Parenta Trust

As our magazine went to print last month, the Parenta Trust Rally teams were setting off on their epic adventure from Maidstone to Monaco on the “Drive to Build a School”. During their five-day escapade, eleven teams travelled through eight...

PRESS RELEASE: On the 23rd February, a group of friends from Chandag Junior School in Keynsham came together to raise money for the Parenta Trust. Eva, Emily, Lily and Kitty sold homemade cakes, handmade hair scrunchies, pillows and necklaces on...

Press release: The Parenta Trust is delighted to announce that it has commissioned its fifth pre-school in Uganda, with building work set to commence in the coming months. The new pre-school is the latest addition to the charity’s portfolio and...

On Thursday 5th October, trustee Marie Kershaw travelled to Uganda. As part of her visit, Marie called in at some of the Parenta Trust schools to hand-deliver letters to the children from their sponsors back in the UK. The purpose of her visit...

Throughout East Africa, many children are being deprived of an education. They don’t have the opportunity to reach their full potential by attending school. Their day-to-day lives are filled with domestic chores such as fetching water, digging...

On Sunday 7th May, Parenta employee Marie Kershaw organised a quiz night to help raise money for the Parenta Trust at Lordswood Leisure Centre in Kent. By the end of the evening, £562.05 had been raised to split equally between the Parenta...

The Parenta Trust Rally is one of the main events in the charity’s fundraising calendar. Bringing together teams in cars, it begins in Kent and sees drivers take on various challenges as they drive through Europe over 5 days. Need any more...

Press release In November, the Parenta Trust aimed to raise £1000 to give orphaned and disadvantaged children living in slums near Kampala, Uganda, an unforgettable Christmas and New Year party. The appeal followed a visit by the charity to a...

Press release Recently, the Parenta Trust were able to share the exciting news that a third and fourth pre-school had been officially opened in Uganda. Following on from that announcement, the charity is delighted to be able to disclose that...

Press release Last week, a group of 7 people representing the Parenta Trust witnessed the official opening of the charity’s third and fourth pre-schools in Uganda. When both schools are at full capacity, they will be able to provide nursery...

Press release On November 5, a team of 7 people representing the Parenta Trust will fly to Uganda to officially unveil two new pre-schools for orphaned and disadvantaged children. The two new sites – located in Wakiso and Kasese - are the latest...

Suzi Presland is one of 7 people going to visit Uganda with the Parenta Trust, along with her husband Dave. She’ll be leaving on 5th November and, as part of the excursion, will be visiting Parenta Trust schools and meeting her sponsored child....

Formed in 2013, the Parenta Trust has achieved so much in such a short space of time. Ahead of schedule, we’ve already built 2 pre-schools in Uganda with a further two being opened next month. However, these achievements wouldn’t have been...

Press release It wasn’t too long ago that the Parenta Trust celebrated the build of their second pre-school in Uganda. Now the charity is delighted to announce that the construction of their third and fourth nursery schools is progressing as...

The employees of Parenta are continuously coming up with fresh ideas to raise money for the Trust, with some of them even getting together in small groups to help the cause. So far, the Trust has raised enough money for 4 pre-schools, with 2...

Two years ago, Parenta employee Natalie decided to sponsor a child attending a Parenta Trust nursery school. Here, she explains what this decision means to her and what difference it makes to the life of the child she supports:  I sponsor a...

PRESS RELEASE: Parenta Trust, the charitable arm of the Parenta Group, has commissioned its fourth nursery school in Uganda. The charity set itself the ambitious goal of building ten pre-schools for orphaned and disadvantaged children within ten...

PRESS RELEASE: The next Parenta Trust banger rally is scheduled to take place on 22nd-26th June, with teams meeting at the Parenta head office in Maidstone. This important fundraising event will see the charity raise money for the construction...

PRESS RELEASE Parenta Trust has broken ground for the build of its third nursery school in Uganda, which is due to be completed later this year. Parenta Trust’s second school was built in the Kaberamaido district of Eastern Uganda and completed...

PRESS RELEASE: Northern Ireland charity Fields of Life has presented Allan Presland, CEO of Parenta and founder of the Parenta Trust, with two certificates to formally recognise the Parenta Trust’s contribution to building two nursery schools in...

