‘Curry for a Cause’
Indian Food Festival in aid of the Bubble Foundation UK
June 7-10, 2010
Food lovers’ are invited to eat their way around India at a series of glittering banquets and help save a child’s life.
Raval luxury restaurant and bar in Gateshead is hosting four banquets over four nights between June 7-10 in aid of the Bubble Foundation UK, the charity which supports the vital life saving work taking place at Newcastle General Hospital to treat babies and children born without an immune system.
This is your chance to eat your way around India – and help improve the lives of the UK’s sickest and most needy children.
All proceeds go directly to the Bubble Foundation UK.
Monday 7th June- Goan Night
Discover the true taste of Goa with Raval’s four course meal.
Tuesday 8th June- Punjabi Night
Feed your appetite with amazingly fresh Punjabi food.
Wednesday 9th June- Bengali Night
With its emphasis on fish and lentils served with rice, Bengali cuisine is known for its subtle flavours, its confectionaries and desserts.
Tickets: £40 for the set 4- course menu
Thursday 10th June
Gala VIP Banquet
Join Bubble Foundation UK patron Denise Robertson and friends and dine like a president as Raval gives its own unique and sensational twist to the banquet enjoyed by Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on his state visit to Washington last year.
Entertainment will be provided by Newcastle-based Indian music and dance groups, and the meal will be followed by a ‘money-can’t-buy’ charity auction with all proceeds going to the Bubble Foundation UK.
Price: £75 a ticket for the 5- course meal, including pre-dinner glass of champagne and canapés.
Time: 7pm until lateFor full menus and to book, please go to
www.ravalrestaurant.com and click on the link. Click the image below to view the online flyer.
The Top Brass
Newcastle University Windband presents:
An evening of light music plus a
brass ensemble performance.
Wednesday 12th May, 7pm
held at
Performing Arts Centre, Royal Grammar School, Jesmond
Tickets £3 with all proceeds to Bubble Foundation UK
For tickets contact h.r.wilkes@ncl.ac.uk
Remember to check here closer to the time to ensure that the details have not changed
Family Fun Day
To see Elle Heim-Sarac bouncing around her grandmother's living room, it is difficult to believe she is anything other than a normal five-year-old girl.
But just over four years ago she was close to death and some of the country's leading children's doctors were baffled by the illness which was slowly destroying her.
Now five-and-a-half, Elle will join her mum and grandmother at their first fund-raising event for the charity, a family fun day at the Catherine Beckett Community Centre in Deepdale Road, Preston, on Sunday.
Stretched across the outside of that building will be huge poster of Elle as a baby with the words, When A Kiss Can Kill.
The fun day, including a bouncy castle, climbing wall and face painting, runs from 11am until 3pm. For further details or to donate to the Bubble Foundation e-mail: ssarac@uclan.ac.uk
The Showgirls Ball
Saturday 24th April, 2010 at Springwood Park, Kelso
Drinks & Canapés at 7.30pm
Dinner, Auction & Dancing
Carriages at 1am
£80 each (Tables of 10)
Black tie
To apply for tickets please contact Gill Murray by email; gill@citrust.co.uk
or in writing to Faldonside House, Melrose, Roxburghshire, TD6 9BG
Harry Kent has finished the Vasaloppet!
On 7th March 2010, Harry Kent completed the Vasaloppet, a 92k cross country ski marathon held in Sweden.
He raised £5000 and finished in 9 hours 47 minutes
George Stephenson High School
The students and staff here are always raising money for us by running events and non uniform days. See their latest charity slideshow update by Clicking here.
To visit their Facebook charity page Click Here.
To visit the charity page on their website Cick Here.
Golf Competiton
The Golf competition at Close House, wic took place in September, raised an astounding £2,300! Thanks to all who participated!
The Bubble Ball
The Bubble Ball, which took place at the Marriott Gosforth Park Hotel on 25th September 2009, was a great success - Almost £17,000 was raised! It is being used to fund important research into better, less panful, and more successful treatment for our precious babies and children.
A big thank you to everyone who was involved in making this event a huge success.We hope to see you all again next year! See 'Upcoming Events' for details.
Ladies mini marathon Dublin 2009
It was a very busy event again, busier than last year we thought. We got as many out as we could on the day. We had lots of enjoyment on a perfect day. The route was identical to last year. We started at Fitzwilliam Square and finished at St. Stephens Green. Tim in his Scouts uniform and hat was our Mascot. He reminded us of what we were running for.
He had travelled to meet us with another mother, who had collected him & some of his mates from a “Scouts Cubs weekend away”. His is delighted with life, & exhausted, after 3 late nights away in the Dublin Mountains with his mates! We were under constant sunshine. We almost forgot that we were in Dublin. It was so nice to be a participant.
There were lots of band’s and musical groups playing as we sprinted along. Dublin Fire Brigade had hoses played on us, whenever a cooling off was needed. Think I heard that 45,000 were to run, but don’t take my word for it. It did seem very busy.
It took us 30 minutes to reach the “Start” Line. We all reached the “Finish” Line very shortly after arriving to the “Start” Joan, Tim, & his Scout friends were waiting for us on St. Stephens Green at the “finish” with a cup of tea, tomato sandwiches, & biscuits. It was needed.
Gerry Coyne, & Family.
The Rotary Immunology Research Fund
