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Welcome to the Rainbow Centre
Specialists in conductive education helping children with Cerebral Palsy throughout the South of England.
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Archive Page 5
These pages will contain items archived from past "latest news" and "past events" pages. Archived items will not necessarily be in chronological sequence!
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Bikers ride out with eggs for The Rainbow Centre Children
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In the run up to Easter 2008, members the Royal Navy Motor Cycle Club (RNMCC) once again took to their bikes with Easter eggs to put the smile on the faces of disabled children. |
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After collecting the eggs from the Portsmouth branch of the RNMCC one of their first stops was to deliver to children from The Rainbow Centre in Fareham.
Twenty five riders visited several sick and disabled children's locations to brighten up their Easter by delivering the mountain of chocolate they had collected. Staff at Flagship's headquarters had generously donated over £250 worth of eggs and money including £50 from Flagship itself to boost the collection. |
Julie Woodward, Community Fundraiser at The Rainbow Centre said, "It was brilliant to see the children's faces when the eggs arrived on motor bikes. I'm not sure what they liked best the bikes or the eggs! We can't thank Flagship staff enough for their generosity and once again making this such a worthwhile visit."
Adi Lavin from Flagship's International Projects and RNMCC rider said, "We've been doing this for 25 years and it doesn't get any easier to do these visits but it's great to make the children smile and give them something to enjoy." |
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Garden Centre Customers dig deep to raise money for the Rainbow Centre |
Garsons Garden Centre, in Titchfield, raised over £1,100 for children's charity the Rainbow Centre over the last few months by having a Christmas customer collection and donating unwanted stock. Generous customers dug deep to raise money for our charity and raised over £600 during the christmas period with their Santa Band collection. |
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Alan Richardson, Garsons Garden Centre manager, said; "It's fantastic that customers delved into their own pockets to help such a worthy charity. The Centre does so many great things for the children that attend and it is a cause that is very close to my heart." |
The modern garden centre, which houses a garden and furniture department as well as a farm shop, boosted the money raised with an extra £500 by donating unwanted Christmas decorations which the Centre were able to sell to their supporters.
"It's lovely that Garsons decided to have a collection for us and it's fantastic they are providing us with their unwanted stock which enables us to raise even more funds for the Centre," said Julie Woodward at the Rainbow Centre. "We really appreciate their continuing support, as it will help a number of children improve their skills and become more independent through the services we provide." |
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Carol's at the Kings
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On December 2nd, the annual "Carols at the Kings" Christmas Celebration choose the Rainbow Centre as its supported charity. The concert is held by the Salvation Army Southsea Citadel. |
The audience was treated to performances of Christmas Music by the Salvationist Musicians and St John's College School Choir, and a memorable Nativity Play by the children of Portsmouth High School Nursery , some of whom spent their time on stage industriously clearing away the theatrical snow! |
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The evening closed with a visIt from Father Christmas and on-stage presentation of a cheque for over £1800 to Helen |
Hampshire Hackers present proceeds of their Golf Day
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On Thursday 29th November, Tommy, Mark, Brian and Yvonne from the Hampshire Hackers visited the Centre to present us with the final cheque of £4312.14 which together with gift aid amounts to a staggering £4609.84. |
The Hackers have been supporting Rainbow for a number of years and have raised several thousands during this time! During their visit they watched our parent and child session and the nursery session where they learned a little more about conductive education and how it helps to improve the quality of life for the children. |
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We would like to thank all the members of the Hampshire Hackers Golf Society, the players who turned up at Cams to play on the charity golf day and all the sponsors and helpers ( the wags!) who helped make the day such a success. We are all looking forward to next year!!
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Fareham Flower Club's Funky Christmas
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| Helen and Julie were invited to Ferneham Hallon Wednesday 28th November to join in Fareham Flower Club's Funky Christmas. This was a wonderful demonstration of different styles of flower arranging by Angela Turner. These ranged from funky to more traditional. |
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Prior to the demonstration they were presented with a cheque for £1,000 which Fareham Flower Club had collected over the past year. One of the events they held was selling Mother's Day posies in Fareham precinct. Thank you to all the ladies from Fareham Flower Club for their fundraising efforts over the past year. |
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Old Ship Pub (Bursledon) - Golf Society Donation
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On Friday 16th November Helen and Julie were invited to the Old Ship Golf Society end-of-year meeting. The Society had chosen The Rainbow Centre to receive a donation of £500 from funds raised throughout their golfing year. During the evening prizes were given out to members of the society and a raffle was held, when Helen was lucky enough to win a putter in a lovely presentation box which will be used as a raffle prize at one of our next events. We are very grateful to the Society for choosing us and for donating £500 towards the Centre's running costs.
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Barclays pedal for Rainbow
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Recently, staff from several local Barclays Bank branches cycled from Petersfield to Fareham, stopping off at 10 local branches of the bank on the way. They raised £353.27 which was matched by Barclays Bank to give a total of £706.54. Karen Mayer, Fareham Branch Manager accompanied by Matt (one of the cyclists) visited the centre on 30th October 2007 to present the cheque. |
Karen Mayer and Matt (one of the cyclists) from Fareham branch with the children. |
Julie went to Gosport to meet the riders and to cheer them on for the final 10 miles through Stubbington and Fareham. They were a bit saddle-sore when she met them, but determined to finish the ride. This is the latest of several events held by Barclays Bank, Fareham to raise funds for the Centre. Not only have they raised much needed funds, but through a poster of the Centre which is displayed in the Fareham Branch, a local family who were unaware of the existance of the Rainbow Centre have just visited with a view to their child starting sessions in the very near future.
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At the end of the Rainbow ... it's Germany!
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Following the balloon release competition at the Garden Opening on 20th September 2007, the winner has been announced as Gordon Davies whose balloon was returned from Simmerath in Germany.
Congratulations to Gordon who wins Dinner, Bed & Breakfast for two people at The Cloud Hotel in the New Forest kindly donated by Avril Owten of the Cloud Hotel
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Other returns included:
- Shirley Kimber Kerschenbach, Germany
- David Tooke Laureing, Belgium
- Sam Cotton Ashford, Kent
- Liam Thomas Crowborough, East Sussex
- Shirley Knowles Haslemere, Surrey
- Lyndsay Chamberlain Denmead, Hampshire
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