NCS students work with Bucks Goat Centre

We were delighted to learn that students from National Citizen Service (NCS) in Aylesbury Vale were supporting Kids for Kids with their fundraising activities in July.  It was all happening in conjunction with the Bucks Goat Centre, who adopted us as their charity earlier this year and told the students about us.  We are so grateful to their inspired leader Ruth Gaisford for her inspired leadership. NCS aims to shows young people the significant impact they can make by getting involved in their local community, with a ‘Social action week’ as part of the three week experience.  As well as volunteering at the Bucks Goat Centre, the students raised funds for Kids for Kids over three days, as NCS Project Worker, Nathalie Hogg told us: “They held cake sales and completed a sponsored walk to raise money. They also painted a Hungry Caterpillar themed mural at the Goat Centre in Aylesbury as their volunteer project and managed to get all of their paint donated!  The young people have all worked so hard this summer and it’s great for them to see their hard Read more

Art History Lecture & Lunch

An illustrated lecture on Hogarth & his World, entitled Mirth, Morals & Manners, by Art Historian Brenda Whitaker.

Wednesday 19th September from 11 am at Westcott Reading Room, RH4 3LB.

Enjoy coffee and biscuits before the  lecture at 11.30 am, followed by a two course lunch with a glass of wine.

Art History Lecture and Lunch

Join us for an illustrated lecture entitled ‘Mirth, Morals & Manners – Hogarth & his World’ by Art Historian Brenda Whitaker. Coffee and biscuits will be available before the lecture, which starts at 11.30 am, followed by a two course lunch with a glass of wine. Minimum donation for tickets £25 per person.  Available to buy online here, or download a booking form here.

Art History Lecture and Lunch

Join us for an illustrated lecture entitled ‘Mirth, Morals & Manners – Hogarth & his World’ by Art Historian Brenda Whitaker. Coffee and biscuits will be available before the lecture, which starts at 11.30 am, followed by a two course lunch with a glass of wine. Minimum donation for tickets £25 per person.  Available to buy online here, or download a booking form here.

Friends’ Event 2018 – Foreign Office Special Representative to Sudan visits us

Friends of Kids for Kids are invited to hear the latest news from Darfur from our Founder Patricia Parker MBE, with the opportunity for questions afterwards, at a Friends’ Event being held in Patricia’s home in Dorking on Saturday 11th August – Kids for Kids Friends Event Invitation. Guest of Honour will be Chris Trott, the Foreign Office Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan, who has kindly agreed to bring us up to date with Government policy and the latest news from the region. Our Friends’ Event is a special occasion to hear exactly how we manage to work in one of the most inaccessible and deprived regions in the world, and to ask as many questions as you would like.    Patricia says “In fact I have never heard of another charity being so open about all it does.   I am passionate about our supporters – and indeed anyone thinking of supporting us – knowing as much as possible about how we spend their donations.” We hope you can join us for this special event to hear about our projects in Darfur Read more

Open Garden, Summer Fete & Art Exhibition

Please join Kids for Kids for a Summer weekend of events this August in Dorking, Surrey. The perfect way to spend a summer day! Events held each day will be: Private View on Friday 10th August from 6.30 to 8.00 p.m. The weekend will open with a Private View for the Art Exhibition by Patricia herself, who has exhibited in London at the Mall Galleries, Blackfriars Gallery, Llewellyn Alexander Gallery and the Society of Women Artists and has pictures in many collections, including Trinity College Cambridge. Also on view will be paintings by Robin Radclyffe whose colourful pointillist technique is right up to the minute. Please see images of just a few of the paintings below. Drinks and canapes will be served. To apply for an invitation, please get in touch: patricia@kidsforkids.org.uk / 07957206440 . Garden Party on Saturday 11th August from 11 a.m.to 4.00 p.m. Enjoy over an acre of private gardens with sculptures, hidden corners and herbaceous borders, plus an Exhibition of Original Art, Caribbean food by BoxFood, a Jamaican street food company, and designer stalls! Traditional Polish pottery, potted plants and flowers, exclusive beauty products by Read more

Open Garden, Summer Fete & Art Exhibition

Please join Kids for Kids for a Summer weekend of events this August in Dorking, Surrey. The perfect way to spend a summer day! Events held each day will be: Private View on Friday 10th August from 6.30 to 8.00 p.m. The weekend will open with a Private View for the Art Exhibition by Patricia herself, who has exhibited in London at the Mall Galleries, Blackfriars Gallery, Llewellyn Alexander Gallery and the Society of Women Artists and has pictures in many collections, including Trinity College Cambridge. Also on view will be paintings by Robin Radclyffe whose colourful pointillist technique is right up to the minute. Please see images of just a few of the paintings below. Drinks and canapes will be served. To apply for an invitation, please get in touch: patricia@kidsforkids.org.uk / 07957206440 . Garden Party on Saturday 11th August from 11 a.m.to 4.00 p.m. Enjoy over an acre of private gardens with sculptures, hidden corners and herbaceous borders, plus an Exhibition of Original Art, Caribbean food by BoxFood, a Jamaican street food company, and designer stalls! Traditional Polish pottery, potted plants and flowers, exclusive beauty products by Read more

Fishing for Goats! Executive Fly Fishing Day 2018

Executive Fly Fishing Day – Saturday 13th October 2018 – minimum donation for Half-day £55 and for Full-day £95.

We are delighted to announce that our Annual Kids for Kids Executive Fly Fishing Day will take place at Park Lake, Albury Estate Fisheries, Albury.  Places for the Full Day and Half-day (AM or PM) sessions are now available to book on-line. All sessions enjoy tuition (if needed), fishing, and delicious refreshments. (more…)