The HAT Foundation Ball on Friday 14 October raised a staggering £8000.
This will go a long way to ensuring we deliver safe, piped drinking water to the Udmulla villagers in Sri Lanka as well as securing funding for projects to improve schools throughout the area.
Pictured presenting a cheque to the HAT Foundations chairman Cavan Sullivan, is Barclays employee Karen from Barclays Bank, Holton Road branch in Barry whose support is always gratefully received.
MOre pictures from the event can be purchased from Lee Dare, the professional photographer who has agreed that a donation from every photograph sold will come to the HAT Foundation.
The complete set of images are available to preview online.
The Annual HAT Foundation black tie dinner and charity auction will take place on Friday 14th October 2011 at the Copthorne Hotel in Cardiff.
This glittering evening is our primary fundraising event of the year. It is your chance to dress up and let your hair down at the same time.
There will be a Gourmet Dinner, Entertainment, exciting raffles and post dinner Dancing until the early hours
Accommodation in a double room with breakfast at the four star Copthorne Hotel inclusive of two Gala Dinner tickets costs only £150.
Individual Dinner tickets are available for £45 per person
Tables of 10 are also available for reservation.
Reserve your tickets Now!
Call 01446 749821
Beechwood college recently held a harvest festival and 50% of the proceeds raised were donated to the Hat Foundation.
The money will be sent to
G/Ginota Dhamapala Vidyalaya School
Students in both schools have recently started corresponding and the money will help this poor school.
Cavan Sullivan, Chairman of the HAT Foundation is pictured receiving the cheque
Dine Out Wales is very proud to present…
Bublé and Bubbly
A very special evening for a very special cause
Wednesday 29th June 2011 at 7pm
Ladies ! Grab your glad rags, pop on your dancing shoes, and
enjoy a fabulous evening’s entertainment with James Williams the
hugely talented and immensely charismatic Micheal Buble tribute.
Picture the scene…sumptuous red velvet drapes, grand piano, an
array of sparkling chandeliers, Swarovski crystal chesterfields plus
a spectacular 28 foot ice bar – the stunning VIP Lounge in Mermaid
Quay is the perfect backdrop for a decadent evening of high glamour,
starting of course with champagne and canapés on arrival at
7pm…
Tickets £25
All proceeds are in aid of the HAT Foundation, a registered
charity set up to aid victims of the 2004 South East Asian Tsunami
through reconstruction projects, support for educational
establishments and the provision of food, clothing and financial aid
to individual families. All trustees and friends of this vital
charity give their time free of charge, enabling 100% of donations
to go directly towards these much needed projects. For more
information, please visit www.hatfoundation.org.uk
To reserve tickets for this very special night, please contact
Dine Out Wales on 02920 538 300 or email victoria@dineoutwales.com
This year, for the first time Aimee and her friend Louise were the first to leave for our annual trip to Sri Lanka. This meant that they would be carrying out much of the preparation work before the rest of us would arrive. They did a fantastic job, meeting the water board to start the process for the 46 water installations, organised a party for 92 children and a football tournament to name a few.
Water installed into 46 homes.
The cost of installation has risen over the last year, the average cost now being around £120 each. The local Council have also begun to lay concrete roads, where previously there were only dirt paths, the consequence of this being an additional cost of repairing the road following the laying of the water pipes, unfortunately costing an extra £80 per home.
School projects, see individual school pages for details
Work was carried out in the following schools including two new schools we found
Football Tournament
The second annual football tournament was held. It was a 2 day event and we presented 120 medals, 400 certificates and 12 trophies and was kindly sponsored by KVS Transport and the HAT Foundation, the cups being called ‘The Ken Sievewright Challenge Cups’
Children’s Party
We held a party for 92 children at the Sunil Restaurant, where they had a lovely time colouring and playing games. 92 children colouring, without a cross word or a flying crayon to be seen – truly incredible and beautiful children! They were all presented with a school rucksack containing school books, pens,water bottle and a small toy, the ruck sack emblazoned with the HAT logo on the front!
Thanks to some recent donations: Barclays Bank personnel, Dr Williams, Vale Volunteer Bureau, Dave morgan and Sybil Fowler in addition to the money raised at the charity ball and Christmas raffle we are able to progress with a range of projects in Sri Lanka this year :
Progress so far:
Paid for 38 houses to have running water. Looking at Mon 21 February for work to commence.
Started work in Thelikida school to have toilets built. Pictured.
Digging the cess pit
Toilets under construction
Organised party for 95 children in Sunils Beach Hotel on Sat 19th Feb. Still waiting for shoes sizes of the children to order shoes but may not get in time as once again Wed and Thurs are holy days so nobody works!! Ordered 110 HAT Foundation rucksacks to give to the children at the party.
Football tournament being organised by Shirantha. Paid some money for posters etc. Tournament to be held on 26th & 27th Feb. Medals and Cups to be awarded to winners and runners up. KCS transport services are now the main sponsor of the football by donating a whopping £250 to sponsor the event.
