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Easter Trail at Downton Abbey
Thank you to everyone who came along to the home of Downton Abbey and took part in the Easter Trail at Highclere Castle
Introducing the Hares of Hampshire!
We are so excited to introduce our latest fundraising project, the Hares of Hampshire! if you have been in and around Winchester over the past month or so you may have spotted some unusual activity. Lots of people took to social media to share photos of a giant white...
Holywell Estate open gardens for Bluebell Season
Holywell Estate will be open to the public on the 24th & 25th of April this year by kind permission of the Earl & Countess of Clarendon.
Join The Murray Parish Trust for a unique opportunity to enjoy the fabulous annual display of spring Bluebells
Critical Software donates £2,100 to The Murray Parish Trust
We would like to say a huge thank you to the staff at Critical Software Southampton for their fantastic donatation of £2,100 to The Murray Parish Trust.
The Gobi 500 Handcycle Project – Wild Wheelchairs
The Gobi 500 challenge will see the unstoppable Alex Lewis, quadruple amputee, cycle 500 kilometres across the Gobi desert and Mongolian plains in a specially designed handcycle over ten days in July 2021.
iMRI Suite Appeal – updated fundraising target.
We are delighted to update you with some good news after a challenging 2020. Our £5.5m campaign to create the intra-operative MRI suite at Southampton Children’s Hospital was in its early stages when the pandemic hit. As a long-term major capital project, fundraising...
Zoom into Christmas – What a fantastic night!
Thank you to everyone who came along to our Zoom into Christmas event. Who knew you could have so much fun at a virtual Christmas Party! Hosted by Sarah Parish, Jim Murray and Alex Lewis and compèred by George Whitefield, the evening kicked off with some hilarious...
BECG announce The Murray Parish Trust as their chosen charity
The Murray Parish Trust are thrilled to have been selected by Winchester based communications consultancy BECG as their chosen charity. BECG are an award-winning sector specialist communications consultancy for the built environment, with a belief that corporate...
Over £11,000 raised for NHS Heroes Appeal
We are delighted to announce that the total amount donated to our NHS Heroes Appeal is £11,561,75. All funds raised have been used to directly benefit the hardworking staff at UHS including the provision of free hot meals on site.
Author, David Keighley, supports charity with new book.
We would like to say a huge thank you to David Keighley for supporting The Murray Parish Trust through sales of his new book 'Poems, Piety & Psyche' Progressive Poems for Rebellious Christians, released in October 2020. David, a retired Anglican priest of forty...
Sleeping Beauty Panto Online!
The show must go on(line)! It wouldn’t be Christmas without Panto, and this year, it’s being streamed directly to you, so you’ll have front-row seats from your sofa! The Murray Parish Trust and The Original Panto Company are proud to present a magical production from...
Zoom into Christmas!
The Murray Parish Trust & The Alex Lewis Trust are inviting you to ‘Zoom into Christmas’ virtually the best Christmas party ever! With many of our usual Christmas events having been cancelled this year we wanted to spread a little festive cheer as 2020 comes to a...
Farleigh Virtual Christmas Fair
The Farleigh School is supporting The Murray Parish Trust and L'Arche at the Farleigh Virtual Christmas Fair which runs from 9th - 22nd of November 2020. With many of their usual Christmas Fundraising Activities unable to go ahead this year Farleigh School have come...
The Firsty Foal – Gin Tasting & Cocktail Sets support Charity Christmas Appeal
We are delighted to announce that The Firsty Foal are supporting The Murray Parish Trust by donating 50p from the sale of all their Gin Tasting and Cocktail Sets from now until 7th December. The Firsty Foal are kindly donating any funds raised via our Big Give...
The Big Give Christmas Challenge – Calm Space Appeal
One Donation, Double the Impact! We are excited to announce the launch of our Calm Space Appeal through The Big Give Christmas Challenge, raising funds to provide a dedicated calm space for children undergoing brain surgery in a new iMRI Suite at Southampton...
Completion of the new CETD at Southampton Hospital.
We’re really pleased to be able to let you know that the new Children’s Accident and Emergency Department (CETD) building at University Hospital Southampton, has been completed.
Southampton University Paediatric Society – Charity of the Year
We’re excited to have been chosen by the Southampton University Paediatric Society as their Charity of the Year. They are kicking off fundraising this week by choosing us as their local charity to support alongside Young Minds U.K. as part of this years National...
Who Cares Wins – Nic Joly’s latest artwork ‘We Can Be Heroes’
We are thrilled to announce that renowned sculptor Nic Joly has unveiled his latest work, created to help raise much-needed funds for The Murray Parish Trust & NHS Charities Together. The limited edition piece, which will go on display at Castle Fine Art galleries across the UK, is called ‘We Can Be Heroes’, and carries the message “Who Cares Wins”; a play on words of the famous SAS motto Who Dares Wins.