The charities that we will be raising funds for are Jules' Memorial Fund, BrAMS, and RNLI.
Julia Thomson Memorial Fund
On the morning of the 30 September 2007 Julia Thomson was tragically killed by a drunk driver while crossing the road in New York.Her close friends and family are determined that something good, positive and tangible should come out of this senseless tragedy and decided to launch a Memorial Trust in her name.
The main purpose of the Memorial Trust will be to support an existing private community project in the north of Brazil in an area where the family have a house. The project, known as “The Garden of Angels”, involves the provision of crèche and pre-school care for the many poor children of the neighbouring town, “Favella”, and the surrounding area. It is through this project that their parents are enabled to go out to work in the knowledge that their children are safe and are being well looked after. Many of the children live in areas of serious poverty and come from broken homes or have very young mothers. The need to provide some stability and a sense of community value to children from such deprived backgrounds is obvious and the benefits are enormous. They felt that this project would be appropriate for Julia’s memory as she worked for a period for a similar project in Peru.
BrAMS
BrAMS, based at Frenchay Hospital, provides comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis patient care and carries out disease-orientated research. The unit is well-placed to provide a regional MS Centre of Excellence, with three MS specialist consultants leading a steadily growing team dedicated towards clinical care and research in MS.
The refurbishment of the Glial Cell Laboratories offers a timely, inexpensive and exciting opportunity which has converted an ideally situated and structured building to provide care, while the new MS laboratories in the Burden Neurological Institute is accommodating front-line research into stem cell and other new treatment strategies BrAMS has been established by Prof Scolding, Drs Cottrell and Wilkins, and is supported by the North Bristol Trust, the South-West MS group, the University of Bristol and MS Research Training & Education.
RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Charity Registration No 209603
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. RNLI volunteer lifeboat crews provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the coasts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland. RNLI lifeguards provide a seasonal lifeguard service on selected beaches. An average of 21 people are rescued every day from the water, in situations which are often difficult and sometimes dangerous. The RNLI is independent from Government, relying on donations for its income, so can only continue thanks to people like you. The RNLI is a charity registered in England and Wales (209603) and Scotland (SCO37736). Charity number CHY 2678 in the Republic of Ireland.
