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Urgent Licensee required
Sporting celebrities descend on Berkhamsted
Pepper @ The Gatsby II
Karen Buchanan conquers The ITEX Walk for Pepper
Soroptomist International Club raise funds for Pepper
Zoe Conradi enters her first charity run for Pepper
Tring Corinthians Celebrity Football Day Out for Pepper
Chelsea FC supporting Pepper this Season
Amersham Townswomen’s Guild
New Litter of Pepper Piglets looking for a Home
Coffee, Cakes and Quilts Shines in the Rain!
Pepper receives a brilliant surprise from Canada
Joe Collier Golf Day
Cienté Hair Salon to raffle the world’s most expensive shampoo and Conditioner for Pepper.
That Pepper Effect Is 'The Best Pepper Show Yet'
St George would have been proud!
Pepper at the Gatsby
Eastwoods Celebrity Cookery
Bonkers Brash strikes again!
Epson (UK), Hemel Hempstead support Pepper
Ian Wing wings it!
Keeping it in the family
MG Owners Club nominate Pepper
Raffle Drawn for Pepper
Sky Sports journalist supports Pepper
Waitrose support Pepper during their Charity Week
Spread The News
Celebrities Endorse Pepperthon 2007 for
Schools!
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Pepper at the Opera
Runners brave heavy rain in the 2007 Half Marathon
and Fun Run
Hertfordshire Business Awards
Foresters Charity Year generates £4000 for Pepper Nurses
Berkhamsted Quilters - Tantalizing Triangles
The Mane Event of the year!
The Pepper Shop in Amersham
Record funds raised at Eastwoods Pepper Golf Day
Hadrian's Wall walkers endure July heatwave
The Pepper Factor wows our audiences
Bonkers is back!
Whiteleaf Golf Club Ladies - par excellence
Better Prospects for Pepper
Pepper's High Flyer
Hyde Heath Villagers support Pepper
Beaujolais Run
Pepper Wine-Tasting Events
George & Dragon continue their support
Maidenhead Static Model Club donate £1000 to Pepper
Mayor's Walk Presentation
Riverside Event Supports Children's Charity
Record amount raised from Pepper Half Marathon & Fun Run
Coffee, Cake and Quilts
Fundraising from the Heart
The Pepper Art Fair 2006
Fun at the Bank Holiday Fete
Praise for Pepper Praise
Mayor of Dacorum's Secretary acknowledged
St George's Day Pepper Ball
Pepper thank Jane Hogg, outgoing Mayor of Dacorum
Pepper Chrysalis Workshop
Whiteleaf Charity Golf Day
Joe Collier acknowledges Pepper Nurses
Mayor's Country Walk in the pink
Celebrity cooks entertain a full house
Elm Grove Foresters sponsor Pepper
Record Entry for Pepper Half Marathon & Fun Run
The Aurora Duo entertain
Pepper Foundation Annual General Meeting
GOSH Pepper Bone Marrow Transplant Laboratory
Hospices help each other
Heads you lose, tails we win - Edward Nuttall
Magnificent Cinderella
Thanks to Charlie Howitt
Mayor's Christmas Concert success
The Spirit of Christmas
Beaujolais Victors!
Marcella and Hayley share a night at the Oscars
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Urgent Licensee required

Pepper Events Limited, who are responsible for running all the Pepper fundraising events, are in urgent need of a Licensee to run their bars.
Applicants can either already hold a license to save registering one for Pepper Events, or someone who is prepared to take on the responsibility for holding a license on behalf of the charity.
Either way, the request is now a very urgent one if we are to continue offering licensed bar facilities for all the popular Pepper Events fundraising events throughout the year.
If you are interested, please contact Karen Buchanan, Pepper Administrator, The Pepper Foundation, PO Box 334, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 1UC, or telephone 01442 874120, email karenbuchanan@btinternet.com.
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Sporting celebrities descend on Berkhamsted

Celeb Sport? – A new joint fundraising initiative between The Pepper Foundation and The Hospice of St Francis – proved to be a huge success recently attracting a capacity audience. Styled in the format of the BBC’s popular TV programme A Question of Sport, Phil Tufnell, ex-Middlesex and England cricketer and winner of I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here and Luther Blissett, ex-Watford and England footballer, were the team captains.
Pre show comedian Johnny Laff provided entertainment before both quiz teams were introduced to the audience. The ‘Pepper Shakers’ team featured Middlesex and ex-England cricketer David Nash, retired Premier League football referee Graham Poll, England International and Wasps rugby player James Haskell and Captain Luther Blissett.
The ‘St Francis Puffers’ team featured Watford player/coach Malky Mackay, BBC Radio London rugby reporter & commentator Sara Orchard and ex-Arsenal and England footballer Nigel Winterburn and Captain Phil Tuffnell.
Nigel Barden, the popular BBC Radio 2 food and wine critic and Radio 5 Live rugby commentator was quizmaster, MC and auctioneer extraordinaire with his usual style, panache and enthusiasm.
Sue Rodwell and her team from Rodwells Drinks Specialists in Tring kindly ran the bar both before the event and during the interval. Sue provided medal-winning wines for the event as well as soft drinks and bottled water.
Thanks to Sting the Wasp (from Wasps RFC) and Harry the Hornet (from Watford FC) for coming along to confuse our celebrities, meet the audience and act as our wonderful mystery guests in ‘Feel the Sportsperson’.
An exciting auction of sporting memorabilia, which included some fantastic items raised a magnificent £2885 with additional items in a separate silent auction adding to the total.
We were particularly delighted that the Mayor of Dacorum, Councilor Brian Ayling and his wife, Pat, were able to attend the event as our guests. The evening grossed nearly £6000, so we are looking at a donation to each charity in excess of £3000 – enough to fund nursing care for a sick child at home for 6 months.
We still have a number of fabulous autographed photos of our celebrity panel, which were taken especially for us on the night, which we would like to sell to help boost the funds raised at the event.
If anyone would like to make a bid for a signed photo of our sports stars – Phil, Malky, Nigel, Sara or Luther, David, Graham & James – please contact karenbuchanan@btinternet.com for further details.
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Pepper @ The Gatsby II

The second ‘Pepper at The Gatsby’ evening was held on Tuesday 28 August. 66 diners enjoyed the sophisticated surroundings and enjoyed and evening of good food and music at this popular venue in the heart of Berkhamsted.
Once again Nick Pembroke his team at the Gatsby looked after everyone well and the music from Adrian, Archie and Mike – aka ‘Toad’ - was much appreciated by all.
Over £1200 was raised for Pepper thanks to the contribution from The Gatsby and a successful raffle. There will be another ‘Pepper at The Gatsby’ event in January so visit the ‘Events’ section our website www.pepper.org.uk for details.
Pepper would like to thank Nick Potts and Nick Pembroke for collaborating superbly and organising another fantastic night for Pepper supporters.
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Karen Buchanan conquers The ITEX Walk for Pepper

