Category Archives: Charities

Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal 2015

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A very big ‘thank you’ to all those that helped to collect and gave so generously to the Poppy Appeal this year. Together we raised £1,415.80 for this worthy cause.

The Royal British Legion is the UK’s leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to over 10 million who have served and are currently serving in the armed Forces, and their dependants. It was founded in 1921 and although the needs of ex-Service people have changed over the years, the Legion is still there to safeguard their welfare, interests and memory. British service people are in action round the world every day of the yar.

If anyone would be willing to help in the collection for 2016, please let me know.

Many thanks

 

Stuart Cole, Ansford, Vicarage Lane 711449

Coffee Morning in Aid Of The Children’s Society

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We will be holding our annual coffee morning in aid of The Children’s Society on Saturday 7th November in church from 10am to 12 noon. As in previous years, there will be CS Christmas card parks on sale, together with handmade cards for all occasions and Fair-trade products from Traidcraft. Naturally there will be refreshments and lots of lovely cakes and biscuits available to accompany them! Currently we raise approximately £1,000 in Capel every year for the society, which comes in the form of fundraising events such as this coffee morning, the Christingle service and collecting boxes which are held at home by a number of supporters.

If you would like to get involved or receive a collecting box please contact Suzanne Cole on 711449 or sac@ansford.me.uk

Capel Youth Centre Is Closing Its Doors

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Sadly, Capel Youth Centre has had to close its doors, at least for the time being. Some years ago, Surrey County Council withdrew its grand funding and the staff it supplied to run the youth groups. Since then we have kept it going and invested in the infrastructure by using our savings, local fundraising, together with successfully graining grants from local organisations and developing services, plus conducted various drives over the years to increase membership numbers. We have now exhausted these funds and, combined with the currently very low numbers of young people using the Centre, have had to take the tough decision to cease the operation.

So it is goodbye, at lease for the present as the Charity is still active, but if anyone reading this feels inspire to ‘have a go’ at raising funds and brining in young people, please contact myself, Iain Murdoch by email IainCYC@claymoreinternation.com or 01306 712737

We would like to say a very special ‘thank you’ to Tina Black, also to Tara Hills the latest in a band of willing helpers who over the years have run the clubs, plus Nick Ward our Treasurer and Trustee, plus all the other committee members, their relations and friends who over the years have done so much for the young people in and around Capel.

Ian Murdoch

Children’s Society Coffee Morning Thank You!

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Thank you to everyone who came along to the church on Saturday 22nd November to the Children’s Society coffee morning and Traidcraft sale. We raised a total of nearly £500 from christmas card sales and refreshments for the Children’s Society and Sue Partridge’s Traidcraft stall raised approximately £80 which was also a good result. Suzanne would like to thank her hard working band of helpers – Joy, Betty, Jessie, Wendy and Liz, without whom it would not have been possible. We are all very grateful to everyone who gave up some of their weekend, to come along and help us raise money for a very worthy cause. If anyone would like to keep a collecting box at home please speak to Suzanne. Our next event in aid of the Children’s Society is Christingle on Sunday 1st February at lOam. We are hoping to have a speaker from The Children’s Society at the service to tell us how our fundraising money is spent and on the important work that the Society does. Anyone who has collecting boxes at home-these need to be gathered in for counting during January 2015.Please contact Suzanne Cole if you need her to pick yours up. Thank you again to those who came and made the fund raiser a success. Suzanne Cole 01306 71 1449 or email slc@ansford.me.uk. SC

Children’s Society Coffee Morning Thank You!

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The Coffee Morning in aid of the Children’s Society held on Saturday 2nd November in church was a great success and although there was not a huge turnout, we have raised a staggering £500.00 and the total is still rising! This was my first event as the new group co-ordinator and I would like to thank everyone for their support, both those that helped on the morning; namely Joy Harman, Betty Mitchell and Liz Wombwell, those that kindly baked cakes to sell and to everyone that gave upa little bit of their weekend to come and help us raise money for a very good cause. Those who came were obviously incredibly generous as is evident in the amount raised. There are some packets of chrlstrnas cards left and I will be selling them over the next few Sundays after the l O arn services. Also, there is a full christmas card and gift cataglogue available if anyone would like to see the full range of cards. If you would like an order done on your behalf please do speak to me on 01306 71 1449 or email me on slc@ansford.me.uk The event was such a success that I will be aiming to do a couple of fund raisers a year in addition to the Christingle service and the house collection boxes. If anyone would like to have a box at home, please do contact me. The next fundraising event for the Children’s SOCiety in Capel will be the Christingle Service which we will be holding at St John the Baptist, Cape] on Sunday 2nd February 2014, probably at the lOam service -but please check the published service times in this magazine in due course. Once again … a HUGE thank you to everyone that helped make it a success!

