The whole team at The Curve Foundation are thrilled to be launching our counselling service at The Ramsey Academy! We’ve been working through the end of 2024 to put arrangements in place, and we will begin the service in the week commencing 6th January 2025. The key thing for us at The Curve Foundation is being able to support young people with their mental wellness needs as quickly and effectively as we can. We have two fantastic counsellors who will be working onsite at the school, one on Tuesdays and one on Thursdays. The pastoral team at The Ramsey Academy will work with the counsellors to ensure students can get the help they need. We provide a similar service at Moulsham High School in Chelmsford and the feedback we have received from the school and its students has been fantastic. So, we believe passionately that we can provide a great service for the students of The Ramsey Academy, too, and we’re excited to get that underway.
We’re so grateful for the donations, volunteers, and support from everybody involved. Without your help, we wouldn’t be able to expand our services.
Please head over to The Ramsey Academy website for more information on The Curve Foundations support at the school.
On 1st November 2024, Olympus Events held their annual Eastern Winter ball for the House Building sector, however this year it was held at Chelmsford City Racecourse. The Curve Foundation were fortunate enough to be their chosen charity for the night and wow what a night it was!
The event began with a drinks reception welcoming all guests in with a glass of fizz to start the night. Shortly after, all guests were seated for the delicious three course meal, entertainment, and the awards ceremony. Congratulations to the winners of the night! (Please see the list of winners below). The guest speaker then moved on to the charity auction with some very generous lots including FA Cup Semi-Final Hospitality tickets! Guests competitively bidded against one another to win the amazing lots. Thank you to everyone who donated the lots and to all who were extremely generous to bid towards them. Finally, the night ended with everyone on the dancefloor alongside the saxophonist and the amazing singer performing on the night.
A huge thank you to Olympus events for choosing The Curve Foundation as the charity for the night and for encouraging the support and awareness from others that evening. We’re so grateful to all who attended, donated, and supported the event! These donations will allow us to continue to support young people with their mental health and wellbeing. We would also like to thank Mark Blenkin, Deputy Head and Faye Engelbrecht Head of Sixth Form at Moulsham High School who gave a poignant speech regarding the impact that the counselling services are having on their students.
Once again thank you to all who attended the wonderful evening and thank you to Olympus events for making it happen. The grand total raised from the evening with just shy of £30,000, so thank you to all who kindly donated and participated in the fundraising.
A special congratulations goes to out the award winners of the night.
Dandara won Curve Charity Champion 2024!
Redrow won House Builder of the year 2024!
UPR Scaffolding won Subcontractor of the year 2024!
In August 2024 Dandara hosted a Corporate Golf Day inviting other businesses to join them playing golf and raising much needed funds for the Curve Foundation. Over £9,000 was raised for the Curve Foundation!
David Garrett alongside the Dandara team invited clients along to play golf and raise money.
Thank you to Dandara for their continued support. To learn more about Dandara, please visit their website www. dandara.com
After an intense 4 hours of football competing against 7 exceptional opponents, Interspringfield FC overcame the odds to clinch victory at the Curve Ball Cup!
On Sunday 21st July 2024, businesses from Essex, close friends and Moulsham High School staff played football to raise money for The Curve Foundation raising over £4,165.
Organised by The Curve Foundation, The Curve Ball Cup is a charity football tournament which takes place every year at Moulsham High School in Chelmsford. The money raised allows The Curve Foundation to continue helping children who need mental health and well-being support. The event harnesses the power of football to help make sure that children continue to grow up happy, healthy and giving them the best start into adulthood.
Football boots polished, water bottles filled, and players warmed up, the whistle was blown at 10.30am and the tournament commenced! The group stages began, and all teams competitively played one another fighting for the top two places to enter the next round. Oz Mustafa from Laser Electrical Central said, “A thoroughly enjoyable day and it’s all for a great charity”. Entering the semifinals, the heat was on, all the remaining teams were eager to reach the final! As the final game kicked off, Chelmsford Deputy Mayor Counsellor Susan Sullivan arrived to watch the game in action. The final score was 0-0, which only meant one thing- PENALTIES! Although Vision Personal LTD fought hard to score, Interspringfield FC secured the win with the final penalty. Runners up Vision Personnel LTD’s coach George Bridle said “Surprisingly the quality of some of the players has shocked me! It’s great to see so many individuals giving up their weekend for such a worthy cause”
Not only did Interspringfield FC collect their Curve Ball Cup 2024 trophy from the Chelmsford Mayor but Dandara were also the winners of the day, raising a staggering £1,240 for The Curve Foundation prior to the tournament. Counsellor Susan Sullivan commented “I was impressed with the community involvement in the event, and it was a great pleasure watching the thrilling final match. Curve Foundation are doing a superb job supporting the mental health of young people”. A huge thank you to all of the teams who competed – Moulsham High School staff, UPR Scaffolding, Vision Personnel LTD, Dandara, 1st Drywall, MDS Civil Engineering LTD, Laser Electrical Central and Interspringfield FC. Thank you to all the volunteers and everyone who attended on the day. Without you all, The Curve Foundation would not be able to help the children in desperate need of mental health support.
If you’re interested in entering a team for the Curve Ball Cup 2025, please email us at hello@curvefoundation.org.uk.
