Raising Funds for the Fostering Network
 
Help Me in my Trek to the Himalayas

 

Some of you may be aware that in addition to working at Windlesham Golf Club, my wife and I (and our three children) also foster children for West Sussex County Council.

  

We have been foster carers for over 10 years and in that time we have looked after over 20 children and each and every one of them are in care through circumstances beyond their control. 

 

On any given day in the UK over 57,000 children are in care and this number seems to be increasing, placing additional pressure on the care system and the Fostering Network to ensure that these vulnerable children get a loving home that meets their needs.

 

Our shortest placement was an emergency bed for a couple of nights and the longest has been for our 18 year old son who came to us when he was 10 years old. Over the past 10 years we have always had at least one additional child within our family and in the past year alone we have cared for 4 children. We collected the most recent addition from the hospital in October at just 5 days old, and he looks set to be with us for the foreseeable future! 

 

The Fostering Network is the UK's leading charity for everyone involved in fostering and they aim to make life better for fostered children and the families that care for them.

 

I am currently raising funds to help this worthwhile charity and I am seeking any support that you may be able to provide to help the Fostering Network. I will be undertaking various fundraising efforts culminating in a thrilling 10-day trek and community project for local children, against the magnificent backdrop of the Himalayas in May this year.

 

Without the Fostering Network the options for all these children would be severely affected and I hope that you can help me by donating.

 

Every penny donated will go to the Fostering Network and my aim is to raise over �3,000 by April 2012.

 

Many thanks in advance.

 

Windlesham Golf Management Limited
Grove End

Bagshot, Surrey GU19 5HY


01276 452220