Saturday 5th January 2008 - Tynemouth Antique Fair.
On Saturday the 5th January, we raised £144.56 from selling items kindly donated by friends from Wilson Terrace. Thanks to everyone for braving the cold weather.
Friday 29th February 2008 - Our first organised event for 2008.
Sara´s Hope Foundation are proud to announce our first organised event of 2008. A disco and Live music night is to be held on Friday 29th February 2008 at the White House Unique Club, High Market, Ashington from 7pm till 11pm. Tickets cost just £3.00 and are available by contacting Lisa on 01670 814622 or Mark on 07963 430420.
You can also email Mark at markjohnson@sarashopefoundation.co.uk.
Update
This proved to be a very enjoyable and successful night, raising a fantastic £600.05 from ticket sales and prize draws etc. The Foundation wish to say a special thank you to the extremely talented Rachel Green, Hannah and Neall for two fabulous live sets - for those of you who missed the event please click on the video links below. These three young people gave their time free and just showed how much young talent we have in the North east. We would also like to thank Stuart and Arran for providing the disco and to all those kind people who helped to prepare the fabulous buffet. Thanks to Alison for the hamper prize and our own Lisa for promoting the event so well. Video 1Video 2Video 3
Tuesday 11th March 2008 - Beauty Treatment Evening
Trudi and the staff from ´Heat´ in Monkseaton have kindly organised a ´Beauty Treatment Evening´ on Tuesday 11th March at the Monkseaton Arms (in the conservatory) commencing 6 pm, Entry £3.00 (voluntary donation). There are free canapes on arrival and an opportunity to watch three beauty demonstrations.
Trained and talented Beauticians will be offering 10 minute mini manicures again for a voluntary donation. There will also be a raffle with lots of fantastic prizes. All proceeds will be donated to the Saras Hope Foundation. Special thanks to Trudi, all the staff from Heat, The Monkseaton Arms and Deakin Printers for their wonderful support.
For more details please contact Trudi on 07791 981 779 or 0191 2530900.
You can also email Trudi at contact@heattanningandbeauty.co.uk or visit the website at www.heattanningandbeauty.co.uk.
Update
The ´Beauty´ night was a terrific success with Trudi and her team raising a fantastic £408.50 for the Foundation. A million thanks to Trudi and all the staff from Heat (Monkseaton) for all of their hard work in organising the night and for their amazing enthusiasm, talent and energy. A big thank you to the hosts for the evening, Jo and all of the staff at the Monkseaton Arms and to the following people and businesses for sponsoring the event - Graeme and staff at Deakin Printers, Nicky and staff at Whitehot Communications, Nicola and staff at Country Flowers and Viv and staff at Oddbins. A special thank you to Lesley from Fleur for her kind donation on the night.
Saturday 15th March 2008 - Race night at Morpeth Golf Club.
Sara´s Hope Foundation are holding a Race Night at Morpeth Golf Club on Saturday 15th March starting at 7 pm. We would like to thank Bill Pringle and the Wansbeck Rotarians for kindly organising and supporting this event. Tickets cost just £5.00 which includes a delicious ´pie and pea supper´ and are available by contacting Lisa on 01670 814622 or Mark on 07963 430420.
You can also email Mark at markjohnson@sarashopefoundation.co.uk
Update
Thanks to the Wansbeck Rotarians for a great night raising £320. Special thanks to the excellent MC Colin Sawyer, President Bob Knowles, Bill Pringle and Howard and Diane from Chisholm Bookmakers. We would also like to thank the Berwick Rotarians for their generous donation of £250.
Monday 31st March 2008 - Antique Auction
We wish to thank David and Safia Usher for their generous donation of a selection of antiques. The Longcase clock has already generated a lot of interest with local antique collectors and has a reserve of £500. All items will be auctioned at Featonby´s on 31st March at 12 noon. To veiw the items please contact the auctioneers on 0191 2522601.
Items to be sold: -
Longcase Clock, Barometer, Clarice Cliff Jam Dish, Carlton Ware Butter Dish, knife and small dish, Staffordshire Tea for Two Contact: -
J. C. Featonby - Auctioneers & Valuers
234-236 Park View
Whitley Bay
Tyne & Wear
NE26 3QX
Telephone – 0191 2522601
Email Featonbys by clicking Here
Update
The Featonby Antique auction raised £542.20 - a million thanks to David and Safia Usher. The sale of a selection of antique jewellery raised a further £360 for the Foundation.
