Survivors Fund Blog » Radio 4 http://survivors-fund.org.uk/blog News, highlights and commentary from Survivors Fund Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:17:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 SURF appeals http://survivors-fund.org.uk/blog/surf-appeals/ http://survivors-fund.org.uk/blog/surf-appeals/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:02:24 +0000 davidrussell http://survivors-fund.org.uk/blog/?p=98 This weekend, one of our youngest supporters, Nick Twomey, completed his round-the-world marathon challenge, finishing 12 marathons across 7 continents in under 9 months. It is a remarkable achievement, in which Nick has climbed the Great Wall of China and run across Antarctica. He is over half-way to meeting his fundraising target of £5,000, and if you would like to sponsor him then it is not too late, you can do so here.

On Sunday 14th June, SURF is the subject of the BBC Radio 4 Charity of the Week Appeal. Lindsey Hilsum recorded the appeal a couple of weeks back, and it will be broadcast three times, twice on Sunday 14th June at 7:55am and 9:26pm and again on Thursday 18th June at 3:27pm on BBC Radio 4. It is only 3 minutes long, so if you do miss it you will be able to hear it again on the BBC website. 

Lindsey recorded for us a trailer, which we have now uploaded online at youtube. Any help that you could offer to raise awareness of the appeal, would be a massive help, so please do forward on a link to the short film below:

Click here to view the embedded video.

For a small charity like SURF, the appeal is a vital vehicle for us to raise funding – particularly as we have no annual fundraising dinner. Please do consider giving, and encouraging your friends and family to do so too. Your support, as ever, will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

]]> http://survivors-fund.org.uk/blog/surf-appeals/feed/ 0 Fundraising in June http://survivors-fund.org.uk/blog/fundraising-in-june/ http://survivors-fund.org.uk/blog/fundraising-in-june/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 14:34:47 +0000 davidrussell http://survivors-fund.org.uk/blog/?p=81 This morning at the BBC, SURF Patron and International Editor of Channel 4 News, Lindsey Hilsum, recorded a Charity Appeal for Survivors Fund which is due to be broadcast on Sunday 14th June on Radio 4. Lindsey has been a remarkable supporter of our work. As the only British journalist in Kigali at the start of the genocide in April 1994, and having returned back to Rwanda several times since then, she has regularly reported on the situation of survivors. Her articles in publications such as The Observer and New Statesman around SURF’s campaign for antiretroviral treatment for women survivors raped and infected with HIV during the genocide were particularly important in securing funding from DFID for our Care and Treatement Programme. For a preview… 

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Another, long-term supporter of SURF has been the actress and presenter Felicity Finch. Felicity is most well-known for her role as Ruth in The Archers. However she regularly presents reports on Woman’s Hour – including several stories on the work of SURF and our partners – such as the one here. Felicity will be presenting a project of SURF at the forthcoming The Funding Network on June 2nd. For more information on this event (which will feature a presentation from James Bond star, Daniel Craig) then please sign up to our mailing list – to which further information will be posted – or click here.

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