Once again friends and neighbours supported plant sales in Great Baddow. Lin and Jean had raised plants to include tomatoes, herbs and a wide range of perennial plants with Nick and Andy from The Limes Burnham on Crouch also donating plants. Colourful prayer flags from Nepal helped draw attention and donation payments were made through […]
In these difficult times we appreciate every donation even more. Following our recent newsletter several donations have been received and illustrate such kindness and belief in our projects to support the children in Gorkha. This lovely note arrived with a cheque.
Following Fiona Shaw’s volunteering experience in Gorkha in 2019, a presentation was made to the local church congregation, St John the Baptist Church, Bamford in the Peak District. Clearly the presentation was well received and created great interest and as a result of this, GDS have recently received a very generous donation from the church […]
Once again friends have supported GDS through the purchase of fresh foliage wreaths made by Lin with all proceeds going to Nepal. Christmas lights and decorations are in abundance this year as everyone looks to brighten homes after such a difficult year and so after a very busy week and sore fingers then Lin’s 35 […]
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Though fundraising for every charity will face challenges, we have recently been very lucky to raise money through sales of items large and small. Shelia has been busy making gorgeous cotton facemasks which we must now all wear, and Lin has been selling for GDS. Viv, Claire and Sarah of garden open fame asked us […]
Gift Aid it! Our fundraising efforts always include the request that UK tax payers allow us to collect Gift Aid in addition to their donation. This means that for every £1.00 given, we can receive an additional 25p and our recent claim to HMRC prepared by Treasurer Amir, has resulted in a fantastic £1,733 additional […]
Such a simple fundraising idea. Thanks to Olivia and work colleagues for donations to GDS after wearing casual clothes to work. As always, every penny will go to Gorkha. On top of this, Olivia’s fiends who could not attend the recent quiz donated £45 – so kind. Thanks to all
Our 5th annual quiz in Writtle was another success with over £1300 raised. Local friends once again joined us for the quiz with Olivia doing a great job as quiz master keeping all in order, Lin gave a presentation and update on GDS over the last year, Geeta and Amir prepared delicious Nepali food – […]
Former volunteer Fiona and husband Ian and their magnificent friends made donations in lieu of Christmas cards and raised a total of £315 . Their wish is that this be used to sponsor children and will infact sponsor 2 children for 5 years education and uniforms. GDS would like to thank the whole group pictured […]
As we count down the days before Christmas Celebrations then we are happy to report the last bit of fundraising for the year. As for the last 9 years, Lin has made and sold Wreaths for friends which are made from willow frames and fresh foliage. Well over £400 has been raised with all the money donated […]
Former volunteer Fiona, and her husband Ian are still keen to raise awareness and share their experience with friends. They recently organised a party at home and friends brought high quality books for early learners which will be forwarded to Nepal. Fiona aims to use these as resources to inspire teachers in a visit being […]
In May we wrote about Fiona’s experiences volunteering through GDS. Fiona was able to inspire many teachers of the youngest children in Gorkha to develop simple learning materials and help the children have ‘fun’ in their learning in what was otherwise grey, empty classrooms. As well as this contribution, Fiona and her husband Ian have […]
We would like to pass on our thanks for the very kind donation of £100 received recently in memory of Peggy Shelley. A friend of GDS was one of Peggy’s 28 Grandchildren and she wanted to do something useful with the money received from Peggys will and so agreed that it be put towards the […]
Another successful fundraising event at Writtle with nearly 80 people enjoying the social evening AND raising money for GDS. Over £1,000 was raised which will total £1,226 when including Gift Aid. An excellent result and many thanks to all who helped and supported. Karins team were champions and star of the show was 6 year old Granth winning […]
Earlier this year we were contacted through our website by Brian and Barbara from Rochford. They had traveled to Nepal in November 2008 and were interested in sponsoring 2 children through GDS. They kindly donated £60 to sponsor 2 children for this year and since then have held a car boot sale, supported by family and friends they […]
Felstead WI have helped the people of Gorkha. They invited Lin Blunt to talk about Nepal and GDS and then they bought LOTS of plants brought for sale. The speaker fees and plant sales plus donations raised a fabulous £192 and EVERY PENNY will go to the projects in Gorkha. Thanks to all. If you […]
Lin was invited to Old Harlow, Essex to present her talk Plants and People of Nepal. The talk shows the amazing diversity of Nepal’s climate and plants from alpine to tropical – -yes Tropical Nepal! A surprise to many. As well as this GDS was explained fully and Lin was thrilled with the interest and support […]
Following Lin’s presentation to Writtle WI giving an introduction to Nepal and the running of GDS as a charity, we are thrilled to have received donations to enable SIX children to be sponsored through our sponsorship programme. Ladies took away details on how to sponsor a child, completed the form and returned to Lin, made […]
A great turn out of members of this thriving WI in the beautiful Writtle village, together with a wonderful warm welcome made a lovely evening as Lin returned to Writtle where she taught horticulture for 20 years. Thanks to the ladies for such a supportive response to Lins presentation on the work of the charity […]
