I have supported The Pendsey Trust since November 2014 by sponsoring a child and fundraising in order to reach a wider group of young people who Pendsey work with. Recently, I was reflecting upon the experience when I realised that the benefits extend well beyond the children in India and into the philosophy of ourRead More
On Thursday 25th June, friends and supporters of The Pendsey Trust gathered in London to celebrate our second anniversary at the highly acclaimed Cinnamon Restaurant in Brick Lane, London. Guests included Mary and Allan Hayes, who were some of Dr Pendsey’s first supporters within the UK, Dilan Shah, who trekked to Everest base camp lastRead More
In this feature we would like to bring you up to date with a few of our ‘Star Supporters’. Through fundraising of their own, and as a response to similar life situations they are dealing with, have made the generous decision to sponsor children at The Dream Trust. Jo Fox “December 2014 marked the first anniversaryRead More
Earlier in the year we introduced you all to our budding fundraising team at Sussex University. They will be taking on the challenge of a lifetime as they prepare to cycle across Kerala, India before heading to the home of our partner, The DREAM Trust. We caught up withRead More
It may be March but there’s still a chill in the air here in London, which meant the weather was perfect for the Pendsey Trust’s seasonal hog roast held at GJ’s in Wandsworth. Our winter après ski themed hog roast has become quite a hit with our fabulous supporters, and many rocked up in theirRead More
On the Monday 9th February, in honour of one the years celebratory dates, The Pendsey Trust hosted a successful Valentines Special Quiz Night Fundraiser! Many people travelled from far and wide across London to once again descend on the New Moon pub on Gracechurch Street. Another great chance for our supporters to show off their inner egg-heads whilstRead More
In the summer of 2015, students from the University of Sussex, in association with Sussex RAG, will be taking on the challenge of a lifetime. The challenge involves six days of cycling across the fascinating and beautiful scenery of Kerala, crossing the coconut groves, tea plantations and national parks, travelling through friendly villages and the breathtaking mountains ofRead More
Catriona and Andrew Laycock have been proud supporters of our President, and The Pendsey Trust, since she returned from her initial visit to Dr. Pendsey and The Dream Trust in Nagpur. Since then, they have also been sponsoring one of the children there who is living with T1 diabetes. We asked them to tell us theirRead More
Off the back of our first full calender year in operation our President, Lucy Laycock, has written a ‘Thank You’ statement to accompany our most recent Pendsey Trust Newsletter! Dear Valued Supporters, 2014 has been a fantastic year for The Pendsey Trust, among other things achieving registered charity status, co-leading a campaignRead More
On the 11th November, The Pendsey Trust were yet again host to another Quiz Night Fundraiser! This time we had moved down river from Victoria to the The New Moon pub near Monument welcoming a crowd willing to show off their inner egg-heads whilst raising money to help sponsor children with with Type 1 diabetes. We chose toRead More
The Pendsey Trust putting the ‘WORLD’ back in World Diabetes Day 2014: The #insulin4all Campaign. One of our very first interviews when we started out as a charity was with the amazing Elizabeth Rowley at T1international – a blog dedicated to exposing the situation for those with diabetes internationally and the difficulties of access toRead More
Earlier this year we introduced Dilan Shah and his blog, as one of our new supporters. Since then his blog has progressed into an informative and excellent journal as he prepares to undertake his challenge of a lifetime and climb to the Everest Base Camp in 2014! We are delighted to share his latest blogRead More
In the summer of 2015, students from the University of Sussex, in association with Sussex RAG, will be taking on the challenge of a lifetime. The challenge involves six days of cycling across the fascinating and beautiful scenery of Kerala, crossing the coconut groves, tea plantations and national parks, travelling through friendly villages and the breathtaking mountains of theRead More
Here at The Pendsey Trust we are delighted to bring you our good news story about what has been our main focus this summer. It all began with the crazy idea that we could get 100 bicycles out to India to enable the young people we are helping with educational scholarships to reach school safelyRead More
One of our avid supporters, Shelley Bennett, took the time out of her busy schedule running a brilliant diabetes support group that originated in Kent, South East England, to run a fundraiser for The Pendsey Trust. We are delighted to have her speak about this as one of our feature posts! “I first became awareRead More