On Saturday 9 June 2007, Pepper Administrator Karen Buchanan with friends and family entered a most demanding charity walk around the complete coastline of Guernsey in the Channel Islands, almost 40 miles in a day, and all in aid of Pepper.
Having arrived in Guernsey on the Friday morning spending a leisurely day on the beach in glorious sunshine, it was early to bed that night, as they had to be up at 3.30am in order to be at St. Peter Port to register to start by 4.30am. Their 5.10am departure took place in extremely foggy conditions, which wasn’t a very encouraging start.
According to Karen, the southeast and south of the island were extremely uncivilised in terms of walking! To say there were steep cliff climbs is putting it mildly. The fog got denser and heavier and the inclines got steeper. There was just a never ending route of stone steps cut into the cliff paths - it was endless and it was very, very difficult to keep motivated because of the sheer hard work involved in putting one foot in front of the other as some of the steps were a good foot or more high.
It took them 6 hours to cover the 16 miles section of the cliff paths and at one point they were a good 250 feet above sea level. Karen knew it was high when the seagulls were circling on thermals beneath us!
Karen commented it was a shame the walkers were not able to appreciate the stunning scenery along the cliffs because of the fog, but from a walking point of view it was good that it wasn't so sunny as they were sweating buckets in the fog and drizzle!
The west and north of the island apparently was a doddle after the cliff walks and the beaches and the scenery which were really beautiful.
They had about 7 checkpoints that they had to reach at designated times, which they managed and made time up on the flat which was very encouraging and some 14.5 hours after they started, they arrived back in St Peter Port at 7.45 pm.
Its not surprising they ached everywhere, bones, joints, muscles, not to mention sunburned noses, arms and ankles, but more importantly, having survived the journey on bananas, orange juice, water, crisps, energy bars, good humour, a bit of yelling and sheer bloody mindedness, they managed to raise an impressive £1146.54 for Pepper.
Would they do it again – Karen says “No way”! Is she chuffed she did it this time – “You bet” – and so say all of us at Pepper! A huge thank you Karen and well done.
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Soroptomist International Club raise funds for Pepper

Soroptomist International Club raise funds for Pepper
Soroptimist International, who work to promote social justice and equity and the empowerment of women through economic independence and greater participation in decision making at all levels, held two events this year where they raised funds for Pepper.
Soroptomists are committed to providing humanitarian services to local, national and International communities. As part of their fundraising commitment, they generously supported Pepper by promoting us at the Cherry Fayre in Flackwell Heath in July 2007 and during their Club summer lunch at Audry Symes’s house. Audrey kindly supplied the lunch and all the Club members reimbursed her the cost, from which she donated the amount of £160 to Pepper.
Diane Steele, President of the Soroptomists, held an ‘un-birthday’ dinner in June where she spent the whole day cooking a meal for her guests, the result of which was a donation to Pepper of a further £500 which is a great effort, thank you.
The Soroptomists now plan to hold a quiz night on October 20th in Flackwell Heath in the Community Centre at 7.30 pm and have invited Friends of Pepper to take a table. Cost per person is £12.50, which includes a fish & chips supper and a dessert.
If you would like to take part, please register your interest to Karen Buchanan.
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Soroptomist stall holders - left to right
Jeanette Muncey, Kathleen Martin,
Diane Steele - President
and Patricia Kerbellec,
promoting the Pepper Foundation.

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Zoe Conradi enters her first charity run for Pepper

A team of 10 runners ran the British 10k Marathon in London recently consisting of nine who ran for IRHH and the tenth, Zoe Conradi who ran for The Pepper Foundation.
According to Zoe, her run went extremely well as she managed to finish the course in 1 hour 16 minutes, which was just over the target she had set herself which in any event was a personal achievement having had no idea how long it would have taken due to it being her first race.
She has already approached her work to see if they will contribute towards the money she raised which could increase her £845 by a further £500!
The British 10k is the first charity run Zoe had entered and her first fundraising event for Pepper. She had a fantastic day and felt the most enormous sense of achievement when she crossed the finishing line, not only for completing the race, but also to think that the money she had raised will go to such a worthwhile charity.
She couldn't have done it without the support of her friends, family and colleagues, and for that she thanks them all as we likewise extend our thanks to her for putting in so much time and effort into raising an impressive amount for Pepper.
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Tring Corinthians Celebrity Football Day Out for Pepper

Ross Parrett of Tring Corinthians recently organised a family day out at Tring Athletic Football stadium featuring a celebrity game between the Corinthians and a Luther Blissett Celebrity team. Apart from Luther, many other league and international football stars played, including Paul Jones who played in goal for Wales for many years.
There were also ‘Beat the goalie’ and ‘Hit the crossbar’ competitions, as well as junior competitions – and even the sun shone!
The Pepper team consisting of Moira and Roy Massingale, Julie Parrish, Mary Kennedy and Jonathan Tweed, ran the Tombola and sold Pepper Piglets, show merchandise, and Roy’s special drink competition. Together more than £200 was raised and the word was spread further about the charity, in spite of Julie being stung by a wasp as we set up the stalls!
Thank you to Ross and the Corinthians for their help and support.
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Chelsea FC supporting Pepper this Season

In previous copies of Pepper News, we reported how we are working more closely with families of the children who are supported by the Pepper nurses, so they can be aware of future plans and events and encourage their family and friends to get involved.
It was as a direct consequence of this that the Shed@thePark team appeared in the marquee on the middle Sunday of this year’s Summer Show.
Another outcome was a lead to Chelsea FC, that they may support us for one of their match day charity raffles. We wrote to Chelsea and were delighted to have received confirmation that they will support us this season with one of the raffles.
We simply need to send sashes and brochures and they will confirm the date. Our Chairman Jonathan Tweed has offered to wear a sash in his swimsuit, but Chelsea reluctantly declined suggesting they use their own staff!
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Amersham Townswomen’s Guild

Pepper is the chosen charity for Amersham Townswomen’s Guild for their current year. One of the events organised by the Guild was a “Strawberries and Cream” garden party held on the 21 July 2007.
The garden looked beautiful and was admired by a number of guests as they sheltered from a heavy downpour in the gazebo. However, Lady Galahad immediately came to the rescue with a selection of umbrellas enabling everyone to return to the house and sample the wonderful selection of cakes and goodies on offer. It was a spread to be proud of.
The afternoon raised an impressive £250 towards their Pepper fund.
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New Litter of Pepper Piglets looking for a Home

There are many types of pigs. Some pigs, like warthogs and boars, are wild pigs. Domestic pig breeds include Hampshire, Gloucester and Large Whites. Some pigs, like Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs, are kept as pets.
The Pepper piglet is particularly fond of spending time with people, especially children and he loves music, fun and laughter.
In the wild, pigs root up grasses, roots and insects with their strong noses. Most farmers feed their pigs grain mixtures.
Our piglet requires nothing other than good company with a special friend and the opportunity to sing her favourite Sgt. Pepper song ‘Lucy in the Sty with Diamonds!’
The piglets are available to a good home for £7.99. Call 01442 874120 or 0845 6755566 for more details, but remember:
Pepper Pig don’t like disco
Pepper Pig don’t like dance
Pepper Pig don’t like ambient
Pepper Pig don’t like trance
Pepper Pig don’t like R&B
Pepper Pig don’t like soul
Pepper Pig just likes heavy duty bad-***
Rock ‘N’ Roll
(With Apologies to Edward Monkton)
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Pepper Christmas Cards

