Fundraising Activities

To fund our operations in Malawi, The JCT Children’s Foundation organises a variety of events in the UK, ranging from Quizzes / Auctions to sponsored skin / snowboard challenges. These fundraising activities pay for the majority of the operational costs and keep the projects running. 

Gloucestershire Quiz /raffle

On Thursday 29th June 2006, we held the JCT Children's Foundation fundraising Quiz / Raffle for local business's in the Gloucestershire area at the UGSU (University of Gloucestershire Student's Union). We managed to raise £2136 that has helped fund the attached facilities.

Current Fundraising Events - How You can Get Involved

Mont Blanc

Press Release

Background
 We feel the 'Mont Blanc Back-Country Challenge' differs from the many others currently on the market, in that it will take riders away from the comfort of the slopes and out into the back-country. The Challenge has been designed by a team of professional mountain guides, Mountain Tracks, (www.mountaintracks.co.uk). Launching in the 2008 season, the Mountain Tracks guide will be taking up to 10 groups of 10 skiers and snowboarders to Chamonix to complete a four day event which will also cover essential training on back country safety and avalanche awareness.

 The Course
The first two days of training will cover avalanche awareness, transceiver searching, snow pack analysis and terrain risk analysis, rope techniques, abseiling, crevasse rescue, snow shoe touring, ski and crampon techniques, basic navigation and route planning as well as lots of other back-country techniques and knowledge.

The Challenge
On the final day, after all the training and preparation had been completed, Challengers will:
  • Take the cable car to the summit of the Aiguille du Midi, the highest lift n the Alps at 3842m. then attach crampons to boots and put skis/boards on packs and descend the amazingly exposed east ridge of the Aiguille du Midi to the Col du Midi.
  • With skis/boards back on, cross the Col and ascend the Pointe du Lachenal at 3613m. From the summit, Challengers will begin the 19km, 2700m descent of the famous Vallee Blanche to Chamonix.
  • Half way down, the heavily crevassed selection of the Geant icefall has to be negotiated. Then join the Mer du Glace and the amazing straightline run of 5km under the Grand Charmoz and the Aiguille Dru.
  • Escape from the toe of the glacier is by abseil after which, with skis on the packs, climb out to the fast 'James Bond' track and ride all the way to the finish in Chamonix! the route is obviously weather and condition dependent, and will be confirmed by the guides running the event.
For more information regarding this Fundraising Event, please contact:

Beccy Partridge & All Bruce, Event Organisers
28 Bath Road, Stround, Gloucestershire. GL5 3JL
Mobile: 07971 176235. Email: rebecca@partridge4.orangehome.co.uk


You can set up your own personal JCT Children’s Foundation Fund fundraising web page to gather sponsorship online from friends and family. Go to www.justgiving.com for simple instructions of how to do it. Contact us on info@jctchildrensfoundation for sponsor forms and ideas as to how to make your event a success.  We will soon make these forms available to download from this site.



What others have done

To see what others have done go to the events page.  If you have organised an event for The JCT Children’s Foundation and want to share it/ advertise it on the web please email us on info@jctchildrensfoundation

 Ways your business can support us
Your business can make a huge difference to the lives of children in Malawi.  If you want to help in any of the ways below, please contact us.

• Encourage staff fundraisers - they are good bonding initiatives.
     - We can help you get publicity for your/ their event in the local papers, meaning good coverage for your business.
• Put a link to our website on your own site.
• Enter a company team for next year's British London 10km run.
     - Join around 20,000 others running through the heart of London.


Thank You Note

A special thank you must go to the professional photographers who kindly donated the use of their photographs for our website - Morten Hvaal (www.mortenhvaal.com), Theresa Vernetti (www.theresavernetti.com), Charles Page (www.charlespage.com).


Thank you to the teams from the local businesses in Gloucestershire that entered the Quiz and significantly donated to the charity.

 

Douglas Engineering Ltd., Capita Life & Pension Services, Durafles Ltd., Tandy Engineering Services Ltd., British Nuclear Group Project Services Ltd., SLG Beauty, Gloucester Heating Spares Ltd., British Energy, Andoran, Moss Construction, Nelson Thornes, Barton Enterprise Centre, Levi, Ray and Shoup Inc., Travelscope, Commercial Ltd., University Of Gloucestershire, Whittington Insurance Services, E G Carter & Co Ltd., Mears Group, The Queens Hotel and The Hollow Bottom.

 

A special thank you must go to Emma Hughes and the staff at hays who helped raise prizes for the Quiz and to Neil Humphrey, Quiz Master. The following list of organisations who donated prizes and thank you so much for your kindness and genrorisity, we would not have been able to achieve this result without your help.

  • Voucher for an overnight stay with breakfast for two people at the Lygon Arms  Broadway, www.thelygonarms.co.uk

  • Voucher for an overnight stay with breakfast for two people at the Wyastone Hotel, Cheltenham - www.wyastonehotel.co.uk

  • Sunday night stay for 2 x people with breakfast, spa bath at the Hotel On The Park, Cheltenham - www.hotelonthepark.com - Top 200 Hotel In the country

  • 2 x Tickets for Cheltenham Football Club for the 1st game of the season,  Tuesday 8th August - Tranmere Rovers V Cheltenham Town

  • 2 x Tickets for Gloucester Rugby Club - Gloucester v Bath - Weekend of 2nd September

  • Dinner for 2 at The Queens Hotel, Cheltenham

  • Dinner for 2 at Flynns, Cheltenham

  • Sunday Lunch for 2 and a bottle of wine - Bath Road Tavern - Cheltenham

  • Dinner for 2 at The Hollow Bottom, Guiting Power - Cotswolds

  • Dinner for 2 at the March Hare, Painswick

  • Dinner for 2 at the Hilton Puckrup, Tewkesbury

  • Dinner for 2 at Le Petit Blanc, Cheltenham

  • Meal voucher towards No 5, North Street, Winchcombe

  • Round of Golf for 4 people Monday - Friday at Brickhampton Golf Club

  • £25 Debenhams Voucher

  • Cotswold Bowl Voucher

  • Family ticket for 4 people to Drayton Manor

  • Champagne X 3 Bottles

  • Golf for four at Lillybrook - subject to holding handicap certificates and booking through PRO at course, Cheltenham