Saturday 3 May 2008 – Mexican Night
Chipping Norton Town Hall was transformed into a wonderful Latin American night club, the lighting, the music and the cocktails all adding to the mood! The Ceroc Taxi dancers were a real hit, encouraging everyone onto the dance floor with a subtle blend of Jive and Salsa. Our enormous thanks go to Trevon Beadle the Butcher, Tim & Jenny Nolan for the bar, Caroline & Fiona the cocktail crew, Tamie from Vodafone & Christian, Amy, John & Katy for the lighting, Alonso for the authentic Mexican music and both Jane Nolans for stirring the Chilli! Well done everyone, we raised a fantastic £1305.96

Sunday 11 May – Celine’s Cake Stall raises £60
Celine Johnson ran a very successful cake stall in Shipston-on-Stour which was well stocked with home-made goodies and attracted plenty of customers. Thanks Celine for a great initiative.

Friday 30 November 2007 – Prize Bingo at Over Norton Village Hall
A packed house enjoyed 9 games of bingo, a raffle and minced pies. Many went home loaded with Christmas goodies and an excellent £468.05 was raised for the Trust!

Harbod Jewels donate £75
A sparkling new jewellery and accessory store opened in Middle Row on October 12 and generously donated 10% of takings from the opening party. Our thanks to Amy and best wishes for her new venture.

October 2007 – Air turns blue in Chequers!
During the tense finale to the Rugby World Cup, live games were screened at the Chequers pub. Good humoured but often excitable audiences let vent their frustrations as England came so close to retaining their crown. Quick thinking staff at the pub installed a ‘swear box’ for audible offensives not befitting a family friendly hostelry! The proceeds amounted to a whopping £57, all of which was donated to the Trust. ****** marvellous! 

Emma’s Trust Festival 2007 – Chipping Norton’s answer to Glastonbury!!
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The weekend of the 21st and 22nd of September saw two days of music, arts and celebration culminating in a fantastic firework display. Over 2,500 people passed through the beautiful Emma’s Trust entrance at Chipping Norton Cricket Club to be greeted by fairground rides, a climbing wall, quad bikes, Caribbean food, a humungous big top tent and much more.

A wealth of talent from local and national bands and DJs came together to perform in our big top tent with a massive stage, fantastic lighting and superb visuals.

Children’s craft and dance workshops were packed out throughout the day, and the event was an undoubtedly a huge success.

We are delighted to be able to offer such a fantastic opportunity for young people from across Oxfordshire and thank the County Council for supporting this event with funding from the Youth Opportunity Fund, and eternal thanks to the numerous volunteers without whom the event would not have been possible. Now the field is empty and plans for next time are being discussed, what was your favourite bit? What do you want more of? Let us know so we can make sure Emma's Day is even better next time.

Thank you to everyone who came along - See you all next year!!
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Friday 10 August 2007 – Annual Golf Day
This year marked the third Emma’s Trust Golf Day and it was blessed with glorious warm sunshine. 104 players took part in the 4-ball competition, with teams vying to take home the converted trophy. Chipping Norton Golf Club generously donated all their facilities for the afternoon, including a delicious meal in the club house in the evening.  An incredible £6,000 was raised due, in no small part to the hard work put in by Chunky Townley, who again organised the whole day. Our sincere thanks go to Chunky and to all his helpers, those who donated prizes and all the competitors. This event really has become a flagship fundraiser for the Trust as well as an enjoyable occasion for everyone taking part.

1st Team, winning the Emma’s Trust Trophy (second year running) with 97 points from left to right Gordon Clarkson, Mathew Batchelor, Tracy Hunt, Steve Hunt & presenting the trophy, Maggi Creese (Emma’s Mum).

2nd Team (left to right) John Granville, Michael White, Mike Roberts Jnr. & Frank Robinson with 91 points.

Friday 15 June 2007 – St. Mary’s School Choose Emma’s Trust
A wonderful surprise awaited Gary and Amy when they attended morning assembly at St. Mary’s School. The Year 6 Charity Committee had chosen Emma’s Trust to receive £552.07 raised from a number of recent events in which the whole School had participated.  Our sincere thanks go to everyone at St. Mary’s.

