It’s Saturday 20 September …. welcome to the newest Fun Run on the block !

TASTE supporters in Plymouth are meeting together in the picturesque setting of Saltram House to raise funds for the community in Rahwol Chom.

The difference between Saltram House and the houses in Rahwol Chom could not be bigger!

Rahwol Chom is  a poor Rural Community in Central Nigeria which needs a clean water supply as their two existing wells are not sufficient to meet the needs of its population. During the dry season there are long queues as one of the wells always dries up. The problem of long queues is exacerbated by the community being situated close to Plateau State Polytechnic which has a large student population.

This Fun Run is part of the fund-raising activities that will result in the construction of two hand pump operated boreholes which, as well as serving the needs of the local community and supporting local construction businesses, will benefit current students and help attract prospective students.

We really need you to get your friends involved with sponsorship and by far the easiest (and least painful) way is by setting up a Justgiving page.  That way, you just need to e-mail your friends and they can get out their plastic and support you …job done!  And, help to allow you to make the most of the Justgiving resource is here.

But, if you’d prefer the original face:face ask, then we’ve got a downloadable sponsorship form below:

For all the arrangements, click here.

To download a sponsorship form

To register, just complete the form below.

The highly acclaimed Sheffield choir, Vivacity, are singing for TASTE on Saturday 5 April.

Their concert at St Lukes Church, Lodge Moor will be a fund-raiser and the TASTE Trustees are hugely grateful for Vivacity’s support.

Here’s a TASTEr of what to expect

Our wonderful in-house marketing team have produced a first-class newsletter for September.  Oh, all right, so you know it’s only Ben and Hannah, but you must agree that it’s a superb piece of work.  Download it now and enjoy!

September newsletter

Some years we have struggled with the damp and cold.  This year it was red-hot ….. at least in Sheffield.  And our faithful supporters were, as always, up to the challenge.

Our North wales event has been going for about half the time of the Sheffield event but, in terms of income, it is closing in fast on ‘big brother’.  Our supporters that covered the 5k in Wrexham have so far raise £970.  If only another form would arrive with thirty quid!

In Sheffield, on probably the hottest fun run of the last 10 years, our Patron Dan walker was amongst the runners who raised £2600.  Special mention to the X-Cel team who, as you can see form our picture, turned out in strength.

We would like to thank our Patron, Dan Walker, for hosting An Evening of success with Jessica Ennis last November at Sheffield City Hall. It was a resounding success much acclaimed by all who attended. We would also like to say a huge THANK YOU to all who supported the event – you have made each charity over £7,000 the richer or in TASTE reckoning 2 community boreholes richer.

After 5 years on Nursery Street, our friends at Hillsborough Baptist Church have offered us a new home.  We are so grateful for their generosity which goes along with the care and prayers that they have blessed us with for many years.

Our new contact details are:

TASTE
15 Hawthorne Road
Hillsborough
Sheffield S6 4LG

Tel:         07737 413 772

Email:    admin@taste.org.uk

The place:
Burngreave Library, Spital Hill

The date:
Saturday 9 June

The time:
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Event:
Coffee & cake fundraising event

Life-long TASTE supporter and local artist, John Lintern, is hosting a fund-raising event for TASTE.  He and his wife will be busy baking all this week so why not pop in for a quick coffee, some excellent cake and an opportunity to view some of John’s most recent work.

It is not very often that TASTE makes a big announcement. However, today is an exception. TASTE has a new Chief Executive. With effect from 1 May 2012, Ben Udejiofo will become CEO TASTE, replacing Steve Horton, who is taking on a full-time role with Wycliffe Church in Sheffield.  Steve will be moving back to his role of enthusiastic TASTE volunteer.

TASTE has been searching for a replacement for Steve since the middle of January and Ben comes as a real answer to prayer. Not only does he know TASTE inside out, his circumstances mean that he is able to take up the post on a full-time basis, something which Steve was unable to do.

However, never having funded a full-time CEO before will present certain financial challenges and the Trustees have committed themselves to finding the means to pay Ben a fair full-time salary. This is one of Steve’s last CEO challenges and he would love to hear from anyone who could make a monthly standing order towards Ben’s salary.  Contact Steve, in confidence, at steve@taste.org.uk.

Final, departing words from Steve?
“There cannot be anyone, anywhere in the world, that has a better grasp than Ben of what TASTE is about.  Exciting times are ahead!”