This year Pepper has a special and exclusive Christmas card in addition to its normal range - an original scene of Berkhamsted, painted for us by local artist George Sear.
The card is selling at £4.75 for a pack of ten cards, available from the Pepper Foundation
A more comprehensive range of cards plus an order form will be shown on the website next month as well as a special order leaflet that will be sent out to all the Friends and Associates of Pepper.
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Coffee, Cakes and Quilts Shines in the Rain

In spite of the very wet weather on Friday 20th July, a very successful ‘Coffee, Cakes and Quilts’ morning took place at Tring Red Cross’ Hall, which raised £230 for Pepper in only 2 hours!
Maggie Tweed and her students had a lovely range of wall hangings, quilts and throws on display which were greatly admired by all the visitors. The homemade cakes and raffle added to the success of the event.
Thanks to all who supported the show and to all those whose hard work made it such a successful event. Watch this space for next year’s event! Anyone interested in joining a class should contact Maggie Tweed – maggietweed@yahoo.co.uk.
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The Blue and White Quilt made by
Gill Ostler

From left to right, Nicky Criddle,
Julie Cade, Jenny Clabon, and Jude Ball enjoying the coffee and cakes.
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Pepper receives a brilliant surprise from Canada

Pepper Administration Manager, Karen Buchanan, recently received a call from Robin Harris in Ontario, Canada on behalf of his mother. Apparently some relatives – and aunt and uncle - who gave respite accommodation to children of airmen based on an American airbase near their home in the fifties and sixties, had left his mother their house on the understanding that a donation of $20000 Canadian would be made to a children’s charity as close as possible to the Iver area. They always enjoyed trying to help children having been childless themselves.
When Robin and his wife were recently on holiday in the UK, they trawled the internet, found Pepper and phoned Karen. Information was subsequently sent to Canada and following several exchanges of information, a £10,000 donation was made.
The Pepper Foundation and the children we support send an enormous thank you to the Harris family in Canada for their enormous donation.
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Eastwoods Golf Day

Wednesday 8 August 2007 saw the 10th Anniversary of the Eastwoods Pepper Golf Day take place at Ashridge Golf Club where 23 teams (92 players) set out for a shot gun start after bacon butties & coffee and complimentary massages from Christina from
Avida Massage.
The players couldn’t have wished more for such fantastic weather conditions, the course was in tremendous condition and a good day of golf was enjoyed by everyone.
Stratsones of Tring sponsored a Hole In One Competition for a BMW car but sadly the cries of ‘We were only a whisper away from the hole’ meant that no one actually won the car.
The after dinner activities, attended by football celebrities Luther Blisset and Nigel Winterburn were hosted by events organiser Janet Edwards and celebrity auctioneer Nigel Barden. In fact, on the day alone, £15,995 was raised with a final figure yet to be announced anticipated to be in excess of £18,000.
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1 Joe Collier presents the winning
Lady Golf Trophy to Sue Taylor
as Janet Edwards looks on.
2 Spot the piglet!
Jonathan Tweed, Chairman of the
Pepper Foundation, manned the
Pepper stall throughout the day.
3 Spectacular view of Ashridge
Golf Course, weather and course conditions couldn’t have been better
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Cienté Hair Salon to raffle the world’s most expensive shampoo and Conditioner for Pepper.

Cienté, the award winning hair salon in Berkhamsted, is raffling a limited edition gift set that includes a shampoo and conditioner with a retail price of £245.00 for the Pepper Foundation.
Cienté salon manager Trisha Buller says “Good health is something we take for granted and sadly, some children are not so fortunate and can suffer from traumatic life-limiting and in some cases, terminal illness’s. Pepper relies on the generosity of people like you to make a difference”.
The Prize, a gift set which includes a shampoo and conditioner and a bottle of VOSS Artesian Water, is just one of 75 sets coming into the UK. Cienté have secured one of those sets.
The limited edition shampoo and conditioner called TEN VOSS, has been made by the luxury Beverly Hills-based hair-care brand Alterna, using VOSS Artesian water from Norway and ten of the world’s conditioning ingredients such as extracts of Italian white truffle oil, caviar and Arabian Frankincense.
Alterna, whose A list celebrity fans include Victoria Beckham, Reese Witherspoon and Jessica Alba, are making a donation of $25,000 from the worldwide sales of this limited edition gift set to WaterAid.
For details of how to enter this competition, telephone Cienté on 01442 877273.
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That Pepper Effect Is 'The Best Pepper Show Yet'

That Pepper Effect opened on Saturday 14 July for seven performances at Berkhamsted Collegiate School’s Centenary Theatre and was declared to be ‘The best Pepper Show yet’ by regular show attendees on its opening night.
The second show to be written and directed by Paul Eccentric took up the story of the winner of last year’s Pepper Factor as he struggled to come to terms with the realities of his newfound fame and fortune. Surrounded by people who all wanted a slice of his success and who stopped at nothing to get it, Jack (now restyled JJ Flash), realised there was no way out of the new life he had chosen – or was there?
Great music is, as always at the heart of the two hour show and audiences enjoyed performances which ranged from
Jumping Jack Flash through Sex ‘n’ Drugs ‘n’ Rock & Roll,
Just A Gigolo and The Long & Winding Road to Shine and
I Put A Spell On You.
A cast of musicians and actors backed by a rock ensemble and Big Band Jazz 3000 performed the music and children from Pepper Youth made a strong contribution to the show.
That Pepper Effect is Berkhamsted’s biggest and best live musical extravaganza featuring music performed by local performers, rock musicians, Big Band Jazz 3000 and children from Pepper Youth. State-of-the-art lighting, sparkling sound and an amazing stage set combine to provide a musical night out to remember.
Comments from people who attended the show included –
‘I thought the show was highly creative and superbly produced to appeal to a wide age range because of the selection of songs’
‘Highlights were the blending of rock and big band with the revolving stage to enable quick changes. There was pace, polish and variety which provided a great showcase
for a lot of individual talent’
‘I thought this year’s show reached an amazingly high standard. The singing was superb, music excellent, lighting and stage design spectacular and sound perfect’
‘Pepper Youth excelled themselves again'
The annual Pepper Show is organised entirely by volunteers to raise funds for the Pepper Children’s Nursing Team that cares for local children with terminal and life-limiting illnesses. The amount of money raised has now been announced as in excess of £30,000.
In the meantime, next year’s performance will celebrate our 20th anniversary of the summer show, therefore you can expect an extravaganza of impressive proportions to reflect on the journey made by hundreds of volunteers over those twenty years who made the show the success it is today. The amount of money raised over that period far exceeds £1m, which represents a huge effort by so many.
Let us make sure 2008 is a year to remember!
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St George would
have been proud!

