Welcome to everyone especially those from New Zealand and America, who have taken up the Challenge to join the TNT Team to help walk, jog or cycle the 70 miles for every year of the Queen's reign. A total of 4900 miles in all!
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To find out more please click on this link: https://thenestlingtrust.enthuse.com/cf/tnt-jubilee-challenge The Nestling Trust (TNT) Team Challenge - to Cycle, Trek or Jog 4,900 miles i.e. 70 miles for every year of the Queen's 70-year reign, during the month of June.  Let's celebrate this Platinum Jubilee in a very special way - raising funds to save lives! Sponsored miles will help save the lives of newborn babies and their mothers, in Nepal, where the neonatal death rate has tripled since the start of the Pandemic. Set your own personal target - get sponsored - text the number of miles completed each week to ++44 (0) 7973414601 so we can update and follow the Team's progress year by year! In the new Health and Birthing Centre in Baiteshwor - due to be completed this June, £225 pays the salary of one nurse for one month. Baitshwor is a mountainous remote area where approximately 12,000 people will benefit from this medical facility. Previously women had to trek many miles across mountain tracks to the nearest birth centre, sometimes arriving too late. Fear of getting Covid in local towns has also meant that many women give birth in their villages, in unhygienic conditions. Most village homes are without running water, many have earth flooring, and most, have no heating. Funded by TNT and local government, the new Health Centre will be within easy reach of the Baiteswor population and, as well as providing antenatal, postnatal and birthing facilities, it will provide general health care and health education for villagers. Cost examples: £450 Salary for two nurses for one month £250 Delivery bed £100 Medicine cupboard £75 Oxygen cylinder £50 Privacy screens £20 Therma gun thermometer £10 Sterile suture and dressing packs
The Quiz Night on Friday 29th April '22 was a great success. All tickets were sold and the community Hall in Market Lavington was abuzz with people enjoying a fun evening. It was the idea of Elliot Gaiger who wanted to do something to help the Nestling Trust's work in Nepal. Elliot is 14 years old and with just a very small amount of help from his Grandad arranged the Quiz which has raised just over £2000. It is a fantastic amount and will be used to help equip and establish the Health and Birthing Centre in Baiteshwor, now under construction. Thank you so much to Elliot for his hard work and compassion, and thank you to all our supporters who are so generous, we are most grateful.
Do come and join us!Where - Market Lavington Community Hall
When Friday 29th April '22 - 7p.m. for 7.30 p.m. Cost £20 per Team of Four Tickets Please contact: Market Lavington Post Office Sue Hamblin (07973 414601) Mike Gaiger (01380 818500) Elliot Gaiger (07552 335640) Free Glass of Wine Thank you so much to everyone who donated to our BigGive match funding project the Health and Birthing Centre in Baiteshwor, Nepal. An amazing £14,784.34 has been raised with gift aid, which is a fantastic result to help establish and equip the Centre which is under construction.in rural Nepal, When complete 12,000 people will have access to medical care and safe hygienic birthing facilities. We are hugely grateful, through your generosity we will be able to help reduce the maternal, and neonatal death rate which has tripled since the start of the Pandemic
  Help save the lives of newborn babies and their mothers in rural Nepal. Here is the link : https://donate.thebiggive.org.uk/campaign/a056900001wWg3MAAS The link is live from 12 noon today until 12 noon on Tuesday 7th December '21.  Great news - villagers have now received their second doses of the vaccine to protect them from the Coronavirus. 
The Nestling Trust is immensely grateful to Vanessa and Darell for hosting and organising The Duck race afternoon in the their beautiful garden on Saturday 5th September '21. The weather was kind and many families attended the event. It was so good to see many children enjoying being out in the sunshine and cheering their ducks along the stream. It was a very successful event raising £631 to help further the Nestling Trust's work in Nepal.
The Nestling Trust is most grateful to Vanessa and Darrell for organising this event in their beautiful garden. DUCK RACES
This Saturday 4th September '21 From 2.30 p.m. Meadow View Low Road Little Cheverell SN10 4JZ Come and Join us for Family Fun, Tea and cakes! All proceeds for the work of the Nestling Trust in Nepal  The Nestling Trust would like to thank Liz Bord and Liz Evans most sincerely for all their hard work in creating and organising the Village Treasures Competition. It was a great idea and so many people have said how much they enjoyed exploring the villages in search of answers.
