The festivals will take place on Thursday 13th, Friday 14th & Saturday 15th September 2012 at Tynemouth Cricket Club, Preston Avenue North Shields, NE30 2BG.

For more information on the events, sponsorship or  advertising opportunities please visit http://www.tynemouthbeerfestival.co.uk/

Teams of 4 – £200
Sponsored Hole £50

• Pre-tee off bacon sandwhich and hot drink
• BBQ and prsentation to the winners back at the 19th hole
• Raffle and Auction to win some fantastic prizes and other fundraising activities

If you can’t take a team you can still be involved by sponsoring a hole for £50 – this means one of the 18 holes on the golf course will be branded with your company logo for the day.

All money raised for the day will go towards keeping the children and young people of the North East Happy, Healthty, Safe.

To secure your team please fill in the Team Entry Form attached here or email Libby.Nolan@nuth.nhs.uk for more information.

An event about strategy, pit stops and teamwork you’ll have to work hard together to earn pole position. You’ll be provided with race suits, helmets and gloves and will receive a full race briefing before you take to the track where your laps will be electronically recorded.

A trophy presentation and BBQ will then follow where you’ll get the chance to analyse every lap with your fellow drivers as well as Raffle Draw.

The price is £200 for a team of 2-4 people which includes 1hr 45mins at the karting track plus food and refreshments.

Contact Libby to secure your place.

]]> http://www.thechildrensfoundation.co.uk/2012/02/14/grand-prix-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.thechildrensfoundation.co.uk/2012/01/26/chairman-of-childrens-charity-recognised-in-new-year-honours/ http://www.thechildrensfoundation.co.uk/2012/01/26/chairman-of-childrens-charity-recognised-in-new-year-honours/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:21:49 +0000 Kerry http://www.thechildrensfoundation.co.uk/?p=677 The chairman of The Children’s Foundation has been recognised in the 2012 New Year’s Honours list.

Professor Stephen James Singleton, medical director of NHS North East, has been awarded an OBE for services to public health.

From a background as a rural GP and Director of Public Health in Northumberland, he has been leader of NHS North East since its inception, leading on strategy, leadership development and public health.

As chair of The Children’s Foundation he leads the board of trustees to help keep children in the North East healthy, happy and safe.

Peregrine Solly, a trustee of the charity, said: “It is incredibly exciting for our chairman to be honoured with an OBE for his hard work and commitment to improving the health of thousands of people in the region.

“It is very well deserved.”

The Children’s Foundation have spaces available for this years Great North Run taking place on Sunday 16th September.

We charge £55 entry fee and ask for a minimum sposnorship of £200. By raising sponsorship and running in aid of The Children’s Foundation you are helping children of the North East keeping them Happy Healthy and Safe. For this we will make sure you recieve a fundraising pack, access to our hospitality tent at the end of the race, a goody bag and a running vest as well as any other support or advise you may need.

For more information and to sign up email: nicola.rose2@nuth.nhs.uk

You can sign up by downloading and completing the forms below. Then send them to the following address along with your £55 entry fee:

The Children Foundation
PO Box 2YB
RVI
Sir James Spence Institute
Queen Victoria Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE99 2YB

Entry Form
Terms & Conditions

http://www.experiencedays.co.uk/

Once again The Children’s Foundation offered to take some of the stress out of Christmas and teamed up with Eldon Square to offer a Christmas gift wrap service.

From Friday 16^th December to Saturday 24^th December The Children’s Foundation along with a team of volunteers hosted the gift wrapping stand in Eldon Square making a total of £2298. Thanks to all the companies who donated wrapping paper and all the volunteers that helped out.

Santa’s Letter

Bring a smile to a child’s face this Christmas by completing the application form and sending it back to us by Friday 10^th December with  a cheque for £3 (per child) and your child will receive a personalised letter from the big man himself.

Application Form 

Christmas Greetings Poster

Take the hassle out of sending Christmas cards to your work colleagues and help The Children’s Foundation at the same time by signing up for our Christmas Greetings Poster scheme.

You will receive a Christmas poster for all of your staff to write their messages on in return for a donation.  If you would like to receive a Christmas poster please contact nicola.rose2@nuth.nhs.uk

Carol Singing

Throughout December The Children’s Foundation and local schools and choirs sang Christmas carols in Eldon Square, The Bridges Sunderland and the Metro Centre. From 14 different time slots we raised a total of £2155.89. Thanks to all the choirs and schools which were involved as well as all the friends and family that came down to support.

 Festive Fundraising

Christmas is the ideal time to get together with friends or work colleagues and raise money for a good cause.

Have a Christmas themed dress down day in the office or a Christmas bake sale and donate the money raised to The Children’s Foundation.

Instead of corporate Christmas cards send an email and donate the money that you would have spent to The Children’s Foundation.

If you would like any further information please contact libby.nolan@nuth.nhs.uk.

The money will be divided by the number of tokens collected. Therefore WE need YOUR help to collect as many as possible!

Tokens will appear in the Evening Chronicle from Thursday, October 6, and will appear every day for four months……….. let get collecting!!

Tokens can be sent to:

The Children’s Foundation

PO BOX 2YB

Sir James Spence Institute

RVI

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE99 2YB

Phil Marshall is Executive Principal at Excelsior Academy in Newcastle upon Tyne

Originally from Middlesbrough, Mrs Marshall qualified as a teacher in Newcastle then moved to London where she taught in a number of inner city schools.  She returned to the North East in 1991 where she held posts in schools in Chester-le-Street and Darlington before being appointed as Headteacher of Sandhill View School, Sunderland in 1997.

 During 2000 – 2002 she led Sandhill View through a rebuilding programme as the first PFI Community Learning Centre in the UK.

 She was subsequently appointed as Headteacher at Monkwearmouth Sunderland before taking up post as Principal Designate of Excelsior in April 2007.

 Excelsior is a new purpose built Academy based on a schools within a school model. It has four small 11 – 16 schools and a sixth form. Each of the five Academy schools is autonomous within the Academy structure with its own School Principal, staff pupils and accommodation.