Charities
Great Western Air Ambulance Charity and Frenchay Residents Education & Community Hub
We passionately believe in supporting charity. We specifically encourage charities to attend our Show to enable them to raise funds from their stalls. For example, Guide Dogs for the Blind, St Peters Hospice, Children’s South West hospice, Age UK and REMAP (who make and adapt equipment free of charge to improve the quality of life for people who experience short or long-term disability through infirmity, illness, or ageing).
Funds from our Show in 2025 have gone to support our local charity FRE&CH (Frenchay Residents Education & Community Hub) who are working hard to renovate the old primary school to provide education, health, and community facilities.
Funds from our Show in 2026 will be equally divided between Great Western Air Ambulance Charity and FRE&CH.
Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
GWAAC’s Critical Care Team work 365 days a year to ensure that everyone in Frenchay and beyond has the opportunity to receive the pre-hospital emergency medical care they deserve. We don’t simply fly patients to the nearest hospital. Our priority is to get to the patient fast. We treat people at the scene, on the road, and in the air, providing complex interventions to stabilise and treat the patient, giving them the best chance of survival.
Our team of highly trained Critical Care Doctors and Specialist Paramedics bring the expertise of a hospital emergency department directly to patients facing life-threatening conditions. By delivering advanced medical care on the scene, we provide crucial interventions that can make the difference between life and death.
This link is to a video from one of their former patients that provides great insight into the care they offer, regardless of the patient’s location.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
FRE&CH (Frenchay Residents Education & Community Hub)
FRE&CH (Frenchay Residents Education & Community Hub) is a new charity established to re-purpose the former Frenchay C of E Primary School premises to provide accommodation for a pre-school (up to 50 places) and a community hub to serve the existing village and new housing development on the former Frenchay Hospital site – where there is a serious shortage of pre-school places and community services and facilities.
FRE&CH is established as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and has been a registered Charity since October 2024, registration number 1210565. FRE&CH are registered for income tax ‘gift aid’ purposes.
The first phase of the preschool was opened on 03-09-2024 and the second phase seeks to refurbish the main building by late June 2026. 40% of the main building will be converted to a community hub and cafe in phase three.
In addition to preschool and community facilities local NHS services are likely to be incorporated into the hub to provide midwife and health visitor facilities, work to determine their community based service needs has just begun.
Frenchay as a village has not been provided with any additional community infrastructure, despite the doubling of the population over the last four years with the old hospital site being developed as new houses.
FRE&CH was established by Frenchay Residents association following four years of campaigning to save the old school premises from commercial development, which SGC Cabinet agreed to support in November 2023.
CHARITY STALLS
Our July Show will once again feature many charity stalls, raising important funds for a wide range of causes. We specifically invite charity stalls to the Show and charge them lower stall fees. We hope they have a successful day
Happy Handbags
Jeanne joined us at our last Show and is looking forward to seeing you all in July. She takes pre-loved high end handbags and fill them with essentials and donate them to women facing hardships or homelessness in local cities. Last July despite the hot weather she raised funds from her stall that will have a meaningful impact. More importantly she raised awareness and made contacts in the community. Jeanne met a local radio presenter who has her own radio show in Easton and made a guest appearance on the show. Please contact Jeanne directly on jeanne@connect2reiki.co.uk www.happyhandbag.co.uk.
Guide Dogs For The Blind
The Guide Dogs for the Blind will attend again this year and are always extremely popular. At the last Show the weather was too warm for the dogs and puppies but they still managed to raise significant funds for their charity. Their presence generated plenty of interest with several visitors enquiring about fostering guide dogs, one person expressed interest in becoming a Puppy Raising Volunteer, and they also received several requests for talks and guest speakers. At the Show in 2024 several Guide Dogs were able to visit the residents of Frenchay House. This was great for training the dogs and was warmly welcomed by the residents. If you have any enquiries about their vital work, please contact information@guidedogs.org.uk or Phone: 0800 953 0113 Website: www.guidedogs.org.uk
Childrens Hospice South West
Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) will be attending the Frenchay Flow Show again this year. The charity supports more than 500 babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions and their families every year across the South West. The CHSW team are looking forward to meeting the show’s visitors, answer questions and explain about the important work they do at their three hospices in Devon, Cornwall and locally at Charlton Farm in Bristol. There will also be opportunities to support CHSW at the stall by donating or by buying one of the bird and insect boxes made by volunteer Steve. For more information about their work or how to get involved, please contact Liana at liana.sommers@chsw.org.uk Website: www.chsw.org.uk
St Peters Hospice
This charity has attended Frenchay Flower Show since 2019. When Barbara retired she worked as a volunteer in the Day Hospice at St Peter’s Hospice and then became involved in fundraising. She formed a group called “Plain and Purl for St Peter’s Hospice” who are a group of ladies who knit/crochet to make and sell soft toys at many events including Frenchay Flower Show. Barbara told us that they think it’s a fantastic family day out and a showcase for people like Plain and Purl to show off their talents. They hope to see our regular customers. and are always happy to have people contact us with orders throughout the year. Please contact Barbara by email plainandpurlorders@gmail.com or www.Facebook.com/PlainandPurlSPH. Website: www.stpetershospice.org Their fundraising aims to provide care and support for all, forever, for free
