Jon Pither

A big thank you to Jon Pither and Jason Bingham for helping us get our logo on a board inside Shrewsbury Town Football Club.

Extreme Element & Experience Days

We would like to thank Extreme Element & Experience Days for their kind donation for our raffle on the Sat 1st December. They offer experiences and exciting day events and have kindly donated us a gift certificate.

Duke of Edinburgh Ceilidh

On Saturday 14^th July three Shrewsbury Sixth Form College Students hosted a ceilidh in support of Village Water. Matt, Reuben and Tom organised every aspect of the event from poster and ticket design to booking the band to tidying up after guests had left. They managed to raise a stonking £500!

Village Water held its first ever afternoon tea and preloved fashion sale at The Peach Tree, Shrewsbury. With lots of help from four Shrewsbury Sixth Form College Students, and a pile of very stylish preloved clothes, the afternoon was a huge success. We’re sure the afternoon tea of sandwiches, cake and scones went down a treat too! A grand total of £393.50 was raised – not bad for a Saturday afternoon’s shopping and cake eating!

Tuesday 14^th February saw fourteen year olds Ollie and Jake host their Valentine Ball in support of Village Water’s work. They had previously completed a sponsored walk to raise the seed money needed for the event, and from ticket sales, a raffle and a bar, they raised over £518!

A group of ambitious ladies took on the heights of Mount Kilimanjaro for Village Water.  Driven by the challenges women in rural Zambia face in having no other option but to use unsafe and dirty water for their family's needs, the Kili Gals were determined to raise £20,000 to help alleviate the water and sanitation crisis in Zambia.  They have so far raised £15,221.  You can still sponsor them here: http://www.justgiving.com/KiliGals2012

Father and daughter duo, Peter and Pippa, took on the challenge of the London 2 Paris cycle in April 2012, where they cycled over 280 miles in six days.  Raising £165 for our work, they told us ‘We are pleased to have done it for such a worthy cause.’

Jake and  Alex Jungmann  (with dad Kurt)  completed a 10 mile bike ride on Sunday 9th October 2011 around Rutland Water. It was a little windy at times, but they still managed to complete it in 2 hours and 45 minutes which is a fantastic achievement, even the 'problem chain' didn't hinder the ride. In the process they raised over £430 for Village Water.

Phil Sheppard undertook a Fell Run to celebrate his 50th birthday and raised £622.50 including GiftAid.

Row Zambezi has now raised over £19,000 for Village Water. In August 2011 a team of rowers attempted the world’s first ever rowing expedition along 1,000 kilometres of the Upper Zambezi, from the Angolan border with Zambia to the Victoria Falls.

http://www.rowzambezi.com/

Jane Thurnell-Read, one of our trustees cycled from land's End to John O'Groats in 12 days and raised over £2,400 for Village Water.

Sponsored events can be a great deal of fun and a brilliant way to raise money for Village Water. We can provide you with sponsorship forms and you can sign up for a Just Giving account so people can easily sponsor you online. Fancy doing a marathon? Here's a list of marathons in the UK.

We can provide you with a sponsorship form.