Our inaugural St. George's Day Pepper Ball held at
Pendley Manor in Tring, Hertfordshire, was a huge success. In
fact we were lucky to be joined by St. George himself in the
guise of a full size mannequin, complete with sword and armour
and he even brought along his dragon - but we won't go into
that!
As people gathered in the bar area for pre drinks, The
Second Impulse Sax Quartet entertained everyone as they arrived
and set the mood for an enjoyable evening.
Dinner was grand affair as everyone dressed up in his or
her evening finery sat down to an excellent three-course banquet
and when coffee was served a very professional cabaret performed
by the pupils of the Arts Education School took to the stage.
Pepper is always in the front line when it comes to
recognising young talent as has been proved over the years
through the Pepper Youth summer show auditions, so it was good
to see girls under 18 with such musical talent.
The auction that followed created quite a lot of interest
as guests bid high and generously for a wide range of items
brilliantly orchestrated by Amersham Auctioneer, Simon Knowles.
During the evening there was an opportunity to win a
prize on the tombola table and to round off the evening everyone
took to the floor to dance to Mr. Kites Benefit Band, who as
always were absolutely excellent.
All in all a good time was had by all but Pepper could
not have done it without the help and generosity of so many
volunteers who were too many to mention all by name but we would
like to make an exception, namely Ken Lennon our MC for the
evening and Maureen Lennon who organised the event with Linda
Horsfall.
Until all the receipts come in from the auction and
various quarters, we do not have a final figure to present, but
suffice to say we hope to have made in excess of £8,500!
Congratulations everyone involved, a great team effort.
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Pepper at the Gatsby

One of the most challenging aspects of fundraising is the
constant need to come up with a new idea that people will enjoy
whilst raising funds for the charity. We experienced a huge
success with the Pepper St George's Day Ball which in itself was
a lavish money raising evening, but what is there for a normal
weekday evening.
Well, Nick Potts and his colleagues from the Berkhamsted
and Bulbourne Rotary Clubs had the answer by organising a
special evening recently at the Gatsby Bar and Restaurant,
situated beneath the Rex Cinema in Berkhamsted High Street.
Nick Pembroke of the Gatsby, staged a delightful evening,
which attracted a capacity number of covers, who clearly
appreciated the quality of their food, which despite numbers,
was exceptionally good.
As the conversations and laughter filled the room, so did
the background music from musicians Toad, who delighted the
appreciative audience with their variety of numbers befitting a
piano bar ambience.
Each guest was encouraged to write their name on a
£10 note, which was then placed in a draw resulting in
three lucky winners each receiving prizes, but the moral of the
exercise was to raise even more funds for the evening over and
above the £10 per head per cover donated by The Gatsby.
We do not have final figures yet for the amount raised,
but suffice to say it could be in the region of £2000 for
Pepper.
Congratulations to The Gatsby and to Nick Potts for
organising such a fun and successful evening which clearly
demonstrates that we can put the 'fun' into fundraising on most
occasions.
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Eastwoods Celebrity
Cookery Demonstration

Cookery celebrities and aficionados descended on
Berkhamsted en mass for a feast of the senses on Saturday 21
April at the Collegiate School as guests of Eastwoods Joe
Collier who needs no encouragement to support Pepper as it comes
naturally.
Jimmy Doherty, from the popular BBC2 TV series Jimmy's
Farm, joined Joe and his colleagues David and Lee from Eastwoods
Butchers in Gravel Path, Berkhamsted, for an evening of carving,
cooking and conversation.
Paul Kelly, of Kelly Bronze Turkey fame, accompanied
Jimmy, together with professional chefs Lisa Patton and Douglas
Brunen, Berkhamsted cake maker extraordinaire Caroline Youngs
and award winning sausage maker Keith Mulford, who was assisted
by Chris Legg.
Nigel Barden, the BBC Radio 2 food and wine critic,
hosted the evening along with David Lidgate of the highly
acclaimed Lidgate Butchers of London. Nigel and David did a
fantastic job in keeping the evening buoyed up with lively
conversation and humour as they talked to the chefs and experts
throughout the evening.
Rodwell's of Tring held an informative wine tasting to
accompany the pork dishes cooked in front of the audience to
tantalize their taste buds and an auction - with Nigel showing
considerable skill as auctioneer - raised over £1500.
Thank you Joe for your tireless support.
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Bonkers Brash strikes
again!

Stalwart Pepper supporter and mad keen cyclist, Richard
(Bonkers) Brash and his team mates Richard Meeson, Dave Roberts
and Mike Farrie, took up the challenge to cycle from the north
coast of Wales to the south coast of Wales, across the
mountains, in 4 days.
Incredibly Richard and his mates completed this marathon
cycle journey in April 2007 and so far have received pledges for
over £1000 worth of sponsorship and all for Pepper!
We don't think you are mad Richard - just Bonkers! Well
done.
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Epson (UK), Hemel Hempstead
support Pepper

Franki Knowles from Epson in Hemel Hempstead approached
Pepper in April 2007 to ask for information about the charity as
we were being considered as a contender for their charity of the
year 2007.
Information was sent immediately explaining the work of
the charity and we are delighted to let you know that Lesley
Fyson contacted Pepper again in May to announce that Epson had
chosen Pepper as their 2007 Charity of the Year.
Members of staff have already held a staff sale to
fundraise on our behalf and Epson have kindly agreed to match
all funds raised by staff. To date, after only a few weeks
fundraising, £2588 has been donated to Pepper.
The Trustees and the nurses and more importantly the
children, thank Epson for their generosity and decision to
choose us as their Charity of the year.
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Ian Wing wings it!

Pepper supporter Ian Wing decided to leap out of a plane
and participate in a parachute jump to celebrate his 40th
birthday recently. Ian, who lives in Hemel Hempstead, had been
to the Pepper summer show in the past and wanted to do something
to support the work of the charity.
Ian also has a lively 5 year old daughter who has already
said she'd like to be part of Pepper Youth in future shows!
Ian, who wasn't a bit nervous about his tandem leap in
the sky, found the experience thoroughly exhilarating - so much
so that he is now considering doing a solo freefall jump in
future.
Ian raised an impressive £1555 in sponsorship, all
of which he donated to Pepper.
An extremely impressive performance Ian - Thank you from
the Pepper Team.
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Keeping it in
the family

Jonathan Tweed's daughter in law Eli (right), together
with her sister Amelia, recently ran the Reading half Marathon
in aid of Pepper. To date, they have managed to raise £250
confirmed with the possibility of more to come once she returns
from a trip to New Zealand and which is an excellent
achievement.
She told Jonathan she found it quite a tough run and
finished in 2:00:03 compared with her sister Amelia, who
recorded a staggering 1:45:48 - her best time ever!
Congratulations to both of them for making the effort on
behalf of all the Pepper sick children.
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MG Owners Club nominate Pepper

