{"id":8464,"date":"2017-10-25T16:49:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T15:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/?p=8464"},"modified":"2017-11-14T14:41:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T14:41:45","slug":"support-us-festive-season-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/support-us-festive-season-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Support us this festive season"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Autumn months offer plenty of opportunities our supporters to meet and mingle in a festive spirit while raising vital funds to support our work. Close to 2,000 will gather for a series of gala events in Ireland, the UK and the US in the countdown to Christmas.<\/p>\n
The gala calendar kicked off this month with the first-ever Dublin Change-Maker\u2019s Ball, which was attended by 300 people in the Shelbourn Hotel. The evening featured a silent auction, the specially-curated Change-Maker\u2019s cocktail, and the opportunity to support young entrepreneurs. The event raised over \u20ac100,000 to support our work, including more than \u20ac30,000 for our youth training programme in Uganda.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll be rolling out the red carpet again in a few weeks\u2019 time, for our eighth annual Change-Maker\u2019s Ball in New York City which will be attended by close to 500 people on November 10th.<\/p>\n
The day after, another major gala event will take place close to Shrewsbury, our base in the English midlands. For the very first time, Gorta-Self Help Africa\u2019s supporters from Shropshire and beyond will gather for what promises to be a night to remember: the first annual Firecracker Ball. 600 people are expected to attend and enjoy a three-course meal, live entertainment and much more. Our gala season will draw to a close on November 17th, when supporters from Galway will come together for the fifth annual Galway Ball<\/a>, now an established and popular event on the pre-Christmas calendar in the West of Ireland.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re unable to make it to one of our galas, you\u2019ll still have a chance to support Gorta-Self Help Africa at various events before the Christmas holidays. In Dublin, our annual Christmas Lunch<\/a> will entertain guests at Eden Restaurant on November 25th, while schools and businesses will have the chance to hold a Christmas jumper event<\/a>\u00a0on December 15th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The festive season has started at Gorta-Self Help Africa, with close to 2,000 supporters expected to get involved in various fundraising events throughout the months of November and December.<\/p>\n Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[700,637],"tags":[756,747,483],"class_list":["post-8464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-christmas","tag-events","tag-fundraising"],"yoast_head":"\n