Congratulations to Sam O'Kane and his father Pat who completed the Hasewater half marathon last Sunday, raising over £1,000 for Quest4Change. 100% of the money they raised will support projects which improve the lives of children and poor families living in the shanty town of Villa Maria, Peru.
For all you classical music lovers - and supporters of the Joshua Orphan Care Trust - there will be a fundraising concert taking place at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Centre, St Hilda's College, Oxford on 23rd March 2010...
Everyone here in the Quest Overseas office is wishing Sam O'Kane and his Dad, Patrick O'Kane the best of luck with their fundraising efforts over the weekend. The fantastic duo are running the Haweswater Half Marathon in Cumbria on Sunday to raise money for our Villa Maria project. Sam is part of the Quest Overseas team heading to Villa Maria in the summer and every penny of the money he raises will go straight out to Peru...
The Sir Philip Recklitt Educational Trust (SPRET) has grants and funds available to gap year students which can be put towards travel and expenses for projects both overseas and in the UK.
The SPRET funds are only available to people residing in, or in full time education in the former East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull and Norfolk and any succesful applicants must submit a report on the project undertaken after it has been completed.
For more information take a look at the SPRET website - http://www.spret.org - where you can find out how to apply.
If you are from Norfolk and have any questions contact spretrust@googlemail.com and if you are from the East Riding of Yorkshire/Hull contact hull@spret.org
realbuzz.com is giving charity challengers the opportunity to win £500 towards their fundraising goal. And it doesn’t matter what type of charity challenge you are undertaking; marathon, 5k, trek, triathlon or swimathon, as long as you are raising funds for a registered charity, you are eligible to enter.
Plus, as well as the winner, we will be selecting five runners up, and they’ll each receive a swanky realbuzz.com running vest – style, size and colour of their choice of course.
Steve is running this years Brighton Marathon to support orphans in Malawi through school
