2008

november 2008 - November e-news

• event: Led Zeppelin tribute concert

october 2008 - october e-news

september 2008 - september e-news

• event: ABC Gala Screening 'Linha De Passe' with director Walter Salles
• event: Festinho nominated for UK festival award

august 2008 - august e-news

• event: Festinho countdown to ABC music festival
• fundraising: Led Zeppelin Memorabilia exhibition
• project: ACER International Day to combat child labour
• project: Roupa Suja receives new grant
• fundraising: School support and ABC school partnership

july 2008 - july e-news

• project: Roupa Suja a report from ABC CEO Andrew Webb's visit to Brazil
• project: ABC projects receive grants totalling £35,000
• fundraising:ABC 10K team raise £7000

june 2008 - june e-news

• event: Jungle CineClub - 'Elite Squad' finally comes to London
• fundraising: Illumination - students raise money for Lily Hastings Bass

may 2008 - may e-news

• event: Festinho. August 29th - 31st 2008 ABC music festival is back!
• event:Jungle Cineclub launches with success
• fundraising: Buy Once Give Twice- ABC announce new partnership

march-april - 2008 - march e-news

• Jungle Cineclub supports the ABC Trust - JungleDrums is partnering with the ABC Trust and Rich Mix to present a season of the best of Brazilian films
• project update: Solar Meninos de Luz - End of year shows full of music, theatre and dance
• project update: Cinema Nosso - The Lily Hastings-Bass Memorial Fund grant
• project update: Circo Picolino - Death of circus artist
  
  

january-february 2008 – january e-news

• ABC meets with Pele - ABC Trustees and Andrew Webb meet Pele
• project update: Cinema Nosso - New developments at the Rio based project
• Project update: Viva a Vida feature in Consortium for Street Children report
  
  

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2007

november-december 2007 – december e-news

• Led Zeppelin auction and raffle results – Ticket auction and supporters' lottery raise almost £55,000
• ABC Christmas drinks and Manual Colourido – ABC supporters are invited for mulled wine and a chance to view Manual Colourido at the Flat White café
• Led Zeppelin ticket auction – 3 pairs of tickets on auction with Seatwave and the ABC supporter raffle

september-october 2007 – october e-news

• project update: Crescer e Viver – the project has been very busy over the last few months, and has established itself as a model of success
• Jungle Drums celebrates its 5th anniversary – win a return flight to Brazil on the night: all proceeds to ABC
• Festinho – summer festival held in aid of ABC is again a great success. Thank you to all who attended!

july-august 2007 – july e-news

• project update: Circo Picolino – new 'Literacy and More' project
• ABC 10K Team raise over £5000 – congratulations to everyone who ran
• Romero Britto portrait raises £10,000 – unique opportunity for a personal portrait auctioned off at last year's Silverstone Grand Prix Ball

may-june 2007 – may e-news

• project update: Crescer e Viver – ABC Chief Executive Andrew Webb recently visited this circus-arts project to find out a little more about its work
• project update: Solar Meninos de Luz – after 16 years, the powerful success of the school is becoming clear

march-april 2007 – march e-news

• Flat White – a new partnership for ABC with 'London's best coffee house' [The Independent]
• Lily's Fund for Children – raising money for Brazilian children, in memory of Lily Hastings-Bass
• Cannonball Run Europe 2007 – 'Team God Speed' fundraising for ABC

january-february 2007

• project update: Viva a Vida – celebrating the graduation of three boys at-risk
• project update: Friends of Maria – new Child Care and Community Centre expands reach of the project

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2006

november-december 2006

• New Chief Executive – an introduction from Andrew Webb

september-october 2006

• project update: Projeto Manual Colourido – a revolutionary project uniting artists, projects and children in the UK and Brazil

july-august 2006

• Virgin Mobile Big Ride – amazing fundraising efforts raise over £50,000 for ABC
• project update: ABC supporters' visits – read reports from Bruce Cherry, who visited Luz de Escol, and Will Henley, on Viva a Vida
• LA Event, 28th July 2006 – ABC’s Annual Fundraising Event

may-june 2006

• Brian May portrait – Oak Apple Art together with ABC offers a unique work
• Minichill 2006 – after the success of last year's festival, ABC is pleased to announce tickets will soon be on sale for the 2006 event, 1st-3rd September
• Masters of Bossa Nova Reunion – Brazilian Contemporary Arts event to be held at Cadogan Hall in London

march-april 2006

• Silverstone Grand Prix Ball 2006 – ABC is once again a beneficiary of the Ball; tickets available
• Liverpool Samba School – raise over £2000!

