No: 1085470
Write to:
Zisize Trust
c/o David Cooper
The Garden House
Trellech
Monmouthshire
NP25 4PA
Thank
You, Siyabonga Diolch yn Fawr Merci Beaucoup
Danke Schön Takk
Baiie Dankie Grazie
Obrigado Gracias Aitäh
ORGANISATIONS WHO HAVE DONATED TO ZISIZE – THE HEATON LEE MEMORIAL TRUST
Action for Ingwavuma; ACTSA Cymru; Aids Hilfe Bern; AALL Foundation; Anglo American; Bassett House School; BlueSky Business Solutions; Breadsticks Foundation; Cardiff Blues Dragon Club; Cardiff UNISON; Cardiff Unitarians; Community HEART; Diamond Trading Company; Downe House School; East Lothian UNISON; Eton College; French Huguenot Church in London; Goodenough College; Hen Dy Cwrdd Unitarians, Merthyr Tydfil; High Street Baptist Church Merthyr Tydfil; Highland Place Unitarians, Aberdare; Jephcott Charitable Trust; Just Trust; Lollipops Nursery; Lumus 360 Chepstow; Maes Gwyn Special School; Medway Towns Soroptimists; Network for Social Change; Nobles Music Whitchurch; Osnabrück Soroptimists; PSA Training Chepstow; Rhondda Cynon Taff Unison; Roll The Barrel; Schools4Schools; Starfish Greathearts; St. Mary’s Church; TACT Fostering Cymru; UNISON Bob Cotton Award; Various UNISON Branches; Warwick University Student Union; Wickland Westcott; Zoe Sarojini Education Trust.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROVIDED PRO BONO SERVICES TO ZISIZE – THE HEATON LEE MEMORIAL TRUST
Alan (Deelerious) Jones for the original website design; Andrew Jones for maintaining the original website and creating the zisize.org website for our South African ‘Sister Organisation’; Atlantic Movers; Brendan Gormley, Pete & Chris from BMG Design Chepstow for designing the volunteer houses funded by Medway Towns Soroptimists and the roof and lintel design of Zisize Centre; David Cooper for the centre plan; Peter Wheeler for creating a foster carer training pack; Terry Evans for promoting Zisize with UNISON, resulting ultimately in the Bob Cotton Award – the content of the submission formed the foundation of the original website.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE UNDERTAKEN CHALLENGES TO RAISE MONEY FOR US
Rees (above) Menna, Carwyn & Siwann ran half marathons.
Gareth, Kath & Ella Penny;
Giles & Dani Neville;
Stephanie & Beetle Pardoe;
Miranda, Andrew & Nix Perrott
Rode the Cape Argus Cycle Race 109km around the Cape Peninsula, raising £20,000 for the feeding programme.
Keith McCambridge while working for Wickland Westcott, rode his cycle through the Alps, raising money for water projects.
A group of supporters from Buckinghamshire walked 30km pushing a wheelbarrow and water container, collecting money for water projects, tanks, boreholes, pumps & toilets.
Their interest in Ingwavuma later led to the creation of Action for Ingwavuma – another UK charity offering financial support in this impoverished area
Employees of The Diamond Trading Company and PSA Training crossed a Burma Bridge from one building to another in London and also abseiled down! Funds raised went towards building a home for a Child Headed Household.
Zed Zlotnick, an Australian supporter, ran the Coast to Kosci Ultramarathon, a distance of 240km which he completed in just over 45 hours without sleep. His sponsorship & subsequent donation from his employer and friends totalled the equivalent of £5000! This money was used to buy uniform and clothing for orphans and vulnerable children.
In 2011 Theo Boschoff, a South African, ran, walked and cycled from Kosi Bay to Cape Town, a distance of 2300 km, in aid of Nomad Trust, which in turn donated the money to charities, including Zisize. It took him 9.5 weeks. The photo below shows him at the Waterfront in Cape Town at the end of his journey.
Theo stopped off at Ingwavuma, visited Zisize, and made this comment
“Zisize is not charity; it is a long-term investment in our country’s future”.
