These speakers have contacted the National Secretary and asked to be put in touch with Clubs. The National Association of Tangent Clubs does not have the resources to check out these speakers. We trust that members of groups make their own contacts and checks if they wish to use any of these speakers. We also request that you report to the secretary@tangent-clubs.org if you have any concerns about the appropriateness of person or organization in the listing.
If you would like to recomend a good speaker please contact the National Secretary at secretary@tangent-clubs.org enclosing contact details, region covered and subject matter etc.
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The Legacy & history Team at Sue Ryder provide history talks and presentations to many groups and associations around the country, Tangent clubs in a few areas have been amongst those who have received these talks.
Our talks seem to be very well received by a variety of audiences, and group members find it interesting to learn about the bravery and compassion of the remarkable woman who founded the Sue Ryder charity. Starting as a volunteer with the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and then with the Special Operations Executive in Poland during the Second World War, Sue Ryder's courage and determination to care for others continues in the charity we are today.
Delivering talks and presentations in local communities helps us to raise awareness and to keep the memory of the inspirational woman who founded the charity alive, often inspiring and motivationg others.
I wonder if Tangent clubs might be interested in receiving such a talk from one of our team members around the UK? If you think this might be of interest would you consider passing on my contact details so that branches can get in touch to enquire about history talks from Sue Ryder.
My name is Alexandra Drinkell and I am a Fundraiser for Scotland’s Autism Charity Scottish Autism. I would like to speak to your members about what Autism is, who Scottish Autism are and what fantastic work we do as well as how you can get involved with us should you wish. There are 50,000 people in Scotland with Autism and we want to reach and support these people and their families and hope to do so with your support.
We do not charge a set fee but hope to gain a fundraising commitment or gift from the club of the amount of your choice.
Alex Drinkell Scottish Autism Hilton House / Whins Road / Alloa / FK10 3SA 07713 089689
Scotland – Central, Glasgow, Edinburgh & Fife(I live in Stirling and happy to travel up to 1.5hr away)
Scotland
Dear Madam,
I am interested in offering myself as a speaker to groups in a number of different areas in the UK in particular, Buckinghamshire, the NE of England and the central belt of Scotland and wondered if you could offer any contact opportunities to me as a potential speaker at a meeting or social event?
I am a semi-retired business person and currently the head of development for a period instrument orchestra.
However, it is my hobby that forms the subject of my proposed talk.
My talk is about the range of pearl jewellery that I source in the ‘Pacific Rim’ in pearl markets and which I make myself; I can vary the length of the talk for anytime up to an hour. I trade under the name Tears of the Dragon and my jewellery consists of designer collections of pearls, beads and precious & semi-precious stones. The current talk is entitled ‘A passion for pearls’ and the subject is about the science of pearls, the myths and legends surrounding the history of wearing pearls, from Cleopatra to the present day, the choices to make about the quality of pearls and how to distinguish the real thing from fakes. I am a competent, lively speaker and the talks are entertaining as well as informative. My drama training at University, many years ago, has proved invaluable in that I am confident in front of any size of audience, can improvise, engage and most importantly I can make myself heard! I never use microphones or notes and have never needed either.
I hope this does not sound too arrogant, but so far every group to whom I have given a talk has asked me back for another and/or to become engaged in their other social activities, or other calendar events. Thus, I am building a calendar of tours in different parts of the country where I give talks to a wide variety of groups. I live half my life in Burgundy, France but travel to the UK regularly for talks and to tour with my orchestra – the only connection between my music work and my pearls is the word ‘baroque’ which applies to both!
I bring with me to my talks my jewellery, which I readily hand around to the audience and have found some groups offer me the opportunity to sell goods on the day. I would always offer a donation to any group’s charity if that were the case. I also use the profits from sales at talks to donate to the charity that I support, which is currently building an orphanage for the neglected street children of Durban (another potential talk in itself!)
Currently, I am giving talks to groups such as the National and International Women’s Clubs, Soroptimists and various client nights with London banks, law firms and accountancy firms in Scotland, as well as private house parties and other local events.
At present, I am in the process of developing my pearls business and up-dating my website (www.tears-of-the-dragon.co.uk ) and the new site should be operating from July this year, although the current site is worth a visit, if you have a minute!
I hope this email has provided enough information to take my request a little further and I would be happy to provide testimonials, or to come and talk to any panel that might be established to judge the quality of potential speakers’ presentations.
Thank you for the time you have taken in reading this email and I look forward to hearing from you in due course.
Hi..I'm Marion Jannaway and I work with the International Charity World Vision in a new Division called World Vision @ Home...I come out and do presentations on the great work we do..and our Child Sponsorship programme...I live near Stirling and can come to anywhere in Scotland and the North of England...I also have people who can cover most of England...
My telephone number is 01324-820401 ...many Thanks Marion Jannaway
I am writing to you from Breakthrough Breast Cancer in Scotland we are very interested in the potential of getting in touch with Tangent Clubs across Scotland to spread our breast cancer awareness messages and talk more about our work here in Scotland. As a small team (there are only 6 staff outside the research unit in Edinburgh) we rely on the support of groups like your to help us spread the word and where they can offer their own support of our work. We can provide speakers and information on breast cancer as needed. I am sure there will be Tangent club members who have been affected by breast cancer, either directly or amongst their friends and families.
I'd be delighted if you could help us to make these contacts in Scotland and advise if it is appropriate for us to do so. I would also appreciate any advice on who we should contact and what Tangent clubs find most useful and interesting to hear about from a charity that has been in contact with them.
I would like to introduce you to Treetop House in Sheffield. Treetop House is a ‘Home from Home’ which provides accommodation for the families of seriously ill children receiving treatment at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. It is one of seven ‘Homes from Home’ run by The Sick Children’s Trust, a small national charity which provides clean, comfortable accommodation for the families of seriously ill children at hospitals in the UK. Our houses allow the whole family to stay together through the terrible crisis of having a seriously ill child. Our aim is to aid the recovery of the children and support the well- being of the family so that they can be close to their loved ones.
I am the House Manager at Treetop House. During April 2010 to March 2011 we supported 167 families from the Yorkshire area, whilst their children were ill in hospital.