Wednesday 7th May 2008 - Virgin Vie Party at the Black Horse, Monkseaton
A chance to buy all your beauty and skin products at great prices. All proceeds go to the Saras Hope Foundation. Commencing at 7 pm.
Update
Thanks to everyone for their support - the party raised £91.00 for the Foundation. Special thanks go to Christine and Lisa and to our Virgin Vie hostess Lynn Sayers (please tel 07960 728 742 to arrange your own party). Also a million thanks to Cliff and his staff for their excellent hospitality.
Saturday 17th May 2008 - Local band Bak-track - celebrity concert at the Residents Pub.
Following their sell out gig in Seaton Sluice, we are pleased to announce that the highly talented Bak-track are playing a ´one off´ concert. Tickets are £5.00 and are on sale at the Residents Club (Behind Whitley Bay Ice Rink), or you can reserve your tickets by contacting Lisa on 07794 623 144 or Sonia on 07963 340 411. There will also be a raffle with excellent prizes.
Update The excellent Bak-Track played two brilliant sets of music from the 60´s and 70´s. We raised £648 (after expenses) from the night. Special thanks to Bak-Track, all of the staff at the Redidents Pub, Lisa and Sonia (the organisers) and everyone who supported the event.
Watch the videos of the night by clicking the video links below Video 1Video 2
24th & 25th May 2008 - North Tyne Sponsored Canoe Challenge
At the end of May, Bruce Anderson and Ged Hoburn plan to ´paddle´ the 66 miles from Kielder to the Mouth of the Tyne in a canadian canoe. Bruce is experienced in the art of canoeing but Geds only experience of ´taking to the water´ in the last thirty years has been on a pedalo in Crete!!! So it should be an interesting and exciting challenge. To sponsor Bruce and Ged please contact Ged by email Here
Update
Update
While you were all enjoying a relaxing Bank Holiday weekend, Bruce and Ged have been out practising for the big event !!! Bruce is a ´hard task master´and the good news is that Ged has only fell in the water twice – unfortunately that was just getting into the canoe !!!
We are delighted that accomplished canoe experts Ken (a lecturer at the Sports Department at Newcastle College) and keen ´water baby´ Tom have volunteered to come along and provide support on the challenge. There is still time to sponsor Bruce and Ged by using the link above.
Update - Task Complete
This certainly was a CHALLENGE - who said it would be ´plain sailing´ !!!! The good news is that along with our back up team Tom and Ken, we completed as much of the 66 miles as humanly possible. The first section was extremely difficult due to a lack of rainfall over recent weeks, consequently the North Tyne was very shallow, with Bruce and Ged having to carry the canoe over rocks for several hundred metres at a time - it certainly was more of a challenge than we had planned. There were also sections of the Tyne which were ´off limits´ or very dangerous. Never mind with a lot of determination against a strong North Easterly wind on the last day Bruce, Ged and Tom managed to complete as much of the challenge as humanly possible. The weather made the Tyne very dangerous with the water more suited to surfing than a Canadian canoe !!!!
A million thanks to Bruce for his dedication, endurance, skill and patience and to Tom and Ken for providing a great back up team and for their wonderful support and words of advice and encouragement. Also a big thank you to Richie for giving up his Bank holiday weekend to drive the canoes and the team around and to Keith, Lyn and Susan for their support and care.
27th May 2008 - 45 mile canoe trip around the isle of Bute.
John Watson and Stephen Cockburn from Hacel Lighting - based at the Silverlink in Wallsend, have recently contacted the Foundation and plan to complete a sponsored 45 mile canoe trip around the Isle of Bute in Scotland commencing 27th - 28th May 2008 (weather permitting). This is a brave and fantastic challenge and should take a minimum of three days.
John actually remembered Sara when our families both lived in Cambridge Avenue in Whitley Bay and his daughter Christina was a good freind of Sara´s.
To sponsor this fantastic event please contact John by email Here or contact Ged Here for further Information.
John is a member of the Northumbrian handgliding and paragliding club and hopes to receive support from the clubs members. Please click Here for details of the club.
Update - John´s Story
We completed the paddle around the isle of Bute, starting and finishing at Kerricroy bay on the East coast of the Island. The going was really hard with choppy confused seas and very strong winds. The first day saw us heading around the south of the island and calling into some beautiful bays, one particularly secluded one called Glencallum Bay was absolutely outstanding. We camped the first night at Stravannan bay on the west coast, which turned out to be a very windy exposed site, it was a real effort to pitch, cook and keep warm.
