Building Relationships within the Charity Sector

Charity Tea Party 

13th September 2012 Kusuma Trust will be hosting a tea party for those in working within the charity sector. Ministers Cortes, Minster Lucidi and the newly appointed charity commissioner Lewis Baglietto have confirmed their attendance presenting a fantastic opportunity for them to meet with  local charities in an informal environment. 

For more information on this event or if you are from a local Charity and would like to attend please feel free to contact me angela.almeida@kusumatrust.gi

Kusuma Olympian Georgina

18 year old Georgina Cassar is creating history, she received the first ever Kusuma Excellence Sports Scholarship and you may have heard she is also part of Great Britain's first ever Olympic Rhythmic Gymnastics Squad. 

Gibraltarian Georgina, received the Kusuma Excellence Sports Scholarship in recognition of the excellence, determination and hard work that is needed to make an Olympic standard squad. 

The squad have trained incredibly hard for the last year and we have been addicted to the roller-coaster struggle which saw Georgina and the Team compete to be accepted to represent GB at the Games.

We wish Georgina and her team the best of luck in the upcoming events, Gibraltar will be glued to the television all hoping to bring home Gold. Medal or no medal Georgina has achieved so much and we at Kusuma Gibraltar are extremely proud to have Georgina as one of our Kusuma Excellence beneficiaries. 

The Rhythmic Gymnastics competition will be held in the Wembley Arena from the 9th -12th August 2012.

Law Enforcement Torch Run

 Law Enforcement Torch Run 2011

The Law Enforcement Torch Run took place on the 3rd July 2012,  raising much needed funds on behalf of the Special Olympics Gibraltar, this has become a welcomed yearly event in the Gibraltar calendar . Next year the Special Olympics Gibraltar will be travelling to The Republic of Korea to participate in the World Winter Games and the monies raised by the Torch Run will go towards supporting this venture. We wish all the young Olympians well in their competition and are proud to be part of this great initiative.

To find out more about the Special Olympics Gibraltar http://www.specialolympicsgibraltar.org/

Excellence on the Rock

The deadline for our Excellence Scholarships and our Professional Development scheme have now closed.  The Excellence Scholarships are designed to encourage our young people to seek excellence and strive to go to the top of their field in a top institution. Our Excellence scheme focused on promoting the sciences's, medicine, technology and certain business related subjects, we now also include one performing/fine arts award , one sports award and one humanities award.
The response this year is incredible, Kusuma receiving the highest amount of applications than ever before. The quality of students are high and it is inspiring to see how the youth in Gibraltar are flourishing.
Equally impressive are those who have applied for a Professional Development grant, which tries to provide support for those who wish to further their learning and wish to contribute their skills to our community.
Interviews are due to be held next week and Kusuma wish them all the best !

Jordan Picardo is last years Performing /Fine Arts Scholar
studying dance at the English National Ballet

Charity Training

Directory of Social Change back on the Rock

Over the weekend the Kusuma Trust in conjunction with the Directory of Social Change provided a series of training and support for local charities. Our last such event was held in November 2011 and it was inspiring to see how far many of our local charities had come in this time and that the sessions had gone some way in supporting and giving the charities tools to develop themselves.

The weekend centred on facilitated open sessions where groups could discuss what they as a charitable organisation have been experiencing, struggling with and how they can over come these obstacles, workshops and our popular one to one sessions. Whilst past sessions had purposely been quite generic these were more focused and structured so that the charities came away feeling they had an action plan.

Trainer Noam in an open session. 

The weekend was also a great way to launch our resources area at our offices at 3 Bell Lane, Gibraltar, where we house a small resources centre specifically for charitable organisations. Titles include volunteer retention, fundraising strategies, budgeting and developing your organisation. We also have rooms where charities can come and meet if they do not have a premises and can use our technical facilities should they not have access to a printer or computer. If you are a local charity that would like to use our resource centre please feel free to contact me.

A great way to network, talk to people in the charity sector in Gibraltar and gain useful relevant information from three experienced trainers. if you are interested in taking part in the next charity training day please contact me or look on the website for the next date.

www.kusumatrust.gi

Europa Point -The Kusuma Promenade

Europa Point , a set on Flickr.

Directory of Social Change

Directory of Social Change , a set on Flickr.