Friday 2 March – Irish Theme Night at the Crown & Cushion Hotel
Nearly 200 people enjoyed a rousing ‘Craic’ at the Crown! WYSIWYG belted out traditional Irish ballads while Anthony, Jane, Kirby & Maggi dished out the Irish stew, spuds & soda bread. Along with a raffle and a game of Irish bingo the evening raised an amazing £2,090.90. Our heartfelt thanks go to everyone at the Crown & Cushion for allowing us use of the Barrett Shields Suite, to the band for keeping our toes tapping and to everyone who supported the event.  Look out for more of these very popular theme nights.

Saturday 17 February – Chipping Norton School of Dance Show
Bags of passion, dedication and fun were on display at this wonderful celebration of dance. Over 200 members of the School of Dance took part, some as young as 2 ½. Some of the older pupils were performing for the last time as they’ll be leaving for university.  The Trust team took care of refreshments and took orders for our branded clothing. All the proceeds from a DVD produced of the event will also be going to Emma’s Trust.

December 2006 – Vince O’Brien raises £1215
Vince O’Brien Plastering Contractors Limited held a Christmas bash where all the guests generously raised a wonderful £1215 for Emma’s Trust, thank you Vince! www.obrienplastering.co.uk

 

 

NEWS ARCHIVE:

Friday 1 December – Prize Bingo at Over Norton Village Hall
Another sell-out event and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.  A fantastic £400 was raised for Trust funds.

Tuesday 8 August – Cake Sale
Zoë Green, Alice Green and Iona Brown wrote:
 "...we held a cake sale in honour of your charity - Emma’s Trust.  We worked very hard baking cakes and icing them – then finally selling them to our friends and neighbours. We also did a drinks stall, a lucky dip and "pet the guinea pigs". When it was all over we counted up the money and finally reached a grand total of £38.50. We thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and hope the money goes to a good cause."

Thank you so much, Zoë, Alice and Iona, you can be sure every penny will make a real difference!

12 November Jazz Day support from Rotary Club
Chipping Norton Rotary club donate monies raised from the annual Jazz Day to local charities. This year one of those lucky groups was Emma's Trust and a fantastic £1,000 was presented on Monday 12 November. The Rotary Club believe that the Jazz Day not only gives an amazing community feel to Chipping Norton and great partnership with all the local pubs but also gives the opportunity to make music much more accessible. The Jazz Day is held in September of each year and the date for 2007 has been set as September 9.  As well as performances in the pubs and an evening concert at The Theatre there will be a number of workshops with professional jazz musicians.

Winning Festival Balloon Travels 300 miles!
Little pink balloon, number 121 hurtled off into the stormy sky with hundreds of others.  The gale force westerly wind carried number 121 over 300 miles in a straight line to where it finally came to rest, in a fruit tree in Horssen, The Netherlands. Mr. José Gremmen very kindly emailed us this report of his important find:

“Excuse us but we couldn't react before, because it is harvest time on our
fruit farm. Almost every year we find a balloon ticket in our orchard, which we send back to the sender, but this is the first time we get a reaction.

It's also the first time that it came from so far. The last but one ticket came from Germany. We were also amazed, but yet we think that the balloon had travelled on the wings of Emma. It couldn't be a coincidence, because I collect once a year for the Dutch asthma-fund in our neighbourhood.

Enclosed we send a picture of youngest daughter with the ticket by the name
of the place where we find it.

With kindest regards.
Family Gremmen”

Mr. Gremmen’s daughter holding up the winning ticket	Alice Taylor, balloon race winner

The lucky owner of balloon 121 was Alice Taylor (age 3). The second place balloon, number 108 which travelled as far as Toft Monks in Norfolk was Elisha Pettingwell (age 5).  Both Alice and Elisha win a pottery painting prize at the Pottery Place in Witney: www.thepotteryplace.co.uk

 

24 hours in Henley!
Back in May, at Emma’s college, Henley-in-Arden Sports Academy a sponsored 24 hour ‘Gym work-out’ took place. Up to 60 people participated, including students and members of the public as well as staff organisers, Andy Ellis, Bernie Gaffney and Keith Hobbs. Gym apparatus was kept in constant use by each person, throughout the gruelling 24 hour marathon. A fantastic £654.40 was raised for Emma’s Trust and an equal amount for Sport Relief.  Emma’s Mum, Maggi was presented with the cheque at Henley in October.

