http://www.shelterbox.org/news_rss.asp ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity delivering boxes of aid, shelter, warmth and dignity to people affected by disasters, worldwide en-gb 22.12.2009 15:22:49 Copyright: (C) ShelterBox 2009 15 http://www.shelterbox.org/img/logo.gif http://www.shelterbox.org/news.asp The International School of London is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Among its celebrations will be a special charity dinner dance featuring a live jazz band, with all the proceeds going to Cornwall-based disaster relief charity ShelterBox. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1254 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1254 Monday 20 May 2013 UK News TES Aviation Group is more used to looking after jet engines - TES stands for Total Engine Support. But there’ll be no engines, and no jet propulsion, when a team of its employees rely only on pedal power to get from London to Paris. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1255 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1255 Monday 20 May 2013 UK News Come and see ShelterBox at this year’s Devon County Show. We are on stand 21, close by the Green Gate. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1250 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1250 Tuesday 14 May 2013 UK News More used to the front line of natural disasters or conflicts, Cornish charity ShelterBox finds itself on the front line of government next week as it holds a reception and exhibition in the Houses of Parliament. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1242 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1242 Friday 10 May 2013 UK News Tom and Sharon are cycling in aid of ShelterBox from the tip of Norway, around the globe, to Alaska. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1241 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1241 Wednesday 08 May 2013 UK News After 18 months helping on the borders of Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq, ShelterBox has now found a way of getting aid into Syria itself via Turkey. The first truckload leaves Cornwall tomorrow. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1236 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1236 Thursday 25 April 2013 UK News Corporate Fundraising Manager for ShelterBox Maribeth Lloyds says she won’t be deterred by events in Boston from running her very first London Marathon on Sunday. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1228 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1228 Friday 19 April 2013 UK News The largest historic garden in Cornwall is opening its gates for one weekend only, in what will be the UK’s largest charity garden event. And it is all to raise money for Helston-based disaster aid organisation ShelterBox http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1227 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1227 Monday 15 April 2013 UK News In Spring 2012, Penny MacBeth and Suzanne Crook visited Istanbul to gather source material for an exhibition dedicated to a celebration of Turkish visual culture. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1224 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1224 Thursday 11 April 2013 UK News A close encounter with the Loch Ness Monster could be on the cards for a Cornish surf rowing team heading to Scotland to raise money for ShelterBox. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1221 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1221 Sunday 07 April 2013 UK News ‘Put your menu where your mouth is’ is a cookery contest returning to daytime BBC One on Monday. Generous star chef John Burton Race has sent his appearance fee to SW disaster relief charity ShelterBox. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1219 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1219 Thursday 04 April 2013 UK News As disaster relief charity ShelterBox’s boisterous scouting and scavenging event enters its fifth year, entry places have been snapped up in record time. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1218 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1218 Tuesday 02 April 2013 UK News Cornwall-based ShelterBox had response team members in Japan within a day of the tsunami – one of the first aid organisations to be on the scene http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1207 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1207 Sunday 10 March 2013 UK News A major cheque presentation at the Savoy, and a major debate at the Frontline Club http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1206 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1206 Wednesday 06 March 2013 UK News Cornwall-based disaster relief charity ShelterBox is increasing its presence in countries neighbouring Syria as the UN says the number of refugees has topped 1 million. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1217 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1217 Wednesday 06 March 2013 UK News This week the disaster relief charity ShelterBox is launching its fourth annual Young ShelterBox Illustration Competition, and the search is on to find the country’s best primary school artists. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1208 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1208 Saturday 02 March 2013 UK News ShelterBox staff at deadly new restaurant Café de Mort http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1197 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1197 Friday 01 March 2013 UK News Large crowds, TV's Carol Klein, and record fundraising at Truro's annual garden event http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1210 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1210 Wednesday 27 February 2013 UK News UK-based charity ShelterBox has praised the Lebanese government for helping to break a six week bureaucratic impasse that has prevented its huge consignment of disaster aid reaching Syrian refugees. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1216 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1216 Wednesday 27 February 2013 UK News In less than a week the brave Rebecca Novell and Sue Nelson will be eating the world’s deadliest food at Café de Mort in London. The pair will be risking their lives at the quirky but potentially deadly new restaurant as part of a campaign to encourage more people to leave a gift to charity in their Wills. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1194 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1194 Thursday 21 February 2013 UK News The Board of ShelterBox is pleased to announce that Alison Wallace will take over as its new Chief Executive from 15 April 2013. Alison is a New Zealander, a law & commerce graduate, and joins ShelterBox from Amnesty International. