Waitrose East Grinstead backs The H.E.L.P. Centre

Waitrose in East Grinstead, is backing Community Projects and charities each month by selecting three causes to reap the rewards of donations made by Waitrose.

Here is how it works: Customers are given a green token at the checkout which they can place into one of the three labeled boxes by the front door, thereby choosing the charity they wish to support. The more green tokens each charity gets, the greater the share of the donations that charity will receive.

The H.E.L.P. Centre has been chosen by Waitrose to receive donations. The H.E.L.P. box will be at the entrance of Waitrose until the end of November. Please shop at Waitrose, give your green tokens in support of the H.E.L.P. Centre and pass the word on to others to do the same!

Your donations will greatly help the free literacy programme that the H.E.L.P. Centre delivers to children and adults in the community who need tuition assistance. It will help them to help many more people!

H.E.L.P Centre

East Grinstead is lucky to have many excellent schools which ensure the majority of students get the benefits of a good education. Some children, however, fall behind in their reading and writing skills, which are necessary for success in all other subjects, and some parents cannot afford to pay for additional tuition.This is where the H.E.L.P. Centre can live up to its name!

The H.E.L.P. Centre provides tutors who can work with children one-on-one to help them catch up and make learning fun. We use a very successful phonics system, so that even children who have had prior difficulties in reading and spelling can become good readers and spellers.

The Centre also helps adults of any age who missed out on these basics for whatever reasons. It is never too late to learn and it can change an otherwise disadvantaged life! Once the student can read well, his next step would be to study a course to enable him to become an independent learner.

Success story:

Here's what a parent of one of the children said recently:

"I am writing to express my appreciation for all the help you have given my son. "When Sam first started at the H.E.L.P. Centre he was struggling to read and write and therefore was unable to fully participate in his school lessons. He was falling further and further behind his classmates. His tutors at the H.E.L.P. Centre took him back to basics and helped him to learn the alphabet properly. With all the time and effort they have spent with Sam during the time he has been there, he is now able to read, write and enjoy school. I seriously wonder how Sam would be coping with school if he had not had the help he has received. Many thanks to all your tutors for all the help you have given Sam."

Volunteer Margaret Neal with Sam

Here are more success stories:

"After only one week's attendance at the Centre my son's teachers commented on his marked improvement in recognising the letters of the alphabet and his reading. Another month on and my son is showing more confidence in his ability to read and readily reads aloud. He has more confidence and self-esteem and takes pride in relaying his achievements at school; i.e. writing stories and reading books on his own." - Mr. & Mrs. S.

"Learning is meant to be fun, not a nightmare. Since being at the Centre it has changed my point of view on learning. I always hated reading now I love it." - Student Stephanie. Age 15

Any parent or individual who would like to have a tour of the centre would be welcome to come in and see the facilities. Anyone who would like to train, free of charge, to be a tutor at the Centre and to volunteer THEIR help would also be very welcome.

For more information:

H.E.L.P. Centre
59 Railway Approach,
East Grinstead
West Sussex
RH19 1BT
helpcentre@tiscali.co.uk
http://www.helplearn.org

Opening hours: Monday 4 - 9pm

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Kelly Preston Hosts Sussex Charity Concert

£50,000 presented to Sussex Air Ambulance on behalf of the L. Ron Hubbard Foundation and the Church of Scientology

Fred Van Damme, Nigel Raghunath, John Battersby, Cllr Christine Mainstone
(East Grinstead), Delaine Shearman, David Philpott, Kelly Preston, Bob Keenan

East Grinstead: Hollywood actress Kelly Preston presented a cheque for £50,000 to Sussex Air Ambulance on behalf of the L. Ron Hubbard Foundation and the Church of Scientology at the 12th annual Gala Charity Concert at Saint Hill, East Grinstead.

More than 1,500 were in attendance to enjoy the concert and give their support, including Mayors, District Council Chairmen, Town Councillors, and community leaders from all over the South of England. Representatives from a wide variety of embassies attended, including from Cameroon, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Fiji, South Africa, and Liberia. Other guests flew in especially from all over Europe and as far away as the United States and Canada.

The event covered a wide spectrum of music – from rock legend Edgar Winter, Academy Award nominated film composer Mark Isham and Australian pop superstar Kate Ceberano, to “Italian Queen of Jazz” Elena Roggero, drummer Woody Woodmansey (best known for his years with David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars), and the UK’s top jive band – the Jive Aces. Ms. Preston was the Master of Ceremonies.

Edgar Winter with the Golden Era Musicians

The Sussex Air Ambulance Service is a registered charity which provides Helicopter Emergency Medical Service and air ambulance service to Sussex, Kent and Surrey counties. Attending an average of four incidents every day, Sussex Air Ambulance is funded entirely by voluntary donations and provides a team of highly skilled doctors, paramedics and nurses. Responding swiftly to 999 calls and flying at over 150 miles per hour, the Ambulance can reach any part of Sussex within 15 minutes and can transport patients to the nearest major hospital or specialist unit in a fraction of the time taken by land ambulance.

The Chief Executive Mr. Dave Philpott and Sussex Air Ambulance staff and crew, were invited up on to the stage to accept the cheque from Ms Preston and Mr. Bob Keenan, Director of the L. Ron Hubbard Foundation. The money raised will go towards the many hundreds of life-saving missions carried out by the Sussex Air Ambulance team every year. "That will enable us to save 50 lives, so you should all be proud of yourselves," said Delaine Shearman, Sussex County Fundraiser for the charity. David Philpott, Chief Executive, on accepting the cheque, told the audience what a vital service Sussex Air Ambulance offers in that they can reach any part of Sussex within 15 minutes.

Grand finale: Sussex Air Ambulance crew, Mark Isham, Jive Aces,
Edgar Winter, Elena Roggero, Kate Ceberano, Woody Woodmansey,
Swing Xtreme dancers and the Golden Era Musicians

Over the years, the Saint Hill Gala Charity Concert has supported numerous charities, from the Royal National Lifeboat Institute and the RSPCA to the National Drug Prevention Alliance and the Bluebell Railway Trust. The concert follows the tradition that was started by L. Ron Hubbard in the 1960’s when he resided at Saint Hill Manor and supported many of the local charities.

The Gala Concert concluded a three-day jam-packed weekend of activities at the Church of Scientology with over 7,000 people from around the world, with conferences and seminars for parishioners and community leaders alike, encompassing the Church of Scientology’s social betterment programmes in the areas of human rights, drug education, common sense morals, and its volunteer ministry.

For more information, please contact:

Graeme Wilson
Public Affairs Director
Church of Scientology
Saint Hill Manor
East Grinstead
West Sussex
RH19 4JY

01342 318229
g.wilson@scientology.org.uk
http://www.scientology.org.uk