Situated in the rooftop of the hospital, Treetop House has just celebrated its 10th Birthday and supports around 670 families a year. The house has 13 private family bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, a fully equipped kitchen, a communal dining area and lounge, a well stocked play area and full laundry facilities. There are also direct telephone lines in all of the family bedrooms, linking them to the hospital wards so that families can be contacted immediately in the event of an emergency. Treetop House is open 365 days a year and can accommodate 13 families a night. Rooms are allocated on a priority basis and are offered to families completely free of charge.
The cost of staffing and maintaining Treetop House amounts to £59,000 a year. We are funded solely by voluntary donations from individuals, companies and charitable trusts.
One of the difficulties we face is gaining awareness of our charity. When we bring a family into Treetop House, this is often the first time they have heard of us. When they are dealing with a very sick child, where they are going to sleep, shower and eat has not entered their heads, but it is something they desperately need, to be better able to deal with their situation.
As I said previously, Treetop House has supported 167 Yorkshire families last year alone. Could you possibly help raise awareness and funds in your area by holding a fundraiser or collection, in aid of Treetop House?
We would be very grateful for any support that you can give. I would be delighted to show you around Treetop House and I would be very happy to provide further information about Treetop House and our work. I can be contacted at Treetop House on 0114 2717176 or by email on ann@sickchildrenstrust.org. Further details are on our website www.sickchildrenstrust.org.
Hi..I'm Marion Jannaway and I work with the International Charity World Vision in a new Division called World Vision @ Home...I come out and do presentations on the great work we do..and our Child Sponsorship programme...I live near Stirling and can come to anywhere in Scotland and the North of England...I also have people who can cover most of England...
My telephone number is 01324-820401 ...many Thanks Marion Jannaway
After a very successful talk with the Lancaster Tanget recently it was suggested I contact you with details of my talks and demonstrations.
Already an accomplished speaker and demonstrator to many organisations such as the Women's Institute, the Mothers Union, Probus, Round Table and church affiliated groups etc. I would be more than happy to talk and demonstrate to your organisations groups in the north of England.
My talk is entitled The Ancient Art of Origami with Stephen Watson.
I use the art of origami primarily in primary schools throughout the region to assist school children to learn basic maths and geometry in such a way they enjoy the experience and fold some neat animals along the way. It is good to see such an ancient art still has a place in today's 21st century technological world!
The most popular format consists of a brief talk about the origins of origami, its spread around the globe and its use today followed by the opportunity to have a go with a fold-along session and to make something to take home. There is always time for a question and answer session and the chance to take a closer look as some award winning origami on display afterwards.
The evening is conducted in a relaxed and light humoured atmosphere and all materials are provided.
May I invite you to visit my website for further details or feel free to contact me for more information.
I am interested in offering myself as a speaker to groups in a number of different areas in the UK in particular, Buckinghamshire, the NE of England and the central belt of Scotland and wondered if you could offer any contact opportunities to me as a potential speaker at a meeting or social event?
I am a semi-retired business person and currently the head of development for a period instrument orchestra.
However, it is my hobby that forms the subject of my proposed talk.
My talk is about the range of pearl jewellery that I source in the ‘Pacific Rim’ in pearl markets and which I make myself; I can vary the length of the talk for anytime up to an hour. I trade under the name Tears of the Dragon and my jewellery consists of designer collections of pearls, beads and precious & semi-precious stones. The current talk is entitled ‘A passion for pearls’ and the subject is about the science of pearls, the myths and legends surrounding the history of wearing pearls, from Cleopatra to the present day, the choices to make about the quality of pearls and how to distinguish the real thing from fakes. I am a competent, lively speaker and the talks are entertaining as well as informative. My drama training at University, many years ago, has proved invaluable in that I am confident in front of any size of audience, can improvise, engage and most importantly I can make myself heard! I never use microphones or notes and have never needed either.
I hope this does not sound too arrogant, but so far every group to whom I have given a talk has asked me back for another and/or to become engaged in their other social activities, or other calendar events. Thus, I am building a calendar of tours in different parts of the country where I give talks to a wide variety of groups. I live half my life in Burgundy, France but travel to the UK regularly for talks and to tour with my orchestra – the only connection between my music work and my pearls is the word ‘baroque’ which applies to both!
I bring with me to my talks my jewellery, which I readily hand around to the audience and have found some groups offer me the opportunity to sell goods on the day. I would always offer a donation to any group’s charity if that were the case. I also use the profits from sales at talks to donate to the charity that I support, which is currently building an orphanage for the neglected street children of Durban (another potential talk in itself!)
Currently, I am giving talks to groups such as the National and International Women’s Clubs, Soroptimists and various client nights with London banks, law firms and accountancy firms in Scotland, as well as private house parties and other local events.
At present, I am in the process of developing my pearls business and up-dating my website (www.tears-of-the-dragon.co.uk ) and the new site should be operating from July this year, although the current site is worth a visit, if you have a minute!
I hope this email has provided enough information to take my request a little further and I would be happy to provide testimonials, or to come and talk to any panel that might be established to judge the quality of potential speakers’ presentations.
Thank you for the time you have taken in reading this email and I look forward to hearing from you in due course.
The Joshua Tree is a Cheshire-based children’s charity working with children and their families who have been affected by childhood cancer.
The aim of the charity is to build a holiday house and support centre at Sandiway, Cheshire where families can enjoy a stress free break totally free of charge.
The holiday house will cater for up to four families in their own en-suite bedrooms and will include a large open plan dining area. The house will also have a state of the art cinema room, games room, soft play area and plenty of outdoor space for families to explore the local environment.
The holiday house is vitally needed for families affected by childhood cancer as children with conditions such as leukaemia struggle to visit many public places – such as cafes, cinemas and play barns – because of the risk of infection.
The Joshua Tree was set up by Lynda Hill whose son, Josh, underwent treatment for leukaemia.
I am writing to you today to find out if your group would like me to come and speak to your members at a future meeting regarding the fantastic work of the charity or if you are able to release any emergency funds to help us build our Holiday House.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
Rachel Thomas
Community Fundraiser
01606 331858
Would any of your clubs in the North West be interested in having me as a guest speaker?
