Compassion Direct UK

NEW LOGO

We were so lucky to have a web site designer create a logo for us and everyone seems to like it, so thanks Dave we  really appreciate your gift.

NEW COLLECTING BOX WRAP ROUND

One thing leads to an other....  Len Jenkins in Wales designed our collecting box labels for us some time ago now and he has kindly agreed to redesign them using the new logo and colours, so watch this space!! 

We are fortunate in our friends?

FRIENDS OF CDUK - Something to aspire to!

The trustees agreed that we wanted to recognise certain people who work consistantly in the background to help out and achieve our objectives.  We decided to create the special category of Friend of CDUK.

We are delighted to announce that our first FRIEND is Margaret Challoner - who was asked to send a photo but wouldn't!!  Too modest! 

Margaret has developed the Facebook account for CDUK and is the Face bookPR officer;  she held a Christmas fundraising event last year for us and she was  our top Stroll fundraiser this year.  Margaret has put us in touch with many people who support us and who have joined the organisation and often send really useful ideas for us to develop.

Thank you Margaret you are appreciated and we think you are wonderful.

MORE MONEY TO ARGENTINA

Ros is off to Argentina again on the 11th October and is delighted to be taking three times as much money as last year for existing and new projects.  The bad news is that due to the current economic crisis the value of the pound is lower than it was but we are still sending more money than ever before thanks to everyones hard work and donations.  Talking of money, for those of you who wish to know more about the nitty gritty of CDUK you can find out more about us on the charity commission website.

STROLL FOR STREET CHILDREN

This year we raised over £1600 - including Gift Aid donations, our grateful thanks to everyone who worked hard to get sponsors and who walked on ther day and to the Kineton Volunteer Group who work with Ros to do the organisation to make it run smoothly.

CDUK QUILMES VOLUNTEER GROUP IN BUENOS AIRES

I have just heard that their last event attracted 120 people to raise money for Luz Del Alma - a soup kitchen in Ezpeleta and our first supported project.  As a result of the event someone donated a computer to the project for the homework room that CDUK refurbished last year.

THELMA                                                                           We have had a marvellous donation from Thelma, one of our supporters, who has given us a high quality gazebo - which we used for the Stroll, she also gave us a set of display boards,covered in pictures which she took from the web site.

Thanks so much Thelma your donations will help us to grow and expand our work.

Thelma above.

Kineton volunteers waiting for walkers under the new gazebo, below

NEWSLETTER OR NO NEWSLETTER

Please remember to sign up to this website to read the BLOG so that you can easily be notified when there is news.  While Ros is in Argentina their will not be a biannual news letter as several members who returned their recent questionnaires said that they would be happy to be kept up to date via email.  When Ros returns we will review the news letter.

We will be updating the Blog regularly and will occasionally notify you of updates, BUT we would also like news, ideas, comments from you, so please participate.

Looking forward to hearing from you

Ros