Suzanne Cole

The Children’s Society – Coffee Morning 2nd November

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The Children’s Society in Capel
Coffee Morning in St John the Baptist Capel, Saturday 2ndNovember 10 am – 12noon

Dear friends and neighbours,

I have recently taken over from Rita Ball as the St John the Baptist Capel co-ordinator for The Children’s Society.  Rita has done stirling work for the Society over many years, tirelessly fundraising every year.  I’m sure many of you would like to join me in thanking her for all the hard work and wish her well in whatever she does next!  In 2012/13 alone, supporters raised a magnificent sum of £23.7million for vulnerable children and young people.  The Society’s main fundraising activity which most of you will be familiar with is the Christingle Service collection.  However, the Society needs your help to raise money every day of the year, not just at Christingle.  You can help all year round by having a box in your home or work place.  You’d be surprised how quickly the donations add up!  Even just the loose change from your pocket added every now and again, can soon add up and every little helps!  The Society has been established since 1881 and has from the outset worked with the most disadvantaged and vulnerable young people.  In the past 25 years they have probably become best known for their work with runaways, but they do far more than that.  It includes helping Children in Care, Children at risk of sexual exploitation, Young refugees and Young runaways.

As the start of my fundraising activities, I would like to invite all those who already hold collection boxes for The Children’s Society and anyone else who would like to join me, for a Coffee morning and Bring and Buy Sale at St John the Baptist, Capel on Saturday 2nd November between 10am and 12 noon.  There will be refreshments and delicious homemade cakes and biscuits available and a chance to meet other local supporters.  I will also be selling the Fairtrade ‘Real Advent Calendar’ and christmas cards and gift ideas from the Society.

If you would like to know more about the Society and its valuable work, you can find out more on their website:  www.childrenssociety.org.uk  and if you are interested in having a collection box all year round, please do let me know by either phoning me on  01306 711449 or via email on:  slc@ansford.me.uk     Please bring any unwanted ‘as good as new’  items that you wish to Bring and Buy to the venue and between us, I hope we can enjoy a social time together, with the added bonus of raising money for a very worthy charity.  Thank you and I look forward to seeing you on 2nd November.

Best wishes

Suzanne Cole

Capel Show – Thanks!

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The stewards of the Capel Horticultural Society wish to thank Coffee Real for once again generously providing their excellent freshly ground, freshly brewed coffee on the morning of the show. We have come to depend on it because it wakes us up after the early start and provides a welcome break, coming as it does before the rush of exhibitors anxious to beat the 10am deadline. The aroma of the coffee alone is enough to refresh us in time for the judging to commence. The taste is delicious and is much appreciated by everyone. I firmly believe that the provision of such good coffee is a significant factor in the coming together of the stewards to form a cohesive team. There is nothing like fathering around a steaming coffee pot or in our case two large coffee dispensers to add to the friendliness of the atmosphere and the enjoyment of the event. The stewards work very hard, it is a long morning, they deserve the best. Coffee Real provides just that. I hope we shall be back again next year for another cup!

Ann South 

 

Many thanks to all Capel and district, friends and neighbours, for helping to make the stall, in aid of the Royal Marsden Hospital, such a success at this year’s summer show. The bottles supplied made for a very interesting and exciting display, which had queues, of would be winners’ the minute the show was open. How lucky we were to have the charming Bob Champion to assist in handing out the prizes? Thanks also to friends who helped with the “donkey work” erecting the stable, together with hay nets and matching floral arrangements. The jockeys cajoling people to “have a go” where a colourful sight which, together with the pantomime horse, all added to the jollity. When we receive the outstanding promised donations, we should be able to had over £1,00 to help “The Marsden” continue their wonderful work.