The winners were John and Katherine Cox. We would like to thank them for so generously donating their prize back to the Nestling Trust. The total amount raised to help further the work of The Nestling Trust in Nepal was £600 which is an amazing amount for which we are most grateful, and we thank everyone who took part. Here are the answers to the competition: 1 The Warrington field Lavington Lane - to the right of the entrance gates 2Ebeneezer Baptist chapel high street WL -Back of churchyard on the right 3 Art School, Daunsey’s school high street WL -middle gable end below first floor window 4 81 High Street LP -on back of outbuilding seen from Russell Mill lane 5 Quill cottage 9 Russell Mill lane LP- date to left of first floor window 6 Lavington Lane left hand pavement where road falls away 8th post down picture reversed in printing! 7 All saints church WL - right hand gate at footpath entrance on corner of All Saints road and church street 8 52 High street WL -right side of house when facing right AboveV R post box and below wall tie 9 Littleton House Farm, 68 High Street LP - on top rung of front gate 10 Littleton House Farm, 68 High Street LP - above front door 11N/A 12 Millennium Cross, WL , on green left of entrance to Sandfield- east side of cross 13 78, High Street LP - on the left of front door, right of letter box. 14 Littleton Lodge, 39 High Street LP - top window on left gable end. 15 Little Orchard House, High Street WL - on left end wall when facing house. 16 Vine Cottage, 30 High Street WL - right half of roof top when facing cottage. 17 All Saints Church WL - on south side of tall tomb on left of footpath from west entrance. 18 All Saints Church WL - on memorial bench in graveyard, left inside entrance gates. 19 All Saints Church WL - from church, cross footbridge, under 2nd tree on left of path 20 All Saints Church WL -north door, just round from footpath leading to footbridge 21 All Saints Church WL- under the large east window , left tombstone of 3 lying down 22 Pagnell Cottage, Pagnell Lane, LP - date between front middle and right 1st floor windows 23 Driveway leading up to 41 and 43 White Street WL - left hand side 24 Ebenezer Baptist Chapel, High Street WL -middle large arched window on north side 25 Ebenezer Baptist Chapel, High Street WL - right of front porch 26 West Lavington Manor, Church Street WL - part of door in bottom corner of garden wall, towards Duck Street 27 All Saints Church WL - right hand side of entrance gate from White Street 28 24, High Street, WL -on top of right corner of fencing, next to car lot 29 The Old Bank House, 145 High Street LP - left side of entrance gate 30 GR post box in wall of Cliffs Hall, oppositeLavington School playing field 31 The Old Manor, Church Lane WL - ball on top of left gate post 32 Right of driveway to 1-11 The Farm, High Street LP - wall of land, stone just to left of telegraph pole. 33 55/57 High Street LP - right of the two ground floor windows of 55 34 sunnyside WL gate and post to footpath on the right after passing 1 sunnyside 35 61 high street W L on side of building right of entrance to Hooks Court 2nd bolt to left of door 36 All Saints graveyard white street WL railing around the Holloway family burial on the left top railing behind the tombstone for John and Eliza Sainsbury 37 119 high street LP on front of portico on front door 38 Dauntse y house9 church street WL top fr ont of stone porch over main road entrance door 39 plaque on left of roadside wall of1hooks court WL on the right of the entrance to home farm 40 24 white street WL house number on front of wall right of driveway 41 All Saints church WL tombstone close to the church in the north east corner and facing church street 42 The old manor church Lane WL down lane towards the footbridge in garden wall on left 43 5 Dauntsey court WL road side of house middle between first floor windows 44White street WL heading toward Rickbarton just passed 24 White street 45 Little Oak 1Cheverell road LP to the right above ground floor bay window on high street side of house 46 All Saints church WL in west facing wall to the right of south door 47 56. High streetWL door on main road side on left hand side of door frame 48 AllSaints graveyard white st WL on Mary Brewers tombstone 49 bottom ofLavington lane footpath entrance on the left leading to Dauntsey manor right hand side of entrance gate 50 Orchard house109 high street LP on front door 51 west Lavington manor church st WL top of arched gateway to the south oppositeWhite st 52 All Saints church WL top of turret left above front door 53Bottom of Lavington Lane steps to the right leading up the path to Eastfield in wall 54 98 High street LP to the right of the front pillar with house number on it 55Wynshore House white street WL brickwork in ditch going under driveway right hand side 56 top of front wall of the Haven care home 65 high street LP left of main entrance 57 Fern cottage 53 high street LP roof top main road end.  