FEES Fund news and latest fundraising activity

London Marathon 2024

Fi's uncle is running the marathon on his birthday, the day he officially becomes an OAP! You can read his story and donate here

 

Lenten Lunch 2024

Vicki, Fi's mum, was invited to the Lenten lunch in Cheddar to share FEES Fund. You can see Vicki's presentation here.

 

Christmas news

We are delighted to share the news that FEES Fund will be selling our very own Christmas cards this year at community events. Thank you to our designers Heather Gomm and Michele Sebastiano who kindly shared their talent and donated their beautiful designs for free so we can raise money for FEES Fund. 

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Events Swim Serpentine 2023 - meet our swimmers who are raising money for FEES Fund

 

Fi's Mum and Trustee Vicki, is presenting at the Learning from Suffering & Dying Conference in Padua,
Italy on the 7th September - you can read more about the conference here. Vicki has developed a suite of Learning resources inspired by Fi’s gift of organ donation. You can read more about the projects here.

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1st - 3rd March 2023 - NHSBT & British transplant society congress taking place in Edinburgh

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Fi’s mum, our founding FEES Fund trustee Vicki, will be attending the congress and supporting the Living Well,  Living Long, Living with Hope session on Thursday. During the session Vicki has been asked to share Fi’s gift of organ donation and also how FEES Funds grew out of a momentum for something positive to come out of such sadness. If you would like to see what Vicki will present, you can see her presentation here.

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Learning resources

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Fi’s mum and FEES Fund trustee Vicki  Caldwell has been involved in developing a number of learning resources inspired by Fi’s gift of organ donation. You can read more about the projects here.

 

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Scottish FEES Fund meet and greet gathering

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Fi was proud to be half Scottish and loved her trips to Scotland to see family. They will be gathering on Saturday 4th March to celebrate Fi’s family involvement in the Organ donation congress taking place in Scotland and helping to promote  FEES Fund important presences in Scotland. Laura Stobo (Fi’s cousin)  is our Scottish based trustee who helps to promote awareness of FEES Fund grants.

 

At the Scottish gathering FEES Fund trustees also want to thank our very successful Scottish fund raiser Iain who completed the 100 mile ride London event last May and raised with the other FEES Fund riders over £5000. The event will give us the opportunity to thank our Scottish supporters directly and to personally congratulate Emily, one of our Children’s FEES Fund competition winners!

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Monday 20th March 2023 Visit to Churchill Academy 6th Form

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FEES Fund trustees and supporters are looking forward to meeting staff and pupils at Churchill Academy 6th form on Monday 20th March as part of our Braidwood day celebrations.  We will be taking part in an assembly with NHSBT specialist nurses sharing Fi’s gift of organ donation to help promote awareness of organ donation. The session will cover why sharing your decision is so important since the organ donation law change to opt out in May 2020’’ https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/helping-you-to-decide/

 

Please use the contact form if you would like a FEES Fund trustee to be a speaker at your school. We are happy to provide enrichment sessions at schools to help raise awareness of FEES Fund and organ donation.

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December 2022 - FEES Fund trustees and volunteers are pleased to have a stall at Banwell Christmas Fayre on Saturday 3rd December where we will be launching our Christmas craft kit. 

 

We think all Christmas trees  would be enhanced by a beautiful handmade peg angel and we are also selling Fi angels,  forget-me-not seeds and there’s the opportunity to order a FEES Fund T-shirt. Visit our stall and have a guess at how many sweets are in the jar - you might win the prize!

August 2022 - Four of our Trustees are Swimming the Serpentine on Saturday 17 September. Read Vicki's blog to find the inspiration behind the challenge.