fundraising

Charity News & Updates

Jun 13, 2017
2 min

Whitstable Goes Wild

Hundreds of people across Whitstable hit the streets last Sunday as part of the third annual Whitstable Garage Sale Safari. Over 140...

May 11, 2017
1 min

Over £3,000 made in one night

Last months "Flavours of Bhutan" meal organised by James Brown at the Oswald Stoll Foundation in Fulham raised over £3,500 to help...

Feb 21, 2017
1 min

Pulling on their boots

This month three seperate JustGiving campaigns have been launched by volunteers looking to raise money for our vital work in Bhutan....

Feb 3, 2017
1 min

The memory of Josh inspires others to give

The Josh Oliver Foundation, founded following the tragic death of 15 year old Whitstable schoolboy Josh Oliver, has this week committed...

Dec 17, 2016
1 min

Christmas Campaign raises over £1000

With the help of individual donations from Whitstable and Barclays bank the charity has raised over £1000 to help Detchen is a fiercely...

May 8, 2016
1 min

Bolt for Bhutan

Four local Whitstable friends are today running the Whitstable 10k to raise money for disabled children to attend school in Bhutan. The...

Nov 22, 2015
1 min

Whitstable Castle auction raises over £1500

Last nights event at Whitstable Castle raised over £1500 for the children of Meritismo thanks to the efforts of Adrienne Shaw, Lucy...

Oct 26, 2015
1 min

Whitstable 5k raises over £700

A huge thank you to Ania Liro and Pete Wh have raised over £700 by running the Whitstable 5K. All the money raised will be spent on...

Jun 15, 2015
1 min

Baking for Bhutan

Local baker James Thorn ran a community baking workshop this morning for Opening Heart to Bhutan. James, founder of Wild Bread in...

May 10, 2015
1 min

Charity Walk raises money for young monks

Over forty friends joined us for a charity walk and lunch to raise money for the young monks at the monastry in Meritsomo. The five mile...

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