The Wycombe Area MG Owners Club has nominated Pepper as
their charity for this year. Pepper Trustee, Val Bevan and her
husband Dave, recently attended a Club evening during which time
they made a Pepper presentation to the Club members.
They received a very warm welcome, some good questions
and a great deal of interest which resulted in Club making the
decision to support the work we do for sick children with life
limiting illness, in their area.
We look forward to working with the Club.
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Raffle Drawn for Pepper

The high spot of a very successful 20th Anniversary
Exhibition for Berkhamsted Quilters came on the afternoon of
Sunday 22nd April when Jonathan Tweed, Chairman of The Pepper
Foundation, arrived to draw the winning ticket for the Quilt
Raffle, Tantalising Triangles, which had been made by members of
the group over a period of about 9 months.
The winner, Sandra Smith from Maple Cross, bought her
ticket when the quilt was displayed at the Pepper Shop in
Amersham. The raffle raised a wonderful £1759 and a further
£406 was raised from other activities over the weekend,
totalling £2165!
A big thank you to all who bought tickets and
congratulations to the lucky winner.
Additionally, Jonathan awarded the winning prize in the
quilting group's African Challenge competition. The picture
shows the winner Hannelore Kettle receiving her award.
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Sky Sports journalist
supports Pepper

Miles Harrison, who has been with Sky Sports since 1994
and also previews live Guinness Premiership, Heineken Cup and
international rugby on skysports.com, was recently named the
Guinness/London Irish, Rugby Union Journalist of the Season.
The award was established four years ago to recognise the
journalist or broadcaster that has contributed most during the
season to the understanding, promotion and enjoyment of rugby
union.
It is the only such award to be presented annually.
Harrison was commended by the judges for his great
contribution to the game, not only in his commentaries but also
through his writing, receiving special praise for the
thoroughness of his research.
Harrison also picked up a signed London Irish shirt,
which he donated to his favourite charity, the Pepper
Foundation.
"I intend to auction the signed shirt for a local charity
that I have supported for a number of years now," he said.
"They do wonderful work and the generosity of London
Irish will be much appreciated by all those involved with the
charity."
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Miles
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Waitrose support Pepper
during their Charity Week

Waitrose supermarket in Berkhamsted chose Pepper as the
recipients of funds raised during their annual charity week,
held in February 2007. The partners of the Berkhamsted store
voted to support local charities that offer help to children and
young people and Pepper, along with another Berkhamsted
charitable organisation, were the nominated recipients.
Among the activities that took place were a staff Chinese
lunch, a football match between Dry Goods and Fresh Foods - with
Fresh Foods winning the day! Bets were placed on who would score
the first goal and the winning scorer was Matt Gibson.
Checkouts held a quiz night and there was an auction for
departmental managers to be nominated to change jobs for a day!
A total of £285.35 was raised and the donation
cheque was presented to Pepper Trustee Linda Horsfall and
Administrator Karen Buchanan in April.
Our grateful thanks to all those partners at Waitrose who
took part.
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Spread The
News

One of the biggest issues Pepper faces in terms of
fundraising is to try and raise awareness of the Charity and the
work it does in supporting sick children and funding the Pepper
Nursing service beyond the local Berkhamsted, Tring, Hemel
Hempstead, Chesham and Amersham area.
We get great support from these areas and the majority of
our fundraising is focussed here, but many of the children we
support are in High Wycombe, Aylesbury, Marlow etc, and very few
people in those towns know about us. I am sure if they did, they
would be pleased to provide support.
To spread the Pepper word more broadly, we have launched
a number of initiatives in the hope of engaging the families and
friends of children the nurses have cared for or are caring for,
in activities that they feel comfortable with to support the
Charity. We have also broadened the area of last year's highly
successful Pepperthon initiative encouraging children to help
children by mailing every school throughout Herts and Bucks
instead of limiting support to the confines of Dacorum.
We are initiating contact with companies in the High
Wycombe area as a pilot to raise awareness and look for ways the
companies can help, from major sponsorship (of a nurse for
example) to supporting literature production. As a minimum we
are looking to leave new Pepper collecting boxes to encourage
every day support.
We are also contacting the newspapers throughout the
region to explain our dilemma that the essential and highly
valued delivery of care for sick children in their town is going
unnoticed and unsupported in many areas. We hope to produce
editorial support as a consequence. We are contacting all
organisations throughout the region who have an ethos supporting
children's charities with money or activities, such as Golf
Clubs, Round Tables, Lions, Chambers of Commerce, Townswomen's
Guilds etc. We have already had some success, but our resources
limit our activity.
This is where you come in!!
Please support these initiatives in any way you can,
through your work, sports club, gym, choir, model makers,
friends. A few words about the charity may spark some ideas in
new areas, and these ideas will become a hotspot for new
fundraising. The early feedback from the initiatives is good -
now we need action!
Jonathan Tweed
Chairman, The Pepper Foundation
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Jonathan
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Celebrities Endorse
Pepperthon 2007 for Schools!

Luther Blissett and Antony Worrall Thompson have agreed
to support the Pepper Foundation's schools fundraising event -
Pepperthon 2007! The former Watford and England footballer that
now manages Chesham United, and the Celebrity Chef, are keen to
make this fundraising initiative a resounding success.
Following a successful launch in 2006, backed by the
incumbent Mayor of Dacorum, Councilor Jane Hogg and targeting
schools in the Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted area, over £5000
was raised. More than 400 schools in Herts and Bucks are now
being invited to participate in next years exciting challenge.
This expansion means that more schoolchildren will be
able to raise money to fund the Pepper Nurses, who care for
children within the community suffering from life limiting
illness on a 24-hour, 7 days a week, 365 days a year basis, The
Pepper nursing service is currently caring for more than 30
children within the Hemel Hempstead to High Wycombe, Aylesbury
and Marlow catchment areas.
To coincide with National Children's Hospice Week, held
in September 2006, Luther and Antony endorsed a letter sent to
all schools encouraging them to participate by enabling children
to help children who are less fortunate than themselves.
To join the fun, each child raises sponsorship from
friends and family to achieve a specific activity target. This
can be skipping or swimming, hopping or running and this year it
could even be making a specific number of healthy snacks and
selling them to their friends!
So not only are the children raising money for a great
local cause, but they are also getting exercise and encouraging
healthy eating which is why Luther Blissett and Antony Worrall
Thompson are keen to support the Pepperthon 07 challenge.
Full details will be sent to participating schools in
early 2007 so they can enter and take part in March 2007. Every
child will receive a certificate signed by Luther and Antony,
and the fundraiser achieving the most challenging target in each
school will receive two tickets to the matinee of the famous
Pepper annual summer show in Berkhamsted - and who knows who
else may be there?
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Pepper at the Opera

