2016 was a busy and wonderful year for the Children’s Respite Trust. After hosting two comedy nights, a golf day, and masquerade ball, the Trust achieved many feats and accomplishments, not least helping many more families with disabled children. The 2016 Ball The 2016 masquerade ball not only had more attendees than ever before this…
Take the leap of a life-time at the Children’s Respite Trust’s Summer Charity Skydive. Sunday 11th June 2017. No previous experience necessary and all training is given on the day. Jump into Summer You will skydive from up to 13,000ft and free-fall for 30-40 seconds. Then the canopy opens allowing you to float for 5…
Seeing out January. February 17th will be bringing to you Children’s Respite Trust’s first comedy night of the year. Opening from 8 pm the line up will be getting going at 9pm. At just a tenner come and see the funnymen of Sussex performing at Langney Sports Club – home to Eastbourne Borough Football Club. …
The Children’s Respite Trust launched its annual Photo Competition today and chose a very colourful location for the occasion. The Marine Pub in Eastbourne, which has recently been described as Britain’s most decorated pub, provided the backdrop. Enthusiasts of all abilities are being invited to enter into the six categories: Landscape, portrait, wildlife & animals, sports…
Ladies, tickets are now on sale for our all new event at The View hotel, Eastbourne. Kicking off from 6.30pm You are in for a treat, our new event of the year is set out to be an event full of spirit and fundraising. All importantly drink first, food second, music third. Prosecco, a Take…
Our sincere thanks go to Brighton Video Productions for coming up with this fantastic video for us showcasing our 2016 Masquerade Fundraising Ball. The event was an outstanding success raising a wonderful £52,175 for the Charity’s vital work throughout East Sussex, Surrey and Kent.
Some of the official photos from the Masquerade Ball taken by photographer of the night, Plamena Manolova are now here: Keep an eye out for the video which will be up soon!
Thank you so much to everyone who joined us last night for the 5th annual Children’s Respite Trust Ball – the Diamond Masquerade. Nearly 500 guests all looked amazing, dressed to the nines in masks, suits and gowns and helped to make 2016 Masquerade Ball the best yet! Compered by Heart FM’s Lynsey Bartlett, the…
We are extremely excited to start working with a PR team from Brighton University. They will be helping us as part of a project for their PR module of their university course. We met with Georgie, Liam and Alex just before the charities’ Ambassador’s reception on 25th October. They are full to the brim with…
If you would like to get involved with this years Masquerade Ball held at Winter Gardens Eastbourne we would be grateful for any help we could get. This is an amazing event to be a part of. This year we are fortunate to have a lot more people attending and want to make sure a…
Get your office in tune with #OfficeKaraoke up and down the country office workers everywhere are invited to belt out a number in support of the Children’s Respite Trust and help to make life better for families with disabled children. Do you have a colleague in your workplace who thinks she’s Beyonce? Maybe it’s the…
On Sunday 2nd October, a lovely sunny day, 4 plucky supporters donned their jumpsuits and took the 12,000 ft leap out of an airplane over the Kent countryside for our Autumn Skydive. These bold four were Dougie Weller, Jen Budd, Grant Clayton and Agnes Vane who braved the October chill, and took to the skies to show their support…
Toffee is our newest addition to the team. She is currently known as our morale booster and we have discovered she does not like having a bath in the sink but she does a very good job of being mischievous and cute. She is proving a hit with the team ensuring we are getting exercise…
We are excited to welcome our newest member of the team Tilly Carsons, as our new apprentice. With previous experience working in children’s nurseries and helping out at East Sussex Association for the Blind, she will be a great asset to our team. Her plan is to find new, innovative opportunities for the charity and…
On October 2nd a team of four brave adventurers will be taking on the challenge of our Autumn Skydive! This will involve flying 13,000 feet up in a perfectly serviceable plane, before taking the leap out of the plane and free falling for 40 seconds, before the parachute opens and they make their landings. These four challengers…
This last week the ladies of the Royal Eastbourne Golf Club held their annual Charity Stableford competition with all their raffle funds raised going towards the Children’s Respite Trust as their chosen charity. We are thrilled to announce that we were able to accept a cheque from the Ladies Captain Denise Wishart for £300! We would like…
The clock is ticking to get your tickets for our Masquerade Ball, we have already sold 400 tickets and have had to release 50 more tickets due to popular demand. If you don’t want to miss out, then snap them up quickly before we are all sold out!
Eat your heart out Alan Sugar. We’re looking for the real apprentice. The Children’s Respite Trust is hiring once again and this time we’re looking for an apprentice to join the small, but perfectly formed team. Check out the Trust’s Jobs Page for full details.
Tickets have gone on sale for the Children’s Respite Trust’s next Comedy Night and we’re delighted to report that there has been an instant take-up. The event, which takes place at Langney Sports Club, home of Eastbourne Borough Football Club, has built up quite a following and last time sold out with a month to…
We are delighted to announce that the 2016 Children’s Respite Trust Golf Day in Association with Simple Safety Advice was an outstanding success with a grand total raised of £6,177. Around 72 guests arrived at Chartham Park near East Grinstead for bacon rolls and coffee before heading out for 18 holes of golf. The stableford…
