Three's Company, all directed by Zoe Peate.

Fundraising stalls in Amberley, West Sussex

And we ran successful fundraising stalls in Amberley at Amberley Revival on 7th August 2021, and at the Wildbrooks Churches Christmas festival on 4th December 2021.

3 of MSP's trustees at our fundraising stall on 4.12.21

Our display board