Fundraise

You could hold a sponsored event to raise money for EWA, or sell things you have made. Two of our Trustees make jam and sell it to support EWA funds. In September 2025, one of our Trustees, Vicky Smith, will be running the Robin Hood half marathon with her daughter to raise funds for EWA. You can see how Vicky's fund-raising is going and support her at https://gofund.me/297578c1

Following the Trustee visit to Sierra Leone in February 2024, Trustee Hannah Turner organised a sale of jewellery, carved animals and other items at St Mary's CE Primary School in Pulborough, rising £305. Trustees have then sold bags, more jewellery and animals when they have given talks to a variety of organisations. Some of our talented supporters have made cushions and scarves  to sell from fabric the Trustees brought back, and these have proved very popular.

A group of pupils at Arundel CE Primary School held three events to raise money for EWA: a bake off, a fun run and a sale of carvings and jewellery from Sierra Leone which had been brought over by our ambassador Ansu Kamara. They raised £854.54, which was used for furniture and repairs at Mano Dassa School in Bo Province. Harry Williams, the Diocesan Education Officer in Freetown, wrote to the girls, saying: ‘Special thanks goes to special friends like Annie, Fleur, Mara, Poppy and Lucy for the fund raising activities done by them. On behalf of the Diocese and the Education Department we pray for God's blessing on their lives and as they go through their education they will excel with flying colors they will be the head for others to see them and copy their examples.”

In 2014 our Chair, Penelope Sharman, celebrated her 70th birthday by completing a sponsored swim of 70 lengths. Penelope raised over £2,500 for EWA’s Ebola appeal, which provided buckets, soap, sanitiser, chlorine and rubber gloves as well as sacks of rice to be shared out.