Our supporters have organised many fund raisers in UK and we acknowledge the following, but please let Niki know if there are more we don’t know about, or if you have suggestions for other fund raisers:
Abercwmboi Rugby Club for free use of their premises for choir concert and twmpath
Barbara who gave Reiki sessions and donated the proceeds
Cats Claw Ceilidh Band, for facilitating a Twmpath Dawns (ceilidh) at Lisvane and donating their services.
Cytgord Cor Merched Cwm Cynon for holding a concert for Zisize in which Gareth from Only Boys Aloud contributed.
Dave Watkins for organising a Quiz night at his local in Grangetown, Cardiff
Delyth Williams for Come Dine With Me Evening
Dyfrig Morgan, for facilitating a Twmpath Dawns at Abercwmboi
George Butler, John Peacock, Steve Durbridge for organising parachute jumps, table football competition and many other events.
Highland Place Unitarians for Coffee Morning
Jonathan Lee for organising Rock The Boat Festival and Quiz nights
Julia Search for organising Curry Lunch, plant sale and Bring & Buy Sale
Karyl Mann who did face painting for children at Rock the Boat Festival
Leanne & Jai, post graduate students from Birmingham University, who spent a day gagged & bound together (See volunteer page)
Niki Jones for organising 60’s Disco & twmpath dawnsiau
‘Physio Phil’ who gathered special needs equipment.
VOLUNTEERS WHO TRAVELLED TO SOUTH AFRICA TO HELP
These will be acknowledged on the Volunteer Page, with photos where available.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE LOYAL SUPPORTERS WHO DONATE, OR HAVE DONATED, MONTHLY OR ANNUALLY, SOME SINCE 2001 AND OTHERS WHO HAVE MADE LARGE ONE-OFF DONATIONS. PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING THEIR NUMBER, OR REMEMBERING ZISIZE IN YOUR WILL, IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO ASSIST AT PRESENT.
We do not have email addresses for those whose names appear in bold, please let us have an email address if you read this – send to niki@zisize.org.uk so we can send you newsletters and thanks. Apologies for anyone inadvertently omitted.
Adam, Victoria & Susanna F; Alan H; Alun & Cynthia W; Amy S; Ann D; Anna P: Barbara Condron; Barbara & John S; Bea A; Beth & Ken B; Bette G; Brenda M; Brian & Carolyn H; Carol C; Carole L; Carole N; Carol O’Byrne; Carol & Richard W; Carwyn & Menna J; Cath L; Catherine & Brian G; Celina Bublik; Christine & Richard L; Chris & Rosie B; Colin M; C.S. Frolander; David & Jennifer B; David C; David F; Dave & Kath W; DC & J Baker; Delyth & Gary W; Dot P; Elaine Buxton; Elina D; Elizabeth C; Elizabeth G; Fabian T; G Hopkins; Gabriel E; Gareth S; Helen Leech; Ian Richardson; Irene O; J Hemmings; Jayne M; JM Rogers; JP & CA Davies; Julia S; Liz J; LM Davies; Lyn L; Lynda P; Lynette W; MJ & E Gardner; Nicky L; Niki J; Pat S; Paul D; Paul H; Paul M; Sue D; Susan B; Terry & Margaret M; Tom J; Tony K.
WAYS TO HELP
Monthly donations enable us to commit guaranteed amounts to Zisize in Ingwavuma, which helps them to know how many children e.g. can be included in weekend and holiday feeding schemes. They also attract Gift Aid if donors are tax payers. Please encourage others to donate this way. Contact us at niki@zisize.org.uk for bank details and Gift Aid Form.
Fund raisers in UK not only garner funds, but also spread awareness about Zisize. Please think of organising something in 2025.
Leaving money to Zisize in one’s will, knowing all of it will be spent directly on assisting vulnerable children and their families and making a huge difference in their lives. The UK charity has no overheads.
My stolen laptop and external hard drive have resulted in use of memory rather than documentation.