Sand Martins Golf Club donate £20,000Building for the Future's dream of having a dedicated community centre for disabled children got even closer this year thanks to a generous donation of £20,000 from the members and management of Sand Martins Golf Club. The Wokingham charity was nominated as Captains' Charity of the Year 2009 by Ken Matthews and Janet Wallace. During..

Travel Tales Local photographer Charlotte Broster has produced a colourful calendar for 2010 with all proceeds going to Building for the Future. The desk top style calendar is made up of 12 stunning images from Charlotte's travels around Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. Charlotte was struck by the charming children she encountered and by the vibrant local scenes of daily life that she saw. Each..

NOVEMBER 2009 NEWS   An egg stra special start to the season Christmas came early to Wokingham this year with a festive shopping fair and fashion show at Stokes Farm. This event was the first of its kind at the family-run firm and was the brainchild of Suzanne Findlay, daughter of Tim Findlay, who owns the organic egg farm on Binfield Road, Wokingham,..

  BFTF announces a New Chief Executive, a New Chairman, a Vice Chairman and two more mums of disabled children join the Board of Trustees   Announcement from Jane Holmes:   “ We are extremely pleased to announce that Building for the Future has a new structure to its Board of Trustees. We are proud to have Mark Ashwell, Managing Director of TradeMark..

AUGUST 2009 NEWS   BJP's Three Peaks success Our friends at BJP Insurance Brokers on Wellington Road, Wokingham, have done us proud. In just over 24 hours they completed the Three Peaks Challenge, scaling Ben Nevis, Scarfell Pike and Snowdon to raise money towards our building for the area's disabled children. Not only did they give up their weekends..

JULY 2009 NEWS Building for the Future gave kids chance to shine Thirteen local disabled children got their moment in the spotlight on Saturday 18 th July thanks to proactive disabled children’s charity Building for the Future. The prominent charity, whose patron is international comedian and writer Francesca Martinez, produced a talent show called Time to..

JUNE 2009 NEWS Wokingham Bikeathon success Congratulations to 'Team BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE'! Kitty Holmes, Jasper Holmes, James Lole, Tabitha Purdy and Pat and Jessica Costello took part in the first ever Wokingham Bikeathon on 14th June, raising over £3,000 for the charity. There was great excitement on the day as scores of local..

MAY 2009 NEWS COMPETITION! Give our building a name!!! Kids! Can you help? Our building needs a name! What can we call it? We are working really hard to raise money for a brand new building just for children with disabilities and their families. It will have lots of indoor playrooms and sensory rooms and a sensory garden and an accessible..

APRIL 2009 NEWS The All Star Comedy Benefit The elegant, grand Victorian walls of Reading’s Town Hall has never shook so much in its existence than when nine top comedians entertained a several-hundred  strong crowd at the first annual All Star Comedy Benefit in aid of Building for the Future.   The stellar line-up, who each commanded the..

March 2009 News Spinning around! The staff and customers at Nirvana Spa in Sindlesham have been working up a sweat once again for Building for the Future through another well attended sponsored exercise event. Here are some of Building for the Future’s Trustees: Kate Lole, Jane Holmes and Melissa Ruel collecting a cheque for  £1,294 at Pulse 8,..