Our fundraising extravaganza of the year is back! The Masquerade, at the Cavendish Hotel! We will have some incredible entertainment throughout the evening, from balloon popping contortionists to big bands playing a fantastic set well into the night. There will of course be a delicious three course meal and a welcome glass of fizz, and…
Our Tropical Summer BBQ We had so much fun at our family fun day, we are hosting a Tropical Summer BBQ at our centre! We want to open our doors once again to you all for a super fun day of colourful fun, food and entertainment!! For the kids: A bouncy castle, parachute games, fancy…
Golf Day 2018 Our Golf Day 2018, held at the stunning Chartham Park Golf Course was a huge success, and we raised a whopping £8,595!! The Day We kicked off with an early start with bacon sandwiches and cups of coffee in our CRT keep cups. All our awesome attendees registered in their teams, and…
DM Thomas Foundation The DM Thomas Foundation has a mission, that is to transform young lives. They do this by raising money to support a wide range of fantastic projects that help disadvantaged young people to Achieve It, Beat It, Live It and Experience It. Thanks to support from fantastic people all over England, they are able…
Welcome to the Children’s Respite Trust, Ladies Night 2018!! Our glamorous Ladies night will be hosted at the stunning venue, All Saints Chapel in Eastbourne on 28th April 2018. Expect glasses of fizz and gin cocktails on arrival, a delicious three course dinner, and chance to win fantastic prizes in our raffle and auction….
The Lady Eileen Joseph Foundation The Lady Eileen Joseph Foundation generously awards grants towards; general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science, animals and environment/conservation/heritage. In 2017 they have awarded over £64,000 in small grants many differing charities across the South. What have they…
Who are the Big Lottery Fund? They are a distributor of National Lottery funding, established as a non-departmental public body by an Act of Parliament. The Big Lottery Fund funds projects and activities that make communities stronger and more vibrant, and that are led by the people who live in them. They support charities, community…
The ACT Foundation The ACT Foundation (ACT) was formed in 1994 and is registered with the Charity Commission. They provide grants to individuals and other UK registered charities with the aim of enhancing the quality of life of people in need and, particularly, those on a low income who have a physical and/or mental disability or the…
Uckfield Waitrose The wonderful team at Uckfield Waitrose have been such incredible supporters over the last few months, we popped our application in for the Waitrose scheme ‘Community Matters’ to the branch, and a few months later they were handing us a cheque for £440! They have not just helped us with a financial donation…
How are they supporting us? The wonderful chaps Richard and Chris came down to meet us at the centre last week, had a good look around and saw our plans for the future and the development of our centre. They have kindly decided to offer the Trust a percentage of the commission for each house…
The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust has awarded the The Children’s Respite Trust with an incredible donation towards the development of our new East Sussex Children’s Respite Centre. Making a Difference EKCT was founded on the 12th March 1963, to provide a formal structure for Ernest and his family to devote time and resources to charitable…
Uckfield Rotary Club We had the pleasure of meeting Jeff Holman from the Uckfield Rotary Club last week. We welcomed Jeff to our new premises to show him around, tell him all our plans for the future, the development of the centre, and basically had a good old catch up on what has been happening…
The ChalkCliff Trust The Chalk Cliff Trust is a foundation set up to provide grants and donations to charities, action groups and benevolent organisations in East Sussex. They cover such costs as salaries and running costs, which is a really crucial element to our charity to move the ‘East Sussex Children’s Respite Centre’ project forward….
LawlerDavis Independent Financial Planners, based in Eastboune have generously donated £3,360 to the Children’s Respite Trust! This incredible donation is enabling us to build a quiet lounge in the new centre. The lounge will be a tranquil corner in amongst the hubbub. It will include books, TV and sofas, so as to double as a cinema…
Welcome back to the Children’s Respite Trust’s Charity Comedy Night!! We roll back into Eastbourne once again for a evening of hilarity on Friday 20th October 2017!! Held at Langney Sports Club, Home of Eastbourne Borough Football Club, Priory Lane, Langney, Eastbourne BN23 7QH – the doors open from 8pm and the comedy…
We have both an auction and a raffle at this years Masquerade ball, and the prizes for both are really quite tremendous! Our raffle prizes vary from bouquets of flowers and wine tastings at Sedlescombe Vineyard to Pimms hampers and afternoon teas. Here is our full list of fantastic prizes you could win: 1st…
We have some really wonderful prizes at our auction this year. They range from holidays in France, to a dinner party cooked by a professional chef in your own home! Here is our list of prizes you can bid on at the ball……. Auction Lot 1: Tour of Stamford Bridge for Two & Signed Chelsea…
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…
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…