Pepper Opera goers were once again treated to a
spectacular evening of good music and frivolity during a recent
performance of the Garden Opera Company's performance of Cosi
fan Tuti.
At one stage the audience was in hysterics, caused by the
performers who took advantage of the mood and certain
misfortunes where they openly showed their amusement, much to
the delight of the opera goers who rose to the occasion by
applauding their approval.
It would seem the garden Opera Company could do no wrong
and as previous years have demonstrated, their kind of
production and humour is appreciated by established and novice
audiences alike.
Mike Jenkyns' desire to bring Opera to the masses has
worked yet again with so many young members of the audience
showing their approval during the curtain call. This year was no
exception to his promise to bring popular Opera to Berkhamsted
and for 2008, well watch this space when we announce the next
dates.
As usual, the special themed cocktails and in-house
catering arrangements were exceptional, not to mention the
applause given to Dr Pricilla Chadwick for her tireless support
of Pepper by donating the Collegiate Theatre free of charge
again.
Our thanks also go out to all those who supported the
event to make this one of the must see annual calendar dates in
the Berkhamsted events diary.
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Runners
brave heavy rain in the 2007 Half Marathon and Fun Run

The Berkhamsted Half Marathon and 5 mile Fun Run broke
all attendance records this year despite the continuous heavy
rain and cold weather conditions which didn't appear to deter
the runners in either category.
Athletes from all over the country took part in the Half
Marathon including and entrant from Venezuela and Japan making
this years' event, organised by Nick Potts of The Berkhamsted
Rotary Club, one of the most popular events in the athletic
calendar.
First of the 943 Half Marathon runners to finish the 13.1
mile event was 40 year old Anthony Jackson from Shaftsbury
Barnet Running Club who completed the course in a time of
1:13.07.
Paul Allen, the local Dacorum and Tring Athletics Club
runner, finished in ninth place with a time of 1:18.41.
Team results for the Half Marathon saw victory go to
Chiltern Harriers, while Tring Running Club came fifth and Gade
Valley Harriers finished eighth.
The winner of the 5 mile Fun Run was Tommy Sheldrick aged
17 of Berkhamsted Collegiate School who beat runners from
Watford and Thame with a time of 0:28.57.
15 year old Jack Thai from Ashlyns School in Berkhamsted
finished fifth with a time of 0:30.35 culminating in Ashlyns
School achieving the top spot with Berkhamsted Collegiate coming
second.
The popularity of this even has soared in recent years
due to national and international coverage on specialist
websites. In 2006, the number of entrants doubled from the
previous year to 850 with this years' total increasing to 943.
The Half Marathon and 5 mile Fun Run are organised by
both Berkhamsted Rotary Clubs to raise money for Pepper which
last year amounted to £12,000 with a possibility that
despite the continuous heavy rain and atrocious weather
conditions, that figure may be substantially exceeded.
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Hertfordshire
Business Awards

The atmosphere was electric during the 2006 Hertfordshire
Business Awards, held at Willows Farm near London Colney, St
Albans on Thursday 23rd November 2006. The stage was set and an
array of distinguished guests from around the County dressed in
their finest evening attire ready to be entertained in a most
magnificent and opulent way.
Consequently, The Pepper Foundation were delighted to
have been invited to attend the awards evening as the HBA's
nominated charity for the event, which was a great honour for
us.
The theme for the evening was 'Rock the Kasbah!' where
guests on arrival, entered a vibrant, bustling atmosphere of a
traditional Moroccan Souk.
Popular comedian and impersonator, Jon Culshaw compered
the ceremony providing laughs all the way as he worked his way
through a selection of celebrity impersonations prior to
announcing each of the award winners.
Pepper Trustees Eric Pillinger and Lewis Fletcher, were
both invited to sit at the same table as Jon Culshaw who
provided non-stop laughter making for a thoroughly enjoyable
aside to the Awards ceremony itself.
The event organisers, Caroline Hyde and Carol Gray, from
Archant, Herts & Cambs introduced the work of the Pepper
Foundation to an influential and sympathetic audience and
explained how crucial fundraising is to the charity to ensure it
can carry on it's work of supporting the Pepper paediatric
nursing team, supported by the Pepper PowerPoint presentation.
The business supporters attending the Awards ceremony
were clearly moved by the presentation in terms of how the
Pepper nursing team help children within the Herts & Bucks
area, because between all the tables, they raised over £2700
throughout the evening for the charity.
The Trustees and the Nursing Team would like to thank all
those who made extremely generous donations throughout the
evening in the knowledge that the money will go to such a
worthwhile cause.
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Foresters
Charity Year generates £4000 for Pepper Nurses

The local High Wycombe Branch of the Foresters (Elm
Grove) held their 2006 Christmas Dinner and Dance at the Wycombe
Abbey School during which time they presented a cheque for £4000
to a thrilled Liz Clarke, Fundraising Coordinator for the Pepper
Foundation.
This donation was in addition to Foresters generous £1000
sponsorship of the Bank Holiday fete held in August last year.
Liz thanked the Foresters and explained what a difference
their huge fundraising achievement will make to children in the
High Wycombe and Buckinghamshire area.
Over 190 people attended the event and spent the evening
dancing to the excellent Legacy Big Band. The dance floor was
packed throughout the evening with a display to rival the
Strictly Come Dancing semi-final being televised on BBC the same
evening!
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Berkhamsted Quilters -
Tantalizing Triangles

Berkhamsted Quilters are a group who have helped their
local community over the past twenty years by supporting many
local initiatives and national charities with numerous
fundraising projects. The group will be celebrating their
twentieth birthday with an exhibition to be held on 21-22 April
from 10am until 5pm at the Civic Centre, Berkhamsted High
Street, Berkhamsted HP4 3HB.
In this, their eighth exhibition, they will be showing
many quilts, both individual and group made. In addition the
group have collaborated to make a raffle quilt, Tantalizing
Triangles, a most stunning double bed size quilt. The
inspiration for this beautiful work came from a quilt made by
Katherine Guerrier.
The quilt is made from jewel coloured fabrics, many
donated by the members, machine pieced and machine quilted and
measures 84" X 100". This will be raffled in aid of the The
Pepper Foundation, a charity which exists to alleviate suffering
by funding home care to seriously ill children within the
Chilterns area of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
The draw for this beautiful textile will take place on
Sunday 22 April. Tickets cost £1 each and are available
from Gillian Wyborn, Lilac Cottage, Wigginton, Herts HP23 6HN.
Cheques should be made payable to Berkhamsted Quilters and
marked Raffle Quilt on the reverse and please include a stamped
self addressed envelope.
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The Mane Event of the
year!

