Just had a reply from a photography student who has said they will photograph the band night for me!

Thank you so much Charlotte Benyon!!!

INTRIGUE have just confirmed for band night!

THE SHAMBLES have just confirmed for band night!

The Dickensons

Would like to say a massive thank you to Rob, Mandy, Alicia and Eleanor for donating £40 towards my year away!

Target

So by the end of March I have to have raised £3,000 and so far I am on £2,929! Thank you to everyone who has helped me get this far :)

Band night.

So yesterday I had a very productive day, got a possible  venue in a beautiful setting to hold a band night. Emailed the bands/ artists who agreed that they wanted to participate and it looks like it will go ahead! So far, the line up includes;

• No Turning
• Steph Mapplebeck
• Erin Dexter
• Harlee Howarth

And that is replies within the space of a few hours, still about 5 or 6 bands to hear from, exciting stuff :D

Christmas with the Bentleys.

Every year for Christmas, rather than exchanging physical gifts with my Aunty and Uncle in Australia, we donate to charity. Most years we donate to World Vision and sponsor a few goats for them, and they donate to charities such as Water Aid. This year they have chosen Project Trust as their charity to donate to, in order to help and support me on my volunteer year adventure. I would like to say a massive thank you for the very generous £300 donation towards my fundraising, which will sponsor me to volunteer in Cambodia for 3 weeks!

Craft fair

Would like to say a huge thank you to Mum and Dad for helping me to sell cards at the Retford Craft Fair and to Grandma for making them. Made £65!

Skydive video!

Please sponsor me on: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/LucyEddy_Cambodia

Thanks!

Skydive!

Vera and Stephen

I would like to say a massive thank you to my Aunty and Uncle from Brisbane, Australia who donated the very generous sum of £500. To put this into context, they have sponsored me for 5 weeks of my year. Thank you so much!

The Roger Vere Foundation

Thank you for the £100 donation towards my year away :)!

Thank you so much for the £50 donation Chris and Mog :-)!

The Naylors

I would like to say a massive thank you to Janette, Carl, Dani and Mikey for sponsoring me £250! Also, Well done Dani on graduating! (sorry about the old photo!)

Oulton Line Dancing!

I would like to say a massive thank you to the ladies at the two Oulton Line Dancing classes for raising a massive £156 towards my total. Thank you Grandma for getting them involved <3

Arcadia Group

Thank you for the donations for the raffle! :D

Signed Snooker Balls.

I have recently received signed snooker balls by, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Jimmy White very kindly from Trans-Sport to sell :D  They both have a letter of authentication too! Thank you Trans-port! 

Thank you QADOS for the £50 donation! :)

Thank you Pebble Learning

For the £100 donation!

Thank you to Mum and Dad

• For paying my £250 deposits

• For paying my transport to and from selection and training

• For paying the £250 for my skydive

THANK YOU JACK LIVINGSTONE TRUST!

For the £100 :)

FINISHED POSTING LEAFLETS!

Around 2 villages :)

Leaflets

Just went around the village delivering them, 2 and a half hours later, I still have 1/3 left to do :(

The roundabout.

My village, and those surrounding have a monthly newsletter. This month I featured in it! Thank you Becky :).

Retford Lions Club

They Rang me this morning to declare that they will issue me with £250 towards my fundraising target! Thank you so much!

Charitable trusts

Got half way through posting letters asking for donations... I posted 70.

Craft Fair

Made £69! Thank you to Grandma for making the cards, and Addy and Mum for helping out. Cards are still available for purchase including christmas, birthday, wedding and anniversary. If you are interested, please contact me on: 

lucyeddy@hotmail.co.uk

or

07854653012

Skydive!

Booked my skydive yesterday! Now to collect sponsorship...

You can sponsor me on http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/LucyEddy_Cambodia

Or you can sponsor me in person. Thank you!

VENUES

2 venues have said that I can have free room hire! Fundraising is really starting to go ahead now!

Personalized cards.

If you want bespoke hand made cards for a special occasion such as a golden wedding anniversary or a special birthday, please get in contact with me at:

lucyeddy@hotmail.co.uk

Other generalized cards for birthdays, christmas and thank you cards etc are also available!

West Retford Hotel

One of the hotels have replied to me! They said they are very happy to help me and requested that I visit them in person to discuss it further! Exciting stuff :)!

West Retford Hotel

Sky dive!

My friend Chelsea, and I are planning on doing a sponsored sky dive in order to raise money for our gap years. Progress on these plans will be posted on here shortly, including venue, date and ways to sponsor me!

