St Katharine's Church in Irchester donated the collections from their "Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" and the children's service on Christmas Eve 2011, totalling the very generous amount of £460.91. Thank you to John for organising this and for his very poignant introduction of the charity at the services.

On November 14th 2010 Charlotte made cakes and sold them to friends and neighbours. She donated a fabulous £11 to the ABC Trust from the proceeds. Well done Charlotte and lots of thanks from the Trust!

Cromhall Divers hold a yearly collection for the ABC trust at their dive site and raised £119.20 to date. Thanks to Mel for arranging this.

Henry ran 4 half marathons over 4 weeks from the 26th September to 16th October - all in a Tigger suit! They were some of the warmest weekends this year - hope the suit didn't make it too warm Henry! Friends and family sponsored him on Virgin Money Giving to a brilliant total of £1,227 + gift aid.

Thrapston, Oundle and Wellingborough Slimming World groups have a collection box and regularly make contributions to the trust, they have raised £39.34 to date. Thanks to Sarah for organising this

Paul took part in Grete's Gallop Half Marathon in Central Park, New York City on October 1 2011 and raised an amazing £1,620! Many thanks to Paul for taking part in this event for the trust and also to all who sponsored him. More information on this event can be found on Pauls Sponsor Page.

St Barnabas Infant's School Wellingborough donated the collection from their harvest festival service to the ABC Trust. This was a fantastic total of £150! Thank you to all staff and pupils as well as the parents for all of your continuing support!

Northants 4x4 held their Panda/Northants Response Team Playday on 18th September 2011 and raised £760 for the ABC Trust. Thanks to Chris and all concerned

The Members of 'Focus Group' at Hope Methodist Church, Rushden made a collection during their summer outing and raised £22. The ABCT hopes that they had a wonderful time. Thanks to Susan for organising this.

1st Finedon Scout Group held a Family Beetle Drive on Friday 16th September, which was attended and enjoyed by Bob and Lin. They raised a fantastic sum of £236.36 and also donated £250 making a total of £486.36. Thank you all - for the contribution to the trust and for making us so welcome.

Danielle, who shares a birthday with Andi, asked for contributions to the trust in lieu of birthday cards and presents and raised £30. Thanks Danielle and a happy belated birthday.

Anna held a charity pamper night on Friday 15th July. She worked very hard providing mini facials, mini pedicures, mini manicures and eyebrow shapes for many of her friends whilst promoting the origins and aims of the trust. Thank you so much for this Anna.

On the 2nd and 3rd of July 2011, Marston Airfield held a flying weekend. There was lots of different aircraft on site to see, planes, microlights, balloons, hang gliders, paramotors and even some hovercraft. On Saturday night there was a BBQ and light music. Many visitors were camping (thank goodness the weather was good) and some flew in to visit! They raised a fantastic total of £646.53. Thanks to Clive and Alan for organising this and for continuing to support the trust.

Simon made a valiant attempt to complete the Pathfinder March in June 2011. He managed 30 miles in total in just over 10 hours and raised £50. Well done Simon!

Kev completed the 3 Peaks climb on 20th May 2011 together with 3 others. He went up Ben Nevis, Scaffell Pike and Snowden - all in 24 hrs! It wasn't easy and Kev's pain was being felt by all who were following him on Facebook, but he did really well and completed it as planned. He raised a wonderful £510. Thanks Kev - don't think we will be joining the next challenge, they seem to be getting more difficult!

Various members of Andi's family and friends completed either the 16 or the 26 mile Waendel Cycle on Saturday 14th May 2011. They raised the grand total of £1489.20. Several of the group completed the course by not putting their feet on the ground from start to finish and others walked up the hills and rode down! Every one of them had a fantastic time and felt a huge sense of achievement. Thanks to Dot too for combining the congratulation bbq with her birthday party. Well done everyone!!

Steve had a very busy couple of weeks, taking part one weekend in the Shakespeare Marathon (8th May 2011) and then.......being in the first three back of 'team Andi Bull' in the Waendel Cycle(14th May 2011). In total, he raised £ 501.20 for the ABC Trust! Well done Steve!

1st Mawsley Scout Group organized a sponsored bike ride around Pitsford Reservoir on Saturday 7th May 2011. They raised the wonderful total of £600! Thanks to Mary for arranging this and well done to all of you.

On Wednesday May 4th 2011, Lin was invited to Loake Shoemakers factory in Kettering to be presented with a cheque for £250 which had been donated to the ABC Trust as part of Loakes' Commercial Support to the trust. Loakes has become the first official commercial supporter of the trust - please see this page for more information.

The 17th Wellingborough Scout Group hosted the Wellingborough and District Scouts St Georges Day parade on May 1st 2011. They nominated the ABC Trust to be the recipients for the collection. They raised an amazing £210! Thanks to Alec and everyone concerned.