Charity Quiz Night
On Thursday, 9th February, 3 members of the forthcoming Bike Bengal 2012 team, hosted a quiz night at the Inn at The Park, Aberdeen and raised £535 towards the DGH Earthquake appeal ..... READ MORE
Bike Bengal 2012
On 19th. February 2012, 13 cyclists (8 UK, 2 Spain, 2 India, 1 Australia) will set out from Kolkata, India on a 670 km journey to Dr Graham's Homes, Kalimpong. The cyclists have volunteered some 12 days of their own time, have paid for all their expenses & have undertaken to raise at least £1,000 each towards the DGH Earthquake Appeal Fund.
The 7 day ride across the flat Gangetic plains and the tea-gardens of the Terai culminates in a challenging final day 4,500 ft ascent to Kalimpong, a small town nestled in the Himalayan foothills.
This will be the fifth in a series of charity rides that have supported the UK Committee meet its child sponsorship commitments. However, due to the substantial structural damage to the school compound caused by a 6.8. richter scale earthquake in September 2011, all monies raised from this charity ride will be used to help fund the recovery programme of the Homes so that it can continue the care and education of impoverished and unfortunate children in NE India for another Century!
Please sponsor the riders by donating using a credit / debit card via this JustGiving account.
Information about the earthquake and the Homes recovery plan can be accessed by clicking this link.
The 2012 3K's Tour (India and Nepal)
You can now inquire and make reservations for the exciting and very popular 3Ks tour. Following an extremely successful 2011 tour in November, here is another opportunity to experience the latest exotic adventure John Webster has planned ...... READ MORE
Musical Evening at Stonehaven!
A succesful fund raising event was organised by Frank Dunn at the Fetteresso Church, Aberdeenshire on 28th. October, 2011 ..... READ MORE
Soup & Sandwiches at Arran!
The latest fund raiser event from the Isle of Arran was a Soup and Sandwich lunch at Brodick, Arran. The event was extremely successful and raised some £969 for the Dr Graham's Homes, Kalimpong Earthquake Appeal Fund ..... READ MORE
The London Curry Lunch - A Huge Success!
This annual event was held on 26th. October at St Columba's Church of Scotland, Pont Street, London SW1.
It was another successful reunion and fund-raising event with about 200 people attending the Curry Lunch and raising just short of £7,000. As well as familiar faces attending, there were new ones too, including several members of the UK committee who had travelled from Scotland and Yorkshire to be with us. Everyone enjoyed shopping at the various stalls, meeting up with friends and eating a good curry!
After lunch, Emma Clifton-Brown, a member of the Ladies Lunch Committee, gave a short informative illustrated talk on her very first visit to Dr Graham's Homes in April this year. We enjoyed hearing about one of the children whom the Christmas Card Company sponsors at the Homes, and Emma was able to " fill us in" a little bit more about her which made us all realise what sponsorship is about. This was followed by a report by Jim Simpson, the Chairman of the UK Committee who was visiting the school when the Earthquake occurred on September 18th. Having been a structural engineer he was able to describe in detail the damage suffered by so many of the School buildings - Fiona Cranston.