I have three talks that I do - 'Confessions of a Newspaper Hack', 'Typing and travelling: memoirs of a globe trotting travel writer' and 'The fourth estate: a history of British newspapers'.
I'd be grateful if you could add me to your website so people and Clubs can find me in the North West.
Yorkshire, Humber, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and the North East
RNIB believe that everyone has the right to have access to literature. The RNIB Talking Book service is a lifeline for thousands of people with sight problems, who would otherwise be refused access to the world of book. An representative from RNIB would be delighted to offer your club more information about the RNIB Talking book service. If you would like a speaker to visit your club, to talk about what the RNIB Talking Book service is and how it can help people in your communities, please call 0845 345 0054.
Kind regards
Jacquie McGuire
Community Fundraising Executive Yorkshire, Humber, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and the North East
Tel and Fax: 0113 2757436
Mob: 07908473050
RNIB's Talking Books Service is a lifeline for thousands of blind and partially sighted people. At the moment fewer than 1 in 20 titles are available as talking books. Please donate today to help RNIB provide more. Call 0845 345 0054 or visit rnib.org.uk to help someone find their life again.
The Sick Children's Trust provides quality 'Home from Home' accomodation for families of very sick children receiving treatment in hospital.
The Sick Children's Trust was founded in 1982 by two paediatric specialists Dr Jon Pritchard and Professor James Malpas. They believed that having parents on hand during hospital treatment benefited a child's recovery.
Rainbow House, our first Home from Home, opened its doors to families with children undergoing treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1984.
Today we have seven Homes from Home at major hospitals around the country, each providing clean comfortable accommodation for families with seriously ill children. Our Homes from Home are a place where families can take a step back from their situation and feel safe and relaxed in a welcoming and warm environement. All of our houses have private family bedrooms so family members can get a good night's sleep and communal living and kitchen areas so that families can have some stability of normal family life, sharing a meal or watching a favourite DVD.
There is a growing demand for our 'Homes from Home' as children must increasingly travel long distances to get the specialist treatment they need. To date we have helped more than 35,000 families.
We have 'Homes from Home' in Newcastle upon Tyne, Leeds, Sheffield, Cambridge and three homes in London.
We have three major appeals currently running. The first is to build a new 'Home from Home' at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne which will support the children's heart unit there. Our second is to extend Stevenson House in London to provide more accomodation to support the growing services at the Royal London Children's Hospital and our third is to provide 'Home from Home' accomodation at the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge for families with children in Neonatal Intensive Care .
Along with my Dad, I run a Restaurant Canal Boat called the Judith Mary, in Whaley Bridge, High Peak. We can seat up to 40 people, have a fully licensed bar, central heating and offer a range of menus. We have recently had a number of bookings from Rotary and Round Table clubs and I hope this email will be of interest to you and you will be able to lat clubs in the area know about us.
Our special from October 2010 to February 2011 is the home made Hot Pot, served with crusty french bread and homemade red cabbage, followed by Hot Apple Pie and Cream for only £9.50pp which includes a 2 and a half hour cruise. Our full menu is available on request or can be found on our website www.judithmary.co.uk
If you would like any other information please do not hesitate to contact me by email or on 07540 895 615.
I am the Regional Organiser for the Myasthenia Gravis Association in the north of England and would like to offer to speak to your clubs about myasthenia gravis, a nasty disease which affects approximately 1 in 5000 of the population in the UK.
Myasthenia Gravis, also known as the ‘Ragdoll Illness’ is an auto immune disease which is characterised by fluctuating, sometimes fatal muscle weakness. The body’s immune system, in the form of antibodies, attacks and damages the nerve signal reception areas causing a breakdown in communication between nerve and muscle, which results in a loss of effectiveness of the muscle.
To someone affected by MG it means that symptoms vary according to the amount of activity undergone, the onset of infection, or stress of any kind. As a result diagnosis by a GP is extremely difficult. Also, family and friends need a great deal of understanding to come to terms with a relative or friend who seems perfectly normal one minute, and a few hours, or even minutes later is droopy and listless. Activities taken for granted by most of us, such as eating, moving limbs, speaking or even smiling, become difficult or even impossible at times for Myasthenics.
The Myasthenia Gravis Association is a charity working from its headquarters in Derby through its Branches and representatives across the UK, offering support to Myasthenics and their families, increasing public and medical awareness of the illness, and raising funds for research in order to find a cure. Recent research has resulted in more understanding and better management of the disease but there is still no cure.
MG can start from the age of one year to extreme old age, it can affect both sexes, all races, and rarely strikes twice in the same family. Patients may find their weakness gets worse at times of emotional stress, for example when they are anxious or angry, or before a woman’s monthly period. During pregnancy, few women with MG notice any increase in their weakness, though some may do so for a few months after the birth. Babies born to approximately one MG mother in eight have MG weakness at birth. This ‘neonatal myasthenia’ is caused by transfer of the damaging antibodies to the baby along with all the others that protect it from infections.
MGA receives no government funding and relies on voluntary income for its Research Care and Education programme, supporting sufferers and their families, raising awareness and funding research for a cure.
Talking to your clubs would help to raise awareness of this illness and any support that your members could give MGA would be most appreciated. As the Regional Organiser for the north of England, covering North Yorkshire, Teesside, Durham, Cumbria, Sunderland, Newcastle and Northumberland I believe that I would be able to speak to 26 clubs in this area. In this same area we have 190 sufferers of MG that we are aware of as an association, but we believe that there are many more that have not yet been diagnosed.
My telephone and email contact details are below. I do hope you will consider this request and I look forward to hearing from you. In the meantime if you would like any further information about the Myasthenia Gravis Association please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards
Linda McDonald - Regional Organiser (North)
Myasthenia Gravis Association
Dr Sue Bates and her partner Matthew Martin deliver talks entitled ‘Protecting Your Assets’ for a wide variety of audiences, including Carers Groups, University of the Third Age, and local church-affiliated groups throughout the Greater Manchester area. The sessions cover Will Writing and Estate Planning, including such topical areas as the establishment of Trusts that can protect property from being sold to fund future care, and the preparation of Lasting Powers of Attorney. Although covering serious issues, these talks are presented in an entertaining way and the length of sessions can be varied to suit each group.
