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Summer Fete On Sunday 20th July, from 2:30 - 5:30 pm at Cambridge City Football Ground on Milton Road, Bridges to Belarus will be holding a Summer Fete. Attractions include a puppet show (4pm), bouncy castle and bouncy slide from Just Puppets and a performance from St Ives' C.I.F.A Majorettes....

Slave Auction On December 18 2007, I took drastic measures to raise the funds for Dima's life-saving operation. I decided to sell off the staff at Ipswich Hospital in a slave auction!

The brain-wave of Nicola Galloway and ably assisted by Helen Reade, we organised a group of slaves and then let the selling begin...

Art for the Children Over the two weeks that we were at Michaelhouse, we took over £2000 which is a tremendous boost to Bridges to Belarus. We also made many useful contacts and spoke with lots of interesting people. We would like to thank Michaelhouse, especially Sue Binns, for all their help and hard work in making the exhibition a success. Local artists, including members of the Cambridge Drawing Society...

Raffle in Dorset. On her return from Rogachov, Chris Cockeram organised a fundraising event in her hometown, Sherborne, in Dorset. It was held on 29th September 2007, 10am – 1pm in the Age Concern Hall on Digby Road.

It was a huge success, with a queue...

Chris' Report - August 2007. First, I should probably introduce myself. My name is Chris Cockeram and I became involved with Bridges to Belarus through two organisations: The Humanitarian Centre in Cambridge and the Sherborne and Yeovil link of Chernobyl Children Lifeline...

B2B Raffle - July 2007. Melanie Hinks decided that she wanted to run a tombola at the Milton Road School summer fete and a raffle. I was expecting a few bottles of wine and some toys, but Mel had other ideas!

With prizes donated by Spymasters, Glaze to Amaze, Ten Pin Bowling, Bridge Farm, Purvis Boat Centre, Ely Cycle Centre...