CHARITY COMMITTEE UPDATE

FEBRUARY Valentine’s Day Sales

For Valentine’s Day in Jersey we sold cupcakes, single red roses and love themed cookies.

Total funds raised: £200

Upcoming in Jersey

The committee has lots of brilliant fundraising activities coming up throughout the year, please see below all for of the fantastic and fun events you can take part in and help raise money for Jersey Child Care Trust.

April

- Donate an hour or more of your salary, please see below for what you can achieve with your donations.

- Guess the weight of our Chocolate Faberge Easter Egg worth £250 for your chance to win it!

May

MARCH Quiz Night & Raffle

On 10 March, the Jersey Charity Committee held a speed quiz and raffle at Chambers Pub & Restaurant, St. Helier. A fun evening was had by all and some of the team from Jersey Child Care Trust joined us for the event as well.

Total funds raised over: £500

- Karaoke Night 20 May at the Up & Down Bar. Tickets on sale from 1 May 2023.

July - Family Fun Day (TBC)

A letter from Fiona Vacher, Executive Director of Jersey Child Care Trust

Charity of the Year 2023!

Thank you for choosing Jersey Child Care Trust (JCCT) as your Charity of the Year! By raising money for JCCT in 2023, you will help us to help more children in Jersey.

The children that you’re helping us to support live with real adversities in their lives, many have disabilities, many are living in poverty and many have other challenges to deal with. We want to give every child their best start in life and whilst we helped 160 children last year, we know there are more children who need our help.

Our work is often described as ‘life changing’ by parents, practitioners and other professionals. We measure the difference we make for every child we support and so we know our impact. We plan to come and see you all at Jersey Post to tell you more about what we do and the difference that we make. We will bring our work to life for you so that you know just how crucial your fundraising is for children in Jersey. Watch this space for dates.

THIS IS ROSS.

Ross is autistic and without us, he would not have been able to continue in his nursery. His mum said “Everyday was just a relief when the JCCT stepped in and offered support for Ross. They have been an amazing help to Ross himself, but also to me and our family. They have reassured me on the worst day and we have celebrated together on the good days with his development,” Maggie Brown, Ross’s mum.

Because of his progress at nursery, Ross is now at a mainstream school, in their reception class, with support. This was not thought possible when we first began to support him.

March

Van wrap for Jersey Child Care Trust

To help raise awareness of Jersey Child Care Trust we wrapped one of our vans in their honour!

What We Do

Putting families first, our mission is to deliver a variety of programmes to enable all children to have their best start.

We Enable Access

Because of us, children with disabilities can go to nursery and access other activities.

We Tackle Poverty

We focus on eradicating childhood poverty and prioritise our support for those who need it most.

We Improve Quality

We share, accredit and reward good practice to create safer, better experiences for children and families.

Keeping in Touch

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Jersey Child Care Trust, Pip’s Place, 15 Union Street, St Helier, JE2 3RF

Email: Fiona@jcct.org.je

Twitter: @JCCTNews @FionaVacher

Facebook: facebook.com/ JerseyChildCareTrust

Website: www.jcct.org.je

Video: vimeo.com/730021720

Fiona Vacher, Executive Director of JCCT, and children.