London to Kathmandu Virtual Trail - join the High Hopes Team!Help us reach the 5415 mile goal by achieving and logging your own personal target in the month of June 2021! For more information if you wish to take part please email: info@nestlingtrust.co.uk or phone Sue Hamblin 07973414601 Last year The Nestling Trust High Hopes Team reached the virtual height of Everest by climbing up local hills - this year we aim to walk or cycle the distance between Tower Bridge in London to the Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu. We hope to raise funds to provide medical care at this time of desperate need for families living in areas of Nepal where no medical facility exists.  Where Was The Picture Taken? Chance To Win £100! All Within 1/2 Mile Of Dauntsey's Cross Roads.  Our villages of West Lavington, Littleton Panell, and Market Lavington, are full of old and interesting buildings, these often have many unusual details that so often go unnoticed. Similarly, many fascinating sights can be discovered if we just take the time to look whilst out for a walk along the highways and byways! Here is an opportunity to have fun in the Family Walk Photo Quiz – see it and locate it! Most of the photographs are within half a mile of West Lavington crossroads, but we have excluded the B3098 as there is no footpath to follow. All can be seen from public paths and highways so there is no need to enter private places. All are out of doors. help make a real difference!TNT is delighted to offer our supporters the opportunity of a private screening of the internationally acclaimed film 'I am Belmaya' before release to the general public later this year. TNT has teamed up with Sue Carpenter and Belmaya, co-directors, of this inspirational film to help support the empowerment of oppressed women and girls in Nepal. Click on the link below for more information and Tickets: https://tnt-belmaya-screening.eventbrite.co.uk Domestic violence is a widespread problem in Nepal. Despite laws against it, cultural, economic, and religious factors reinforce male dominance and female subservience so thoroughly that it is common for women and their children to be victims of violence and abuse with many being forced to leave their homes. Cast out by the husband’s family and no longer able to return to their birth family, women are alone with no means to provide shelter, food, or clothes for their children. The streets are their only option with all the risks of further abuse, trafficking, hunger, and drug abuse. It is common for children search rubbish dumps for plastic in exchange for a few rupees for rice instead of attending school. .The Nestling Trust will use funds raised to assist a pilot programme aimed at reducing the number of women and children, facing life on the streets. Those who have fled domestic abuse, or single mothers, will be offered training in sewing skills so they can support themselves and their children. 8th March '21 is International Women's day - proceeds from the film 'I am Belmaya' can help break the cycle of poverty and despair for women and their children in Nepal. See it Online - anytime between the hours 6p.m. Sunday 7th March ’21 and 11p.m. Monday 8th March ’21 (Greenwich Mean time) choose at time to suit your Time Zone.   The Nestling Trust wishes to thank the Ebenezer Baptist Chapel, West Lavington, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Littleton Panell, The Benefice of the Lavington’s, Cheverells & Easterton, and Trinity Church, Market Lavington for so kindly donating the funds raised through The Christmas Carol Trail, to the Nestling Trust (TNT) to help further our work inNepal. The money will be used to help establish a Horticultural Project to help the sustainability of the Sarangkot Nestling Home for Children. The Home was completed and opened in 2018 by TNT for destitute/abused children of Nepal.
There are now twelve girls in the home aged between five and fifteen years. They live as a family and have settled happily. It is a joy to see them playing and laughing as all children should. They attend the local village school which is within easy walking distance, further down the hillside. The girls will benefit from the organic fruit and vegetables grown, and will also learn valuable practical skills necessary for when they have homes and families of their own. TNT would especially like to thank Caroline Spindlow for all her hard work in organising the Carol Trail and of course, everyone who made such wonderful displays and all those who actually took part. It was wonderful to see so many people joining in the Spirit of Christmas as they sang the carols. The winner of the trail competition was Wendy Gibbon and Ash Galloway, who received the festive hamper. The winner of the best display was Jonathan Grew with Whilst Shepherds Watched their Flocks by night – a wonderful display in front of the “Green Field” complete with real sheep. Best window displays were Phillipa Cox with: 'Do you hear what I hear?' and Ellen Nutall with: Silent Night. Finally a big thank you to staff at Costcutters, Market Lavington Post Office and David Coxhead for displaying and distributing the trail leaflets and collecting the money. The total raised for the Nestling Trust was £315 - our grateful thanks to all. The Carol Trail starts tomorrow Saturday 19th December'20 - come and join in the fun! Christmas Carol