Children North East/Events

Children North East organises a number of events each year to raise vital funds and raise awareness of the work that we do, and so do members of the public. This page details the events planned for 2008 which are organised by us or by people raising money for us. More will be added as details are finalised, so please keep coming back for details.

If you would like to organise an event in aid of Children North East, we would be delighted to hear from you and we would, of course, enter the details on our website.

Tel: 0191 256 2444 or

E-mail: enquiries@children-ne.org

Come and join us for the thrill of a lifetime, a zipslide from the Tyne Bridge on Sunday th June 2009. We are asking participants to pledge to raise a minimum of £150 in sponsorship. Places are limited so book now. To secure your place a deposit of £35 will be necessary so for more details please contact Carol Taylor on 0191 256 2444.

The 2009 Sandcastle Challenge will be held on Friday 3rd July at Sandhaven Beach, South Shields. Each year around 1800 primary school children from all over the region join us to take part in this fun energtic competition where they are teamed up with a professional from the world of architecture, construction, design or engineering to build structures in the sand around the given theme. This year the theme is Now & Then so we will be asking the children to think around topics they have been studying in class and doing a comparision between Then & Now - so if the class topic was transport perhaps we will see them building Penny Farthings to Mountain Bikes!

Entry to the Sandcastle Challenge is open to any primay school so contact Catrina for further details.

Bookings are now being taken for the 2009 Sandcastle Ball, which will be held at the Newcastle Marriott Gosforth Park Hotel. The event, which will be on Friday 10th July 2009, is once again sure to be a sell out so please book early. Tickets are priced at £70 and are available individually or in tables of 8, 10 or 12. We do hope you can join us for what is one of the premier charity balls in the region. It is bright, colourful and fun event which celebrates the Sandcastle Challenge and it attended by upwards of 350 guests from some of the region's most successful companies.

This year our compere for the evening will be the mind boggling and mystifying Kennedy who will keep the evening running smoothly and will amaze with his skills in mind reading.

Do you have an adventerous spirit? Do you like cycling, trekking, kayaking or rafting? If so then Children North East has just the thing for you. We are proud to be working with Global Adventure Challenges to provide international fundraising events which will raise much needed funds to help us with our work. Global Adventure Challenges will provide you with the perfect Challenge in destinations such as Borneo, South Africa, Grand Canyon, China, Peru, Canada, Zambia, Turkey and Everest!

This is a fantastic opportunity to raise funds for us and at the same time fulfil many personal ambitions. So go on, challenge yourself. Click on the logo and rise to the Challenge or call Catrina Flynn at Children North East on 0191 256 2444 we would be delighted to send you details.

The Great North Run

The 2009 Great North Run will be held on Sunday 20th September, all of Children North East's guaranteed places are now filled but if you have been lucky enough to secure your own place in the run through the ballot and would like to run in aid of Children North East then we would love to hear from you. Just give fundraising a ring on 0191 256 2444 and we will send you out a sponsorship pack.

The Giving Tree

Could you help to give a child a better Christmas? Then please take part in our Annual Giving Tree Appeal. Each year we ask companies, schools and groups to take help make Christmas a happier time for some of the region's most disadvantged children, young people and their families. All we ask is that you donate a gift to the value of £10, a food parcel for a needy family or that you make a monetary donation which helps with our work throughout the year.

For more details of the 2009 Giving Tree Appeal and to order a Giving Tree information pack please call Carol Taylor on 0191 256 2444.

Children North East would like to thank the following for all their help with the 2008 Giving Tree Appeal along with the numerous people who volunteered to help collect, sort and distribute the gifts.

Words of a dad living in temporary accommodation

Due to problems me and my partner had with drugs, us and the kids were evicted a few months ago. When we were in the homeless unit we was worried sick about Christmas and presents. It wasn't the bairns faults and they were going to get nothing. We couldn't believe it when the worker from the out of school club knocked on the door with a heap of parcels for the bairns all wrapped up and everything and a box of food. She told us it had been donated from lots of people in companies. Thank you - none of what's happened to us is the bairns fault. Thank you for helping and not judging us"

From Jack aged 8 - "Thanks for my football stuff and pens. When I play football I will wear my new strip especially the pads. I have drawn some nice pictures with the pens."

From Mia aged 5 - "I loved my princess outfit and the crown and the glass shoes. It made me pretty"