MARCH E-NEWSLETTER

THIS MONTH:

GLOBAL KIDS FASHION WEEK

19th-20th March 2013

Freemason's Hall, Holborn, London

Global Kids' Fashion Week (GKFW) is the first event of its kind to showcase premium kids fashion from both well-known and emerging designers. The global event, staged in London, features a fashionable schedule of runway shows and performances as well as a mix of playful activities for children and parents (in collaboration with the V&A Museum of Childhood), entertainment and performances.

AlexandAlexa.com, the global online style destination for kids, is delighted to announce that tickets for the public show on Wednesday 20thMarch are on sale here, with all proceeds donated toKids Company.

GKFW aims to educate and inspire people about kids' fashion celebrating how this specialist category has thrived and evolved over the past five years.

Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of Kids Company, gives her full support to GKFW: It is fantastic that there is going to be a GlobalKids' Fashion Week, long overdue!KidsCompanyis delighted that its children will be benefiting through funds raised at one of the events. It is the kindness of strangers that has enabled KidsCompanyto remain a lifeline for some of the most vulnerable children. If these strangers are well dressed, then it's a bonus!

All proceeds from the SS13 public fashion show at GKFW will be donated to Kids Company, and guests will also have the chance to bid for exclusive fashion items in an auction staged at the event.

Visit the websitewww.globalkidsfashionweek.comfor further details

DATE FOR THE DIARY:

INTERNATIONAL WOMAN'S DAY AT SELFRIDGES

Friday 8th March 2013

12:45pm to 2:30pm, lunch will be served at 1pm

On International Women's Day,Selfridges Londonwill host a very special lunch with Mariella Frostrup and Camila Batmanghelidjh in aid of Kids Company. Tickets to this event are £50 per person and all proceeds will be donated to Kids Company. For details of how to book visit here.

Included in the ticket price will be:

A luxury three course lunch in The Tasting Room, Women's Designer Galleries on 2.

An exclusive talk hosted by renowned presenter and journalist Mariella Frostrup with Camila Batmanghelidjh, CEO and Founder of Kids Company, about her life and career.

A complimentary gift bag

Please note that tickets are limited due to the intimate nature of this event.

COMING UP:

BUPA LONDON 10,000

Monday 27thMay 2013

St James' Park

With the cold winter months waning, are you looking for a way to get fit and toned for the summer, or looking for a new challenge? Then why not join us for the Bupa London 10,000? Lose pounds for you, gain £'s for us!

Registration is just £25.00 and we suggest a sponsorship target of £200.00 for each participant, you can register here.

The popular BUPA London 10,000 is the perfect race for beginners. Starting and finishing in St James's Park, you'll follow part of the 2012 Olympic Marathon route through the heart of the capital and along the River Thames passing historic sites every step of the way.

Why not join in with colleagues, friends or family and make a day out of it! You could even make it a competition to see who can raise the most sponsorship!

For more information on how to register, please emailsuzie.curran@kidsco.org.ukor call 020 7202 2700.

IN THE PRESS:

As our two year government grant draws to a close in April 2013, Camila talks candidly to the Guardian in which she reveals how we are still desperately struggling to raise enough money to keep our front line service open. Read it here.

Buy your copy of our new book, Mind the Child now.

To celebrate 150 years of the London Underground, Penguin Books have published a series of twelve books, each one inspired by a London Underground line. Kids Company has been given the honour of writing the edition on the Victoria Line which runs through the heart of our front line service.

Mind The Child is on sale now in all book shops at £4.99. Ebook also available.

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