january-february 2006

• project news: Crescer e Viver and Rainbow Farm – ABC is now supporting two new projects, one working through the arts and the other providing basic care for abandoned children

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2005

november-december 2005

• ABC partnership with EMBRATUR – ABC Christmas Party launches new partnership with the Brazilian Tourist Board
• tough trekking for ABC – Gaby and Theo Ereira-Guyer trekking in Cuba

september-october 2005

• Romero Britto becomes ABC patron – the world-famous Brazilian artist supports Brazil's children
• ABC Trust and World Tourism conference – ABC to participate in World Tourism Forum for Peace and Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, 24th-26th October 2005
• whole lotta donations! – Whole Lotta Led present ABC with a cheque at Cricket in the Park

july-august 2005

• project update: Projeto Renascer – completion of volunteer accommodation
• ABC at the V Festival – a fantastic weekend raising money and awareness for ABC
• Martin Tomkins wins Riffathon 2005 – judges Jimmy Page, Brian May and Justin Hawkins impressed with the array of talent
• Minichill 2005 – Oxfordshire festival raises £15,000 for ABC

may-june 2005

• Jimmy Page honoured – Jimmy Page awarded OBE for his work with Brazilian children
• Brasilia – 25 Years of Photo Journalism by Ivaldo Cavalcante – book launched with foreword by Jimmy and Jimena Page

march-april 2005

• 10K London Run 2006 – register now to run for ABC
• project news: Viva a Vida – ABC is pleased to announce its newest project partner, working to help drug-addicted boys in Salvador

january-february 2005

• Jeremy Irons becomes ABC patron – "The world's children are its future"
• BBC Lifeline Appeal update – over £93,000 raised so far
• 24-hour samba marathon – Birmingham dance fundraiser for ABC

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2004

november-december 2004

• 101 donations – a new fundraising initiative
• Edu scores for ABC Trust – new patron highlights 101

september-october 2004

• ABC Justgiving goes live – raise money for sponsored events online
• Grand Summer Draw – results here!
• Claudia climbs Mount Snowdon – thank you to 15 year old Claudia Roberts for her fundraising

july-august 2004

• Streets of Brazil – ABC launches educational CD-ROM for Key Stage 3
• Selfridges Brasil 40° prize draw – congratulations to all the winners

may-june 2004

• Selfridges and ABC partnership – Selfridges has chosen ABC to be their charity partner in the Brasil 40° campaign at their Oxford Street store

march-april 2004

• handmade jewellery from ABC project Renascer – looking for partners in the UK
• Brian May joins ABC as new patron – after judging Riffathon 2003, the Queen guitarist agrees to become a patron

january-february 2004

• St Joseph's R C Primary School – donations from Y5/6 Christmas Play
• Riffathon 2003 – 14 year old Tommy Hubbard is the Riffathon champion, winning a 1958 re-issue Gibson Les Paul standard guitar, donated by Gibson Guitars

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2003

november-december 2003

• project update: Grãos de Luz – Itau-UNICEF Brasil Award for Outstanding Educational and Participation Work
• The Darkness light up Leeds charity dinner auction – Signed guitar available for auction on the night and via eBay

september-october 2003

• 'City of God' director becomes ABC patron – Oscar-nominated Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles joins ABC
• fair trade shop donates £1000 to ABC – Bury St Edmunds shop, Just Traid, donates to help the children at Circo Picolino
• Rock Legends Auction – Gibson Guitar signed by Jimmy Page sold for £20,000 in aid of ABC Trust and Task Brasil

july-august 2003

• project news: ABC supports two new projects – Nós do Cinema and Projeto Renascer benefit from ABC funding

may-june 2003

• Sebastião Salgado donates photograph – renowned Brazilian photographer's 'Portrait of a Homeless Girl in State of Parana, 1996' is available for auction

march-april 2003

• ZepFest 2003 – Canadian Led Zeppelin convention raises US$2000

january-february 2003

• Bebel Gilberto becomes patron of ABC Trust – Brazilian singer and daughter of one of the founders of Bossa Nova music, Bebel Gilberto is our newest patron

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2002

november-december 2002

• project news: ABC announces three new projects – Patronato, Crianças Famintas (Children in Hunger) and Friends of Maria welcomed
• ABC/Task Brasil Christmas Samba Party – Jimena Page talks about the founding of ABC

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