Summer Fair and Silent Auction taking place in Chichester for charity

It’s set to be held at the Boxgrove Village Hall (The Street, Chichester PO18 OEE). THINK18 is a Sussex-based local charity that has activities for young adults aged 16 to 35 years with moderate to severe learning disabilities.

In a statement, the charity said: “We would like to raise funds to enable our young adults to participate in new events in a safe, supportive environment.

“The fair will offer a variety of activities to keep everyone entertained, including a silent auction. There’s the chance to bid on prizes such as a holiday in Wales experience vouchers, electronics, a year-long art course with Willowing Arts, treasures from the past and more."

Live entertainment will be headlined with Lindy Hoppers, from the Sussex Sax Band who playing along with other THINK18 young adults.

Tessa Denison, the founder of the charity said: “We are delighted to celebrate our wonderful charity, THINK18, at our Midsummer event and hopefully encourage the wider community to join us for a great afternoon and to meet some of our members.

"Our young adults will be performing and helping at the event and are very excited to be part of the celebrations along with their family and friends.

"To give these young adults fantastic new experiences and opportunities, we have an established pool of over 20 instructors and volunteers, enabling our members to participate in Zoom activities, face-to-face sessions, adventures and new trips, workshops and lots of other things too.

"We operate from over 5 different venues offering a minimum of 6 activities per week; often having to organise a bus and teams to support external experiences.

"Core costs need to be covered to organise rotas, events, safeguarding, facilitators and the charity cannot run without an admin structure in place.

"Our fundraising campaigns will help to continue to run activities with a difference and help with core costs. It is becoming increasingly difficult to acquire grants for daily costs, but we would like to thank all our current benefactors for supporting us.

“There is still a lot of work to do to enable our young adults to lead fulfilling lives full of wonderful experiences. We would be thrilled to raise more than £1,000, every small donation helps greatly!”