Displays will be in windows or gardens - come and admire and Match the Christmas Carol to each display. Saturday 19th December until Friday 25th December '20. Festive Hamper prize for the first winning entry drawn! Trail maps - £5 Available in Costcutters, West Lavington, Coxhead’s Littleton Panell, and Market Lavington Post office. All proceeds will be given to the Nestling Trust (UK Charity Reg No 1154431). Website: www.nestlingtrust.co.uk Delivery of a leaflet to your house is possible if required To arrange please phone Caroline - Tel: 01380 813445 Thanks so much to Caroline Spindlow and the following Churches: Chapel, West Lavington; St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Littleton Panell; The Benefice of the Lavingtons, Cheverells & Easterton; and Trinity Church, Market Lavington who thought of this great idea to bring some Christmas fun and joy to our villages.   Huge thanks to Caroline Spindlow and the following Churches: Baptist Chapel, West Lavington; St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Littleton Panell; The Benefice of the Lavingtons, Cheverells & Easterton; and Trinity Church, Market Lavington who have created the idea of a 'Carol Trail' to bring some Christmas fun and joy to our villages. Christmas Carol Displays will be in windows or gardens - come and admire and Match the Christmas Carol to each display. Festive Hamper prize for the first winning entry drawn! Please encourage your families and friends to come and join in the great Carol Trail starting on Saturday 19th December until Friday 25th December '20. Trail maps - £5 Available tomorrow, 11th Dec. '20 in Costcutters, West Lavington, Coxhead’s Littleton Panell, and Market Lavington Post office. All proceeds will be given to the Nestling Trust (UK Charity Reg No 1154431) Delivery of a leaflet to your house is possible if required To arrange please phone Caroline - Tel: 01380 813445 The Carol Trail will be featured on Radio Wiltshire tomorrow Friday 11th Dec'20, at 16.50, when Caroline Spindlow and Sue Hamblin will be giving more details on the programme. Here is the link which you are welcome to share: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_wiltshire  It's the BigGive! Donations to the Nestling Trust can be doubled while match funds are available until midday on 8th December '20! Please help us reach our £10,000 target for the Sarangkot Nestling Children's Home project. See link below: https://donate.thebiggive.org.uk/campaign/a051r00001fHRuyAAG  The Children’s Home Horticultural Project ‘Grow our own’ nutritious food, self-sufficiency, and sustainability In a year when we have been unable to hold our normal fundraising events this 'Match Funded' Big Give Christmas Campaign provides a great opportunity. Please help us reach our £10,000 target One donation Twice the Impact! The project will improve the sustainability of our Children’s home in Sarangkot by providing organic fresh fruit and vegetables for the Home and local villagers, as well as generating an income to offset other expenditure such as clothes, education etc. Land at the home is exposed to adverse weather and as a consequence crops in the garden often fail. Water supplies are scarce and unreliable. Fruit and vegetables have to be bought at considerable cost and at some distance. The project involves building protected ‘pit greenhouses’ which will provide fresh produce for the home and local villagers but also training opportunities and work for those who have lost their jobs as a consequence of the pandemic.  Proposed site for the 3 Pit Greenhouses - below the playground area of the Children's Home.
Children's Home livestock would provide organic fertiliser!
The Nestling Trust is unable to arrange our usual social fundraising events due to the Coronovirus restrictions. So we have been busy producing a lovely calendar for 2021 - it depicts typical Nepali scenes as well as a few showcasing our work. The calendars - for which we are asking donations (minimum £10), are available from: Market Lavington Post Office Devizes Books, Devizes Alternatively please contact Sue Hamblin 07973414601 We would be most grateful if you could support this fundraising idea, the calendars would make great Christmas gifts! 
The Virtual Summit of Everest has been reached, and there is still time to donate! On 30th June '20, Nepalese prayer flags flew high in the wind to greet the team's success as they made the final push to reach height of the top of the highest mountain in the world. The High Hopes team with members scaling Strawberry Hill 145 times and our NZ team members scaling Rangitoto and surrounding hills, all through the month of June, have each hiked 8848 metres! This is a great achievement and The Nestling Trust thanks the whole team for their determination and efforts, over £8000 has been raised, an amazing result, to help reduce the spread of Covid-19, and to support the vulnerable communities in Nepal. We are immensely grateful to all who have taken part in this remarkable challenge, all those who have supported us along the way, and to those who have donated, your generosity will help save lives.  Come and join the High Hopes Team!