A fabulous night was in store for those who were lucky
enough to have tickets for The Mane Event of the Year -
hair and fashion extravaganza, which was organized and presented
by the Ciente hair salon on behalf of Pepper
on Friday 10 November 2006.
The evening started with drinks and canapes in the
reception area of the Civic Centre in Berkhamsted where ticket
holders were able to browse a variety of stalls selling some
unusual and exciting gifts.
The show commenced by visually transporting the audience
by means of huge photographic backdrops accompanied by music and
special lighting effects, through London, Paris and New York, to
demonstrate hair styles, make up and fashion presented by models
specially chosen by the Ciente stylists and creative
team.
The highlight of the evening was the finale event - 'The
Ball' where the audience were once again transported to the chic
sophistication of a winter's ball with dazzling hair styling,
make up and corresponding evening attire worn with great panache
by the models.
After the scintillating presentation, Trisha Buller - on
behalf of the team from Ciente - thanked everyone for
attending and reminded them how the money donated to the event
could really help maintain the funding Pepper so
desperately needs to continue its vital children's nursing
service.
With the fundraising theme uppermost in everyone's minds,
the audience went home with complimentary goodie bags handed out
on departure.
Over 100 people attended the evening and such was the
success of the show, Ciente have promised to put
something similar on in future.
Pepper would like to thank Trisha and her team
for working so hard to put on such a spectacular evening - thank
you Trisha, Karen, Becky, Charlotte and everyone involved from Ciente.
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A donation
cheque totaling £1273.08 is presented to
Linda Horsfall and Karen Buchanan of The Pepper Foundation from
Sam Makepeace, Karen Scantlebury, Serafina Woodward, Becky
Walton, Joe Wielgomas, Hayley Welling, Joel Lai and Trisha
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The Pepper Shop
in Amersham

Have you visited The Pepper shop in Sycamore Road, New
Amersham yet where you will find a fantastic selection of
reasonably priced items for sale? You will also be supporting
Pepper at the same time, if you do.
You can donate any good quality clothing, bric a brac,
books, CDs, videos and DVDs. We particularly welcome children's
clothing as well such as toys, books, musical instruments,
games, clothes and furniture. Who knows, you might even find
just the bargain you have been looking for as well.
The Pepper shop welcomes donations of good quality items
to sell all the year round, but please do not deposit them
outside or round the back of the shop when closed as items are
often stolen or vandalised. We prefer, whenever possible, that
donations are brought in on days other than Monday.
Being a shop volunteer can be a great way to make new
friends whilst doing something useful at the same time. If you
can spare a little time on a regular basis, then please respond
to the following appeal for Volunteer Shop Assistants.
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Amersham Pepper shop is currently looking for new volunteers who
can normally work shifts of 3-4 hours, any morning or afternoon.
If you can spare just a few hours to help, please contact Janice
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Record funds
raised at Eastwoods Pepper Golf Day

Joe Collier, award winning businessman and patron of the
Pepper Foundation, together with Janet Edwards and her
team of enthusiastic organisers, certainly know how to make the
most out of a day's pro-celebrity golfing event.
Joe's company, Eastwoods Butchers in
Berkhamsted, managed to raise a staggering £12,574.61
on the 9th August as a result of the Eastwoods Pepper
Golf Day, held for the second year running on the 6580 yard par
72, Ashridge Golf Club in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.
The Ashridge course is described as being encouraging to
the average golfer, whilst thought provoking for the above
average player, which is possibly why this established annual
event attracts so many entrants from all over the country.
This year, the ninth in the series, well over 100 people
attended the event, split between the 24 teams comprising four
players per team in the competition and those who also attended
the gala fund-raising dinner afterwards.
Luther Blisset, ex Watford and England footballer
together with Nigel Winterburn, ex Arsenal, did an excellent job
running the auction which included holidays in Spain and Turkey,
a signed England rugby shirt, John Motson's story board from a
World Cup 2006 game, a Tiger Moth experience and a Spa day at
Champneys.
Jonathan Tweed, Chairman of the Pepper
Foundation, presented a brief speech on the Charity and the work
it does for children with life limiting illness and paid
particular praise to the tireless work John and Pauline Lamb had
given over the past 8 years in running and building such an
important fundraising event, accompanied by Janet Edwards who,
together with her team has subsequently taken over the helm
since they both retired from the event in 2005.
This year will be the 10th Anniversary of the
event which promises to be even more exciting as Vinny Jones has
already offered to take the winning Auction bidder out fishing,
shooting or playing golf! Make a note in your diary for Wednesday
8th August 2007 prior to application details being released very
soon.
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shows (left to right) Jonathan Tweed - Chairman of the Pepper
Foundation, Joe Collier, Janet Edwards, Luther Blisset and Liz
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Hadrian's Wall
walkers endure July heatwave

David Williams and his daughter Sara, had been talking
about walking Hadrian's Wall for quite some time, so eventually,
one sunny day in July 2006, all the talking became a reality as
they set off on their challenging 84 mile walk.
Both Sara and David were accompanied on their journey by
Mrs Sally Williams, who provided essential and vital back-up
support services - namely someone to pick them up at the end of
each day and take them to each night's accommodation!
Hadrian's Wall, now officially recognised as a World
Heritage Site, stretches across the country from Wallsend in
Newcastle on the East coast of the UK to Bowness-on-Solway on
the West coast.
The Romans occupied Britain from the middle of the 1st
Century to the beginning of the 5th Century and for much of that
time, Northumberland was the very edge of their mighty empire.
It was in AD 122 that the Emperor Hadrian, ordered the building
of a wall across the country to separate the land of the Britons
from the Picts.
As July is historically regarded as the middle of the
British summer, both walkers thought they might at least
experience reasonable weather and pleasant walking conditions
throughout their journey, with maybe little rain. However, they
were certainly not prepared for the heat wave conditions they
had to endure each day throughout their walk. As it turned out,
July was registered as the hottest month since records began!
7 days later and many wonderful sights experienced along
the way, their path took them to the village of Glasson where
they stopped for lunch, happy in the knowledge that they were
only 3 miles from the end of their journey. Feeling spurred on
by this they set off at a fine pace to Port Carlisle and then on
to the town of Bowness - what a wonderful sight that must have
been before arrived at their destination.
A small wooden archway with a message across it
congratulating them on having finished Hadrian's Wall provided
an opportunity for them to have their photographs taken, but
more importantly, there was a bench for them to sit down and
reflect on their achievement.
The sight of a nearby pub where they received their sixth
and final stamp in their Hadrian's Wall passport accompanied by
a certificate, must have been like finding an oasis of water in
a blistering desert, which in effect, the previous 6 days had
been like. Despite occasional but uncontrollable muscle spasms
and only one blister each, which was nothing a hot bath wouldn't
cure, they came out reasonably unscathed.
And it was not only for their own satisfaction and sense
of achievement they undertook this challenge - they did all that
and raised £2300.25 for Pepper.
Our thanks go out to David, Sara and Sally and all those
sponsors who enabled them to raise such an impressive amount for
the charity.
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The highest
point

Only a few
more crags to go

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The Pepper Factor
wows our audiences

