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LATEST NEWS AND PICTURES OF THE ROSIE MAY CHILDREN'S HOME IN SRI LANKA.

Rosie May Home - ..            Click here to go to Rosie May Home.

Donate on-line using our secure Justgiving facility - CLICK HERE

Dance for Rosie May 2010 - See Results & Photos CLICK HERE

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Cousin Richard & Scotty at Langer airfield. They raised £200 from their parachute jump. 

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Chloe Loach awarded 'The Rosie May Trophy for Expressive Arts' 2010 at Belvoir High School.

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held a competition for the best fundraiser.      They raised £2842.            The winners were Fran & Roanna.

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Concert of Dance, 15th May 2010 at Highfields School performed by Tozer Studios. This event was organised by The Inner Wheel Club of Newark who raised £1106. Special thanks to Hazel Parsons for choosing the Rosie May Home as her charity for 3 years. Also, thank you to Lyndsay Haynes for her continued support.

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Harrison Dowzell raised £332 by finishing 'The Great Nottinghamshire Bike Ride 50 miles'     WELL DONE!

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Karen Pye-Smith of the Nottingham Odd Fellows presenting Mary with a cheque for £200.

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Melissa and Tessa Saville recently completed the Coast to Coast challenge and raised £600!



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Rachel Anderson (2nd Left) raised an amazing £759.50 + giftaid by taking part in the Sheffield Half Marathon.

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West End star Charlotte Gorton performing live at the 'Any Thing Goes' evening at the Dutch House in Galle, Sri Lanka.

Thank you to Charlotte, Henri Tatham and Geoffrey Dobbs (AdoptSriLanka) for raising 603,602SLR for the Rosie May Home.

If you are Organising a Sponsored Event to raise money for the Rosie May Memorial Fund, you can now have your own on-line sponsor form. CLICK HERE

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eBay users, here's a new way to give!                                        Sell on eBay to support the Rosie May Memorial Fund

So clear out your closet and start to raise funds. To find out how to do this Cick here.

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Rosie May Fun Run - Brisbane, Australia 2009 which this year raised in excess of Aus$ 5,000 !

Click Here to go to the Australia page and see the photos.

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Dancers from Bingham, Hykeham and Orston Schools of Dance performing at their recent show.

Latest fundraising:

Bingham & Hykeham School of Dance - Dance Show - £1000.00

Josheph Whitaker School, Rainworth A Night at the Musicals - £563.24

Josheph Whitaker School, Rainworth Non School Uniform Day - £335.62

Oakham School Non Uniform Day - £325

The Minster School, Southwell - Dance Leaders Showcase - £568.95

Foston WI -  £30

KGGS Selling merchandise & 6th Form Summer Fair -  £735

Rev J Chambers Guest Speaking -  £120

Belvoir High School Open Day -  £120

Belvoir High School Millie Gribby & Friends - £450

Oakham School - £309.84 – Non-uniform day

Newark Inner Wheel £300

West Herts. College, Watford -  Rosie May Day -  £884.27

Stamford school - £252

Welland School of Dancing - £200

Pinewood School, Thessalonika, Greece, £932

Walton Girls High School -  £104.21

Georgina Steward -  £300

Greenholme School -  £1,687

Lesley Gosling -  Lincoln 10k £280

Hadden Park High School  - £500


Justgiving Fundraising Pages:


Luke Storrie – Cardiff Half Marathon £597

Nathan Skidmore – Cardiff Half Marathon £200


Steve Scott – Lincoln 10k £220

Jane Lewis – Reading Half Marathon £140

Linda Totham – Asics London 10k £455

Kimberley Mills – Manchester to Blackpool Bike ride £385

Neil Price – 50th Birthday £335

Audrey Eade – 40th Birthday £107

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Red 21 Luxury Gifts donates to RMMF when you purchase on line. CLICK HERE for more info.

