Charities
Future Hope India
Future Hope India is an orphanage based in Kolkata (Calcutta). Set up in 1991 by Tim Grandage, it supports over 400 street children. The Charity offers the children an education, medical facilities and nourishment, but most importantly a loving, stable family life.
The Oratory School’s connection with Future Hope began in 2001 when we hosted the Rosslyn Park 7’s Rugby Tournament. Tim, coming from a rugby background, had trained a squad ‘The Future Hope Harlequins’ and brought them over to England for the tournament.
Following this in 2002/3 Sukra and Kabir joined the school for their A Levels. They worked very hard and left having done exceedingly well, both going on to University. In 2007 the School sent a rugby tour to play Future Hope. In 2008 we donated a cheque for £15,000 raised by our boys through activities such as car washing, head shaving, a day of sponsored silence, Pauline's Poppets, and a Christmas Fair. A gap student from Future Hope will soon be joining us.
The Oratory School carries out regular fund raising events and encourages students and staff to volunteer some of their time. Some boys have spent their gap years and summer breaks working in Kolkata.
To find out more about Future Hope, or to make a donation or even volunteer some of your time then please visit their website.
Other charities have included:
The Tsunami Disaster Appeal: This donation was channelled through the Sovereign Order of Malta which runs first aid, refugee and disaster relief specifically targeting the areas worst affected. It has personnel on the ground, who are unpaid volunteers who support themselves from their own resources and so do not require funding for their own upkeep.
Sightsavers International: A charity that concentrates on providing simple operations for eye problems in the African and Asian continents for poor people who would otherwise remain blind.
Moldova Orphanage Appeal: A charity run by Catholic priests in one of the poorest countries of the former Soviet Union.
The Gatehouse: A charity in Oxford for the homeless. Cafod: British Catholic charity that supports development on poor countries and places that have experienced natural or man-made disasters.
WaterAid: a charity who work to provide clean and safe drinking water to the world's poorest people. Ronan O'Sullivan (Staff) took part in a sponsored 30 mile row from Oxford to Pangbourne along with other rowers from Goring Gap Boat Club.
The Passage: London-based charity for the Homeless, founded by the late Cardinal Basil Hume.