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1215 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1215 Monday 18 February 2013 UK News The President of the NAHT teaching union – which represents nearly 30,000 leaders of education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland – was in Cornwall on last week discussing ShelterBox’s teaching programmes and how they can inspire pupils in the classroom. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1209 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1209 Sunday 17 February 2013 UK News The organisers of the third annual Shelterbox Christmas Ball, Ian Holford and Nick Garford, described the event as a huge success. Over 150 attended the glamorous black tie dinner, with a raffle, auction and party at Newquay’s Atlantic Hotel. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1214 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1214 Wednesday 13 February 2013 UK News ShelterBox's Response to the Syrian crisis http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1190 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1190 Tuesday 12 February 2013 International News The sum was raised at a special art exhibition and entertainment evening held at the Tolmen Centre at Constantine in November, described as an ‘evening of fun and fundraising’. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1213 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1213 Tuesday 12 February 2013 UK News Two Devon schoolgirls have been touched by the plight of vulnerable people in the developing world http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1202 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1202 Tuesday 05 February 2013 UK News Two daring ShelterBox diners will dice with death next month by eating the world’s deadliest food at Café de Mort. The quirky but potentially deadly new restaurant is part of a campaign to encourage more people to leave a gift to charity in their Wills. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1187 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1187 Thursday 31 January 2013 UK News Less than four years ago ShelterBox responded to the loss of around 900 homes in Victoria’s fire-ravaged Whittlesea area. Now it is on standby again as fires destroy homes in Tasmania. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1211 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1211 Tuesday 15 January 2013 UK News ShelterBox is celebrating after being chosen to benefit from the Telegraph Christmas Charity Appeal 2012 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1176 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1176 Friday 07 December 2012 UK News A Lyme Regis man has become the oldest person known to have rowed across an ocean http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1175 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1175 Thursday 06 December 2012 UK News Young ShelterBox launches new book 'The Day the Sea Changed' http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1174 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1174 Tuesday 04 December 2012 UK News http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1164 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1164 Friday 16 November 2012 UK News Watch video of plight of Syrian refugees http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1163 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1163 Wednesday 14 November 2012 UK News Fashion brand Topshop partners with ShelterBox this winter http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1156 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1156 Tuesday 06 November 2012 UK News Richard Bloxhall has cycled from one corner of America to another in aid of ShelterBox http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1150 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1150 Friday 02 November 2012 UK News Exhibitions are being held next month in aid of ShelterBox http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1146 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1146 Friday 26 October 2012 UK News Keen cyclist Jon Oldroyd will brave high altitude and high temperatures on his journey across the Andes http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1144 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1144 Monday 22 October 2012 UK News Royal Sun Alliance have raised more than £5,000 for ShelterBox through a week long cookie sale. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1143 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1143 Friday 19 October 2012 UK News Lois, from Falmouth, braved cold and choopy waters in the third annual River Dart swim from Totnes to Dittisham in South Devon http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1139 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1139 Wednesday 17 October 2012 UK News SRT Rebecca prepares for her first deployment http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1140 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1140 Wednesday 17 October 2012 UK News Tomas Newman raised hundreds of pounds for ShelterBox by tackle 72 holes on the golf course in a day http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1138 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1138 Friday 12 October 2012 UK News Humphry Davy School has raised thousands of pounds for ShelterBox http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1133 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1133 Friday 05 October 2012 UK News The fifth annual Praa Sands Raft Race was a fundraising success http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1134 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1134 Friday 05 October 2012 UK News ShelterBox are launching a new book to help children understand the impact of major disasters like the Japanese tsunami. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1131 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1131 Wednesday 03 October 2012 UK News ShelterBox supporters ask young adventurer Mike Perham questions about his world drive in aid of the charity http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1132 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1132 Wednesday 03 October 2012 UK News ShelterBox will be manning a stand at the Telegraph Cruise Show http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1125 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1125 Thursday 27 September 2012 UK News ShelterBox reponse team member Laura Jepson from Falmouth reflects on her first deployment in 2009 to Menik Farm http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1126 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1126 Thursday 27 September 2012 UK News ShelterBox supporters can drink wine and help to raise money for the charity http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1124 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1124 Wednesday 26 September 2012 UK News More than 100 people from across the UK trekked across the moors in the race to become winners of this year’s ShelterBox Dartmoor Challenge. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1122 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1122 Wednesday 19 September 2012 UK News Adventurer Mike Perham has travelled nearly 12,000 miles around the world http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1121 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1121 Tuesday 18 September 2012 UK News Olympic rowers and Cornish gig rowers took to the seas for a set of exciting races that raised over £1500 for ShelterBox. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1120 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1120 Thursday 13 September 2012 UK News Sam Goodchild pledged his support for ShelterBox in March 2012. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1118 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1118 Wednesday 12 September 2012 UK News ShelterBox is one of eleven charities in the UK to be awarded a yellow plaque as part of a national scheme to recognise the huge contribution made by people who leave gifts to charity in their Wills. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1114 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1114 Tuesday 11 September 2012 UK News Richard Boxhall is over 1650 miles into a 5000 mile adventure cycling from one side of the USA to the other for ShelterBox. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1115 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1115 Tuesday 11 September 2012 UK News ShelterBox Ambassador Annie Vernon will be joined for the challenge by Olympic Gold Medallists Heather Stanning, Katherine Grainger, Sophie Hosking and fellow Cornishwoman Helen Glover. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1116 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1116 Tuesday 11 September 2012 UK News From cycling to running to taking to the seas dressed as a pirate, people from all over the UK have attempted extraordinary challenges this summer for ShelterBox. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1109 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1109 Wednesday 05 September 2012 UK News SRT member Steve Crabtree and three of his friends have raised nearly £3000 for charity by driving from the UK to Mongolia in the 2012 Mongol Rally. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1112 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1112 Wednesday 05 September 2012 UK News Helston’s ever-growing new music event is set to return this weekend for a third season showcasing a variety of musical talent from all over Cornwall. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1107 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1107 Tuesday 04 September 2012 UK News ‘It was a really nice, friendly occasion. There were a lot of people there and they were all very supportive of ShelterBox.’ http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1108 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1108 Tuesday 04 September 2012 UK News The Junior Dartmoor Challenge will be a fun test of navigation and teamwork that will also provide the opportunity to learn more about natural disasters and how they affect families all over the world. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1104 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1104 Monday 03 September 2012 UK News This year’s festival will have a glamorous James Bond theme to celebrate the fact that it is now fifty years since the first 007 film, Dr No, was released. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1105 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1105 Monday 03 September 2012 UK News Cornish disaster relief charity ShelterBox are currently delivering emergency shelter and warmth in four separate countries in three different continents after families have been left homeless all over the world by disasters. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1102 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1102 Friday 31 August 2012 UK News Two keen cyclists have ridden more than 3,000 miles around Europe as part of a world trip from Northern Norway to Northern Alaska in aid of ShelterBox. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1098 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1098 Thursday 30 August 2012 UK News Staff at International Dance Supplies (IDS) have been hard at work raising money for ShelterBox. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1099 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1099 Thursday 30 August 2012 UK News Joe Cannon was a part of an SRT that distributed 1,320 ShelterBoxes to Mississippi and Louisiana http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1100 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1100 Thursday 30 August 2012 UK News The Elite Challenge is specially designed to push participants to the limit with a 45 mile route that will require on the spot self-navigation. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1101 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1101 Thursday 30 August 2012 UK News Three and a half years ago, Wanda was told that she would never walk again. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1097 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1097 Wednesday 29 August 2012 UK News As this year’s Great Scottish Run coincides with Neil Beattie's 70th birthday, his family decided to raise funds for ShelterBox as a birthday present. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1094 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1094 Tuesday 28 August 2012 UK News It's a survival of the fittest in this year's ShelterBox Dartmoor Challenge. So far 24 teams from across the UK have signed up for the challenging test of fitness and endurance. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1090 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1090 Wednesday 22 August 2012 UK News The Young ShelterBox obstacle course involves transporting water, assembling a stove, matching countries that ShelterBox has worked in to flags and many other team building actvities. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1091 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1091 Wednesday 22 August 2012 UK News ShelterBox supporters have the chance to ask the record-breaking adventurer a question about his journies. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1092 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1092 Wednesday 22 August 2012 UK News ‘The culture and scenery were amazing. I made some new friends along the way and discovered I had more determination and fitness than I thought.’ http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1088 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1088 Tuesday 21 August 2012 UK News This weekend Wanda Summers will attempt to run for 24 hours along Praa Sands beach in aid of ShelterBox http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1089 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1089 Tuesday 21 August 2012 UK News Over 270 people travelled to see behind the scenes of ShelterBox http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1085 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1085 Monday 20 August 2012 UK News Exeter teacher Jim Kemp: ‘I can honestly say that yesterday was one of the most rewarding days of my life’ http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1087 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1087 Monday 20 August 2012 UK News An Exeter teacher has been deployed to the Philippines in the wake of devastating floods and landslides. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1082 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1082 Sunday 19 August 2012 UK News http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1083 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1083 Sunday 19 August 2012 UK News Olympians take on Cornish rowers http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1080 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1080 Friday 17 August 2012 UK News Thousands of people will visit Tregothnan Estate in April 2013 in aid of ShelterBox http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1076 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1076 Wednesday 15 August 2012 UK News Shelterbox supporter David Richards is the chairman of both Aston Martin and Prodrive http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1077 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1077 Wednesday 15 August 2012 UK News Strange Collective are offering writers and designers the chance to create christmas cards in aid of ShelterBox http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1078 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1078 Wednesday 15 August 2012 UK News ShelterBox Ambassador Annabel Vernon also reached the final in the rowing http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1074 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1074 Tuesday 14 August 2012 UK News Over 5000 people attended the fifth annual Praa Sands Pirate Raft Race in aid of ShelterBox http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1075 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1075 Tuesday 14 August 2012 UK News Mike Perham is driving around the world for ShelterBox as a part of a historic adventure http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1072 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1072 Monday 13 August 2012 UK News The annual Praa Sands Pirate Raft Race is back and bigger than ever. http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1071 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1071 Thursday 09 August 2012 UK News ShelterBox opens its doors to the public on Open Day http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1069 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1069 Wednesday 08 August 2012 UK News Wanda Summers once thought that she would never walk again, now she’s training world-class athletes http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1070 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1070 Wednesday 08 August 2012 UK News Cornish company donates £2,500 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1061 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1061 Monday 09 July 2012 UK News 'Great partnership with the Met Office' http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1062 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1062 Monday 09 July 2012 UK News I hope to raise as much money as possible... http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1051 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1051 Friday 29 June 2012 UK News £7,200 raised by Devon based company http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1052 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1052 Friday 29 June 2012 UK News Mike Perham gets ready for global challenge http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1050 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1050 Thursday 28 June 2012 UK News Pupils receive special pennant flags for fundraising http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1049 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1049 Wednesday 27 June 2012 UK News The Baking Bird, inspires ShelterBox bakers to try a Big Cake Bake of their own http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1045 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1045 Tuesday 12 June 2012 UK News Rally for ShelterBox challenge http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1041 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1041 Thursday 07 June 2012 UK News UK trip celebrates young fundraisers http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1042 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1042 Thursday 07 June 2012 UK News http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1032 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1032 Tuesday 22 May 2012 UK News Clear out your wardrobes to help families affected by disaster http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1030 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1030 Monday 21 May 2012 UK News Scouts help to spread the ShelterBox word http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1031 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1031 Monday 21 May 2012 UK News Helston charity to host Cake Tours for supporters… http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1028 http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=1028 Friday 18 May 2012 UK News