Last year's annual Pepper Summer Show
presentation, entitled the Pepper Factor, a combination
of the popular television shows 'Pop Idol', 'The X
Factor' and 'Stars in their eyes', was a huge success
and one that even Simon Cowell would have been proud of!
Eight decades of musical history was given the Pepper
Factor treatment during one of the hottest weeks of the year in
July. The Pepper Factor cast, adult and youth, crew and
a relentless army of volunteers, battled through the rising
temperatures to ensure the audiences were given a musical
experience they would never forget.
Audiences were singing and dancing in the aisles as each
performance progressed, followed by enthusiastic applause that
would relegate London's West End theatres into the second
division. This year also saw a departure from previous
performances through the introduction of a big band sound, which
was hugely popular with the mixed age audience.
Of course, this was Pepper fundraising at its best, so
the enthusiasm of the Pepper supporters spilled out
into all pre and post show events centering around the marquee
where local bands donated their time free of charge to
entertain.
As has become the norm, the restaurant facility was
hugely popular because the standard of food was absolutely
excellent and the volunteer staff that ran the bar, did it with
such professionalism and enthusiasm, it was difficult getting
people to leave when the time came to lock up!
One of the great talking points about the Pepper
show, apart from the excellence of the more experienced
musicians and singers, is the opportunity it provides for up and
coming youngsters via Pepper Youth. Many kids from
local schools enter the spirit of the show with such enthusiasm
and commitment alongside their academic work. It is a great
testimony to them and to their parents who actively encourage
them.
Pepper Youth provides an opportunity for kids to
express themselves and become part of a wider entertainment
picture, which could possibly lead on to them 'treading the
boards' professionally.
The whole ethos of Pepper is to provide 24-hour
home care to children who are affected by serious illness. By
taking part in the show, the enthusiasm and commitment by Pepper
Youth members given to the charity, clearly demonstrates their
desire to provide for children less fortunate than themselves,
which is a great character and team building exercise. That was
clearly demonstrated at one of the performances attended by
Sian, one of the Pepper patients, whose composure and
kindness shown to us throughout the evening, confirmed why we do
what we do.
This year will be the 19th Pepper Summer Show
and work has already begun deciding a theme and format, so watch
this space or visit the pepper show website www.peppershow.com around
the beginning of February 2007 for future announcements.
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Bonkers is back!

Mad cyclist Richard Brash is on the road again to raise money
for Pepper. Affectionally known as Bonkers for reasons quite
obvious, Richard now plans to cycle with three fellow cyclists,
from the North Coast of Wales to the South Coast over the
challenging mountain passes.
In 2005, Richard, accompanied by his wife Penny who followed
at a distance in her car to make sure nothing untoward
happened to him on his long and arduous journey, cycled from
John O'Groats to Lands End and raised over £1500 for Pepper.
If you would like to sponsor him for this next coast to coast
marathon log onto the special Just Giving website
http://www.justgiving.com/bonkersbrash3
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Amersham Townswomen's Guild

Please support the Amersham Townswomen's Guild who plan to
run a stall at the market in Amersham-on-the-Hill on Tuesday
29 May from 9:00am till 1:00pm. They will be selling home made
cakes, plants and bric-a-brac.
The Townswomen's Guild have adopted Pepper as their charity
for this year and are planning to promote Pepper during
this event.
This is an ideal opportunity of spreading the Pepper word
into the neighboring county.
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Whiteleaf Golf Club Ladies - par excellence

Jonathan Tweed, Chairman of the Pepper Foundation together with Liz
Clarke, Pepper Fundraising Coordinator, recently attended a ladies
lunch at the Whiteleaf Golf Club, after which, following a brief
presentation about the charity to the group, Ladies Captain, Jane
Rigby-Fielder, presented Pepper with a cheque for £250.
This follows a previous amount raised, which they presented to
Pepper in May 2006 following the club's Charity Day, which amounted
to a staggering £2850. The additional £250 was raised from donations
in lieu of Christmas cards and a raffle.
Sadly the weather on Ladies Day, restricted the golf competition
to just 6 holes before rain eventually forced play to be abandoned.
The Trustees and Nurses of the Pepper Foundation are very grateful
to Jane for choosing to support Pepper as her charity during her
year as Captain and to all Club members for their generosity in
helping raise the spectacular combined total of £3100.
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Jonathon Tweed, Chairman of
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Better Prospects for Pepper

The Better Prospects Recruitment Agency, with branches in Amersham and
Luton, chose to support Pepper during December with a Christmas
campaign targeting all its clients.
The Amersham branch manager,
Jo O'Reilly (centre), presented Val Bevan
(right), Pepper Trustee and Liz Clarke (left), Pepper Fundraising
Coordinator, with a cheque for £150 together with a wonderful array
of gifts donated by staff and clients including soft toys, wine and
a hamper.
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Liz Clarke (left),
Amersham branch manager
Jo O'Reilly (centre), Pepper Trustee Val Bevan (right)
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Pepper's High Flyer

You could be forgiven in thinking that Pepper's High Flyer refers to our
Illustrious Chairman Jonathan Tweed, but not on this occasion.
That honour for the time being, rests with Pepper supporter James Doughty
who for quite some time, had wanted to do something not many people could
say they had done, so naturally he decided to jump out of an aeroplane
and skydive with a friend - as you do.
It meant having to rise at 5.00am and leave home at 6.00am so he could
arrive at the airstrip for 9.00am to undergo a training session which
included how to fall out of the plane without looking too silly and how
to land softly without ending up splattered on the ground!
As they were doing a tandem jump, the actual training only lasted 5
minutes after which they were assigned the 19th and 20th jump slot of the
day, which eventually became a long drawn out tortuous event.
Eventually, when it was James's turn to board the plane, it was only then
he realised it was too late to back out. The aircraft door was closed
behind them when the ground was only three feet away and when it was
reopened the ground was considerably further down, like 12,000ft!
James and his friend moved intrepidly to the door and just fell out into
space. After the initial shock to the system, they went into the
freefall, which he says was absolutely amazing... but very cold. The
chute opened after about a minute of freefall bringing them slowly back
to earth.
All in all it was an amazing experience for James and his friend, which
he has no reservations recommending to anyone hankering after a bit of
excitement in their lives. However, James's reason for undertaking such
an experience was not just self-gratification, as he raised £100 for
Pepper at the same time through sponsorship.
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Hyde Heath Villagers support Pepper

The village of Hyde Heath in the central triangle of Chesham, Chesham Bois and Great Missenden
in Buckinghamshire is one of those traditional communities that continues to grow in strength
through the generosity of its inhabitants.
One such resident is a lady called Sylvia Brown who, in addition to manning the Pepper Shop in
Amersham two days a week, is also an active member of the villages fundraising and WI volunteer
community.
One day in December last year, Sylvia and Irma Dolphin, the village historian, held a coffee
morning in aid of Pepper and managed to raise a magnificent £350
for the Pepper Foundation.
Everyone at Pepper would like to thank the villagers of Hyde heath for their continued generosity
in helping support Pepper and the work we do for children.
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