Dean Holloway, Keith Hobbs, Maggi & Caroline

 

1 & 2 September The Emma’s Trust Festival
What a fantastic weekend, enjoyed by hundreds of revellers...READ MORE
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21 August  - Golf Day
A wonderful £4,160 was raised and 120 players took part…READ MORE
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20 June Picnic at Chipping Camden School
Year 7 organised a picnic for the end of term at Chipping Camden School, thank you to Sophie Johnson and everyone who gave £100 of the money raised to the Trust.

19 June Talent Contest
Chipping Norton School and it’s wealth of talent gave a very professional show at Chipping Norton Theatre where contestants were fighting for the prize of opening the stage at the Emma’s Trust Festival, the runner-up on Friday and the winner on Saturday. Well done to Rory Salter and Lauren Parkinson and everyone else involved. Special thanks to Ella Nolan for organising this event and raising over £800 for the Trust!

12-13 May Henley 24 hour cycle
Leanne Harkness, Emma’s close friend from Henley-in-Arden Sports Academy raised a fantastic £140 through sponsorship during a 24 hour cycle marathon.
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22-29 April 'Forever Young'
An Exhibition of portraits by Sixth Form students of Chipping Norton School. Students were given a short brief to create an A4 portrait of a teenager that they know today, in which they were to capture the spirit and character of their chosen subject. The stunning portraits were displayed at The Theatre Gallery, Chipping Norton, and a number of them were sold in a sealed bid raising over £100 for Emma's Trust.

09 April 2006 Young Masters Golf Programme
Despite a distinctly wintry bite in the air, the sunshine at Heythrop Park lasted long enough for nearly 200 youngsters to try their hand at golf. PGA professionals laid on a series of coaching sessions throughout the morning and everyone really enjoyed the experience. Hopefully a few budding Tiger Woods’ will be discovered and sign up for more lessons in the coming months.  Let’s hope so, as every new junior who joins the YMG programme there means Heythrop will make a donation to Emma’s Trust.  Our intrepid Trust team were braving the elements and raised a commendable £150 with an Easter egg raffle and cake stall.
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25 February 2006 The Greek Night raised an impressive £723. Despite Arctic conditions outside, Over Norton Village Hall warmed up considerably! Full to bursting, the party was extremely well supported, everyone enjoying a different and inexpensive night out with friends. The fun increased as the wine flowed, culminating in so-called ‘Greek’ dancing which was more a cross between the Oki-Koki and a rugby scrum!
Tremendous thanks, as ever go to our helpers who prepared the scrumptious food, provided raffle prizes, set up and cleared away and to Stuey and Henry for their musical talents.
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4 February 2006 Touring Cornish band ‘The Hitchcock Rules’ stopped off at Chipping Norton Rugby Club to entertain and excite the assembled crowd. A collection raised £128.55 for Emma’s Trust, our appreciation to everyone who attended.

Christmas Raffle Enormous thanks go to Linda Warner at Banbury Police station who raised £250 with her Christmas raffle.

27 - 29 October 2005 'Forever Young' an exhibition of portraits of teenagers held at the Cheltenham and Gloucester building society, Chipping Norton. The sale of portraits raised £344 for Emma's Trust, many thanks to Lesley Wildman for conceiving and organising the whole project. A 'Forever Young' exhibition by students is planned at The Theatre Gallery, Chipping Norton in April 2006.
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23 October 2005 'Off the Beaten Track' organised and hosted an enjoyable evening of fun and games which raised an amazing £1,115 for Emma's Trust. Thank you to all the management and staff, for their continued support.

1 & 2 October 2005 'The Chequer's Girls' sponsored tandem skydive raised a fantastic £2,500. Caroline, Clare, Emma, Jo, Nadine and Sarah plucked up the courage to leap out over Weston-on-the-Green from 10,000 feet, freefall for 30 seconds at 120mph before descending gracefully back to earth. An inspired fund raising effort, well done girls!
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11 September 2005 Emma's Day raises a staggering £18,652.00 ... READ MORE

1 September 2005 Golf Day raises £5,500! ... READ MORE