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Staff from Ernst and Young, Birmingham Office have kindly nominated Rosie’s charity as their children and young person’s charity for 2010.

If you work for a company that has a local charity for a year we would be delighted if you could put forward Rosie’s charity to benefit from staff fundraising. If you need more details please contact Karen Ross on 01922 456398 or e-mail.

Christmas Gift Fayre held on Sunday 15th November
raised a fantastic £1467.74. Huge thanks to all who supported
the event, including the local stall holders and Cyril Richardson,
the Town Crier for bringing people in. Our heartfelt thanks go to
Rachel and her team at Aldridge Compass Suites for their hard work and dedication in organising this event for the charity –
it was wonderful and put everyone in the Christmas spirit.

10 year olds Lacey Smith and Natasha Blundell have raised £275 between them.

Natasha very kindly donated her prize of £100 from a singing contest to Rosie’s charity. Natasha won the competition, held in Brocton near Stafford, by singing
Leona Lewis’s A Moment Like This.

Lacey Smith collected sponsorship of £175 for remaining silent for 2 hours whilst in school, Lacey said she found the break time the most difficult to stay silent! Both girls are pupils at Jerome Primary School in Norton Canes.

Fantastic acts of kindness – thank you both.

St Thomas’s Church in Aldridge kindly donated £220 from their 40th anniversary celebrations at the end of September 2009 to Rosie’s charity.

Beer & Skittles on 12th Sept was a great night. Thanks to all the teams who helped to make the event so enjoyable. Total profit from the evening was £365. Thank you.

Click here to view a table of the results from the skittles and quiz.
(please note that this will launch a pop up window so please ensure
you have them enabled for this site in your browser)

Angie Anslow

Congratulations to Angie Anslow who completed the sponsored simulated parachute jump equal to the height of the BT Tower in Birmingham (152 metres) at the Aldridge Outdoor Centre
Climbing Wall at Rosie’s Walk on 12th July. Angie raised over £200 huge thanks to everyone who kindly sponsored her.

Rosie’s Charity Walk Sunday 12th July
Rosie's Walk 2009

A huge thanks to everyone who generously supported Rosie’s Charity Walk on Sunday 12th July. It was very much a day Rosie would have enjoyed; the weather stayed dry, good attendance and lots of smiling faces. To date the amount raised is a fantastic £14,500 with sponsor money and donations still coming in a final total won’t be known for a
few weeks yet. For where to send your donation/sponsor money please
click here or pay on line click here. To view photos from the day click here.

Robbie Tribute Night with Ollie Hughes photos can be viewed by clicking
here. We are happy to provide copies of images in return for a donation to
Rosie’s Charity please e-mail me with your request and how you wish to pay
(Card/Cheque/cash) once payment has been received the image/s will be
e-mailed to you as a digital file. Thank you for making the event so
successful and enjoyable.

Rosie Day 12th May
Thank you to everyone who got involved in this special day at City, Sandwell and Rowley Regis hospitals. To date the amount raised is a
fantastic £1400 to see photos from the day of please click here.
To read about the event please click here.

Rosie's Walk Mini-Site Launched
New site launched dedicated to 'Rosies's Walk and Festival' which contains information on forthcoming walks and updates from previous walks with examples of what the funds raised have accomplished. Click here visit the site.

Aldridge Manor House Youth Centre. Rosie’s charity recently received a donation of £3216.16 from the Trustees of Aldridge Manor House Community and Youth Association which sadly closed in December 2006. This represented the surplus funds after the Community Associations closure, we are very honoured to be the chosen charity and will ensure the children and young people of Aldridge benefit from the donation as originally intended by the Community Association. Aldridge does have a Youth Club as Walsall Youth Service have now taken over the youth provision the youth club is open 4 nights a week offering something different each night including a girls only night and a dance night. For times and further information please contact the full time Youth Worker Matthew Gough on 07930 225499.

Walsall Mayor’s Civic Award (October 2006)
Karen and Sean Ross receiving the Walsall Mayor's Civic award

Karen & Sean have received a prestigious accolade in
recognition for their hard work in setting up this charity. Walsall Mayor’s Civic Award, popularly known as the Doras after the
town’s Heroine Sister Dorothy Pattison, recognises community minded people in the borough. Karen and Sean were winners in
the category ‘Overcoming All Odds’.

Pictured Karen & Sean with Mayor Councillor
Barbara McCracken and and sponsor of Award.


Rosie's Helping Hands, 3 Tenbury Close, Aldridge, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 8HL Email: mail@rosieshelpinghands.org Registered Charity Number: 1097278	Website designed by Dean Staples and authored by Karen and Sean Ross (Rosie’s parents)