Belvoir High School  Achievement Awards - The winner of the Rosie May Expressive Arts Trophy this year is Kitty Broome, she has taken part in a number of Expressive Arts activities this year, played the Prince in the school Panto, Cinderella last December and is a talented and focused student.                 A very deserving winner.                        She is pictured with Sean Lamont, our guest speaker for the evening Scotland Rugby International player and former pupil.           £140 was raised and donated to the fund.

Kitty takes over holding the Rosie May Trophy from last years (2007) winner Verity King (photo right) and Charlie Goddard (2006.)

Current Fund Raising:


Swinton Community School present Mary and Luke with a cheque for £318.83


(pictured here with her coach Mary!) has just completed the City of Lincoln 10K Road Race.....Raising a Fantastic £745.79 for the fund.                                              Well Done Tina! 

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The 'Numb Bum Run'

Tim Morris and his team Completed the Challenge.....and raised £3274.00                     Thanks to all the sponsors!

Tim Morris on the 'Numb Bum Run'. 1000 Miles in 24 hours. Starting in Brugge, Belgium up to Hanover, Germany, then down to Frankfurt and back to Brugge


The Team with a well deserved drink.....notice not one of them is sitting down!!

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Past Events:

The Newark Palace Theatre have kindly allowed us to take a 'Bucket collection' at the end of each performance of this years Pantomime 'Snow White'. This will raise funds to support the Rosie May Home for Tsunami Orphans in Sri Lanka. Please give your support.  We raised a fantastic £4.142.54.....Thank You to all those who donated.

Emily & Alice Wells, Rebecca & Roanna Doleman collecting at the Pantomime.

AUSTRALIA......

Jenny & Don Murray (Rosie May's God Parents) arranged yet another fantastic annual fund raising event 'Down Under' and established an Australian Branch of the Rosie May Memorial Fund.         CLICK HERE to go to the new Australia page!

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September 08 - The Rosie May Memorial Fund was one of the three chosen charities to share all the proceeds of the per una charity sample sale. We have been presented with a cheque for £11,842.04 This will go towards further building work at the Rosie May Home in Boossa.

Nov 07 - Graham was honoured for his work with Tsunami Orphans in Sri Lanka  and presented with a PhD in Humanitarian Science at the 45th World Congress of Integrated Medicines in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The award was presented to Graham by the First Lady, wife of the President of Sri Lanka. 


Dr Asoka Jayasena, The First Lady of Sri Lanka and Dr Graham Storrie

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Janet Sinclair of Carillon Rotary Club presents a cheque for £200 to purchase books for the Orphans in Rosie May Home. They also printed special individual name plates for each Child's book.

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Recent Fund Raising............Thankyou to:


David Rose Shooting Party                                                            £500.00

Per Una Charity Sample Sale - Cossington                                    £11,842.04

Christmas Fair Bottesford - Nicola Robinson & Tina Scott                   £445.00

The Minster School Southwell & Francesca Unitt - Dance Show Case    £205.01

Drax Power Station                                                                                      £500.00

Belvoir High School                                                                                      £140.00

Stourfield Infants Bournemouth - 'Popcorn Friday'                             £165.95

Screveton Mothers Union - Rosie May Home Presentation                  £125.33

Belvoir High School - End of Term Rosie May Fund raising                  £140.00

West Herts College - Early years- Rosie May day -                           £332.81

Sir John Sherbrooke Junior School - Calverton - Tylah Marston -         £86.20

Greenholme School, Nottingham - Sponsored Walk -                      £3,305.00

Paul Crawforth- Three Peaks challenge -                                                   £497.00

Inner Wheel- Newark -                                                                 £454.00 

Hadden Park High School,Nottingham  -                                          £580.00

Belvoir High School Refreshments at School Panto                             £50.00

Independant Fostering Christmas Card Donations                              £100.00

Toot Hill School Yr10 & 11, Vicki Pettifour & Lydia Cooper-Smith    £227.30

Magnus C of E School, Kirsty Smith & Miss Butterfield                     £963.30

Janet Independant Fostering - Rowathon                                              £250.00

