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Ellie's Trust - News
Grants for families
10/03/2008
This past year has seen the number of applications for financial grants almost double. Sadly this reflects on the fact that there are so many local families who have a child with cancer or a brain tumour. Here at Ellie's Trust we make every effort to process these appplications as quickly as possible to ensure that a helping hand is there when these particular families need it most.
Saffron Walden Golf Club
10/03/2008
...have chosen Ellie's Trust to be their 'Charity of the Year' after being nominated by the club's semi-professional golfers. He put Ellie's Trust forward as a charity he would like to see benefit from the fundraising activities that take place at the club throughout the year. The club have so far donated £2,000 of a pledged £8,000.
Oulton Broad Ladies Evening Club
10/03/2008
....chose Ellie's Trust along with Lowestoft Mobility to be their chosen charities last year. Each charity was presented with a cheque for £931 thanks to the fundraising during the preceding year.
50th Birthday Bash
15/03/2007
Many Thanks to Derek Atheridge who held his 50th Birthday Bash at The Corton Inn to raise funds for Ellie's Trust.
Derek sold 300 tickets to family, friends and work colleagues and invited them along to a fabulous evening of live music from Triple Threat and The Floating Greyhounds
A total of £1700 was raised
Quz Night
19/10/2006
Golf Success
19/10/2006
This years Golf Tournament prove to be the biggest and best so far and raised nearly £5,000.
Many thanks go to Norton Peskett Solicitors for sponsoring the tournament for a 3rd year running and special thanks to all who took part and made it such a great day.
Not forgetting those who organised and co-ordinated the event.....thank you to Richard and Kathy.
Golf Tournamnet 2006
14/09/2006
There are still a few places left for one of the biggest charity golf tournaments on the East Coast.
The 4th Ellie Savage Memorial Golf Tournament is this year going to be at Rookery Park, Lowestoft on Sunday 15th October.
Ring Richard 0n 01502 569999 for more details
Festival Success
07/09/2006
EastFest 2006 was a fantastic event, not even the afternoon rain detered the crowd
Over 300 people flocked to the seafront in Lowestoft to watch local Rock Bands perfom in this awesome open air venue
The festival really came to life in the evening as darkness fell and the crowd were shouting for more
To see some excellent photos of the day visit www.myspace.com/eastfest
EastFest 2006
05/08/2006
EastFest 2006 is hitting the beaches of Lowestoft on August 20th
12 of the best bands in the region will be providing 10 hours of rock music
To find out more about this fantastic festival go to www.myspace.com/eastfest
Summer Ball Success
05/08/2006
Gloriuos sunshine greeted almost 150 guests when they arrived at Dunston Hall, Norwich for the first Ellie Savage Memorial Trust Summer Ball.
Everyone took to the dance floor as soon as the meal was finished to the sounds of Platinum Gold a fabulous band who played the tunes to keep everyone dancing until the early hours.
Nearly £10,000 was raised during the course of the evening.
A massive thank you to all those who came to the ball and to all our sponsors.
The Ellie Savage Memorial Trust has been set up to provide a network of support in East Anglia. There may be other support groups in East Anglia If you know of one which you think may be helpful to others please contact me
ANCHORAGE, LAKE VIEW ROAD, OULTON BROAD SUFFOLK NR33 9NE
TEL: 01502 539509 - EMAIL: Please use our contact page
Leaflets containing the information found on Ellie's Trust website
can also be obtained by contacting the above.
This past year has seen the number of applications for financial grants almost double. Sadly this reflects on the fact that there are so many local families who have a child with cancer or a brain tumour. Here at Ellie's Trust we make every effort to process these appplications as quickly as possible to ensure that a helping hand is there when these particular families need it most.