Charity Road Trips

Follow us on facebook for Tajikistan!

Ashley — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:05:26 +0000

Sadly our GPS tracking unit is faulty so we will be posting updates on our Facebook page for Tajikistan. However, a new unit will be ready for the Eurorally 33.

Cheers

Ashley

Marldon Primary School show their support for Tajikistan event

Ashley — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:33:52 +0000

In less than 10 days time a team of 6 will be heading to an English school in Querghon-Teppa in Southern Tajikistan for a seven day project to provide new skills to the children and community, decorate the school, discover amazing scenery, experience unrivalled hospitality and of course deliver the kind donation made by the children and parents of Marldon Primary School near Paignton in Devon. Having posted a request on our Facebook page, Marcus West the School’s Headteacher and old school friend of the charities founder agreed to help and with only three days notice rallied the children, teachers and parents together to provide three large boxes of stationary for the team to take with them.

The Headteacher and pupils of Marldon Primary School providing the stationary donation to Ashley from Charity Road Trips .

There’s no doubt that recieving any donation is always gratefully recieved but being a children’s charity it is always special to me to get children engaged in the work we do and hopefully get an insight about the world from a different perspective other than what they see through the media.

A special mention goes out to the pupil who decided to share his own box of colouring pens, and I only hope that the team and I can do him proud by delivering them to a child who will appreciate them.

We will be delivering a full remit of images from the trip to the school to aid further learning of a country which was unknown until this project and of course you can follow us via GPS on the “Live tracking” page on the website.

To all at Marldon Primary School, Tashakkuri Ziyed!

Ashley and the Team.

Philips Electronics partners with Charity Road Trips

Ashley — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:59:16 +0000

We are pleased to announce that the international consumer electronics brand Philips has joined the Charity to provide 70 hair clippers for our world record attempt “A Close Shave” in September 2012. Thrilled is not the word!

More to follow, but for now check out their site;

http://www.philips.co.uk/e/male-grooming/blog.html

“A Close Shave”!

Ashley — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:22:24 +0000

Now I know Charity Road Trips is all about… well… road trips! but I came up with an idea which has been done before but maybe not on this scale.

The Youth Cancer Trust (http://www.youthcancertrust.org/) provide holidays for teenagers and young adults suffering from Cancer throughout the UK, now when I first came up with this idea people immediately thought I had cancer because I suppose that is what happens. You get diagnosed with cancer, then suddenly it’s at the forefront of your mind, now imagine you are a teenager! Girls, pubity, exams, peergroup pressure and all you want to do is be a teenager and go to parties, try your luck with the opposite sex but your friends cant relate to you because you have cancer.

Get my point?, now most people I know still believe I’m a child ( or at least act like one ) so imagine a place that allows you to relate with people your own age with the same condition, wouldn’t that be great. Thats the Youth Cancer Trust.

So… the idea is to stage an event at Snowtrax in Christchurch, Dorset at the beginning of September 2012 which will involve as many people as possible coming together to show that losing your hair is not a big deal but if it is, you know there’s people out there who supported you. So, we are looking to create as amazing event and hopefully it will involve as many teenagers as possible and maybe we could even break a record in the process of making lots of money for this charity.

More information and registration details to follow in May 2012.

Come on, don’t wait till you or your family get it to act.

and another team for the EuroRally

Ashley — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:10:58 +0000

Another team makes six for this trans-european challenge to Rome this June all in aid of BBC Children in Need and five local charities to Dorset. With only 140 days to go until a sloth of Pudsey Bears in yellow spotted cars leave for Paris for the first night then onto Zurich, Lake Como, Lucca, Siena and Rome all with the Eurorally Trophy in their sights!

Places are still available…..

Eurorally continues to grow!

Ashley — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:51:03 +0000

Another team has joined the growing number of people already on board for this unique adventure to Rome next June. Rachel Bowes and her “Pudsey” co-pilot from Harvey Bowes Mortgages advisors ( www.harveybowes.com/site ) has chosen to support Diverse Abilities along with Children in Need ( http://www.diverseabilitiesplus.org.uk/ ) who support children and young people aged 2-19 and provide a dedicated specialist day school for children, with high level teaching and nursing support as well as a wide range of short term breaks – from fully equipped residential and/or domiciliary support to fun holiday and community activities.

Team Tajik – Bournemouth Echo 8th December

Ashley — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:33:35 +0000

The first of many promotional items we hope as we prepare to head back to Tajikistan. Here’s 90% of the team together and still plenty of spaces for more! Team Tajik

IFA makes seven!

Ashley — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:11:59 +0000

Neil Hiscock, an IFA from Shaftesbury in Dorset is now the seventh member of the team heading to Tajikistan in May 2012. Instead of providing financial advice though, Neil will be grabbing a paint brush and making the school in Quergon Teppa a little brighter for the children before we head up into the mountains.

As always we are still looking for a civil engineer and anyone else who has a skill to offer is more than welcome to join the team.

Photographer joins the team!

Ashley — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:43:59 +0000

And this makes 6 ! Dee King a Professional Photographer based in London has agreed to deliver the images on the Tajikistan trip following her return from six weeks in South America. Dee also has primary school teacher training so her talents maybe called upon to help in the kindergarten part of the school before we head of into the mountains to the ecological site.

Take a look at her website www.deeking.co.uk or www.deeking.co.uk/blog/

Still looking for a Civil Engineer, Architect and Paramedic along with anyone else who feels they could deliver a service, even if that’s holding a paintbrush!!!!

Farrier joins the team!

Ashley — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:09:43 +0000

Having started off as a DIY SOS type project, this event is certainly evolving, as we now welcome to the Tajikistan team, a farrier. Having already worked in Zimbabwe and Singapore Marcus will be sharing his farrriering skills with the people and children of Querghon Teppa in May next year along with the rest of the team.

We are still looking for a Civil Engineer, Hotel and Catering professional, English Teacher and Architect but if you have a skill you think would benefit the people of Tajikistan then drop us an email, Marcus did!