Bless you Love Sally.

PS – Since writing this I have received donations over and above the £1,000 I was working toward.

 

Many thanks to everyone who supported my Charity Bric-A-Brac Stall this year at the Ockley and Capel flower shows. We were thankfully blessed with good weather, and it was lovely as always to catch up with old friends.

Over the two weekends, we raised a total of £450, which will be split between Family Support Work, a charity run by local churches to support vulnerable families across Sussex, and the restoration fund for Okewood Church.

Thanks again for your help and support – I couldn’t do it without your generous donations.

Mandy Tanswell

Horsham Active Woodland Trust

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Horsham Active Woodland Trust (HAWT) is a locally based Charity formed to conserve, restore and maintain in a traditional manner ancient woodland sites in the Horsham area. Currently we operate across three sites, Rome Woods and Northlands Wood on the Surrey/Sussex border to the south of Capel and Sheephovel Woods at Mannings Heath near Horsham.

We are involved in a long term management plan devised with support of the Forestry Commission to manage the woodland in a sustainable programme of continuous forestry cover promoting growth of quality timber and producing woodfuel logs and other wood products. Work involves coppicing – a very effective method of producing fast growing sustainable timber without the need for replanting. Maintenance of rides, tracks within the woods, that are cleared within a set timeframe to allow additional light to reach the ground which enhances the biodiversity of wildlife. Clearance of rhododendron which if left untreated and can overtake the natural habitat of ancient woodland.

One of the charity’s aims is to encourage local community involvement via sporting and recreational activities. Whilst at the moment there are no facilities present on the sites, if your club or society could have use of the woodland please call or email Tim for a chat. Mobile: 07435 053230 or email activewoodland@hotmail.co.uk

For more information please visit www.activewoodlandtrust.org

Tim Husband. 

Capel Military Vehicle Show

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The Inaugural East Surrey and West Kent Military Vehicle Show was held over the weekend of 7-8 July this summer. The event was a great success, raising a considerable amount in support of the Help For Heroes charity (just over one thousand pounds). I would like to pass on the thanks and appreciation from the organising committee to the local residents of the village for both their support and patience.

Hopefully any disruption was minimal and the feedback we have received was very positive.

Next year’s Show is scheduled to take place on the weekend of the 5-6 July 2014 and we are planning to build on this year’s success. We look forward to seeing you at the show and welcome your continued support.

John Dale

Chairman, E Surrey & W Kent Military Vehicle Trust, Aldhurst Farm. 

The 5th Capel Music Festival – 5 Aspects

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Matthew, 11 – The Capel Music Festival was for a good cause because a lot of money was donated to charity. I think a wide range of people enjoyed the event since a wide range of music was played and there was lots of different stalls to enjoy. It was a good idea to have a ‘Capel’s Got Talent’ competition on Saturday night because fund for the kids and Studio ADHD were given lots of money that night! My favourite part of the festival was the act in the talent show where they used a pole that was on fire!

Mark – Not only did Mark host a pre-event in June, but he has tirelessly been the backbone (pun intended) alongside Phil W. of the sound, bands, roadying, mixing and continuity – throughout our 5 events this year, and years before.

Luke – This is I think the 3rd year that Luke has run the bar for the whole Big Weekend, adding the Capel Beer Festival to the already-heady mix, and he has done it excellently right from the start.

And John(s) – There were John’s everywhere, helping on the PA, gates, main bar, Studio ADHD stall, behind and in front of the VIP bar, and in the choir – and that’s only the ones I saw. Another I think I saw dancing with his grand-daughter.

 

Numbers

1 very young person is still with us, because 1 Amber guy acted very quickly.

11 brilliants acts on the bill.

12 on the CMF committee Choir Practice

25 (maybe) tons moved (e.g. 1 tonne of tables moved 7+ times + stage, PA, Spokes, Bins, Chairs, Bar, ….)

100 listed as volunteers, and more – Funktion 1, Scouts, Guides, Edes, Hortis, Classics,

2,000+ attending

15,000 pounds, probably to charities this year

A Million thanks, Capel – “ARE YOU OUT THERE ?”

Phil P.