Ellie Howard and Class 7W Nottingham Girls High School               £120.00

2nd Arnold Girls Brigade Sponsored Bike Ride in Clumber Park            £50.79

Haydock Methodist Church                                                                 £50.00

Nicola Robinson & Tina Scott Christmas Fair                                     £546.50

Loughborough Carillon Rotary Club                                                 £200.00

Johnny Monks & Kevin Rolling AZAB Yacht Race   (inc Gift Aid)       £1,064.10

Running for Rosie May Lincs 10K                                                     £6,500.00

West Herts College School of Care & Early Years                                 £600.00

Belvoir High School Non Uniform Day                                                  £320.00

Belvoir High School -  Roanna Doleman & Eliott Monks                     £280.00

Rosie May's Friends Bag Pack....Waitrose                                            £546.00

Kesteven & Grantham Girls School Bag Pack, sixth form summer fair                                                                                                       £950.00

Nicola Robinson Food Quiz                                                                  £140.00

Nottigham Girls High School, Emily Rose & Ciara Bamford, Pin Badges £230.00

Vale of Belvoir Ladies Fashion Show                                                   £176.00

West Herts College Pin Badges                                                            £140.50

Lucy Shelton Oakham School, Pin Badges                                            £252.00

Oakham School Non school uniform Day                                               £700.00

Flo Alderson 60th Birthday                                                                   £180.00

KGGS Grantham, Pin Badge Sales                                                        £203.00

Graeme & Chris Love 70'sNight                                                         £1000.00  

Bottesford High, School play                                                                  £50.00

Glen Hills Primary School, Fund raising events                                    £1000.00

Oakham School, Chapel Collection                                                       £250.00

Donations made in memory of Dilip Kumar Ray, Mickleover Derby

Alice Wells & Roanna Doleman Pin Badge Sales, Belvoir High              £257.12

Lizzie Staveley, Anna Broom, Jessica Hallam, Alice Munks                                   and Katy Gregory Cakes Sales, King Edward VII 6th Form                      £102.83

London Transport Awards Dinner                                                        £1,027.06

Maureen Symons & Andy Dixon Sponsored Walk                                  £235.50

Loughborough High School, Various fund raising events. See Below       £3,262.17

The Caroliners Carol singing raised a further                                            £77

Westbury Homes Nottingham region. Various donations                            £501.43 

Deloitte & Touche (Nottingham) - 300 club donated a further                      £100

5th Newark (SA) Brownies, Christmas Production. See Photo below              £317

Eastfield County Primary School, Thurmaston, Leic.                                                Fund Raising Weekend  - See Photo below.                                                 £1,400

Debbie Longhurst & the 'Kings Head' (Shepperton, Middlesex) -                               Tsunami Charity Summer Evening                                                             £5,617.94

Vixen Fiction, Writers Group (Mickleover, Derby) - Book of short stories     £50

Ladies Golf 'High Society' (Chislehurst, Kent) - Charity Day                      £550

Deloitte & Touche (Nottingham) - 300 club                                                £100

Elaine Burton (Nottingham) - Beer & Curry Night                                        £55

Loughborough High School - Various Fund Raising Events                       £3,000 

Jacques Verschuere (Loughborough) - Sponsored Stop Smoking                £1,000

Dave Simpson (Rochdale) - Turned his 50th Birthday into a fund raiser.        £1,135

Ellis Guilford School (Nottingham) - Textile Technology Dept Fashion Show   £100

Broughton House College (Lincoln) - Charity Raffle                                    £138.15

All Saints Toddler Group (Bishop Stortford) - Cake Sale                             £45.64

Lisbellaw United FC (Co. Fermanagh)                                                       £1,500

Line Dancing Class and British Legion (Chingford) - Raffles                        £1,250

Loughborough College - Netball & Ultimate Frisbee Tournament                 £424.57

Mrs F Howden & Village of Long Clawson - Eat for Asia Night                   £2,000

Ridgeway Lodge Residential Home (Dunstable)                                        £160

Caroliners Ladies Choir (Birmingham) - Concert in Aid of Rosie May Fund    £300

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Loughborough Girls High School present another cheque to Rosie May Memorial Fund. This time for £3,262 from various fund raising activities of the pupils and staff during the Autumn 05 term. This brings the total raised by the school to £6,262 plus the additional £1000 raised by Jacques Verschuere with his sponsored giving up smoking.

