Well we certainly had some ‘fun with a purpose’ at Castle Combe recently at our charity track day!
A big thank you to Architecture Verte (www.architectureverte.co.uk) for sponsoring the day, the drivers and everyone at Castle Combe Circuit (www.castlecombecircuit.co.uk) and of course Mr. Christopher Darwin. The day was extremely successful and over £5,000 was raised to be split between us and Combat Stress.  We also had some great rides in some (very fast!) lovely cars.
Take a look at more pictures from the day on our Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150514858363182.376458.108214858181&type=3&l=bf637b99e1

Brighton and Hove’s leading independent estate and letting agents, Mishon Mackay (www.mishonmackay.com), are 25 years old this year and they are celebrating by attempting to raise £25,000 for three different charities throughout 2012.  They have chosen us to be one of those lucky charities – thank you very much!
Mishon Mackay have already made a great start to their fundraising with an incredibly successful quiz night held in February which raised over £2,000! For their next exciting event, Tina Wenham, Manager, will be running the Brighton Marathon and we would really appreciate …

Why not treat yourselves to a special brick on our virtual ‘Buy A Brick’ wall and at the same time help us to raise money for Tickbird, our fantastic sustainable living education centre that we are constructing in Lilongwe, Malawi? We are giving you another opportunity to buy one of our bricks for £250 each and for your name or company logo to appear on our website brick wall to demonstrate your support.  For more details see…..
http://buildaschool.org.uk/category/fund-raising/our-supporters/brick-wall/
Let’s get building!

We’ve done it!!  Build A School are very proud and excited to announce that the BIG LOTTERY FUND have awarded us a grant for our fantastic Women’s Fairtrade Certified Essential Oil Co-operative and Farmer Training project in Malawi.  Thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity.
Take a look at today’s news release…
http://news.biglotteryfund.org.uk/pr_020212_int_uk_overseas_deaf_children_plea?regioncode=-uk

Are you a frequent eBay user? Why not donate to Build A School whilst you buy or sell! Go to eBay for charity and search for Build A School or simply follow this link: http://donations.ebay.co.uk/charity/charity.jsp?NP_ID=48559

Build A School would like to thank Joseph Richards for his wonderful fundraising achievements so far. On 31st July 2011 Joseph took part in and completed the Virgin Atlantic Triathlon in London and has raised over £850 through ‘Just Giving’ for us – that’s amazing!!
If you feel inspired by Joseph’s great fundraising challenge you too could also fulfil your adventurous burning ambitions and make a difference by setting up a page at www.justgiving.com – start raising funds today!

Do you own an old banger that’s merely gathering dust in the garage?
Then you can do your bit for Build A School and help us serve up our “bangers and cash” initiative!
We have teamed up with Giveacar which is a UK based fundraising organisation that specialises in donating unwanted and scrap cars to charitable causes throughout the world, including Build A School.
They provide a FREE service which is available throughout the UK, and can work with you hand-in-hand in the following ways:

They can arrange the collection of the vehicle;
Depending on its age and condition, they …

Build A School are currently competing in the Global Giving “Gateway Challenge”  to raise funds for the amazing new women’s Fairtrade certified essential oil co-operative at our sustainable living Tickbird Visitor Centre in Malawi.  This co-operative will provide employment, income, independence and empowerment for the women of the local village.  Please donate at: http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/pr/8100/proj8042a.html! We need 50 unique donors to raise a total of  £1,000 for the women’s co-operative by Wednesday 20th July which will give Build A School a permanent place on the Global Giving website (www.globalgiving.co.uk).
Thank you, as always, for your …

…..the following companies for their recent contribution to Build A School:

City Goddess Wholesale Clothing – UK based supplier of wholesale dresses, wholesale fashion shoes and ladies clothing.
 Tucci Store – Official UK stockists for the G Star T- Shirt,  Diesel T-Shirt and Firetrap T-Shirt range.
Van Mildert – Stockists of the Barbour Jacket, Stone Island Jackets and the Lyle and Scott Polo Shirt.
John Smedley Designer Knitwear – Men’s and Women’s knitwear, selection of merino wool jumpers and designer jumpers.

 OSKA – Leading brand of Women’s wear clothing.
Otterburn Clothing – Stockists of Joules sweatshirts and Joules …

Well done and thank you to our dedicated team of media students – “THE DEGREES” (Aleksandra Atanasova, Samuel Hogbin, Sara Joce and Lydia Hammond) who have won the “Best Campaign” in the “Media Campaign Awards 2011″ at Canterbury Christ Church University.  The team developed a fantastic, innovative advertising project to help Build A School develop ideas on fundraising and to raise the profile of our new sustainable living Tickbird Visitor Centre in Malawi.
Congratulations team!
For more photos of  the awards find us on Facebook at:  http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150172862953182.307298.108214858181&l=c92944b4da