Together4Africa» Events

Crossdale Fun Run – 25th Sept

AnnieO — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:26:34 +0000

Friends of Kadzinuni have been once again selected as one of the two charities supported by this very popular event. The fun run is planned to provide a little exercise and fun for all ages. The short (2.3 km) course is entirely off-road, and follows an out-and-back route between Crossdale School and Plumtree Cricket Club. After the race, there will also be children’s entertainment and refreshments on site. All runners will receive a commemorative medal. The fun run takes place alongside a 10k trial run that is very popular. Come and join us for a really great community experience and to show your support. All details can be found here.

Come and see us at Africa Oye

AnnieO — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:42:46 +0000

on 18th & 19th June 2011 at what has been hailed the biggest FREE African music festival in the UK. Set in Sefton Park in Liverpool, Africa Oye is a unique and joyful African experience with great music, food and lots of crafts and fashion stalls. We are joining the celebrations by bringing to you the wonderful stories of people working hard to improve their lives with a little help from their friends back in the UK. Come and get to know the 12 member charities who will be sharing Together 4 Africa’s platform, you might be pleasantly surprised at how much tiny charities like us are achieving. And we have been promised African weather. Now, what’s not to like?

Cycling to Paris for charity

Julianppage — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:27:35 +0000

Simon Page has kindly agreed to put his body through hell for the Livingstone

Simon Page

Tanzania Trust. He is spending months training for what will be a massive challenge. To cycle from London to Paris in just 24 hours. Most challenges like this take 3 days but simon wants to make it harder and more worthy of a donation. Call him crazy, call him what you like but he is going the extra mile to help us buy books for primary schools in Babati, northern Tanzania and we need and would love your support. Please click HERE to go through to his fund raising page. THANK YOU

Gilead Charity Spring Ball

AnnieO — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:25:03 +0000

After the success of holding this event last year, we want to follow it up this year with an even bigger and better one. This black-tie Dinner Dance at the Allesley Hotel in Coventry, will be backed by a live singer and disco and will feature some dancers too!

Tickets are £30 and we welcome all individuals and couples, but if you can bring along your friends and commit to a table (8-12 people) then that’s even better. We don’t need your money right away but it would be good to hear words of commitment in order to help us plan the total numbers.

As you can imagine, it’s quite a big event for us to commit too, so please don’t leave it until the last minute. All the funds raised will once again go towards helping a disadvantaged poor rural community in Africa (Luwero, Uganda).

To learn more about what we are doing, visit our website

Africa Oyé returns to Sefton Park, Liverpool in 2011

AnnieO — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:49:32 +0000

Africa Oyé is the UK’s largest celebration of African music and culture and takes place annually in Liverpool. Beginning in 1992 as a series of small gigs in the city centre, the event has gone from strength-to-strength, moving to its present Sefton Park home in 2002 to cope with demand.
With too many negative representations of Africa entrenched in images of war, disease, poverty and famine, Oyé seeks to redress the balance and highlight the fantastic range of cultures, foods, music and artists that make this great continent one of the most vibrant and inspiring in the world.
The festival is also a truly international event that harnesses
the spirit of multiculturalism and tolerance. It has played host
to artists from nations right across Africa and also programmes music from South America and The Caribbean with Salsa, Soca and Reggae always a popular addition to the festivities.
But Africa Oyé is about more than music. Over 40 stalls selling
the best food, drink, arts and crafts and fashion from Africa and beyond will again be present at the Oyé village along with long time supporter ‘News From Nowhere’, one of the UK’s premier stockists of African music, with all the performing artists and much more on sale, it’s a great opportunity to not only take in some of the best roots music around, but take some home with
you too.
Now we think T4A should have a stand there. What an opportunity to promote our work, recruit volunteers and fans and have a super fun day. We have applied so keep your fingers crossed.

Volunteer with the Kiota litter-picking crew at Glastonbury 2011

AnnieO — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:57:56 +0000

Do you want to be at the legendary Glastonbury Festival this June, enjoying the music, creativity and bucket-loads of festival spirit?

Do you want to support a small charity working to support girls in Tanzania?

Why not apply to join the Kiota Recycling Team?

For more information, see http://www.kiota.org/news/144 and get in touch!

It was a great day

AnnieO — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:50:16 +0000

Our “pampering day” for charities was a great success. 26 charities made it to Bradford for a day packed with inspiring speeches and presentations, animated discussions, a chance to question the representatives from DIFD and Comic Relief, some useful social networking tips and the opportunity to meet people who talk the same language. We only wished it had been a bit longer.