The next day we paddled up the west Kyle, it was force five gusting seven but blowing dangerously offshore, so hugging the coast as much as we could was a necessity. Once rounding the top of the western Kyle we were hit by some very strong headwind, which almost had us pinned, it didn't relent for the next twenty miles.
Both pretty exhausted, we rounded the Burnt isles at the top of the eastern Kyle where the strong tidal stream surprised us and almost had us both in the drink, we camped this night in the farmers field in front of the Colintraive hotel, a few beers went down well that night.
The paddle down the Eastern Kyle was sole destroying, a gale force headwind all the way, massive effort for little reward, At one time a man walking on the shore overtook us both. The last few miles from Rothesay bay was the most testing for us with waves breaking over us, a very confused sea with wind against tide and our faces still taking a battering by the relentless
wind and spay. Several times we were caught unawares by sneaky breakers and I almost had the paddle ripped out of my hands by the wind. I must say I was pleased to get back to the car, we both agreed that if the sea had been in that state when we arrived on Bute we would have cancelled the trip.
All in all a very difficult but worthwhile event and some memorable experiences, we now have the challenge of collecting the money in, I will keep you posted on how much we actually raised for sarashopefoundation.
Update
A million thanks to John and Stephen for raising £1500 from the canoe challenge - well done!!!
Thursday 29th May 2008 - Fordley Summer BBQ
Jacqui and her team at Fordley (North Tyneside Council´s short break service for adults with a learning disability) are holding their annual BBQ from 6 pm. Tickets are only £1.00 and are available by calling 0191 2008001. There will be a Raffle with greart prizes. All proceeds from the event have been kindly donated to The Saras Hope Foundation.
Update
This was a terrific event and the lovely Jacqui and her wonderful team raised £721 for the Foundation. John Harrison, the Mayor of North Tyneside, attended the BBQ and everyone who came along commented that it was a ´brilliant night´. A special thanks to Jacqui and Graham for organising the raffle and prizes, Julie for organising the food, Paul and Terry the talented ´Chefs´ and to all the staff and friends from Fordley for their enthusiasm, care and support.
Sunday 8th June 2008 - Morpeth Fayre
Tombola stall and lots of prizes and surprises !!!! Donations for the tombola stall are most welcome, please contact Lisa on 07794 623 144.
Update
What a great day, raising £238 from the tombola stall and ´guess the weight of the cake´ and the ´birthday of the big cuddly dog´. Special thanks to our organiser Lisa and to Mark, Jack, Barbara and Bill, Derek, Margaret and family for running the stall so well, despite the scorching heat! Also a big thank you to Sonia for kindly baking and donating the cake, The Wansbeck Rotarians for their kind donation of a selection of books and to everyone for their support and kind words on the day.
Wednesday 11th June 2008 - The Sara´s Hope Challenge Trophy
On Wednesday 11th June at The Quarry Public House at 8.00pm, Kath, Colin and Elaine Chapman have kindly offered to host a ´fun´ quiz competition. Teams of 4 to 5 people are invited to register for the competition with a £20 entry fee per team. For fun, each team is invited to wear fancy dress, (but only hats) to depict their profession or company that they work for. The victors will be presented with the Sara´s Hope Challenge Trophy. We aim to organise the event every three months. Raffle with prizes and nibbles at the interval. To register please call into the Quarry Pub or contact Kath and Colin on 0191 2511226.
Update
The Saras Hope Challenge Trophy Quiz night was a great success and raised £217 on the night. The Trustee´s team did the foundation proud by finishing joint second (and getting all 20 questions right in the last two rounds), unfortunately the Fundraisers team, Lisa, Julie, Margaret and Sonia, didn´t do so well and finished a magnificent 8th (out of 8 !!!!!!) and came away with the wooden spoon trophy, Well done girls!!!!!
Special thanks to Cath and Colin at the Quarry pub for an excellent night and for the delicious nibbles supplied at half time.
Friday 13th June 2008 - Sara´s Hope Golf Tournament
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have postponed this years golf tournament - for more information please contact Mark Johnson by clicking Here
Sunday 15th June 2008 - Car Boot Sale
Ged, Julie, Mark and Faye held a car boot sale today and raised £155.89. Thanks to all the kind people from Wilson Terrace for your kind donations.
Thursday 19th June 2008 - The Official Public Launch of the Sponsor a Stone Appeal
Venue - Muckle LLP, Time Central, 32 Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4BF, from 6.00pm - 8.00pm. Attendance by invitation only.
