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Ditchley Drinks on 4th December 2011
ROSY held a drinks party at Ditchley Park by kind permission of The Ditchley Foundation, on Sunday 4th December 2011. more...

Wilderness Festival
FESTIVAL fundraising was top of the bill for four Banbury students supporting respite care in the county. more...

CAMBRIDGE STUDENTS RAG WEEK
Special Effects is a wonderful charity based in Charlbury who develop sensory equipment for disabled children. We have had the pleasure of working closely with them for some years. Recently they suggested that we applied to the Cambridge Rag Week Committee for a grant from their Rag Week activities for they did not confine themselves to local organisations. We did just that and received a magnificent grant of £4,000. Thanks to all who helped us secure this wonderful grant. more...

WAITROSE GIFT TO ROSY
Waitrose run a wonderful community project at their stores each month. Charities/good causes are nominated by customers and each month three are chosen. Customers then indicate their support for their chosen charity by placing tokens in a bin under an explanation of the organisations. more...

THE GOLFING THEME CONTINUES
We are delighted to the report that the Ladies and Men’s Captains of Frilford Heath Golf Club have both nominated ROSY as their chosen charity for 2012. We look forward very much to working with Sarah Alden and Chris Allen and wish them both a very successful year. more...

GOLF SUPPORTS ROSY
Ruth Stockford is the ladies captain this year of the Oxford Ladies Golf Club and she nominated ROSY as her chosen charity. To date she and her ladies have raised over £1,000 from varies events at the club, including a wonderful charity day which was attended by Robert Hardy, the Chairman of The Friends of ROSY. We have had Ruth along to some of our events so she could meet with our families and see where the hard earned money was going to. Ruth and her golfing ladies have been a great inspiration to us all at ROSY and we thank them all for their valuable support. more...

GREEN TEMPLETON COLLEGE
A big thank you to the charity committee of Green Templeton College for their donation to ROSY. Our Secretary spoke at a charity dinner at the college some months ago and the donation of £1,200.followed that event. more...

ROSY LOSES A GREAT SUPPORTER
It was with great sadness that we learnt of the death of one of our great supporters, Ronald Hapgood, of Headington, Oxford. Our thoughts are with his widow Vera and her family at this sad time. Ronald always took a great interest in the work we do and he and Vera often made donations to us. Supporters to the end, Vera and her family asked that donations in memory of Ronald be made to ROSY. Thank you from all of us at ROSY. more...

STEEPLE ASTON VILLAGE STORES
For some years now the village store in Steeple Aston has hosted a ROSY collection tin and it continues to be well supported by the shop’s patrons. The shop owners are known to our founder Beverly Wilson who continues to liaise with the shop regarding the collection tin. A big thank you to Beverly and the village Store for their continuing support. It means a great deal to us. more...

LIFE WITH THE CHURCHILLS
Mrs Heather White-Smith, the mother of our committee member Ali Wills, gave two very interesting and fascinating talks on her experiences working for Sir Winston and Lady Churchill. Her talks, held in Woodstock and Charlbury, were followed by a book signing by Heather, 20% of the sales going to ROSY. Over £1,300 was raised for ROSY and we are enormously grateful to Heather for giving of her time to help us. A big thank you also to Jenny Atkinson for arranging the events. more...

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Charity Golf Day
The Captain of Oxford Ladies Golf Club, Ruth Stockford, has adopted ROSY as her charity for her year as Captain and has already raised many hundreds of pounds for us. more...

Waitrose Store in Wantage has chosen ROSY as the charity of the month for August
ROSY has been selected as the charity of the month for August at Waitrose Store in Wantage as part of their “Community Matters” programme. We thank Waitrose for their support and urge all our supporters to support ROSY by shopping at Waitrose in Wantage. more...

Couple to help raise charity cash
John Sammons, from Ambrosden embarks on a 880-mile bike ride from John O’Groats to Lands End more...

HAVE A HEART
Radio Heart fm have again supported ROSY in the past year with a fantastic grant of 3,000 to enable us to purchase equipment which is much needed by our families. more...

MASONIC SUPPORT FOR ROSY
We have been delighted to have received financial support from Masonic Lodges throughout the County over the past years. more...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE COMMITTEE
It is impossible to acknowledge all those who have contributed to ROSY over the last year. Those contributions ranging from financial support, to donation of articles for our Market Stall. Please rest assured we value all of you for without you nothing that has been achieved would have been achieved. more...

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A SPEAKER?
If any group or organisation is looking for a speaker our Chairman, George Hedges would be pleased to help. George will talk about his 45 years in the Police Service with a good deal of humour and some of the cases he has worked on. For example, The Yorkshire Ripper, tracking a murderer to Kashmir to name just two. If you would like to hear from George ring ROSY on 01865 848696 and George will contact you more...

COME TO THE BALL
Claire Stevens was an original member of the ROSY committee and although, sadly, no longer a committee member is still a great supporter and has raised thousands of pounds over the last few years for us. more...