Checked up on a few of the sponsored children and will continue to do so.
Essential Internet Safety for Parents
Waitrose Coffee Shop, Palmerston Road, Barry, CF63 2PE
Date: 15th March 2011, Time: 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Keep your children safe on the internet.
This is an open event for parents to learn the issues around sexting, viewing of unsuitable sites, cyber bullying, identity theft and grooming on the internet.If you allow your children unsupervised access to the internet you need to come to this event.
All proceeds from this his event will go to the HAT Foundation. There is no entry fee, but information packs will be on sale for £6.
Numbers are limited so to book your place go to http://www.eyepat.org
Our projects, aim’s and goals for this trip are.
1/ New Playground
To build a new playground for one school sponsored by “St Helen’s Infant school Barry”.
Well done to all the children and teachers at this school who have worked very hard to raise money to make one school very very happy.
Water Installation’s
2/ Install water into at least forty homes.
This is a dream of many of the family’s we help. Water installed into a family home is a “gift for life” and passed on to future generations. If you want to pay for an installation it costs just £110 to change a family’s life forever. A plaque is then placed on the house with your name.
3/ Football competition
We are holding a football competition over two days for ages 10-15. This is a fantastic community event and brings everyone together. The chief of police and Minister for “sport” and “Education” for “Southern Sri Lanka” have been invited to attend, along with other dignitary’s.
Our first event saw over 1200 persons attend at short notice and i am hoping for 3000 over the two days.
Cost of this event is approx £400 and if anyone wants to be the main sponsor just let us know.
4/New Toilets
We have applied for planning permission to build two new toilet blocks and replace the water tower at Thelikida school. This will make a huge difference to the school as the existing toilets are falling down and have no running water.
5/Shoes
Up to 2200 pairs of shoes supplied so far so a few more wont hurt. Many children have never owned a pair of school shoes and £5 can make a child’s dream come true.
6/Party Time
We will hold a party for up to 100 children ages 6-12. It’s just great fun and its about letting the children have as much to eat as they want. “Marvellous” and at about £3 a head cheap too.
Christmas raffle draw results
Kitchen DVD Mr Dalton
Basket Hamper Hector and Georgine
£25 Loch Fyne voucher Cath Thomas
Motoquote one year
European cover. Mansoor
Dine out Wales, one Year
membership Voucher Mandy Ewington
Manicure Voucher Ceri Furlong
“Me time” Pat Stapleton
Gas insure one year cover Mr Dalton
Bottle Wine Mansoor
We wish to thank “you” for your generosity and support, it really is so very much appreciated, particularly by those who receive the benefits.
A total of £750 was raised.
Once again those marvellous persons at Barclays Bank PLC have matched the amount raised.
So total raised for Christmas draw is £1500.00
Reporting the success of the HAT Foundation Black Tie Ball at Copthorne hotel October 15th 2010
Karen Locke with the cheque from Barclays and Norman Pierera the compare for the evening
The evening was a huge success, attended by 130 guests and raised a fantastic £8000.00. Special thanks to Karen Locke who presented a cheque for £750 on behalf of Barclays Bank. This takes the total donated to the charity by Barclays this year to £1500.00
Guests were treated to a 3 course meal and an evening of great entertainment by the Copthorne Hotel in house Panto company, Simon Sparkles, a local magician, and compere Norman Peirera all of whom donated their services for free. Auction and raffle prizes were donated by many local Businesses and friends of the charity.
The HAT Foundation, a local charity started by Barry businessman Cavan Sullivan of Welsh Window Systems, his wife Deborah and daughter Aimee back in 2005 following the Tsunami in Sri Lanka. The charity recently became registered and now has 5 trustees and volunteers whom are all committed to making a difference to those not as fortunate as themselves.
During a short speech Cavan focused on one of the main priorities of the charity in the last year, which has been providing fresh running water into Udumulla village, where previously the villagers drew their water from a dirty well. “The joy on the faces of those who could have only previously dreamed of a tap in their garden, will stay with me for life and for only £120 per home we can change a family’s life, not for one day, one month or even one year, but forever!” Sadly for many family’s £120 is an amount they could never save in their lifetime. We are hoping to fund water into fifty homes within the next 12 months. Should you wish to sponsor water into a family home contact us on 01446-749821
Cavan Sullivan, chairman of the HAT Foundation accepts the cheque from Barclays Bank representative Karen Locke
The Trustees and committed volunteers would like to thank all who attended the event.
Cavan went on to say “To raise £8000.00 from just 130 people is an incredible success and was only possible because of the generosity of many local people who donated time, money and gifts. Barclay’s bank have supported the charity for four years and have been fantastic they have already offered support for our next event.”
The HAT Foundation is a small charity and prides itself on ensuring that no money is taken for administrative purposes, all funds raised being spent directly on projects in Sri Lanka.
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