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With such pressure on school budgets, fundraising and the support of PTAs is ever more essential. Yet when the funding required is substantial there's a risk of children and supporters working really hard to raise funds, and barely denting the target. People's enthusiasm diminishes, and pupils realise that they may leave before the goal is reached, and never enjoy the…

ASHA Trust have begun their expansion into South Africa's  Western Cape, starting in Franschhoek with plans to reach Limpopo. With substantial new funding over three years from the Genesis Trust in the UK, they are able to make a major step-change in their operations, starting work with 26 home creches initially. In these impoverished communities they will train women in…

Lovely to see such a terrific write-up of the work of Odysseus Unbound in the prestigious Geoscientist magazine, the monthly Fellowship magazine of the Geological Society of London - and such a warm and enthusiastic editorial. it's a pleasure to have worked with the trustees, and to see their peerless research moving them ever closer to Odysseus's homeland. Link here…

An inspiring story in this week's Somerset Gazette detailing how Avalon School, a special school in Street, are nearing their £1.m target to build a much-needed hydrotherapy pool. This is a wonderful project which will help Avalon's pupils, who have special needs and disabilities, and the wider community. Read in full about this wonderful client here and their very popular art…

It was a pleasure to work with ASHA Trust as it successfuly expanded its fundraising into the UK, and a thousand times more exciting to see the fruits of the project in the form of a major expansion of their work. ASHA Trust works with women in deprived communities who care for children and helps them turn their informal home…

Bay Search and Rescue is a volunteer-led emergency rescue service based in the Morecambe Bay area, saving lives in Cumbria and Lancashire. Its core funding comes from the local community, and from its charity shops. Tarnside worked with BS&R to help it secure major capital funding for its Hagglund vehicles. These tracked amphibious vehicles are the mainstay of its operations, rescuing…

2018 brings us a new member of the team: Gigi the labradoodle. When she leaves Frances' handbag she'll take up a more active role in the Tarnside office.

An excellent conclusion to work with ASHA Trust: significant multi-year funding in place for an inspirational charity in South Africa. ASHA develops and facilitates early childhood development training programmes for under-skilled practitioners and owners of home-based crèches in South Africa's poorest townships. ASHA training equips 'house mothers' with the necessary skills to provide a stimulating educational environment, meet the nutritional needs of…

It’s a delight to be working with Calvert Trust once more, supporting the team as they work to harness the funds they need to maintain their leading provision for people with disabilities, and develop new ideas and projects. Tarnside worked alongside LDCT in 2011 when it raised £3.5m for a new state of the art watercentre. The trust has continued…

A tearful farewell to the legendary Di McClure, globe-trotter, orienteering champion, WI leader, amateur golfer, Tarnside book keeper and crack proofreader. Di has retired once more to spend time with her grandchildren and travel the world in her campervan. We sent her off with fish and chips and third place in the pub quiz. She has promised to continue the…