FYFIELD PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
Over the past few years the Fyfield Parochial Church Council has supported ROSY by donating half of the proceeds of their village carol signing to us. They did so again this year and we are truly grateful for their continuing support. It is acts like this that make our efforts so worthwhile more...

JUNIOR COMMON ROOM SUPPORTS ROSY
The Junior Common Room at Keeble College have decided to support ROSY during this academic year, as they say “in light of the brilliant work you do” Last Term they organised and performed a college pantomime and sold Christmas cards and raised the fantastic sum of £906. more...

ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITIES
We have been honoured to receive the support of St Michaels and All Saints Charities in Cornmarket, Oxford over the years. 2010 was no exception. In November last the Feoffees approved a grant of £4,500 to aid our work and we are very grateful for their continuing support. So many families in Oxfordshire have benefited from their generosity. more...

THE KIDLINGTON GARDENING SOCIETY
We have received valuable support from the Kidlington Gardening Society over the years and 2010 was no exception. Many thanks to you all for your invaluable help. more...

BEA’S THE STAR OF THE SHOW.
Inspirational stories, amazing talent and unimaginable dedication and determination were all celebrated at the third annual Oxfordshire Youth Awards. more...

THE WICKER MAN OXFORD – SCULPTURE PROJECT 2010
The Wicker Man, Oxford is a fantastic project conceived and implemented by Janette and Dan Barton with support from Alan Hambridge. The project is designed to raise money for good causes and ROSY was lucky enough to be the chosen charity for 2010. more...

Charlbury Junior School helps ROSY
A big thank you to Charlbury Junior School; Children, Parents, Staff and Governors for their fantastic support to ROSY. Many activities over the Christmas and New Year period resulted in a substantial cheque being presented to the ROSY Chairman at the School morning assembly on Tuesday 15th February. more...

A big thank you to the toy trust
The Toy Trust is a grant-making trust that was founded in 1990 by the British Toy and Hobby Association. It is designed to help disadvantaged children and their families in the UK and abroad. Many well-known toy industry figures regularly organise events to help raise money – marathon cycling trips, walks, celebrity football matches and auctions at charity dinners are just a few ways in which the money is raised. more...

THANKS TO THE TINGWICK SOCIETY
The Tingwick Society is made up of a group of students in Oxford University who do fund raising throughout the year in support of good causes chosen by them. more...

The Institute of our Lady of Mercy, Leeds
We have again received support from the above Institute and we would place on records our thanks for that support and their continuing interest in the work we do. more...

ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHURCH, OXFORD
St Michaels have again helped ROSY by providing funding for our nurses. more...

OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL HELPS ROSY
Hester Leyser and Tallulah Gradwell, in year 9S at Oxford High School, found out about ROSY from a friend who purchased a ROSY wristband at the Cornbury Music Festival. more...

CHRISTMAS EMPORIUM ASSISTS ROSY
Suzy Middleton-Heath and her colleagues held a Christmas Emporium at The Bell Hotel, Charlbury on the 6th November. more...

THE WENDY MELSON SCHOOL OF DANCING SUPPORTS ROSY
The Wendy Melson School of Dancing donated the receipts from their summer dance shows, held in Kennington in July, to ROSY. more...

THE NURSERY SHOP – ABINGDON
The Nursery Shop in Stert Street, Abingdon, has found a very imaginative way of helping ROSY. more...

A big thank you
The following letter was received by ROSY in July. more...

ROSY and the National Health Service
When ROSY was formed in 2002 it was created as a Support Group of the Oxford Primary Care Trust Charities (OPCTC). Although an entity in its own right, ROSY operated under the OPCTC’s charitable status. Under a written agreement, monies raised could only be used for respite purposes. more...

Gitta Bassom
It is with regret we report that Gitta Bassom has asked to stand down from the committee. more...

NEW COMMITTEE MEMBER HAS SUCCESS
We reported in our last newsletter that Dilys Alban-Moore had joined the ROSY committee with the specific remit to research Trusts and Charitable Organisations to see if there was support available to ROSY. To date Dilys has secured nearly £7,000, a fantastic effort. more...

BBC RADIO OXFORD FEATURE ROSY
For five consecutive mornings last October, BBC Radio Oxford featured the work of ROSY on the Malcolm Boydon Breakfast Show. more...

A CASE FOR ROSY
**** had undergone an operation and it was clear that she was very uncomfortable in her bed, where she spent much of her time. Her mother, a member of the ROSY Support Group, (it costs nothing to join the Support Group but it does provide the means to let our families know what is going on) contacted ROSY to see if we could help. more...

Carterton Triathlon 22nd August 2010
Jane Smith, the Mother of Jack, one of our very sick children, raised £713.95 for ROSY by completing a sponsored Triathlon at Carterton on the 22nd August 2010. more...