Sessions are free of charge, with any fees being donated to a children’s charity and can be delivered flexibly, to meet the needs of specific audiences. Follow-up one to one review sessions are also provided free to anyone who feels they would benefit from more specific personalised information or a review of their existing documentation. Rates for documents that may subsequently be prepared by our company are extremely competitive and at no point is there any ‘hard sell’.
If you feel that your Tangent Club might be interested in these sessions, we would be happy to provide further information, as well as references from groups and individuals with whom we have worked in the past. Please contact suebates@ntlworld.com
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Dear Jan and Terrie
I am writing to see if your organisation may be able to help.I live in North Wales, and have been part of the British White Water Rating team now for over 10 years. We have to win our National Selection event in the UK before we are able to go and represent Great Britain Internationally.
My parents were both members of Ladies Circle / Round Table, as well as now being part of Tangent / 41 Club. I have many fond memories of family days out and events that I attended as a child, and lots of charity events and collections that I would help with.
Over the past five years the Raft Team have achieved huge successes and are now one of the top teams in the World. I would be really grateful if you would have a look at the attached letter to see if there is any chance you may be able to help with the costs of attending the World Championships to be held in Costa Rica this October.
Any support, small or large would be hugely appreciated. I am happy to get a picture in the local press to thank people for donations, or if you would like to donate a larger amount I could come and offer a talk, or even a day out rafting with the team!
You may wish to consider supporting a small charity which supports the education and welfare of 946 street and vulnerable children in Mathare North in Nairobi, one of the largest slums in the world. The students attend the school ,Brainhouse Academy with nearly 200 street children, actually living in the school. The charity ACEF is involved in feeding the students, enhancing the education, funding health needs, introducing extra curriculum activities like sport, art and music, providing clean water, installing solar panels for electricity and so much more. They are also now running leadership activities here in the UK, linked with volunteer activities at Brainhouse – They are currently linked with small businesses in the Midlands, the Guide Association and several schools where we are developing their CIPD activities. They have always seen our objective of the charity to provide benefit both in the UK and in Kenya.
For a small charity we have huge ambitions and would like to purchase our own land for the school (currently we rent), build a school with appropriate sports fields and dormitories, introduce sustained vegetable gardening to enhance the food intake, provide items such as sanitary towels for our 300 girls. I believe we can do this, but know in reality we cannot do this all on our own.
They are also at the moment developing a possible solution to the number of sanitary towels they need – and this could be a fantastic project to get involved in – as the solution would enable the girls to come to school for a full month (they currently miss at least three days of school a month) and help preserve their dignity.
If you feel all this is something that you or a club you are involved with, would like to get involved in, could you let Liz Formby know whom to approach. She can be contacted at www.acef.uk.com
Catherine, the Community Fundraiser for Marie Curie Cancer Care in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire is very interested in meeting the ladies of local clubs and speaking about what the charity is up to in the region and our future plans. This is an exciting time for the charity regionally as well as nationally what with research developments, new hospices being opened and of course our local Marie Curie Nurses continuing to provide the free and specialised end of life care to terminally ill patients and their families in their own homes.
This year alone our nurses will support 175 patients in Gloucestershire, 114 in Herefordshire and 186 in Worcestershire – however there are many more that we can’t reach. Our vision is that everyone with cancer and other illnesses will have the high quality care and support they need at the end of their life in the place of their choice. Our nurses ensure this can happen.
Like any charity they rely on the fantastic support and help to spread awareness of our cause from groups such as yourselves so would be thrilled to come and talk at one of your meetings about the charity, our aims as well as our humble beginnings.
Catherine would be very grateful for any support you can offer o contacts that can be made with local clubs.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about the charity.
I’d like to offer the Tangent clubs of Berks, Oxon and Bucks the chance to find out a bit more about their local Air Ambulance. The ThamesValley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust is a registered Charity and our mission is to assist in the provision of an Air Ambulance service, to relieve sickness and injury and to serve our three counties (BOB).
Our red and yellow helicopter operates from RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, carrying a full range of life saving medical equipment. We operate during daylight hours 7 days a week, 365 days a year and can transport a patient to the most appropriate Accident and Emergency, trauma unit or specialist treatment department. We receive no central Government or National Lottery funding so rely completely on community support to keep flying.
We have a range of experience staff and volunteers who would be more than happy to come and give a tangent club talk to one of your groups within the three counties. If this would be of interest please do not hesitate to contact me on the details below and I shall make contact with the relevant people.
Kind regards
Laura
Laura Nicholas Buckinghamshire Fundraising Manager
So who are we? Oxfordshire Lowlands Search and Rescue Vehicle Appeal Oxfordshire Lowland Search and Rescue (OxSar) is a team of volunteers available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to support the emergency services.
So a little bit like mountain rescue without the ropes and mountains.....RNLI without the life boats......and at the moment without a Search and Rescue Control Vehicle!!!! You never know...just one wrong turn on the Ridgeway and we could be out looking for you!
I am currently training to become West Oxfordshire’s first female Search and Rescue Volunteer Technician and will qualify in July this year. I will also be doing a sponsored climb of Kilimanjaro in June to help raise awareness of OxSAR and raise funds for the appeal.
Our main role is to assist the Police service with vulnerable missing person searches across Oxfordshire and assist other search teams in the surrounding counties. OxSAR is also available to assist the emergency services, county council and other agencies in the event of a major incident.
OxSAR like so many volunteer organizations receives no government funding and is only able to continue our life saving work through the kind support of the public. We are currently applying for charity status, but we need your support to help us achieve this, we need donations and sponsorship to progress our charity application.
Since setting up in July 2008 Isis has assisted on more than 60 missing people searches across Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey and Dorset.
Milton Children's hospice is celebrating its 21st birthday this year and as part of our birthday celebrations we would like to go back to some of the clubs and organisations and thank them for their support over the past 21st years and many of the tangent clubs in Cambridgeshire have raised funds for local children and their families.
