Delivering a new Hippotherapy Arena

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Building Contract signed We were delighted to learn that earlier this month TPD Helenów signed a building contract for the final stage of construction of their new hippotherapy arena. The new arena will enable them to deliver treatment all year round at their centre in Wawer near Warsaw. Work is…

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Putting your donations to work!

Fundacja Iskierka Your donations have already been put to work and children are beginning to receive treatment with the recent purchase of equipment for DTI (Diffusion Tensor Imaging) Tractography which is used for: Pre-operative planning for brain cancers; and, Differentiation of brain cancers In 2018 St Andrew’s Foundation made an…

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PLN 150k for charity

Iain Leyden presents a cheque to Jolanta Czernicka-Siwecka of Fundacja Iskierka

2018 St Andrew’s Caledonian Charity Ball raises more than PLN 150,000 The St Andrew’s Caledonian Charity Ball held in the Warsaw Marriott Hotel on Saturday 24 November 2018 raised more than PLN 150,000 for the support of ill and disadvantaged young people in Poland.  Many thanks to our nearly 300…

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Help us support brain cancer treatment!

Tractographic reconstruction of neural connections by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)

PLN 45,000 donated for Brain Cancer Treatment Children’s brain cancer treatment outcomes will be improved by St Andrew’s Foundation’s recent donation of PLN 45,000 to Fundacja Iskierka, a charity supporting young people with cancer, for the purchase of equipment for DTI (Diffusion Tensor Imaging) Tractography. DTI Tractography uses include: Pre-operative planning…

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PLN 300,000 for Hippotherapy Arena

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PLN 300,000 for Helenów’s Hippotherapy Arena St Andrew’s Foundation has continued its partnership with TPD Helenów with the aim of completing an indoor Hippotherapy Arena by agreeing to make a further donation of PLN 240,000 in 2018.  The donation is made up of PLN 110,000 from our activities in 2016…

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Making a difference

Supporting childrens' charities

Your support is making a difference A huge thank you to all the guests at and sponsors of the 2017 St Andrew’s Caledonian Charity Ball – you have helped us to raise almost PLN 175,000 for childrens’ charities.  The total amount raised by the St Andrew’s Foundation over the last…

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Warming up!

Dance the night away at the Ceilidh

Final arrangements for the Ball We’re now finalising arrangements for the St Andrew’s Caledonian Charity Ball to be held at the Warsaw Marriott Hotel on Saturday 25 November 2017.  The programme for the evening, which promises non-stop action and entertainment, can be found here. Guest of Honour We’re reliably informed…

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New Ambulance for Kids’ Hospital

(L-R) Dr Barbara Kunsdorf-Bochnia, Iain Leyden, Jolanta Jolanta Czernicka-Siwecka

Donations support a new ambulance for kids On Monday 6 November 2017, St Andrew’s Foundation attended the formal handover of a new ambulance to the Emergency Department of the Upper Silesian Child Health Centre in Katowice.  From donations made at the 2016 St Andrew’s Caledonian Charity Ball we donated PLN…

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Thank you for giving so generously

Ball raises c. PLN 190,000 for charity A key objective of the St Andrew’s Foundation is to raise funds for our supported charities, currently TPD Helenów and Fundacja Iskierka.  Paul Gogolinski of St Andrew’s Foundation meets Kuba, Klaudia and Filip and learns about their hopes and ambitions in this very…

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Respirators for Cancer Hospitals

Fundacja Iskierka

Donations support purchase of respirators Fundacja Iskierka, who received a donation of PLN 90,000 from St Andrew’s Foundation (Umowa Darowizny – Iskierka (07/01/2016)), have announced the completion of the purchase of three respirators for hospitals in Chorzów, Katowice and Zabrze.  The donation from St Andrew’s Foundation was matched by contributions…

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