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Action For Kids wins favourite charity vote on Optimist World
Optimist World is a new website that looks at the bright side of the news. Optimist World features a charity every week and site visitors can vote for their favourite charity of those featured.
Action For Kids was one of four charities competing for the title Optimist Charity of the Week in May. We took first place in an online poll, ahead of some popular and well known charities.
We will now move on to another round in the Optimist Charity of the Year award. The winning charity then goes into the Optimist Charity of the Year competition to be awarded a cash prize, which is presented in Jan 09 in association with Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's event Three'sACrowd.
Our thanks to Optimist World and to all our supporters who voted for us!
Lights, Camera, Action!
Action For Kids is making a promotional film. The film is being made by Katy Egan of Cupcake Productions, an independent production company that specialises in making films for charities. Actress Lynda Bellingham will introduce and narrate the film and Action For Kids students will be part of the production team behind the scenes!
The film will explain and show the work we do for disabled young people here in London and around the UK. The film will include stories about the supply of mobility equipment, our family support services, our outreach projects and our Work Related Learning (WRL) programme for students with learning difficulties.
We are looking for corporate sponsors to help with financial backing. If you would like to help finance the film, please contact our Corporate Fundraiser Lyn Prodger.
An article appeared in Third Sector magazine about Lynda Bellingham introducing Action For Kids: The Movie. Click here to see the story online.
AFK achieves the Investors in People Standard
AFK is delighted to announce that we have recently achieved the Investors in People Standard. The Standard is given to organisations, large and small, which can demonstrate they have achieved success through their staff.
Latest raffle winners:
R7 Raffle: 18 April 2008
- Mrs M. Whelan, Crosby. Ticket No. 97741
- Mrs Beckley, Ashford. Ticket No. 07024
- Mr B Thomas, Hereford. Ticket No. 47486
