Registered Charity Number 1183164

LATEST NEWS!

On Saturday 5th October, 2019 the Kevin Cruise Foundation is hosting a Gala Ball at the Castle Hotel, Windsor.   We are raising funds to purchase theatre tickets for
sick and disadvantage families & hard working charity volunteers in the
Royal Borough this Christmas.
​Tickets have now SOLD OUT!

We are pleased to announce our new involvement with Haybrook College Trust. The trust is committed to supporting the education and personal development of young people with complex social and emotional needs in Slough and surrounding areas “Inspiring and supporting young people to make positive choices about the future.” 

Alicia Corless and Matthew Filmore will be working with the students on all aspects of the Performing arts as part of the Kevin Cruise Foundation.  We will continue to work with the students over the coming weeks and run workshops leading up to
​Christmas 2019.

Forest Bridge School - Term 3

Wednesday 12th June we started our new workshop and this term it's...PUPPETRY!  A whole new class will learn this wonderful art form.  Children will learn to co-operate when working in small groups and to produce their own puppet play including jokes, song, acting and dialogue. This is a great way to introduce performing arts and gaining self-confidence to the children.  We will be introducing finger, hand & string puppets with the children making their own sock puppets for a final performance in a few weeks. 

Forest Bridge School - Term 2

In May we continued our work at Forest Bridge School, Maidenhead.  This was our second term of workshops and we taught the Maple class magic tricks over a four week period.  In the last week they performed the tricks they had learnt and the whole school was treated to a show by local magician, Magic Mark.  We gifted the school the magic tricks for future use.
​Congratulations to everyone involved. 

Forest Bridge School - Term 1

In February we started our Young People's project at Forest Bridge School, Maidenhead.
We have supplied & funded a teacher for a six week workshop to teach elements of performing arts, once a week with children that have special educational needs.
The children also learnt to play musical instruments which we gifted to the school
​at the end of the six weeks.  Here's a few pictures of the children (parents permission obtained) with their before and after t-shirts of many colours.  In their final performance they will sing songs from the musical, Joseph. 

MAIDENHEAD'S GOT TALENT

On Friday 1st March 2019 Kevin Cruise hosted 'Maidenhead's Got Talent'  He waivered  his hosting fee and agreed the raffle takings on the day would be donated to the Kevin Cruise Foundation.
A great day was had by all and we'd like to thank everyone who bought a ticket. 

CHRISTMAS SHOWS

We booked over 380 tickets for pantomime’s in the local borough of Windsor & Maidenhead last Christmas.  These tickets were funded by the Kevin Cruise Foundation and distributed to over 15 Hospices, Charities, Foundations & Schools across three venues, Dick Whittington at Theatre Royal Windsor, Cinderella at Magnet Leisure Centre and Sleeping Beauty at Desborough Theatre, Maidenhead.   We had some lovely photos and messages which we are in the process of uploading to the site .

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FUNDRAISING

KEVIN'S MOVIE MAYHEM SHOW COLLECTION

SATURDAY 30TH MARCH 2019 Kevin raised £300.12 from raffle sales during his show.

Individual Donation

​David Hobbs £1000

Panto Collection
@TRW​

Our collection at Theatre Royal Windsor over Christmas raised £84.24.  Thank you everyone that contributed during the festive season.

QUIZ NIGHT @THEATRE ROYAL WINDSOR
Thank you to the Front of House team at Theatre Royal Windsor for hosting an in-house quiz and raising £49.37

NEW YEARS @MAIDEN'S HEAD
​MAIDENHEAD

Thank you to everyone who helped raise £901.28 on New Year's Eve at the Maiden's Head.   A great night was had by all at the 80's themed evening.  What a great amount of money to be raised and to start 2019. ​

ZOMBIE WALK MAIDENHEAD
Thank you to everyone who walked through Maidenhead Town Centre at Halloween and helped raise just over £400.

KEVIN'S CABARET SHOW COLLECTION
On Saturday 17th March 2018 Kevin Cruise performed his annual Comedy Cabaret show at the Desborough Theatre, Maidenhead. A collection took place after the show and £193.73 was collected for the Foundation.
​Thank you to all of you that gave.

Maidenhead's Got Talent

Rotary in Maidenhead donated the raffle money from Maidenhead's Got Talent show.  £278 was raised.  Thank you to all the prize givers and everyone that bought a raffle ticket on the day. 

"Everyone deserves the chance to experience the magic of theatre.”

- Martin Cabble-Reid 

GRANTS

 RBWM GRANT
We have been awarded £3500 from the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Council (RBWM) We would like to thank the Councillors for approving our grant application ​and supporting (Dec 2017)

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PRINCE PHILIP TRUST FUND

We have been award £1000 from the Prince Philip Trust Fund. Once again, thank you to all the trustees for this wonderful donation (May 2019) 

LOUIS BAYLIS TRUST
We have just been awarded £1000 from the Louis Baylis
(Maidenhead Advertiser)
Charitable Trust.
We'd like to thank the Trustees for this kind donation (Dec 2017) www.whytheadvertiserisspecial.co.uk

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ROTARY CLUB of
MAIDENHEAD BRIDGE

​THANK YOU to the lovely people of the Rotary Club of Maidenhead Bridge. They have donated £500 to the Kevin cruise Foundation. 
(June 2019)

PRINCE PHILIP TRUST
We have been award  £2500  by The Prince Philip Trust Fund of Windsor & Maidenhead.  We would like to thank everyone from the Trust for this wonderful donation (Dec 2017)

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LOUIS BAYLIS TRUST FUND

We are very grateful for a donation of £2000 from the Louis Baylis Trust Fund (July 2019)

SHANLY FOUNDATION

We have been award £3000 from the Shanly Foundation.  Thank you to everyone for this wonderful amount.  (May 2019)

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RBWM COMMUNITY GRANT

£1000 from the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Community Grant Fund (July 2019)

"Giving is not just about making a donation. It is about making a difference.”

- Kathy Calvin

​The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is rich in culture and heritage and well served by multiple venues across the borough, such as Theatre Royal Windsor, Windsor Fire Station, The Desborough Theatre, Norden Farm Centre for the Arts and The Magnet Leisure Centre, as well as dozens of smaller venues across the borough, such as village and school halls.

However, it is also a borough of great diversity and, despite remarkable projects and efforts from our local arts centres, we have identified a need for further  exposure to the performing arts, particularly for children and from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The Kevin Cruise Foundation is a response to this need.  Offering complimentary theatre tickets to children, families, carers, schools and charity volunteers. 

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The wonderful Tara Deane, a local musician, has written and recorded this fantastic track for the Kevin Cruise Foundation. You can listen to it here-