In July, Yasmin and Jade attended the Moulsham High School careers fair where they had the opportunity to talk to students of all ages about careers working in mental health. They explored some of the different career paths within mental health and provided students with information to take away.
Jade who is part of the Curve Foundation team said “It was amazing to meet all the students at Moulsham High School and it was brilliant to see so many who recognise The Curve Foundation. I spoke with students who are being supported by the Charity, they can see the positive impact it is having on their life and now they’re considering a career which allows them to help others too.”
On 1 June 2024, our trustee Tim Rowe took on the 50km Three Castles ultra marathon from Rochester to Tonbridge. The aim (other than survive): to raise as much money as possible for The Curve Foundation.
A huge congratulations to Tim for not only completing the marathon but also raising £1,389! Thank you and well done Tim!
It is coming up to that time of the year again, when we ask you to join us, for our exciting Miles over Mind fundraising campaign.
May is both Teenage ‘Self Esteem’ Awareness and National Walking month. It is the perfect time to join the challenge and raise vital funds to help support children and young people with their mental health. Did you know of the young people in the UK, 79% say how they look is very important to them and 52% worry about the way they look. (Statistics from Beat, eating disorder charity.)
This May we are asking you and other members of the Curve Foundation community, to join us in walking, running, cycling, swimming or even scooting to complete our 50 or 100 mile challenge.
How to get involved
This sponsorship activity can be done on your own or with a group of friends and family. You can split the distance, rope in your children and grandchildren or even bring the dog! It is completely up to you how far, when and how you wish to undertake your challenge.
All we ask is that you set up a fundraising page using this link, link your page to the Miles Over Mind 2022 campaign and get your friends, family and colleagues to sponsor you via your page.
Sponsor someone else doing the challenge
We know that not everyone will be able to complete the challenge but that doesn’t mean you can’t support others who are. You can always donate to the campaign here, if you would prefer to support someone else while they undertake the challenge. Every donation we receive enables us to have even more of a positive impact on young lives and for this we are truly grateful.
Tell your story
Share, tweet, like and use #milesovermind to help raise awareness of the challenge for others to see. With your help, the money raised will enable the continuation of our Essex school counselling service, which supports young people to manage their mental health such as anxiety and depression.
So get ready to wash down your walking boots, revise your route and get that spring in your step to join us for Miles over Mind this May
Please feel free to get in contact us with via hello@cuvefoundation.org.uk should you have any questions about the campaign or how you can get involved. We would love to hear from you!
How to track your progress
Use both your fundraising page and the Curve Foundation Facebook event (coming soon) to showcase your progress! We would love to see screenshots, videos and all sorts of photos!
You can use a basic Excel spreadsheet, Samsung Health App, Nike Run app, Bike GPS, Map my Run and My Fitness Pal! The choice is yours! You can screenshot your distance daily, weekly or bi-weekly, and put it into your fundraising page and the Facebook Event to showcase your progress. It will be great to see ????
At the end of the month, email hello@curvefoundation.org.uk with your distance completed for your Curve Foundation challenge certificate.
And don’t forget to share on all your own social media platforms to shout out about your progress and gain those donations.
Vision Personnel LTD hosted “The Vision Construction Clay Cup” in April 2024 inviting businesses within the construction industry to play and raise funds for The Curve Foundation. Not only were people competing for top spot on the shoot, but they were also looking to win some of the fantastic prizes on offer in the raffle. In total, a whopping £1610 was raised for the Curve Foundation. Thank you to Vision Personnel LTD for hosting the event and thank you to all for your generosity.
On Friday 11th November, Olympus Events held their annual Eastern Winter Ball for the House Building sector at Parklands Quendon Hall in Saffron Walden. The Curve Foundation were fortunate to be their chosen charity for the night and we enjoy being a part of the evening.
The event began with a lively drinks reception before guests were seated for the delicious three course meal, entertainment and the awards ceremony. A charity auction was held with some very generous lots, including an amazing seven night ski stay at a luxury chalet in Morzine, and tickets to watch the Lionesses verses Netherlands at Wembley Stadium. Thank you to everyone who donated lots and to all those who made extremely generous bids towards them.
We are grateful to Olympus events for preparing the fundraising activities and for encouraging support for the work the charity does during the evening. We would like to thank Mark Blenkin, Deputy Head of Moulsham High School who gave a poignant speech regarding the impact that the counselling services are having on his students. We also want to share our appreciation to the two sixth formers, Finley Wallbank and George Weaver for sharing their personal experience with their mental health struggles and how the Curve Foundation have helped them through these challenging times.
Thank you to Olympus events for hosting such a wonderful evening that ended with dancing and live music. A grand total of £40,021 was raised for the Curve Foundation by the house building sector so thank you to everyone who kindly donated and participated in fundraising for us.
Why not come and join Curve Foundation from 12noon at Chelmsford Museum, Oaklands Park on Saturday 26th August 2023. We will be there with our picnic blankets promoting what the charity does for children suffering with mental health issues in the Chelmsford community.
Also if you have a child heading up to Year 7 in secondary school and they are perhaps feeling a little anxious – come along and have a chat with us and other young people who will be in the same situation.
