xmas money

Thank you everyone who gave me money for xmas, I received £225 in total and I am extremely grateful for that! This brings my total up to £3857 so I havn't got far left to go now! Thankyou everyone x

TEFL

Well i'm making progress with my Teaching English as a Foreign language (TEFL) course! there are 3 sections, 40 hour TEFL certificate, 20 hour Grammar certificate and 40 hour specialist certificates. I am currently on module 7 of 10 of the 40 hour TEFL certificate, which I am hoping I will be very close to completing before I start back at University on Wednesday 22nd September!

I will keep you posted on my progress x

Roebuck Pool Competition

Bank holiday Monday evening I held a pool competition at the Roebuck pub in Northwich. I had planned a competition for a maximum of 24 players but disappointingly only 6 took part, but it was a good atmosphere and the Roebuck pub was extremely helpful, they donated a fosters pool cue for the winner and provided the 20p's needed for the pool tables. The night started with a round robin where everyone played each other and the top 4 players went through to the semi final. Everyone played each other in the semi final and again the top 2 players went through to the final. The two players who went through to the final were friends and determined to beat each other so everything rested on this match and Jonno was the winner! He was presented with the pool cue and a trophy I had engraved "winner, charity pool 2010" and photos were taken (I will post them soon) I also did a raffle and the night raised a total of £58 which I am pleased with! Thank you all who took part and came to support the event and cause x

Car boots

Its been a busy weekend for car boots this weekend, on Sunday we went to Whitley WI car boot which was the worst car boot I've ever been to! We were put in a side room with 3 other sellers where there were no signs telling people we were there so we barely got anyone coming in and only raised £28 which was disappointing, but every little helps!

Bank holiday Monday we were at Moss Farm Big boot which was really good last year, we didn't get as good a spot this year but it was a good day, busy with sunshine and we made £36 which all went towards my cause.

TEFL

I started my Teaching English as a foreign language 100 hour online course this week and its going ok, I am up to module 2 and finding it a bit harder than I thought! I have a reference book though which is making it easier to remember the difference between all the different types of verbs and rules of grammer. Fingers crossed it won't get much harder!

Weaverham Car boot

On Sunday 8th August I did Weaverham car boot and raised £50 towards my fund and at the end of the car boot another seller generously donated some items for the next car boot I do.

Verdin Park Car boot

Well today was a windy day for a car boot but we still did well and raised £129 towards my fund! and two people even donated items at the end of the car boot for next time. Thank you everyone!

Moulton Car boot

Today I was at Moulton car boot bright and early and although it wasn't busy, it was slow and steady and I raised £47! At the end of the car boot another stall very kindly donated their leftover items for me to sell at Verdin park car boot next weekend!

Car boot season

It is that time of year again where I have to drag myself out of bed at early hours! The first car boot of the year was at Moss Farm on Sunday 20th June, it was a sunny day and I raised £92 which is all going towards my fundraising! This brings my total to £2132.80 so I am well on my way to my target of £5000.

Donation

I have received a late birthday and christmas present from Matt of £400 which I am putting towards my fundraising, bringing my fundraising total to £2040.80 Thank you Matt it is much appreciated! x

May 2011

Well in March I was faced with a difficult choice, I had not raised the £5000 I needed to do my full trip and I had to decide if I was to still go and only be able to stay for 2 weeks, or put my volunteering back a year and go in May 2011, giving me extra time to raise the rest of the funds.
I decided to go next year, giving me time to raise £5000 and be able to do the full volunteering I wanted to do and so the fundraising continues! Thank you all for your support and I will keep you posted! x

Round table donation

Great news! The Roundtable from Northwich have donated £300 towards my fundraising efforts which has really boosted my total to £1616.30. Thankyou so much for the donation
roundtable, I am so grateful for your generosity. That leaves me only £3383.700 left to go!

Fundraising update

Well I have just had my birthday and I had asked my friends and relatives to make a donation to my fund instead of xmas or birthday presents, and I received a very generous total of £400.
This is a brilliant kickstart to 2010 and I am really pleased, thank you everyone who contributed! x