Colleen Theron and Catherine Michell completed the Windsor Half Marathon in September 2018 and raised over £2,000 for the GRCT. The weather was cool and clear and the gentle hills were more manageable than they expected!
Fund Raising
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Our inaugural GRCT Brighton BBQ was held in September 2018. Over 60 people attended and enjoyed a delicious BBQ and also desserts made by a South African granny, and generously supported the raffle. Catherine, our deputy chair, gave a short talk regarding how the money raised will support South African […]
A fundraising BBQ was help in Oxshott in June 2018 and a generous amount was raised for the GRCT. Guests enjoyed a lovely meal and live music in the glorious summer weather, in Ruth Burns’ garden.
A fundraising butchery evening was hosted by Simon Taylor of Surrey Hills Butchers in Oxshott this week. The attendees watched a demonstration on lamb and pork breakdown, followed a demonstration on how to tie a butcher’s knot and how to bone, stuff and roll a chicken for roasting. A very productive […]
Ingirid Morrison and her community in Orkney have once again raised an extremely generous amount for the provision of e’Pap to children in the Knysna area. We are very grateful for their continued support. A report back from Ingirid:“Since my first visit to the children of the Knysna townships in […]
The Royal Parks Half marathon took place on Sunday 9 October. 16,000 runners, gloriously sunny Autumn weather, lovely London parks. Four runners ran the marathon in order to raise money for the GRCT – Kofo Oyeleye, Colleen Theron, Jonathan Bates and Catherine Michell. Almost £4,000 was raised. Well done runners and […]
Thankfully the rain stayed away for the GRCT’s 10th Anniversary Tea held on Saturday! The tea was an opportunity to express our gratitude to our supporters, whose generosity makes such a difference to the health and education of thousands of South African children. Penny Fleming also formally “handed over the […]
Coffee mornings are a very simple way of raising money and it resonates so well with the GRCT ethos of building community here while feeding children there. Please let us know if one of our trustees could help you run one. Here is news regarding some of the coffee mornings […]