The Eye Fund A charity to support people losing their vision.
Carol and Paul rocked in the car park of the Mersey Clipper pub along with members and volunteers of Wirral Society of the Blind and Partially Sighted.
As well as selling stuff the public who came in were serenaded by some very loud but good bands.
Insanity Beach were the headlining band. Also excellent was a Bob Marley sound and look alike guy called Trevor Gleason.
The day stayed dry for the most part and the charity benefitted to the tune of £150.
On 8th July Carol and Paul went to West Haddon in Leicestershire.
Paul’s niece, Jane, belongs to the West Haddon Players. The group who put on several performances each year donate the proceeds to a designated charity. This year’charity was The Eye Fund.
Carol and Paul were presented with a cheque for £1500 at the player’s annual barbeque. What amazing generosity!
Another 40 hours of counselling!
Thanks from all of us.
The Eye Fund celebrated a wonderful opening of the Eyedesign exhibition in the new Pavilion in Birkenhead Park.
Over 50 people attended the opening — performed by Mike McCartney, Wirral’s Cultural Ambassador… AND NOW The Eye Fund Patron.
Simon’s wonderful designs were the main feature, supported by some amazing impressions of his graphics by several professional artists. The Children of Bidston Avenue Primary school played no small part by entering their own canvases.
Family and friends travelled from varying parts of the UK to attend and add their love and support for Simon and his work.
A cheque to the value of £4,500 was presented to the Wirral Society of the Blind and Partially sighted to fund our very first Eye Fund counsellor, now working in Arrowe Park Hospital.
If you missed it you can contribute by donating to The Eye Fund (download a copy of the mandate form).
The aim of The Eye Fund trustees and Simon’s family is to have Eye Fund counsellors helping people like Simon in several hospitals.
Please help us to realise this.
When: Wednesday, 11th March.
Where: The Pavilion Gallery, Birkenhead Park, Wirral.
Featuring: Grand Opening Ceremony by Wirral’s Cultural Ambassador Mike McCartney, opening to the public on 12th March until Saturday, 21st March.
Update: This was a very successful exhibition. The intention was to raise the profile of the charity, but in the meantime we took over £1000. Not bad!
When: Friday, 20th March
Where: The RAFA Club, Formby, Victoria Road, Formby, L37 1LG.
Featuring: Doors open at 7.00pm and the fun starts at 7.30pm. Tickets cost just £5.00 and that includes a hot-pot supper. (Not bad, eh?) Teams from 2 to 6. There will be many cash prizes and a raffle. Remember, this is for CHARITY!
Update: Again another successful night’s entertainment. Well done! Sandra for all your hard work.
When: Friday, 20th March
Where: The Capitol Restaurant, Birkenhead.
Featuring: Tickets costing £30 will be on advanced sale soon. A full Chinese banquet is included in the price along with entertainment. Keep looking! By popular demand we have to have another Charity night at The Capitol. The last one was a sell-out and a great success, and we have been asked to hold another one.
Update: Not as well supported as last year but we all had a tremendous evening with Andy as a compere and Simon the magician. Thank you Steve Tam for lending us your rerstaurant. A very good profitable night.
The Eye Fund is having an art exhibition of some of Simon’s graphics. Professional artists will be contributing some of their own impressions of Simon’s designs.
Local school children have been working hard making their own copies of the same pictures.
This is to be held from 12th March to 21st March in The Pavilion, Birkenhead Park, Wirral. The grand opening by Mike McCartney, Wirral’s Cultural Ambassador takes place on the 11th March by invitation only.
We will also be presenting a cheque of £4500 to the Wirral Society for the Blind and Partially sighted to help pay for a counsellor to advise people faced with losing their sight.
Simon’s family wish all of his friends and supporters a very happy Christmas and a good 2009. Raise a glass to him at New Year.
The Eye Fund has had a very good first year: upwards of £26,000 has been raised. There is a counsellor already working at a Wirral Eye Clinic, funded by The Eye Fund. Next year 2 more counsellors will be helping people like Simon, in London and Liverpool.
We would like to thank everyone. Please keep helping. Have you thought of a monthly donation of as little as £5? Download the form for more information. Every little helps!
After some furious Ebay bidding, our signed Sigur Rós “Hlemmur” CD/DVD was finally won by Neil Walker, who paid an astounding £360 for it. Well done, Neil!
We’ve just added the following item to Ebay: Limited Edition copy of Hlemmur, by Sigur Rós.
This unique version of Hlemmur was signed especially to raise money and awareness for The Eye Fund, which we are obviously thrilled about.
Also included is a selection of rare promotional CDs from the Takk… and Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust albums.
Please head over to Ebay and bid on this item!
ebay: Signed Sigur Rós “Hlemmur” CD/DVD. [Update: now closed.]
The latest fund raising venture was a Race Night organised by David. The venue was the Marine Football club in Crosby (where David and Anne-Marie had their evening do for their wedding).
The evening was a great success and a real family happening. Everyone from Phil’s Nan, Paul’s brother from Leicestershire, Jake from Blackburn, and not forgetting Jamie, Ciaran and 2 year-old William. Everyone had a brilliant time and a lovely hot-pot supper (sorry Phil).
After expenses, the amount raised was over £700. Well Done David! (even if he has a few more grey hairs now)
Now! What’s next???
~ Carol Sherry
On September 7th 2008, the Eye Fund Sisters (also known as: Helen, Anne-Marie, and Lianne), took part in the annual Liverpool 5k run around Sefton Park.
All three finished with a personal best time and at the time of writing they’ve raised £640! Well done, girls.
