2007 Pepper News

Fundraising is strong but you can help us be stronger in 2008

The Trustees of the Foundation recently held a strategic review to make sure the charity is heading in the right direction over the next three years. It is a positive outlook for the charity because fundraising has been strong over the past months with some notable successes, most recently the Media Planning Group auction for the media industry at the Comedy Club in London. This was organised as usual by one of our patrons, Marc Mendoza, featuring a set from Al Murray, the pub landlord, and included a speech from our very own Pepper nurse, Liz Ruff.

However, in spite of this success we are still frustrated by our lack of progress in one area – schools in the Herts/Bucks region. There are more than 400 schools in the area covered by the nurses, but we are helped by about four! That is only a slight exaggeration and yet we are a local children’s charity often helping patients and siblings who attend the schools!

Of course schools have many worthy causes to support and are inundated with requests. We have tried written communications, and ideas like the Pepperthon with some local success, but they tend to be swallowed up amongst all their other mail. The common denominator where we have been successful
is personal contact – having a contact for the charity local to, or within, the school as a pupil or relative of a pupil – to promote the idea of supporting Pepper.

The charity is committed to this strategy and determined to succeed in 2008. We have nominated one of our new Trustees, Tony Hill, to lead the initiative, so please if you have information or contacts that would help us to explain our charity and its need for support to schools throughout the area, please contact Tony on tonyhill26@waitrose.com.

When we have had the opportunity and have made a connection, we have had great success, and we are very grateful for the support we get from schools local to Berkhamsted, including:

Berkhamsted Collegiate School, Cavendish School, Bridgewater School, Ashlyns School, Haresfoot School, Two Waters School, Chesham High School and several others.

Please help us to expand these contacts more broadly and help children to
help children.

Have a happy and healthy New Year!

Jonathan Tweed
Chairman of Trustees
The Pepper Foundation

27th August 2009

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