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We’re Recruiting

After several years of working hard to raise funds, the Board of Trustees are pleased to share that we’re now recruiting to the first paid role at Free to Fly.

If you’re based in Portsmouth, seeking part-time work with a view to perhaps increasing your hours in the future, and you’re someone with a genuine passion for working to help women to leave and stay free from abuse long-term, please check out our current vacancy, being advertised here by our friends at Charisma Charity Recruitment.

The role is flexible, working from your home primarily, in Portsmouth. It would suit those with other responsibilities who can commit decent chunks of time to work each week but who aren’t able to commit to rigid employment with fixed working hours.

This is a special position because it’ll give you lots of opportunities to own key decisions and lead on them, and shape a service that changes lives.

We’re looking for someone who lives in the city… because that’s where you’ll be spending your time, and you’ll be dipping in and out of meetings, running drop-ins, and leading events in and around the local area, so you’ll need to be able to get around the city and probably already have connections within relevant spheres professionally. You’ll be travelling beyond the city too, at times, and transporting supplies and equipment, so being a car driver is essential.

If you’re a skilled communicator, you can self-manage and also lead others, you’re completely trustworthy, motivated, and you’re someone who values being part of the fabric of the Portsmouth community and want to be a key person in our charity’s growth, we’d love to hear from you.

There will be lots of opportunities to shape your own role, and to be rewarded for your efforts. We know everyone needs their work to pay, and we want you to feel that your work is financially worthwhile as well as making a real difference to people.

If you’re from this incredible city, and you’re a professional person who’s looking for a truly flexible role, with lots of scope for progression as we grow, and your heart and ethos is the right fit for us, please get in touch with our recruiting team.

We hope to make an appointment soon, so please do apply if you’re interested – we’d love to hear from you.

Thank you.

National Lottery Grant News

The Free to Fly team are delighted to share that we are now recipients of a grant from the National Lottery Community Fund.

This grant is one of a number that our Fundraising Team have been busily applying for, to help cover the costs of delivering essential services that impact women and their unborn babies in the city of Portsmouth. We’ll be sharing news of how these much-needed funds have been spent very soon – so watch this space!

Huge thanks to the National Lottery for their support and faith in us. As a charity, we don’t receive any funding from the local authority, so income from grants, individual giving, partnering with local community groups, businesses, churches and other organisations is critical to enable us to help those who are bravely taking the step into freedom during their pregnancies. It’s a huge decision and we know how important it is to women to know that there’s someone there to help beyond the (wonderful) statutory-funded services out there.

If you’d like to help support a woman to leave an abusive relationship, and would like to give to our mission, your generosity makes a huge difference.

You can click here to visit our donations form here, now, and make a difference. It takes a village to raise a child, but it takes the whole nation to raise a generation. And we need your help to ensure our next generation are brought up safely, protected from the trauma of abuse

All That Glitters Charity Gala

10 February 2023, 18:30pm – 23:30pm

Join us to celebrate the launch of a NEW life-saving charity Free to Fly with an evening full of ‘All That Glitters’.

This is a red carpet, black tie charity event to help raise vital funds, on Friday 10th February 2023 @ The Village Hotel, Portsmouth.

‘All That Glitters’ combines fantastic food, magic and music that’ll make you want to get up and dance, with the opportunity to get dressed up, with a black tie and ball gown dress code. The glitzier the better.

Your entry ticket includes a drink on arrival at the red carpet reception from 6.30pm, followed by a delicious three course meal and quality entertainment throughout the evening. Please arrive for 7pm at the latest, to be seated for dinner.

Dinner menu

Starter: Smooth Chicken Liver Pate with fruit chutney, toasted croute and baby leaf salad
Main: Lemon and Tarragon Chicken Breast with Spring Onion Mash, chargrilled vegetables and grain mustard sauce

Dessert: Salted Chocolate and Caramel Tart with a duo of sauces and whipped cream
Vegetarian options:
Starter: Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup with basil oil and baked croutons

Main: Oyster Mushroom and Asparagus Risotto
Please inform us of any special dietary requirements or allergies, including requesting the vegetarian alternative, by email, by no later than December 20th 2022. We’ll be unable to amend your menu choices after this date.

Evening entertainment

We’re delighted to offer a rich variety of entertainment with something for everyone, including stunning live music from talented soul singer Ashya Roberts and mind-blowing table magic tricks from not one, but two incredible magicians: Paul Newton and Marcus Bailey. DJ Pulse will be dropping some tunes with dancing until late.

Meanwhile a silent auction will provide an opportunity to obtain deluxe and bespoke purchases at different price levels to help raise further funds with a little flutter.

The event will be not only a really enjoyable special evening of celebration to launch Free To Fly, but there will be opportunities to network in a relaxed setting with a host of entrepreneurs and influencers. Carriages at 11.30pm although the hotel bar will be open ’til late if you fancy an after-party.

Accommodation

If you would like to make the most of it and not worry about driving home afterwards, we are delighted to offer our gala guests a 10% discount for rooms booked at the venue, The Village Hotel Portsmouth. Simply use code: PRO10A when booking on their website.

Car parking is included for both gala and overnight guests.

Photography

Fabulous photographers Penny Plimmer of Japics Photography and Steve Phyall of Zooming Photography will be on hand to capture your night as you arrive on the red carpet and throughout the evening. So you can relax and enjoy yourself.

If you don’t wish to appear in photographs of the event that may be shared on our social media or other marketing materials in future, please notify us via email: support@freetofly.org.uk so that we can make arrangements to support your wishes. Otherwise it is assumed that you have given consent for us to share images that may feature you, in future marketing activities.

Book your place now

Tickets are available at £97 per person or reserve a table for 10 at £950. All proceeds go to new charity Free To Fly to help relieve the suffering of expectant mothers who are experiencing domestic abuse, during pregnancy and beyond. (Reg. Charity No. 1194841)