It assists the Mara Rianda School (which currently has approximately 500 pupils) and the immediate local community in the Mara Rianda, Maasai Mara, Kenya by providing the school with resources, providing bursary's for secondary education, assisting in the funding of its teaching staff and helping to provide fresh clean drinking water.
Babble Giving, a charity set up by the co founders of IVFbabble.com, dedicated to improving awareness of fertility issues and offering financial aid for couples and individuals unable to conceive. With 1 in 6 couples globally experiencing fertility issues, we aim to support, educate & empower.
In March 1996 Sophie North, then aged 5, died at Dunblane Primary School together with fifteen of her classmates and her teacher.To honour her memory the Sophie North Charitable Trust was set up in 2004 as a registered charity whose aims are to make payments to such Charitable Institutions related to:• Children’s Diseases• Children’s Hospices• Breast Cancer• Care of the Terminally Ill• Conflict Resolution/Anger Reduction The Trust is administered by three trustees, Dr Mick North (Sophie’s dad), Dr Sharon Kelly (Sophie’s friend) and Vanessa North (Sophie’s cousin)Our first donation was made to Strathcarron Hospice in February 2006 in memory of Olwen Lawson, Sophie’s nursery teacher and very special friend.DonationsThe trustees now make three donations each year, the Anniversary Donation in March, to coincide with the anniversary of Dunblane, the Barbara Lockwood Donation in April, in memory of Sophie’s mum who died of breast cancer in 1993, and the Birthday Donation in October, to coincide with Sophie’s birthday.During the last nine years (up to October 2015) 25 donations totalling £6156 have been made None of the money given to the Trust is used for administration costs which are all covered by the trustees. We have invested some money to ensure that our donations can continue well into the future. Charity No: SC035134 Find out more Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SophieNorthCharitableTrust/