Contact: Nicky Jackson, nicky.jackson@each.org.uk Community Fundraiser East Anglia 's Children's Hospices, Tel: 01223 205181
Entertaining, Informative "Topic-Expert" speaker. As quoted by Pam Woods, "Capt. Wells is a hard act to follow, to avoid disappointment, book him now!".
I’m Capt. William Wells, Master Mariner, a former ship’s captain, marine (harbour) pilot, published author, and now a successful public speaker. I invite you to click on the following link which will take you directly to my website www.captainwells.co.uk where further details about me, my client list, testimonies, press releases etc are all available.
I write enquiring whether any of your group regional/county meetings would be interested in my coming to give a talk. With no restriction as to how far I travel, I have in the last 6½ years, given well over 350 talks to many and varied audiences throughout the UK, Europe and aboard cruise ships. Speaking in full uniform, all of my talks are informative, entertaining, humorous, given in a light hearted manner and suitable for both sexes.
Bookings are currently being taken up to the end of 2012, although occasionally I’m available at relatively short notice.
My speaking fees include the provision of all my own state-of-the-art digital audio visual equipment when a power point presentation is required. This fee can be offset by 10% of any gross sales of my signed autobiographical book entitled: “A Sailor’s Tales”.
Having looked at my website, should there be anything you wish to discuss or clarify, please do feel free to contact me.
The Sick Children's Trust provides quality 'Home from Home' accomodation for families of very sick children receiving treatment in hospital.
The Sick Children's Trust was founded in 1982 by two paediatric specialists Dr Jon Pritchard and Professor James Malpas. They believed that having parents on hand during hospital treatment benefited a child's recovery.
Rainbow House, our first Home from Home, opened its doors to families with children undergoing treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1984.
Today we have seven Homes from Home at major hospitals around the country, each providing clean comfortable accommodation for families with seriously ill children. Our Homes from Home are a place where families can take a step back from their situation and feel safe and relaxed in a welcoming and warm environement. All of our houses have private family bedrooms so family members can get a good night's sleep and communal living and kitchen areas so that families can have some stability of normal family life, sharing a meal or watching a favourite DVD.
There is a growing demand for our 'Homes from Home' as children must increasingly travel long distances to get the specialist treatment they need. To date we have helped more than 35,000 families.
We have 'Homes from Home' in Newcastle upon Tyne, Leeds, Sheffield, Cambridge and three homes in London.
We have three major appeals currently running. The first is to build a new 'Home from Home' at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne which will support the children's heart unit there. Our second is to extend Stevenson House in London to provide more accomodation to support the growing services at the Royal London Children's Hospital and our third is to provide 'Home from Home' accomodation at the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge for families with children in Neonatal Intensive Care .
Porchlight is a forward thinking and innovative charity, passionate about helping people and communities. We work throughout Kent to help the most vulnerable and isolated people in our communities to access housing and related support services. We help change lives through the following services: Help and Advice; Kent Outreach Service; Young Persons Services; Homelessness Prevention; Supported Accommodation; Community Support and Building Skills. In 2010-11 we supported over 2,300 people in Kent to change their lives for the better
We do not charge a fee or expenses
Registered Charity Number 267116
Rachel van Hoven
Community Fundraiser
Porchlight Head Office
2nd Floor Watling Chambers
18-19 Watling Street
Canterbury
Kent CT1 2UA
The Sick Children’s Trust believes that no child should be separated from their family while in hospital receiving treatment for serious illness. Our mission is to provide free, high quality ‘Home from Home’ accommodation for families in this position.
Every day, children are diagnosed with serious and life-threatening illnesses or have terrible accidents that leave them fighting for life. They often have to be transferred to specialist hospitals far from their family home to receive critical medical treatment. The Sick Children’s Trust exists to support and promote the child’s recovery and further to support the fabric and well being of the family as a whole.
The Big Chocolate Tea Party campaign in April is about getting together with friends, family, work colleagues or neighbours over a cuppa and your favourite chocolate treat to help raise money for sick children and their families in their time of need.
Your party can be as big or small, as grand or simple as you want. Whether you raise £5 or £500, every little bit will help keep families together when they need each other the most.
No fee
Sophie Dean
3rd Floor
Willow House
17-23 Willow Place
SW1P 1JH
020 7931 8695 sophie@sickchildrenstrust.org, Registered Charity Number - 284416
A POLICEMAN’S LOT CAN BE QUITE AN INTERESTING ONE !
Are you looking for an interesting, entertaining and interactive speaker who is a recently retired police officer?
The audience will be able to choose from a combination of fascinating cases which may include:
· When is a bomb not a bomb? : policing Gatwick airport.
· Searching for missing people: the miracle of the lost two year old.
· Dealing with the vulnerable: some poignant or funny incidents.
· The very expensive “sleep-over”.
· Football match policing- the beautiful game?
· Political conferences and the Grand Hotel bombing 1984.
And many more examples detailing the frailties of human nature.
Neil Sadler spent much of his 30 years service as an operational officer in various ranks. He has worked in Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong and Trinidad and even survived Bognor Regis and Crawley!
He will bring along “exhibits”, including equipment and photographs to illustrate his “cases”.
His fee is very modest. East Sussex / West Kent WI approved.
Book your Valentines’ date with Herts Air Ambulance; come and play at the Heart of Herts Casino Night on Friday 10th February at the Fairway Tavern in Welwyn Garden City, raising vital funds for this life-saving service. The evening kicks off with a reception at 7:30pm followed by a two course dinner and disco. Plus, play with fun money at Funky Casino’s tables and win fabulous prizes!
I would like to tell you about the work that we do in the community.
We are Surrey Search & Rescue, a 100% volunteer search and rescue organisation on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a Year. We work closely with the emergency services to locate missing people searching on foot and with specially trained dogs.
We are called out by the Police to help locate the most vulnerable people in our community such as children and the elderly. All of our team members are volunteers who give their time and their knowledge for free.
Although we work closely with the Police and other emergency services, all our work is funded by contributions from individuals, companies and organisations like yourselves. This generous support enables us to keep our volunteers on the front line of searches.
