Glastonbury as a BKF Volunteer (2013)

My FIRST and awesome experience as a BKF volunteer in Glastonbury was incredible and I would certainly highly recommend it to anyone who has a passion for music and helping the less fortunate.  Secondly BKF is the charity to volunteer for as it has tremendous objectives impacting on the lives of the less fortunate!!!!!

My other wow, wow factor was in meeting Michael Eavis, this was a great privilege.  Other privileges included being in one of the best camp sites with our own hot showers, being provided with two meals a day and of course our special wrist bands!

Finally, volunteering as part of the recycling crew, in itself, was a very rewarding experience. Not only did I get the personal satisfaction of seeing the festival goers go on to a clean field every morning, but I also met a bunch of amazing people with whom I had a lot in common.  This meant that every day I was looking forward to a great shift working with them.

The thing that everyone has in common in Glastonbury is their love for music and having fun. The vibe was incredible, the music was out of this world, the weather was great (but don’t bet on it being that good every year!).

I look forward to seeing you there next year!!!

Dave Kamau

Student at Liverpool University and volunteer with BKF

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS

We would like to thank you for your valued help and support throughout 2012 and look forward to working with you in 2013.

Your valuable support helped us to achieve so much but there is still so much more that needs to be done, so we hope you will continue to partner with us during this new year.

NEW YEAR'S DAY WALK

The new year got off to a good start with some of our volunteers doing their annual sponsored walk around the Erddig Estate in Wrexham.   We are waiting for the sponsorship forms to come in and will let you know how much was raised as soon as this is known.

GLASTONBURY 2013

I am pleased to confirm that we have been offered some recycling fund-raising places again for 2013.  So if you are interested in joining us again this year or missed out on a place in 2011, watch out for details which will be available soon.   In the meantime, why not share this around your family and friends before they book a paid for place - we were told by our volunteers who took part in 2011 that this was much more fun!!

NEW FUND-RAISING IDEAS

We are always on the look out for new ways to raise funds, so if you have any exciting fund-raising ideas or suggestions you would like to share with us then please e-mail them to Esther at e.kamau@breakthroughfoundation.org she would love to hear from you.

Kind regards

Esther Kamau
Chair