18 December – Alalay Christmas card sale at Tudor Hall School, Banbury
13 December – Talk at the SCHARR department of the University of Sheffield
9 December – Cake sale organised by Carol
6 December – 18th Bristol Cub Scouts entertainment evening
25 November – Cake and Alalay Christmas card sale at Howells School, Llandaff
24 November – After-dinner speaker at English Speaking Union (Bristol) Thanksgiving supper
November – Alalay fundraising event at home organised by James and Maria – they will see Alalay’s work firsthand when they volunteer there in 2012
November – Cotham Parish Church announce that Alalay is one of its named charities for the December ‘away giving’ budget
8 November – LATA (Latin America Travel Association) party to celebrate their membership at the 32nd World Travel Market. It was a great event, and provided me with a brilliant opportunity to tell a number of influential people about my work
2 November – Talk at St. Bartholomew’s Ladies’ Circle
12 October – Talk at Tudor Hall School, Banbury
7 October – Visit to Trailblazers group at St. John’s Church, Crowborough. They presented me with a cheque for Alalay, raised earlier in the year at their sponsored sleep out
17 September – Stall and whack-the-rat at Kingsdown Homegrown Community Fair
11 September – Ben Ecclestone and Gary Sidders ran the Bristol half-marathon in fancy dress!
10 September – Alalay early Christmas presents’ sale organised by the Jones’/Robinson’s families
20 August – Marshfield car boot sale
14 August – Saltford Walkers fundraising cream teas and sale
29 June – Talk at Colston’s Primary School assembly
28 June – Talks at Cotham School to the year 8 assembly and the charity group – they ran a cake stall at breaktime and sports day
19 June – Service at Niton Methodist Church, Isle of Wight
8 June – Presentation at the University of Bristol PLuS awards evening
29 May – Activity stall at Avon Scout “4 Seasons” Jamboree – hundreds of children wrote messages and drew pictures for the Bolivian street kids
25 May – Presentation to the University of Bristol Careers and Employability Board
5 May – Talk at Henleaze Primary School assembly
20 March – Talk at St. John the Evangelist Church, Gloucestershire
10 March – Talk to Jakobek House assembly at Bristol Grammar School
8 March – Bolivian evening at the 18th Bristol Cub Scouts and a quiz