Branch News
Leonard Cheshire Disability Annual Read-a-Thon
Elm Grove
Branch are pleased to support Leonard Cheshire Disability (LCD)
with their annual Read-a-Thon.
The Branch are sponsoring the cost of running
the Read-a-thon in 50 participating schools, including posting and
providing all their pupils with information packs, thank you
letters and a personalised certificate of appreciation and covering
the charity administration and overhead costs.
Over the last two years, LCD have run
Read-a-thon’s with a number of primary schools in North Oxfordshire
with great success. The 2008 Read-a-thon will run from the
6th October to the 7th November.
The main aims of the Read-a-thon are:
- to encourage children to read for pleasure and for purpose
(reading tasks are divided by Key Stages and by year groups)
- to create greater awareness of disability and disability issues
by promoting social responsibility and life skills
- to raise much needed funds for both your school and for Leonard
Cheshire Disability
Schools and their pupils are being
encouraged to take part in this fundraising event, and will be
provided with a pack containing fun reading tasks, creative
storytelling and imaginative word games & puzzles.
The funds raised will be split on a 50/50
basis between the charity and the participating school. Last year
the average amount raised per participating pupil was just under
£15.
If you require any further information on the
Read-a-thon, please contact Maurice O’Connor on 01295 713250 or by
e-mailing to Read-a-thon@LCDisability.org.
Leonard Cheshire Disability is 60 years old
this year and their mission today remains true to Leonard
Cheshire’s founding vision: to change attitudes to disability and
to serve disabled people around the world.
Download
a copy of the Read-a-Thon leaflet here
Branch Meetings
We meet on the fourth Tuesday of each month
at Broomwade Sports Club, Hughenden Road, High Wycombe at
8.00pm.
PLEASE NOTE we have a change of
venue for our next business meeting on 9th December 2008. It
will be held at Bourne End Sports Centre, New Road, Bourne
End SL8 5BW (above Wye Valley School) at 8pm.
Everyone is welcome!
Charity
The branch charities for 2008 are:
The Samaritans (reg. no. 282/0004)
Chiltern Cheshire Home (reg. no. 218186) for the
Disabled
