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 […]
GDS Quiz organisers, Zoe, Lin, quizmaster Olivia, Naomi and Jan. Thanks too of course to Geeta and Amir for making 300 delicious momos, we loved them. Our third Quiz Night in Writtle, Chelmsford was a great success so thanks to everyone who came to support this fundraising event and Alans team – winners for third year. […]
For many years Lin has made fresh foliage Christmas wreaths which have been sold through Jacky Wrights art classes in Hanningfield. This year the group has raised nearly £300 (which will be £350 with Gift Aid) and this will be used to fund Womens Health awareness for rural women of Gorkha in the New Year […]
Reindeer bring in the crowds and thanks to Nick and Andy at the Limes Farm Shop, Burnham on Crouch, also bring in Donations to GDS to raise money for Childrens School jumpers – its winter there too, and they have no heating but many have no jumpers. Great evening with so many children enjoying their […]
Linda Blunt presented her talk on Nepal plants, people and running a Charity to a lovely audience of 40 ladies to give an insight into Nepal and then the work of GDS. With explanation of how funds can help children study, the group bought plants and gave generous donations which, together with speaker fees meant […]
Congratulations to Naomi for her great efforts in raising money for GDS by taking part in the AJ Bell Triathlon in London Docklands. After lots of hard work training for the event over the last few months it was amazing to see the thousands of competitors take part in this great event. Starting with a […]
A glorious English summer afternoon with tea and cakes in the garden and time to relax – and raise a fantastic £1800. It was such a team effort with so many people giving their time and effort freely and of course money too! Lots of cake, strawberries, raffle tickets benches and mushrooms as well as […]
Another quiz was held in Writtle on Sat 14th Jan with nearly 90 people taking part and over £1,000 raised. Olivia was quiz master with Zoe, Naomi Jan and Lin all there to help in various ways and Geeta and Amir had once again made some wonderful Nepali food for all to taste in the […]
Fresh foliage wreaths on willow frames were made by Lin Blunt and sold for the GDS charity. £400 was raised with special thanks once again to Jacky Wright and her Art classes in East Hanningfield who raised a fantastic £250.00
Trustee Linda and Member Olivia had a fantastic evening at the Chelmsford Library SOUP event. Together they pitched to raise funds for a Hygiene Programme. Unfortunately they did not win the money, but had a brilliant time promoting the charity and doing their pitch. Thank you to Chelmsford Library for hosting such an innovative event […]
The fresh foliage wreaths have again been made and sold for Christmas and together with donations has raised £350. Lin again collected material from her Dads, made frames from willow stems to create the wreaths to sell to friends. The money has already been sent to Gorkha and will buy 100 children’s school jumpers which have been requested.. Thanks […]
The Student Union at Writtle via organiser Georgie White, held a quiz night to support GDS in both fundraising and bringing awareness of the opportunity of volunteering in Nepal. Lin and recent volunteer, Olivia Power tested the students knowledge of Nepal and talked to interested students. Winners of the quiz were the Agriculture students – seen celebrating with their […]
Club Chairman Mike Hall invited GDS Trustee Lin Blunt to make a presentation on ‘Plants and People of Nepal and helping after the earthquake’. As well as covering plants seen on the Himalayan trek of Annapurna circuit and the contrasting tropical Terrai in Nepal, the talk gave an insight into GDS and its work. The […]
Picture in the Chelmsford Weekly News – Thanks to everyone who came to our gardens open, plant sale and afternoon teas on 6th June. A fabulous sunny afternoon, the time and help of many friends and family, and the spending of visitors, enabled us to not only have an enjoyable afternoon but also raise a fantastic […]
Lots of news and updates for the Charirty. Two volunteers are booked and ready to travel to Gorkha in January and February. Olivia Power has been fundraising for her trip and is preparing a raffle for Christmas at the Wheatsheaf, Writtle, Chelmsford to be held 21st December. Zoe Dallow from Bromyard near Hereford is also […]
Thanks to the Everest Gorkha Bar and Restaurant in Chelmsford, a Sunday evening Nepali dinner and presentation raised well over £900 (nearly another toilet!) Eighty friends of the Trustees supported the evening buying raffle tickets. Following the evening then several have offered to sponsor children in Nepal and one is lined up for volunteering. Thanks […]
Read more Thanks once again to the lovely Viv and Claire who opened their garden once again this year and invited us to sell plants for the charity.The total raised on the 4 days was £1056.30 with £620 from plant sales, £131 from Nepali jewellery, and £305.30 was kindly donated by Viv and Claire from their […]
The children of Vikings house at Widford Lodge Prep School in Chelmsford held a book sale earlier this year and raised a fantastic £180.00. Music teacher Naomi Poole prompted the sale and Linda Blunt was asked to the school to make a presentation to the children and receive the cheque for the Nepal Charity. The […]
Thanks to Jan Raven for hosting a great afternoon of charity fundraising. Plants were sold in aid of GDS and Nepali jewelry gave added interest and raised more money. In total GDS gained over £800 and when Gift Aid is collected it will be up to £1,000 See more details
Trustee Lin Blunt has been busy making fresh foliage wreaths for Christmas. Many were again sold through friend Jacky Wright and her art classes but also through hairdresser in Chelmsford Rumour. £600 already raised beating last years total.