We would like to ask you for your support in this essential work. You may be able to help us in a variety of ways, for instance, with a financial contribution which is put towards the provision of essential items, including high visibility clothing and VHF communication equipment, or, perhaps by helping promoting our services and raising our awareness.
Thank you again for reading this request. We hope to hear from you soon.
I am a solicitor and for over 40 years have been a magician. I am currently a Member of The Magic Circle and have been elevated to the exclusive degree of Associate Member of The Inner Magic Circle with Silver Star - an accreditation held by about only 350 magicians in the world.
I have been a member of Round Table and Rotary International, so I am familiar with service organisations.
For over 30 years I have presented a talk on The History of Magic, which is fun, informative and entertaining with a practical demonstration of different styles of magic. I always have a vibrant Q & A session. I have seven other talks - all with a magic theme, including talks on Houdini, Chung Ling Soo, The Piddingtons, David Nixon and Tommy Cooper.
I have auditioned for and speak to Women's Institute groups in Kent, London, Surrey, Hampshire and Sussex. I have also spoken to U3A groups as well as on cruise ships as an enrichment lecturer.
I would welcome an opportunity to speak to your Clubs and can be contacted via my website at www.johnfield.net or on the telephone on 01372 275515 or 07759 609959 . There is a fee for my presentations but I can assure you that your members will have a thoroughly entertaining time.
The Local Crime Community Sentence project (LCCS) is a joint venture by
Thames Valley Probation staff and local magistrates. Its aim is to increase
the knowledge and understanding of courts and what happens to offenders
afterwards.
This is an opportunity for your group to 'be the judge', looking at the
facts of a real case, then deciding whether the person goes to prison or is
given a community sentence. You then hear about what really happened in
that case.
The presentation is absolutely free of charge, lasts about an hour and is
both informative and fun.
If you would like to arrange a presentation for your group or discuss it in
more detail, contact Clare Hooper, Thames Valley Probation’s LCCS
Co-ordinator on 01869 255300 or clare.hooper@thames-valley.probation.gsi.gov.uk
Click this YouTube link to find out more on Local Crime: Community
Sentence:
Could you please add me to your speaker's list for the South East Region. I am a solicitor working towards retirement and for over 40 years have been a magician. I am currently a Member of The Magic Circle and have been elevated to the exclusive degree of Associate Member of The Inner Magic Circle with Silver Star - an accreditation held by about only 350 magicians in the world.
I have been a member of Round Table and Rotary International, so I am familiar with service organisations.
For over 30 years I have presented a talk on The History of Magic, which is fun, informative and entertaining with a practical demonstration of different styles of magic. I always have a vibrant Q & A session. I have seven other talks - all with a magic theme, including talks on Houdini, Chung Ling Soo, The Piddingtons, David Nixon and Tommy Cooper.
I have auditioned for and speak to Women's Institute groups in Kent, London, Surrey, Hampshire and Sussex. I have also spoken to U3A groups as well as on cruise ships as an enrichment lecturer.
I would welcome an opportunity to speak to your Clubs and can be contacted via my website at www.johnfield.net or on the telephone on01372 275515 or 07759 609959. There is a fee for my presentations but I can assure you that your members will have a thoroughly entertaining time.
Kind regards,
John Field
Breakthrough Breast Cancer Mid Kent
Hello.
I am the Chairman of the Mid Kent Fundraising Group for national charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Though stated as "Mid Kent" we cover the entire county.
Carrying on from winning the Rochester "local legend" award for my work with Breakthrough, I am starting a campaign for the charity, backed by the Vodafone World of Difference programme to raise awareness about breast cancer in women and men throughout Kent and kick off a parallel fundraising effort.
I will be giving talks and presentations about the work carried out by Breakthrough and letting people know about progress being made in the fight against breast cancer. The talks also let people know where and how their money is spent. (Right down to 10p for a litre of liquid nitrogen as part of the leading Generations Study!)
In Kent 1000 women a year are diagnosed with the disease and 350 sadly loose their lives. The program is poignantly named Project 350.
I understand that many groups or societies have a preferred charity of the year and it would be nice to have an association with Tangent in Kent, however the purpose is to inform with ‘no conditions’. If individuals or groups wish to take up the challenge of raising a very reachable £350 over a twelve month period it will be an added bonus.
Breakthrough Breast Cancer is a pioneering charity dedicated to saving lives and changing futures, through research, campaigning and education - removing the fear of breast cancer for good.
I for one will be lining up to run this year's London Marathon and I would love an opportunity to come along to a future meeting to talk to you about Breakthrough, share information and the odd funny story.
I am writing to offer my services as a speaker at one of your meetings over the next year or two.
I am the Regional Fundraising Manager for Arthritis Research UK, and cover Kent, Surrey, Sussex and South London. I would be delighted to attend one of your meetings to talk to your members about our latest and most exciting research and offer a range of information on all forms of arthritis.
As I am sure quite a number of your members suffer from arthritis, I have no doubt that many will find what I have to share both relevant and interesting. I do not charge for my services, but always appreciate a donation to help the vital research and educational work of my charity, Arthritis Research UK.
Arthritis Research UK is Britain’s fourth largest medical research charity. We are working to take the pain away for sufferers of all forms of arthritis and help people to remain active. We do this by:
· funding world class research
· providing information and
· campaigning
Everything we do is underpinned by research.
I am available evenings or during the day any day of the week from, subject to commitments already in my diary and would be more than happy to meet you and your members.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Yours Sincerely
I’d like to offer the Tangent clubs of Midland^ Back to TOP ^ South East
Dear Speaker Secretary
I’d like to offer the Tangent clubs of Berks, Oxon and Bucks the chance to find out a bit more about their local Air Ambulance. The ThamesValley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust is a registered Charity and our mission is to assist in the provision of an Air Ambulance service, to relieve sickness and injury and to serve our three counties (BOB).
Our red and yellow helicopter operates from RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, carrying a full range of life saving medical equipment. We operate during daylight hours 7 days a week, 365 days a year and can transport a patient to the most appropriate Accident and Emergency, trauma unit or specialist treatment department. We receive no central Government or National Lottery funding so rely completely on community support to keep flying.
