A NIGHT AT THE RACES

Vivid Events are 2nd year students of The University of Brighton. As part of their assessment they are required to organise and put on an event for a client. We are so lucky that they have chosen us as their client.
 
They have decided to organise A Night at the Races. The evening will consist of pre-recorded horse races in which guests can bid on in the hope to win money back. Also there will be a grand prize draw, followed by music to end the evening.
 
The evening will take place at The Afton Hotel in Eastbourne on Friday 25th March. Guests will have exclusive use of the downstairs function room which has its own bar. The race night will be run by a professional Race Night company, so the evening is sure to be fun filled!
 
I would like to take this opportunity to invite you and your friends to A Night at the Races. Tickets are £12 which includes a welcome drink and buffet. They can be purchased in two ways either from myself or by emailing  vividevents1@aol.co.uk and letting them know how many tickets you require.
 
If you would like to know any more information about the event, please do not hesitate to contact either myself or Vivid Events. I do hope you will be able to support both the students in their assessment and our charity. They are certainly very enthusiastic about this event and have put a lot of hard work into making it a success.

The poster is available for download HERE

2010 NEWS

This year has got off to a flying start with a donation of £2,500 from BRIGHTON COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL. We have also received £1,000 from SUSSEX MASONS as well as SPORTS RELIEF. £750 came from THE ARGUS APPEAL. We have also received donations from LITTLE HORSTED SCHOOL  SUSSEX QUILTERS    SOUTHERN WATER and AMERICAN EXPRESS.

All this enables us to provide trips and treats for local disadvantaged children and their families.

DRUSILLAS We arranged a special birthday trip for an autistic boy whose family have hit hard times due to illness. 

SPENCER BEARS Thanks to the generosity of the Spencer Roberts Memorial Fund and the co-operation of Marks & Spencers we have been able to purchase another 200 bears for the benefit of traumatised children picked up by SECamb's emergency ambulances.


SUMMER OUTINGS  Three days out are arranged, we've paid for the coach, entrance fees and an extra surprise for children from Whitehawk who are off to Wilderness Wood. We also have a coach running from Moulsecoomb to The Enchanted Forest. Our third day out is going from Eastbourne to Clambers. Play is so important for these children as is one day away from their troubled lives.

PANTOMIMES We are off to see Cinderella at the Devonshire Park, Eastbourne as well as Aladdin in Worthing. We have 300 seats at each event.


2009 NEWS

MARKS & SPENCERS, Eastbourne  chose the abcfund as their charity of the year. They collected enough money to help pay towards the 300 pantomime seats already booked at the Devonshire Theatre for our special families.

SOUTHERN FM listeners donated Easter Eggs and we distributed 130 of these around Brighton, Hove, Peacehaven and Newhaven.

HEARTfm sponsored some of our pantomime seats this year along with BRIGHTON & HOVE ESTATE AGENTS ASSOCIATION and ARGYLL INSURANCE whilst THE EDWARD STARR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION supplied selection boxes for every child.

SOUTHERN WATER not only sent a cheque but got involved with our Christmas Hamper Appeal. They helped pack and distribute 61 luxury hampers.

TEDDIES We have donated some 500 bears to the A & E ambulances in Sussex. REMEMBER SPENCER      PEACEHAVEN BEAVER COLONY      MARKS &  SPENCERS and two private indivduals all contributed towards the cost of Spencer bears given in memory of SPENCER ROBERTS aged 3 who died of cancer. AGE CONCERN knitting circle knitted Trauma Teds.

CHARLIE ALLEN aged 9 wanted to do a sponsored walk from Seaford to Eastbourne and managed to raise the magnificent sum of £746.

JACK WHITE's parents decided he had everything he needed and presented us with £300 collected at his Christening.

DONATIONS have come from      EAST BRIGHTON TRUST      SEAHAVEN DAY QUILTERS      EASTBOURNE ROTARY TREE OF LIGHT APPEAL      MAYOR OF PEACEHAVEN'S CHARITY APPEAL      LITTLE HORSTED CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL     SEAFORD TOWN COUNCIL

We also ran the Raisin Box Challenge. Children were given a packet of raisins, which they could eat and then had to return to us with money inside.