The Foundation wish to thank Joanne Davidson and Ruth Craig (from Muckle LLP) for sponsoring and organising this special event. Drinks and canapes and a chance to meet the Saras Hope Foundation Team.
Special thanks to Deakin Printers of Monkseaton.
Sunday 6th July 2008 - The Wansbeck ´clean up´ and Activity Day
The Wansbeck clean up and activity day is to be held at Wansbeck Riverside Park, Ashington, commencing at 9.00am. Events will run throughout the day. Come and join in the fun as there is something for everyone and every age. There will be Canoeing, BBQ, Rope Work, Face Painting, kayaking, bushcraft and video presentation.
Thanks to Lee and Melissa Robinson and everyone in the Blyth Kayak Club for kindly organising this exciting and environmentally. For more information please contact Lee on 07825 913 289.
To download a poster for the event please click Here
Visit the Blyth Kayak Club's Web site by clicking Here
Update
Despite the horrendous weather Lee, Melissa and the members of the Blyth Kayak Club really pulled out all the stops to make this a great day. Children and adults were given the opportunity to try out kayaking and canoeing with the help of the trained instructors. Everyone had a brilliant time and raised a fantastic £163.55. A sincere thank you to everyone from the club and to all those people who supported the event. We look forward to seeing everyone soon as Lee and the Blyth Kayak Club have kindly volunteered to come along and support the Sponsored Walk on the 10th August by paddling from Blyth to Tynemouth.
Saturday 12th July 2008 - The Ugly Brothers at Ashington Sports Centre
A very unique and excellent band invite you to join them on a ´musical journey of yesteryear´. Visit the Ugly Brothers web site by clicking Here.
Update
Watch a video of the night by clicking Here
Sunday 10th August 2008 - Fund raising Community Day at The Monkseaton Arms
New landlords Pauline and Leigh want the Community of Whitley Bay to come together to raise as much money as possible for the Foundation. Events include a bouncy castle, a penalty prize challenge, a mini manicure, hand, arm and foot massages (by one of Heats top therapists) and for all of you budding Robbie Williams or Elvis Presley`s a chance to show off your vocal skills in the sponsored karaoke contest. For more details or if you have any fund raising ideas please contact Pauline or Leigh on 07772892552 or 0191 2513928
Update
Thanks to Pauline, Leigh and all the staff and customers for raising a total of £485.36 from their Community Fund raising Day - Brilliant !!!
Saturday 16th August 2008 - Daredevil Liz´s Glider flight
Liz Walker, ´David´s mum´, has volunteered to raise funds for the foundation by jumping from Sutton Bank in Yorkshire in a glider. To make it a little more exciting ´Daredevil Liz´ will be propelled by a catapult !!!!
Liz has also volunteered to skydive for Sara´s charity in September. To sponsor Liz please contact her at Castle View Pub, Front Street, South Cassop, Co.Durham DH6 URG or telephone her on 01429 823 997.
Sunday 17th August 2008 - The Sara Hoburn Football Trophy
Update
Due to excessive rain we regret that the Sara Hoburn Football Tournament has been postponed due to water-logged pitches. The Tournament will be rescheduled to a weekend in September.
Following the great success of last years tournament (despite the dreadful weather), we are pleased to announce this years event. The local junior football teams are invited to take part in the prestigious and unique Sara Hoburn Football Trophy competition which takes place at Ashington Rugby Club, starting at 10.00am. There will be certificates for all teams taking part. This years event promises lots of surprises with a tombola, hot and cold food, face painting, bouncy castle and a bar for the adults.
For more information please contact Mark on 07963 430 420 or Lisa on 07794 623 144.
Sunday 24th August 2008 - The Dyke Neuk Show at Meldon, Morpeth
We have been invited to provide a stall at this prestigious show. We will be selling a variety of homemade cakes, jams, chutney´s etc. If you would like to help out or have an old family recipe please contact Lisa Johnson on 07794 623 144. Please click Here for information on last years event. The Foundation would like to thank the organisers of the show for their continued and valued support.
Update
What a fabulous day! The lovely people at the Dyke Neuk show made us all feel so welcome and the good news is, we just about sold out of everything and raised £310.90 !!!
Special thanks to Lisa and Mark for organising the event and for all of their hard work and dedication and to Auntie Jean, Lisa, Alison, Mandi and Julie for their sales skills and enthusiasm on the day. Thanks also to all of the kind and talented people who baked, cooked and produced all the fabulous home made delicacies, we sincerely appreciate all of your help and support
A special mention for our youngest member of the team Jack for helping with the posters for the event.