We have a range of experience staff and volunteers who would be more than happy to come and give a tangent club talk to one of your groups within the three counties. If this would be of interest please do not hesitate to contact me on the details below and I shall make contact with the relevant people.
Kind regards
Laura
Laura Nicholas Buckinghamshire Fundraising Manager
the chance to find out a bit more about their local Air Ambulance. The ThamesValley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust is a registered Charity and our mission is to assist in the provision of an Air Ambulance service, to relieve sickness and injury and to serve our three counties (BOB).
Our red and yellow helicopter operates from RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, carrying a full range of life saving medical equipment. We operate during daylight hours 7 days a week, 365 days a year and can transport a patient to the most appropriate Accident and Emergency, trauma unit or specialist treatment department. We receive no central Government or National Lottery funding so rely completely on community support to keep flying.
We have a range of experience staff and volunteers who would be more than happy to come and give a tangent club talk to one of your groups within the three counties. If this would be of interest please do not hesitate to contact me on the details below and I shall make contact with the relevant people.
Kind regards
Laura
Laura Nicholas Buckinghamshire Fundraising Manager
I would love the opportunity to talk to your clubs in the Sussex and Surrey area - please can you let me know how I could be added to your list of speakers.
I have been an Image Consultant with Colour me beautiful since 2004 and work from my studio near Horsham in Sussex. For your further information - please see my website at www.colouryourstyle.co.uk. As well as individual consultations and workshops, I present to small and large groups. These presentations/talks are interactive, fun and informative and can be tailored to meet your specific requirements. They can include all aspects of colour, style – including style personality and body shapes and seasonal fashions. Most popular topics are:
Colour: How different colours suit different people?
Style: Wardrobes full of clothes but absolutely nothing to wear!
Style Update: Don’t be a Fashion victim – how to interpret the key looks for the Season
As Christian Dior said - "it's not money that makes you well dressed - it's understanding". So learn how to always look good, feel confident and save money.
Do YOU know which colours and styles suit you best? By wearing your most flattering colour combinations and styles of clothing, you will look healthier and happier, and feel more confident. You will also project a much more positive image of yourself. Do you remember when someone last commented on how great you looked? What were you wearing? You'll probably find out that it was one of your best colours.
Just think about all the clothes you've bought over the years that are either rarely or never worn, - why is it that you don't wear something? Maybe you feel the colour doesn't suit you, and it doesn't make you feel good or the fit and style seems wrong.
If you would like any further details on these talks or you have any questions, please do call me. I would love to be a speaker at one of your groups and spread the word on colour and style – giving ladies more confidence to dress in order to make the most of themselves.
So ... you can stop thinking that you have got wardrobes full of nothing to wear and see how to buy less and wear it more...
I am interested in offering myself as a speaker to groups in a number of different areas in the UK in particular, Buckinghamshire, the NE of England and the central belt of Scotland and wondered if you could offer any contact opportunities to me as a potential speaker at a meeting or social event?
I am a semi-retired business person and currently the head of development for a period instrument orchestra.
However, it is my hobby that forms the subject of my proposed talk.
My talk is about the range of pearl jewellery that I source in the ‘Pacific Rim’ in pearl markets and which I make myself; I can vary the length of the talk for anytime up to an hour. I trade under the name Tears of the Dragon and my jewellery consists of designer collections of pearls, beads and precious & semi-precious stones. The current talk is entitled ‘A passion for pearls’ and the subject is about the science of pearls, the myths and legends surrounding the history of wearing pearls, from Cleopatra to the present day, the choices to make about the quality of pearls and how to distinguish the real thing from fakes. I am a competent, lively speaker and the talks are entertaining as well as informative. My drama training at University, many years ago, has proved invaluable in that I am confident in front of any size of audience, can improvise, engage and most importantly I can make myself heard! I never use microphones or notes and have never needed either.
I hope this does not sound too arrogant, but so far every group to whom I have given a talk has asked me back for another and/or to become engaged in their other social activities, or other calendar events. Thus, I am building a calendar of tours in different parts of the country where I give talks to a wide variety of groups. I live half my life in Burgundy, France but travel to the UK regularly for talks and to tour with my orchestra – the only connection between my music work and my pearls is the word ‘baroque’ which applies to both!
I bring with me to my talks my jewellery, which I readily hand around to the audience and have found some groups offer me the opportunity to sell goods on the day. I would always offer a donation to any group’s charity if that were the case. I also use the profits from sales at talks to donate to the charity that I support, which is currently building an orphanage for the neglected street children of Durban (another potential talk in itself!)
Currently, I am giving talks to groups such as the National and International Women’s Clubs, Soroptimists and various client nights with London banks, law firms and accountancy firms in Scotland, as well as private house parties and other local events.
At present, I am in the process of developing my pearls business and up-dating my website (www.tears-of-the-dragon.co.uk ) and the new site should be operating from July this year, although the current site is worth a visit, if you have a minute!
I hope this email has provided enough information to take my request a little further and I would be happy to provide testimonials, or to come and talk to any panel that might be established to judge the quality of potential speakers’ presentations.
Thank you for the time you have taken in reading this email and I look forward to hearing from you in due course.
I work for Thames Hospicecare which is the local Hospice in East Berkshire and South Buckinghamshire and I was wondering if I could speak to Clubs in the Wokingham, Ascot, Bourne End and Flackwell Heath and Bracknell and District areas so that I can let them know about the work of Thames Hospicecare and upcoming events.
Thank you in anticipation
Kind Regards
Michelle Bowdidge
Events Fundraiser
Tel: 01753 848963
Hello.My name is Jacqueline Rance and I am a Magistrate on Reading Bench.
The Magistrates' Association is striving to improve its image and reach out to the public. We have formed Magistrates in the Community. this is not new, but I am new to the role as Bench Coordinator.
We offer talks to schools, associations, clubs. I have worked the Internet to find the names of the associations, but it has not been easy tofind a name to address, so please forgive the omission.
I have brought these talks right up into 2011. We give a Powerpoint 'show' with the talk, all of whichis fun and far from stodgy - an impression we are trying to rectify. We have light quiz'/ Q & A sessions, and more.