Soon we will disclose some of our findings and help you discover the bare bones of small charities. It is so encouraging to find that many of us are willing to share their ideas, admit failures so we can all learn or simply look for practical collaboration that will mean better efficiency and better service on the ground.

Charities Pampering day – Agenda

AnnieO — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:14:57 +0000

In case you did not get our invitation (sorry!) you can get all the details here. We hope to see as many of you as possible. And you know, Bradford is rather nice this time of year.
invitation
conference agenda

28th January is pampering day

AnnieO — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:58:08 +0000

At the beautiful Norcroft Conference Centre at Bradford University for our first big event for small charities. Training workshops, inspirational stories, networking and collaborative opportunities, best practice sharing as well as a few other treats will be on offer. Full details will be available by mid-December. Do mark this day in red, because we know you have busy schedules and we would hate you to miss out on this day of pampering. Well, what kind of pampering did you think we meant?

We are looking for success and failure stories to learn from. So if you have one you would like to share or present on the day, please do get in touch.

Klimbing Kilimanjaro

Julianppage — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:25:16 +0000

Dear Friends,

Julie Baldwin, a teacher in Nailsea Bristol, has spent the last 14 months getting fit for her challenge of a life time. She sets off in October 2010 to climb Kilimanjaro so that her sister school in Babati Tanzania can have a another classroom.

As a community secondary school the school are dependant on the community to provide the classrooms, but the community are mostly subsistence farmers who are struggling to look after themselves and their family.

By helping Julie, you are helping the young people at this Secondary school get the education they need to fight poverty.

Julie has been raising funds through the school and has raised over £5000 this way, so we are very close to achieving something fantastic.

Many thanks for any support you can offer however small. please click on the link below…

https://www.bmycharity.com/V2/event.aspx?e=140c607d-a728-4810-9b99-8d504d239196

Running for Books

Julianppage — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:39:02 +0000

Dear Friends

Clive Shiret, one of our Trustees (53 years old) is running in the Berlin marathon on the 26th September 2010. He is running to raise money for a primary school whose lack of books is frightening.

Eager to learn

How can a young person get an education without text books? Sharing one book between 8 or 9 students is not getting an education. By sponsoring Clive and reaching our target of £4000 we can buy enough books to reduce that ration to 1 book per 3 students. whilst not perfect, it is so much better than what they do today.

Every penny of your donation will go towards buying the books so that these kids can get the knowledge they need to fight poverty for themselves, their families and their country

If you can support us in this aim, please go to the website below, and…… thank you

https://www.bmycharity.com/V2/event.aspx?e=91a1efa0-8717-4186-8492-1d72e47b5b94

Fun run

AnnieO — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:48:57 +0000

Keyworth’s Crossdale Drive Primary School annual 10k Trail Run and Community Fun Run will take place on 26th September 2010.

This year the proceeds from the fun run are being donated to Member Charity, Friends of Kadzinuni. All details can be found here.

We wish them good luck and a bit of sunshine.

T4A Board Meeting

SoZo — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:58:27 +0000

Don’t Miss It!

Please confirm your availability. New members list to be approved. Full Agenda with venue and time will be circulated by 30th July. Get prepared !

Africa Oye for a memorable day

AnnieO — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:45:26 +0000

The biggest live free African musical festival in the UK.
Liverpool Sefton Park – Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 June 2010
“With too many negative representations of Africa entrenched in images of war, disease, poverty and famine, Oyé seeks to redress the balance and highlight the fantastic range of cultures, foods, music and artists that make this great continent one of the most vibrant and inspiring in the world.But Africa Oyé is about more than music. Over 40 stalls selling
the best food, drink, arts and crafts and fashion from Africa and beyond will again be present at the Oyé village along with long time supporter ‘News From Nowhere’, one of the UK’s premier stockists of African music, with all the performing artists and much more on sale, it’s a great opportunity to not only take in some of the best roots music around, but take some home with
you too.” Africa Oye 2010

Climbing Kilimanjaro for the kanga project

AnnieO — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:23:07 +0000

Two fantastic supporters, Ismat and Razan are planning to climb Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa on 27th July 2010. They have set themselves a huge target of £5,000 to go towards a large solar chicken incubator and a chicken rearing training centre. Would you please show your support and donate what ever you can afford. Thank you most sincerely.

Justgiving webpage for donations and information