'High Hopes' is a group of Nestling Trust supporters who are taking up the Challenge to Hike or Run the height of Everest, 8848 metres, or the height of Everest base camp, 5363 metres, during June 2020. The aim of the Challenge is to help stop the spread of the Coronavirus to vulnerable communities of Nepal. Choosing a hill near to their home, the team will test their endurance, test their resolve, and test their sanity, all to raise funds for the Nestling Trust, so they can provide vital medical equipment and supplies to 5 Health Posts and 2 Covid-19 isolation areas in the Dolakha region of Nepal, as well as soap, for families without. Anyone from anywhere in the world is welcome to join the team! All you need is a hill or flight of stairs - email: info@nestlingtrust.co.uk if you would like to join 'High Hopes' and raise sponsorship - together we can help some of the worlds poorest communities and save lives. Time is running out to help stop the spread of the Covid-19 virus to vulnerable communities in Nepal. This pandemic is an unprecedented global disaster. It has already overwhelmed many European countries, and thousands of Nepali workers who have lost jobs are returning to their villages from Kathmandu, India, China, and the Gulf Countries. Nepal reported 14 Covid-19 related deaths this week and 3762 identified cases of those tested. Lack of testing is a source of deep concern and given the speed with which the virus spreads, and the frail infrastructure of the country, Nepal could be facing a catastrophic loss of life, coupled with malnutrition and hunger due to loss of jobs and livelihoods. Health posts in Nepal are doing all they can to help identify those who may have the virus but lack essential equipment. Some areas are several days journey away from any hospital or doctor. Isolation areas are being prepared but are also woefully short of equipment such as oxygen and even running water. The Nestling Trust, a voluntary UK Charity, is providing urgent medical supplies such as protective gloves, aprons, and masks to 5 Health Posts in vulnerable village areas, and has already contributed £4500 for this purpose. Each area has a current population of approximately 6000 people. Health Post nurses are teaching villagers the essential measures of self-distancing and effective handwashing and provide soap for the needy. It is vital that any cases are identified as swiftly as possible. The Nestling Trust, with their partner NGO in Nepal, is in a position to help, but desperately needs funds. The Nestling Trust will provide: 1. Vital protective medical supplies for Health Posts. 2. Equipment for isolation areas being prepared for those with symptoms, such as blood pressure monitors, infrared thermometers, personal hygiene equipment, tapped buckets, oxygen 3. Soap, rice, and lentils for needy families. Help is needed now! Could you help to make a difference and save lives? Every penny donated to the Nestling Trust is spent directly on the projects. Thank you £5 buys 2 x nasal cannula £10 buys 2 x oxygen masks and tubing £20 buys 400 x surgical masks £25 buys a 25kg sack of lentils or rice £30 buys 4 x water containers with taps for handwashing £40 buys 2 x Blood pressure monitors and 2 Sphygmomanometers £50 buys 550 x pairs surgical gloves £100 buys soap for 500 families for handwashing £200 buys 4 x infrared thermometers £320 buys an Oxygen concentrator. https://www.justgiving.com/team/NestlingTrust  Himshikhara, our partner NGO, is organising tailor made 'Treks with Purpose' through the magnificent mountains of Nepal, passing through picturesque Nepalese villages and culminating in watching the sunrise over the Himalayan mountain peaks. For those who wish, there is an option to spend three days taking part in a community volunteer project such as helping paint a rebuilt school classroom, connecting water pipes or creating a play area for children etc. The treks will help fund the running costs of Sarangkot Children's Home for needy and trafficked children. A reasonable, general level of fitness is all that is required. To discuss please contact either Sue Hamblin 07973414601 or Mike Gaiger 07789557859 Email contact enquiry or booking: hiscuscharitytrek@gmail.com  Site of the Health and Birthing Centre at Preeti! A huge thank you to everyone who donated to the Nestling Trust Preeti project, through the BigGive Matchfunding Christmas Challenge. We are delighted to say that through your generosity work can begin in January 2020 to build and establish a Health and Birthing Centre at Preeti, a remote area in Nepal where currently 30,000 people have no medical facility. Imagine having to trek for miles across difficult mountainous terrain to find the nearest health post, sometimes arriving too late to help very sick patients. We are enormously grateful for everyone's support, which has come from as far away as NZ, USA and Canada as well as many places in the UK and of course from our local supporters in Wiltshire. Thank you for all your loyal support, for believing in us and encouraging us in our work in Nepal. It is through you that we are able to make changes to improve the health and the lives of the most needy, disadvantaged and marginalised people - thank you. Sue.    The Nestling Trust is delighted to say that today - the first day of the BigGive campaign, £1,230 has been donated to help us build a Health and Birthing Centre in Preeti, where currently 30,000 people have no medical facility. A huge thank you to those who have donated. That figure will be doubled through the BigGive.
The campaign runs until midday on the 10th December '19 - please continue to donate our target figure is £20,000. |