Disco venues

This morning I have Emailed 5 local venues about the possibility of them sponsoring a disco for me so that I can make money from charging people for entrance to the event.  I am now awaiting their replies!

Card making!

My Grandma and I have been busy making cards to sell at the up and coming craft fair in Retford. It will take place on Sunday 18th September 2011 in The Ball Room, Retford Town Hall 10am-3.30pm. Please come and support the cause! Cards prices start from £1.00!

Leaflets

GOOD NEWS! I have had my leaflets sponsored, very kindly, by Sheffield Hallam University! They are printing me 2000 copies! :)

Please sponsor me!

Any assistance you may be able to give to me in raising the £5,100, whether it be in the form of money, advice or donations for a raffle, would be greatly appreciated. Please get in contact with me using the details below, and make any cheques payable to ‘Project Trust.’ If you would like any more information please get in contact with me:

Greenside House
Greenside
Rampton
Retford
Notts
DN22 0HY

Tel: 01777 248696
Mob: 07584653012
Email: lucyeddy@hotmail.co.uk

Or you can sponsor me online at: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/LucyEddy_Cambodia

Thank you!

My project

Although the details of my gap year will not be confirmed until March, during that year I will most likely be in an orphanage with street children who are HIV+. I will undertake their day to day care; teach some of the older children Science and English, as well as setting up sporting clubs for them to take part in.

HIV in Cambodia

The prevalence of HIV in Cambodia is amongst the highest in South East Asia. In 2003 there were approximately 170,000 people living with HIV and 15,000 deaths from the virus. 

The Khmer Rouge

The Khmer Rouge, lead by Pol Pot killed almost two million Cambodians from 1975 to 1979, spreading from the jungles until they controlled the entire country, only to destroy it in the name of a 'communist ideal.' It's impossible to know how many were killed accurately, but professionals suggest that the Khmer Rouge killed between one million and two million people during their regime. Thousands more are said to have died due to malnutrition or disease, and the upper classes of Cambodian society were totally wiped out. The killing continued until Vietnamese troops invaded in 1979 and sent the Khmer Rouge back to the jungles. Pol Pot continued to lead the Khmer Rouge as a movement until 1997, when he was arrested and sentenced to house arrest by his own followers after he killed one of his closest advisers. He died in 1998 in a jungle village, never having faced charges.

Cambodia.

Cambodia is situated in South East Asia and bordered by Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.  It has a population of over 14.8 million, most people still live as subsistence farmers making a living from small landholdings, and approximately 95% of them are practicing Buddhists. It has one of the least developed economies of SE Asia, mainly due to the Khmer Rouge (war and genocide) in 1968. The prevalence of HIV in Cambodia is among the highest in Asia, meaning a lot of children are orphaned.

Project Trust

Project Trust is the UK's original Gap Year provider, and are based on the Isle of Coll. They were established in 1967, and have over 40 years experience due to sending over 6000 volunteers to over 60 countries since starting. It is registered as a Charity in Scotland (SCO25668). Specializing in sending 17-19 year old school leavers overseas for long term volunteering placements of 8 or 12 months, they currently have volunteering opportunities in over 20 countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas. They aim to give individuals the experience of living and working in a very different culture. Volunteers attend a 4 day selection course. They are trained and briefed prior to going overseas, and debriefed on return. They provide extensive support to the volunteers who are overseas.


For more information, please visit: http://www.projecttrust.org.uk/

''We are delighted to inform you...''

I was at Leeds Festival when everyone was meant to find out whether they had been selected. I continued to eagerly ring home every morning with the hope that the letter would have arrived, and on each morning the answer was the same "no letters for you, sorry." My friend Chelsea, who had also been on selection with me, and was at Leeds Festival was getting rather suspicious as to why we hadn't received any letters, so Chelsea checked her E-Mails and saw that she had received one from Project Trust telling her whether or not she had been selected. Afterwards, I checked my E-Mails and I found out that I was guaranteed a place overseas, and that my first choice of country was Cambodia (which had been my first choice placement). I was delighted, and could then begin to turn my attention to raising £5,100 to fund this venture.

Selection

In order to be able to undertake a gap year with project trust, I first had to go to the Isle of Coll, a Scottish isle within the Inner Hebrides for 4 days to test my suitability. During this week I had to undertake a number of tasks such as digging lazy beds, climbing Ben Hogh, teaching a group of people, doing presentations, being involved in workshops as well as being thoroughly interviewed on numerous occasions. Whilst on this course, I was constantly being watched by trained and experienced staff, who ultimately made the decision as to whether I was going to get a placement overseas.