One of our fund-raising activities last year was the release of 1000 brightly coloured helium balloons from our village. It was a spectacular sight to see the balloons go up. The balloons were 'sold' at £1 each and, since the event was sponsored, this raised £1000 for the charity. Once again there will be a prize for the person whose balloon goes the furthest (and a prize for the finder). Last year's winning balloon made it all the way from Cattistock in Dorset to Lithuania !!

We are repeating the event in 2008. If you would like to purchase a balloon please send us your £1 and give us your contact details. If you are able to sell some balloons on our behalf then please contact us and we will send you a 'sponsor' form. The 2008 release will be on July 12th. We hope you will be able to attend.

It should be a fun launch, maybe you could attend in person? If not, then we will certainly put photographs of the launch on the website. Although it is not until July 12th 2008 you need to get your balloon as soon as possible so that we can have an idea of numbers and then get the media involved.

To become part of this you simply need to 'buy a balloon' for £1 and give us your contact details. We will let you know your balloon number and put your name on the balloon tag.

We will endeavour to contact all people whose balloon tickets are returned to us and let you know how far your balloon travelled.

You can pay your £1 on line and simply email us your name and contact details or you can email us and we will give our address for posting your £1. To pay on line click here.

All money raised from this event will be used directly (and personally) to help disadvantaged children in Fiji.

For the sake of these children PLEASE donate a pound and make this a huge success.

Some people have commented on the environmental effect of an event such as this. We also consider this important and we are using fully bio-degradable balloons and labels.