Unlike the UK, Uganda is classed as a Less Economically Developed Country (LEDC), which means that it has low levels of development based on economic indicators. This is evident in that only 3.2% of the country’s public spending was allocated to...

In daily family life, there are not many guarantees. Often, the very opposite event happens in place of the expected, but for a family with children the one thing that can be counted on is school. At first, for those children and parents newly...

My name is Imogen Cooper and I am the daughter of Parenta Trust Chairman Andrew Cooper. Last year we took a trip to Uganda with the charity to visit some schools and communities, and open the newest build funded by Parenta Trust. From the moment...

Last year, representatives from the Parenta Trust travelled to the Kaberamaido district in Eastern Uganda to officially open Opilitok Nursery School. The project was funded from money raised by the Parenta Trust throughout 2014, from such events...

2,200 miles....15 cars.....5 days....1 goal....to raise money to build schools in East Africa. Watch the entire journey from start to finish. Are you interested in taking part in our next...

What we do... 2,200 miles....15 cars.....5 days....1 goal....to raise money to build schools in East Africa Would you like to sign up to our next rally?     Why we do what we do......

On 3rd October, three brave Parenta employees – Samantha Russell, Lucy Upstill and Natalie MacDonald - stepped forward to take on a mud obstacle run called The Major Series to raise money for the Trust. The race took place on a 3000 acre private...

Parenta Trust are excited to announce that an official agreement has been signed to commission the build of a third pre-school. This will take place in Luwuuka, Uganda. The new nursery block will comprise 3 classrooms and is being overseen by...

A huge number of 'big name' charities are part of our everyday life, through their treasure-digging charity shops, their hard-hitting advert appeals and through posted requests (normally requiring us to fill bin bags with clothes that have not...

Paul Saunders and his friend Martin took part in the Maidstone to Monaco rally last year, raising money to help Parenta Trust build a second pre-school for children in Uganda. They completed the 1,100 mile trip through Belgium, Switzerland and...

Parenta Trust, the charitable arm of the Parenta Group of Companies, has commissioned its third nursery in Eastern Africa for orphaned and disadvantaged children. The charity was set up in 2013 with a view to extend Parenta’s message of “Helping...

Marie Kershaw, our Product Manager, wanted to share her experience of fundraising for the Parenta Trust and explain why her trip to Uganda was truly unforgettable. Last year, as we were celebrating the start of our very first Parenta Trust...

“Thinking Profit: The Journey” is an autobiography about how to grow a company under a difficult economical climate from Peter Boulton, Managing Director of plastics manufacturer Sinclair & Rush. The businessman has kindly pledged that all...

We are very pleased to share the news that we have now signed a contract with our charity on the ground, Fields of Life, to commission the build of our second pre-school in Uganda. This is the result of a staggering £23,000 raised, thanks to the...

Our very own Customer Service team have taken on a challenge of epic proportions! On 18 September, they will attempt to run, row and cycle the distance from the Parenta office to Paris - that's 240 miles! The team will be setting up gym...

Our trust is one year old next month, so I wanted to update you on what we’ve been up to, how we’ve been fundraising and what we’ve done with the money raised. What we've achieved in our first year! Last year's Maidstone to Monaco rally was a...

Amanda Presland, a trustee of the Parenta Trust, went out to break ground on our first preschool in Uganda. She told us about her time there. Download printable version It's not often you get the chance to put something discussed over a glass or...

The Parenta Trust has partnered with Fields of Life, an organisation on the ground in Africa. Debbie Cameron, Head of Development & Fundraising (GB) for Fields of Life, tells us about her experiences with the charity and how and why The...

Download printable version When I was invited to take part in the inaugural Maidstone to Monaco run in September 2013, I jumped at the chance, just knowing that it was going to be a fantastic adventure. If I am honest, the true purpose of the...

The real problem with water Water is not as rare as you might expect in Uganda. In fact, many parts of the country are lush and green. However, access to water isn’t the problem; it’s clean drinking water that’s hard to find. As many as one in...

Improving sanitation and health in Uganda One of the projects we support is Treasured Kids, in a slum known as ‘Kosovo’ in the capital city. It’s run by an amazing man called Pastor Deo, who came from the streets himself and now inspires...