On November 15th we held our third annual quiz night at its new venue, Suffolk New College. With 38 teams from the local business community, we had a great turn-out of 190 people. We managed to raise over £2,600 which will go towards the running costs of £10,000 per annum …
Claire Woodbridge has joined the Board of Trustees of The Soma Leo Foundation, with immediate effect. Claire has worked with the other Trustees since 2011 within her role as Client Executive at Pound Gates. Commenting on her appointment, she said: “I am delighted to become a Trustee of such a …
As part of the ongoing development at Soma Leo Nyiera Academy, last year we raised enough money to begin building a new kitchen/diner with work completed at the end of 2016. The new kitchen/dining facilities allows us to provide food for the children while they are at the academy and …
On the 16th November we held a Quiz at Ipswich Town Football Club. We had a fabulous packed attendance of nearly 200 people, across 36 teams, amassed from the local business community. We received a huge selection of raffle prizes kindly donated by guests including a violin donated by Concertus. Together …
Last winter we ran an appeal for useful educational items to collect and send to Kenya. With incredible support from the parents and pupils of Ipswich Prep School, the staff of Pound Gates and Sevatas, and, the Ipswich business community we assembled a fabulous collection of items. This Appeal was …
In June and July charitable events were held in support of The Soma Leo Foundation which together raised over £13,000. This will enable to charity to operate our school in Nyiera, educating and feeding 60 children for over a year. It will also help us in supporting other schools in …
We are hoping to raise a minimum of £2 for every kilometre of the target distance; therefore we have a fundraising target of £6,880. This amount will be a significant proportion of the funds required to run the school for an entire year!
We collected items suitable for children aged between 3 and 11, both boys and girls, who attend The Soma Leo Academy and Senator Barack Obama Primary School, a community school supported by MSOF. In addition we will be providing items to children in the communities where the schools are based …
On the 18th November we held our inaugural charity quiz at the Novotel Ipswich. We were joined by 144 guests from a wide range of Suffolk businesses. The evening was a great opportunity to introduce The Soma Leo Foundation to new comers and provide progress updates to those who have …
Commencing on 18th November Soma Leo are proud to announce the launch of our Appeal. Following Kevin and Rob’s visit to Kenya in September we established that providing clothes, toys and learning materials would be of huge benefit to some very disadvantaged children. In recent weeks we have worked to …
