Please note that as of 9 May 2009, the administration address for the Valerie Taylor Trust will change to: 4 Wilberforce Road, Coxheath, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 4HA, United Kingdom.

All future correspondence should be sent to this address.

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Valerie Taylor Trust will take place on Saturday 9th May 2009 at Toynbee Studios, 26 Commercial Street, London E1 6AB

Tea and coffee will be available from 2.00 pm and the meeting will start promptly at 2.30 pm.

Full details (PDF) - Annual General Meeting 2008-2009 Notification

On Saturday 21st February 2009 at 7.30pm, Yvonne Lyon will perform a concert at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB.

Tickets are available for £9 each (£6 Concession and Students). The box office telephone number is 0141 332 5057.

Yvonne is a Scottish singer/songwriter. In 2004 she gave up her career as a music teacher to concentrate on singing and writing. Yvonne’s songs combine moving lyrics with creative melodies, demonstrating a voice that can be both fragile and intense. She is an accomplished musician and her new material exposes her skills on both acoustic guitar and piano.

For more information about Yvonne - http://www.yvonnelyonmusic.com/

ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS CONCERT WILL GO TO THE CENTRE FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE PARALYSED, BANGLADESH

The Valerie Taylor Trust has been contacted by ReefTV about a new Programme they are making for BBC1 that involves people raising money for charities and good causes across the UK. Anyone who has seen “Cash in the Attic” will get the idea of this new show.

The team will help people recycle, refurbish and repair the clutter in somebodies home in order to raise money for themselves and a good cause of their choice. Half of the money raised will be for a personal project the other half will be donated to the Valerie Taylor Trust.

The show will help to sell anything and everything that is no longer needed. The team of experts will help to make money by selling items through newspaper ads, local dealers, scrap merchants, salvage yards, auctions and a Garage Sale.

If you know someone whose home is crammed with clutter and would be happy to donate half of the money they raise by selling it to charity I would be extremely grateful if you could get them to call Katie Hobbs on 0207 836 8595 as soon as possible, or email their details her at katie.hobbs@reeftv.com so that she can have a more detailed chat with them about the show.

They will be filming the series throughout January and February and she is trying to find people as soon as possible!

Sunday 5 October 12 noon to 4pm
Fund raising lunch at Shimla Pinks restaurant, 65-69 London Rd, Leicester, LE2 0PE. Please contact VTT Trustee Mokhtar Hossein on 0116 273 9455 for more information.

During September and October 2008, Valerie Taylor will be undertaking a fundraising tour around the UK in aid of the Valerie Taylor Trust.

Tuesday 23 September
7.00pm - The Vestry Hall, High Street, Marden (near Maidstone), TN12 9DR
Sunday 28 Sep
9.30am - Old Basing Parish Church, Church Lane, Old Basing, Basingstoke RG24 7DJ
Monday 29 Sep
3.30pm - The Old Rectory, Islip (near Oxford) OX5 2SD
Tuesday 30 Sep
7,00pm - The Radhuni restaurant, Acorn House, Straight Bit, Flackwell Heath (nr Beaconsfield) HP10 9OS
Thursday 2 October
7.00pm - Eid dinner at Café Naz Express, Brick Lane (East London)
Friday 3 Oct
6.30pm - St Andrew’s Church Hall (Holt Room), Kimbolton Road, Bedford
Followed by a meal at Magna Tandoori restaurant, Tavistock St, Bedford
Sunday 5 Oct
9am and 10.30am services at URC Church Daventry
Thursday 9 Oct
7.45pm - The Café on the Water, Frogmore Mill, Fourdrinier Way, Apsley (Nr Berkhamsted) HP3 9RY
Saturday 11 Oct
1.00pm - 3.00pm Fund raising event at the Hairmyres Hospital, Conference Centre, East Kilbride
Monday 13 Oct
7.00pm - The Raj Restaurant, 89 Henderson St, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ED

As many of you will know, the Valerie Taylor Trust has set it’s fundraising target for this year at achieving a regular income of £4500.00 per month from mandated bank transfers and standing orders in order to meet this goal.

Why £4500.00?
At our inaugural meeting in September 2007, Valerie told those present that the cost for one in-patient bed per month was £44.00. As there are 100 in-patient beds at CRP, this multiplies up to £4400.00 per month to be able to provide free treatment to some of the poorest members of society in Bangladesh.

How are we doing?
As at 5th August 2008, our regular income each month from mandated bank transfers and standing orders stood at £654.00