Collaborative Arts Project
To celebrate Cherry Trees’ 30th Anniversary and our place in the local community,
Cherry Trees has collaborated with George Abbot Specialist School for the Arts and ceramic
artist, Liliana Montoya,
to produce a high quality decorative tile garden mural measuring 7m by 1.5m. Led
by Liliana, this is a community project that will involve not only the children
and young people with disabilities who attend Cherry Trees and their families and
carers, but also many local school children and other members of the local community
who support our organisation in tile-making workshops. Through this activity we
aim to engage the children with disabilities and other members of the community
with this particular form of art; many of whom will have had no previous exposure
to ceramic art. Once the mural is installed, it will become an integral part of
the garden and outdoor play area at Cherry Trees and everyone will be encouraged
to touch as well as look at it. We are grateful to the Arts Council and Procter
& Gamble for funding this project. For more information, contact
fundraising.
The Kitchen, Dining Room and Facilities
Upgrade Project
14 months, 14,000 bricks and 20,000 tiles later, our Kitchen, Dining Room and Facilities
Upgrade Project is now finished. The kitchen, complete with commercial grade catering
equipment and a walk-in cold store, is now ready to use. With ample space for everyone
and including a private area for those who need a more peaceful environment in which
to enjoy their home-cooked meals, the children and staff alike are looking forward
to using the new dining area. A beautiful new reception area along with a new laundry,
storage facilities and staff offices will be in use shortly and we would like to
say a heartfelt thanks to the following individuals, organisations and trusts that
have made this venture possible:
- The Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust,
- Beaufield Homes,
- Mr M Billet,
- The Boughton Trust,
- Mr C Brewer,
- R. Broadley Esq.,
- Capel Choral Society,
- The Chapman Trust,
- The Clothworkers’ Foundation,
- Sir Cliff Richard Foundation,
- Doughty Hanson Charitable Trust,
- The Forte Charitable Trust,
- Garfield Weston Foundation,
- Hess Services UK Ltd,
- The Ian Karten Trust,
- The Ingram Trust,
- A. Johnson Esq.,
- Mrs Johnson (legacy),
- The Joseph Strong Frazer Trust,
- The Kelsey Trust,
- The Peter Harrison Foundation
- Procter & Gamble Brooklands,
- Mr Platt,
- Mr & Mrs Quest,
- Red Mist Leisure,
- Mrs Rose Flatau Charitable Trust,
- St Faith’s Trust,
- The Saintbury Trust,
- The Sobell Foundation,
- Surrey County Council,
- Mrs Thomlinson,
- Mr Toms and several anonymous donors.
- We would also like to thank our architect, Vic Henty, Terry Tilbury and his team of builders, Brewers in Aldershot for donating paint and Stephen Beckett, a Cherry Trees parent, who has fitted the kitchen.