I am writing to ask if you would be interested in having a Magistrate give a presentation, as an "After-dinner Talk", which can be tailored to any time constraints.
Tony Parker of Ability Back Chiropractic is offering to give talks on 'Chiropractic - is it relevant to you?' Their purpose: To help as many people as possible, regain and maintain their health - especially children.
The Sick Children's Trust provides quality 'Home from Home' accomodation for families of very sick children receiving treatment in hospital.
The Sick Children's Trust was founded in 1982 by two paediatric specialists Dr Jon Pritchard and Professor James Malpas. They believed that having parents on hand during hospital treatment benefited a child's recovery.
Rainbow House, our first Home from Home, opened its doors to families with children undergoing treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1984.
Today we have seven Homes from Home at major hospitals around the country, each providing clean comfortable accommodation for families with seriously ill children. Our Homes from Home are a place where families can take a step back from their situation and feel safe and relaxed in a welcoming and warm environement. All of our houses have private family bedrooms so family members can get a good night's sleep and communal living and kitchen areas so that families can have some stability of normal family life, sharing a meal or watching a favourite DVD.
There is a growing demand for our 'Homes from Home' as children must increasingly travel long distances to get the specialist treatment they need. To date we have helped more than 35,000 families.
We have 'Homes from Home' in Newcastle upon Tyne, Leeds, Sheffield, Cambridge and three homes in London.
We have three major appeals currently running. The first is to build a new 'Home from Home' at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne which will support the children's heart unit there. Our second is to extend Stevenson House in London to provide more accomodation to support the growing services at the Royal London Children's Hospital and our third is to provide 'Home from Home' accomodation at the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge for families with children in Neonatal Intensive Care .
Christine Green, a hypnotherapist, Journey Accredited Therapist, Life Coach and Reiki Master, with over twenty years experience in her field. Based in Basingstoke but willing to travel in Hampshire.
The Horsham & Crawley branch is of course part of the well-known national Samaritans organisation but locally has to be financially self-supporting to operate our Horsham branch headquarters and the activities of over 100 volunteers . Our catchment area stretches across West Sussex and links with the work carried out by sister Samaritan branches in Reigate, Tunbridge Wells, Brighton and Worthing .
Our aim is of course to provide confidential emotional support 24 hours a day to people who are despairing, lonely or isolated and who may be contemplating suicide. This happens for telephone callers, face to face callers at our branch , and those who contact us by e-mail.
We would be most grateful if your could consider support for Horsham & Crawley Samaritans within your programme for 2011.
We urgently require wider publicity and a boost to our revenues. In return we can provide literature, promotional items, active volunteers and speakers for any meeting you may plan. We would be very happy to work with you to raise our profile and funding and to give your membership an insight into a very worthwhile voluntary enterprise .
You’ve probably heard of Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke. Most people have. That’s because there is hardly a family in this part of the UK untouched by these illnesses.
Like your organisation, we are part of the community. Every penny we spend on research, care, support and health promotion is spent within Northern Ireland for the benefit of local people.
Since we both have the community at heart, we are writing to ask if you would consider helping us to raise funds in your area, or to donate the proceeds of one of your events to the battle against heart disease, stroke and chest illnesses.
The facts are shocking:
More than 20 people die every day from one of these illnesses in Northern Ireland – that’s 7,500 a year
Heart disease and stroke kill more people than all the cancers combined
Stroke is the single biggest cause of disability in our community.
We are the only local charity fighting all these conditions. We run support groups in cities, towns and villages in every county. Last year, we funded research worth £500,000 in our hospitals and universities. This research produces results. For example, one project identified two genes originating in Co Tyrone which were responsible for abnormally high levels of cholesterol. The result: affected families are now able to receive preventative treatment.
This is just a brief outline of the valuable work we do. We would be delighted to meet you to discuss it further. Incidentally, your good work will not go unsung. Many organisations across Northern Ireland have benefited from high profile positive publicity as a result of helping us in the past.
NICHS aims to improve the quality of life for the people of Northern Ireland by preventing and alleviating chest, heart and stroke illnesses.
Our vision is a Northern Ireland where chest, heart and stroke illnesses have been substantially reduced and those affected receive high quality services to meet their needs.
Be part of NICHS events in 2011 and have some fun raising funds
Celebrate a Life 14th June, Hearty Lunch 17th June, Hearty Leap, 25th&26th June. To book your place or to find out more information, please contact events@nichs.org.uk<mailto:events@nichs.org.uk>
NICHS aims to improve the quality of life of the people of Northern Ireland by preventing and alleviating chest, heart and stroke illnesses.
Our vision is a Northern Ireland where chest, heart and stroke illnesses have been substantially reduced and those affected receive high quality services to meet their needs.
My name is Alexandra Drinkell and I am a Fundraiser for Scotland’s Autism Charity Scottish Autism. I would like to speak to your members about what Autism is, who Scottish Autism are and what fantastic work we do as well as how you can get involved with us should you wish. There are 50,000 people in Scotland with Autism and we want to reach and support these people and their families and hope to do so with your support. 
Along with my Dad, I run a Restaurant Canal Boat called the Judith Mary, in Whaley Bridge, High Peak. We can seat up to 40 people, have a fully licensed bar, central heating and offer a range of menus. We have recently had a number of bookings from Rotary and Round Table clubs and I hope this email will be of interest to you and you will be able to lat clubs in the area know about us. 
Kind regards
The Sick Children's Trust provides quality 'Home from Home' accomodation for families of very sick children receiving treatment in hospital. 
Porchlight is a forward thinking and innovative charity, passionate about helping people and communities. We work throughout Kent to help the most vulnerable and isolated people in our communities to access housing and related support services. We help change lives through the following services: Help and Advice; Kent Outreach Service; Young Persons Services; Homelessness Prevention; Supported Accommodation; Community Support and Building Skills. In 2010-11 we supported over 2,300 people in Kent to change their lives for the better 
The Big Chocolate Tea Party campaign in April is about getting together with friends, family, work colleagues or neighbours over a cuppa and your favourite chocolate treat to help raise money for sick children and their families in their time of need. 
Good Afternoon, 