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5th Newark (SA) Brownies presenting there cheque for £317, raised from their Christmas production.

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Children of Eastfield County Primary School, Thurmaston, Leicester Presenting the cheque for £1,400 to Mary and Graham on the 18th January 2006.

Most of the money was raised at a fund-raising weekend, during which children sold full English breakfasts and organised car washes, a bring-and-buy sale and a family disco.

Head teacher Bill Griffiths said: "The children listened intently as Mary explained about the lives of the disaster victims, and asked many questions.

"The school wants to learn more about Rosie May's House and Sri Lanka and will be setting up a link for the future."

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Loughborough College presenting cheque to Mary.

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A seat has been endowed in the memory of Rosie May at Gladstone Theatre,                     Port Sunlight                              Wirral.                                       Special thanks to:                      Gerry Johnston           

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'For Rosie May With Love' - A special cabaret show by performers from West End musicals in aid of the fund. This will took place at the Battersea Barge on Remembrance Sunday 14th November 2004. The event raised £360. Special thanks to Angel Brereton who organised the event.

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Bingham Music Festival



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Brown Eyed Girl CD - was released on the May 9th, Rosie May's 11th Birthday.

A tribute to my " My darling Brown Eyed Girl" This CD is especially for you. Keep dancing in heaven until we can dance together again. Love you and miss you. Broken hearted.  Daddy XXX                                                                                                A cover version of Van Morrisons hit recorded by Rosie May's Father as sang at the memorial service. Rosie May thought this had been written especially for her! Happy memories of Rosie May dancing to her Daddy singing this to her over the last ten years.

170 people attended the launch. The event was covered by TV and press.

Update - 2800 copies now sold

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Rosie May  Balloon Launch - Monday May 3rd


Bottesford Fun Run - Monday May 3rd

Thankyou to all who 'Ran for Rosie May!' Last year Rosie May came second in her age catagory.  The Rosie May Trophy for the 10 - 13yr age group was awarded to Faith Anderson.

Sponsorship was raised by the following runners:

Charlie Morgan                   £20.00          Roanna Dolman                      £45.00          Nicole Wooley                    £18.00          Abigail Tonge                         £14.00          Luke Storrie & Friends        £245.27         Laurence Storrie & Friends     £296.51    Clement Stratford               £24.00           Mike Briggeman                    £111.65      Charlotte Jewsbury             £110.00         Rosie & Felix Booth              £17.00           Brian Mawby                      £15.00          JackMellor                            £27.00           Matt Jordan                        £43.00          Tanya Bailey                         £60.00          Faith Anderson                   £25.00          Jane Robinson                      £203.00          Miriam Howson                   £23.00          Amelia Gribby                       £19.00           Gillian Watchorn                 £18.50          Linda & Jade Greaves            £70.00            Amy Barett                        £39.00           Natalie Barett                       £31.50      Total to Date                    £1499.03      

Rosie May Dance Trophy -  Held on Sat 22nd May

Nickie Slater School of Dance held a dance competition for members of the dance school 7 years plus. Competition fees donated £54.00 to the fund. Dance performance was judged on criteria and skills that Rosie May excelled in!

Winners - Victoria Norgate & Molly Sheridan presented with their trophies Photo by Grantham Journal 

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Andy Leaver Golf Marathon - The Belfry

25 dedicated golfers endured all three championship courses at The Belfry. Starting at 6.30 in the morning through to 8.30 in the evening, they raised £6,000 for Rosie May.

Special thanks to Andy Leaver and Julie Mottershead for all their hard work and organisation.