THE TRUSTEES OF THE ROBERT GRACE TRUST INVITE YOU TO SUPPORT OUR 25th BIRTHDAY PARTY

A Silent Auction of affordable art @ Candid Arts, Angel, Islington, London

Friday 9th March 2012, 6pm - 11pm, last bids at 9.30pm

Entry £12, Buffet £8

Tickets at the door.

 www.robertgracetrust.org.uk

The Robert Grace Trust

The Robert Grace Trust was set up in 1987 in memory of architect Robert Grace, following his death from AIDS,  to provide immediate practical help to people with HIV/AIDS and their carers.

The charity has given 98% of over £600,000 raised via their RGT Hardship Funds, to those they wish to help. Initially, giving was channelled through the HIV/AIDS counsellors at London’s Middlesex / Mortimer Market and Royal Free Hospitals.

In 2000, this was extended to two South African NGOs - Nkosi’s Haven and Community Action in Johannesburg, and in 2004 to St Paul's Children’s Rescue Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.

In 2010 the Robert Grace Trust  re-connected with the Patient Counselling Service at Mortimer Market,  re-instating their Hardship Fund via this service.

More: Nkosi’s Haven and Nkosi's Haven Vukani

 Nkosi’s Haven was started by Gail Johnson to ensure that families of people with HIV/AIDS could stay together, unlike Nkosi Johnson and his mother who died of AIDS.

Nkosi's Haven is home to 50 AIDS orphans and HIV positve mothers and their children, who attend school and live their lives in a safe environment.

RGT donations go towards the children’s school fees and uniforms, utility and rates bills and monthly grocery expenses, all fundamental daily issues for these ever-growing havens.

Nkosi's Haven Vukani is a programme linked to the Soweto Gospel Choir which provides outreach support to registered organisations caring for vulnerable and/or orphaned children with AIDS. The main source of its funding in the UK is via the RGT and the Choir’s massively successful collection boxes at their annual summer performances in the UK and Europe.

More: Community Action 
 

Community Action trains local teams to care holistically for people with HIV/AIDS, in hospital and at home.

They encourage family awareness and activity within their own communities in order to counteract the sense of stigma, shame and disgrace which contributes to the continuing spread of the AIDS pandemic.

The RGT Hardship Fund supports the care team in Alexandra, Johannesburg,  providing monthly stipends and grants to meet their clients’ needs - rent payments, funeral expenses, travel costs, food parcels, and any acute emergency need. 

More: St Paul’s Children’s Rescue Centre

The RGT Hardship Fund has been supporting the St Paul’s orphanage and its 50 children for over 8 years.The Trust’s art and craft training workshop programme has also thrived, giving the children enjoyment while learning. 

Their works are sold at the Trust’s fundraising events - the next one being on March 9th at the Candid Arts Gallery, Angel, Islington, London.

If you wish to help us to continue our support of these organisations, please give to the Robert Grace Trust by donating online via this page.

You can also contact us by e-mail as follows: robertgracetrust@arparchitects.co.uk