Read all the latest news from Batemans in our summer 2019 newsletter. If you do not receive a printed copy, and would like to do so, please email mail@batemans.org.uk
Read all the latest news from Batemans in our summer 2019 newsletter. If you do not receive a printed copy, and would like to do so, please email mail@batemans.org.uk
The Grand 100 are 100 amazing Batemans supporters each pledging to donate £1,000 over a 12-month period.
Together they will raise £100,000 of the £250,000 we need to build a primary school and community training centre to help underprivileged children in Chennai, south India. For more detailed information about our plans, you can download our Development proposal.
How does it work?
To become part of the Grand 100, you can donate £1,000 right now via our Grand 100 JustGiving page or send a cheque to The Batemans Trust, 27 Stocks Lane, Steventon, Nr Abingdon, OXON, OX13 6SS (please write Grand 100 on the back).
To make a pledge to raise £1,000 over the year, please email grand100@batemans.org.uk
We will send you some fundraising support, a logo and a fundraising thermometer.
Who’s involved?
So far, the supporters that have pledged to be part of the Grand 100 include:
Old Buckenham Hall School in Suffolk
CPL in Cambridge
Help our young people find their wings by using the Batemans Wish List this Christmas.
For every ‘wish’ that you donate, we will send a special gift card and an angel Christmas tree decoration that our children in Chennai have made by hand. Download the wish list to find out how to get involved and give a present that will really make a difference this Christmas.
How does the wish list work?
We will send gift cards to anyone donating more than £10 to The Batemans Trust Wish List. These cards can be sent to friends and family to let them know that you have made a donation by way of a gift to them.
To order one or more gift cards, donate via JustGiving, then email mail@batemans.org.uk with your name, address details and number of cards required.
Alternatively, download the Wish List, print it out, complete the form and post to the address on page four as soon as possible.
Read all about the latest news from Batemans in our Spring 2018 newsletter. It includes details about the land we have bought near Chennai, heartwarming and heart-rending stories from the young people we are supporting, and updates from sponsors and trustees who have visited the project recently.
Educating girls has been a Batemans priority for many years and it is the focus of our 2017/18 Wish List.
If a girl can make it through primary and secondary education, the chances of lifting her and future generations out of poverty are vastly increased.
While Batemans has a proud history of enabling all the children in its care to fulfil their potential, we recognise that girls face unique challenges to access education.
Please help us continue to change lives this Christmas by giving a gift that will have a lasting impact.
How does the wish list work?
We will send gift cards to anyone donating more than £10 to The Batemans Trust Wish List. These cards can be sent to friends and family to let them know that you have made a donation by way of a gift to them.
To order one or more gift cards, donate via JustGiving, then email mail@batemans.org.uk with your name, address details and number of cards required.
Alternatively, download the Wish List, print it out, complete the form and post to the address on page four as soon as possible.
The latest issue of our newsletter updates you on what’s been happening in Chennai, highlights the great work being done by our staff, volunteers and supporters and provides an update on our ambitious plans for the future.
Download the latest newsletter here.
Earlier newsletters:
Anne Desir, Chair of Batemans Trustees, worked with former Batemans student Michael O’Brien to put together a short video about the Open School and girls’ hostel.
Watch Jacob David introducing our short video showing life at the boys’ hostel.
Why not join us at our 2016 Spice Lunch and find out more about everything that is going on in Chennai!
It will be taking place in Steventon Village Hall, near Didcot, in Oxfordshire on Sunday September 25th, starting at 12.30pm.
Adult tickets are £14 each, with all children under 10 able to come for free!
Apply for tickets by downloading this form or pay online at www.justgiving.com/batemanstrust and then please send us an email to batemans.events
Watch our film featuring some of the hundreds of young people in Chennai, India, who have benefited from our support and gone on to forge successful futures.