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This is where you can find information on what we’re up to and what generous others are doing to support us. If you’re planning an event or partaking in something to help us, please get in touch. We’d love to add your news here. You can also download our Foundation logo.
• English Hair and Beauty Awards
on 06/05/2012
Location: The Midland hotel, Manchester
The Katie Piper Foundation is the charity partner for the English Hair and Beauty Awards to be held in February. The evening, which will recognise the very best in the English Hair and Beauty industry, will also be a fundraiser and the Foundation hopes that many thousands of pounds are raised on the night. For more information click here for the press release.• Arrows Group chooses KPF as Charity of the Year
on 03/05/2012
The Katie Piper Foundation was invited to speak at Arrows Group AGM on 3rd May, after the Foundation was chosen as Charity of the Year by the specialist recruitment agency. Katie spoke to the entire Arrows Group team about the journey which led her to setting up the Foundation and what a difference their support could make to other burns survivors. Arrows Group have pledged to raise £5,000 for the Foundation and are planning various activities, small and large, to raise this. The Charity Committee all joined Katie on stage as she provided them with KPF t-shirts!
The Katie Piper Foundation was invited to speak at Arrows Group AGM on 3rd May, after the Foundation was chosen as Charity of the Year by the specialist recruitment agency. Katie spoke to the entire Arrows Group team about the journey which led her to setting up the Foundation and what a difference their support could make to other burns survivors. Arrows Group have pledged to raise £5,000 for the Foundation and are planning various activities, small and large, to raise this. The Charity Committee all joined Katie on stage as she provided them with KPF t-shirts!
on 22/04/2012
There was a break in recent wet weather to allow pleasant conditions for runners in this year’s London Marathon. A big ‘thank you’ to those who ran for the Katie Piper Foundation, including Paul Piper, Leah Grant, Ros Ponder, Olivia Clancy, Catherine Carr, Mike Salisbury, Bob Toomey MBE, Rebecca Macey & Peter Wootton. They collectively raised nearly £12,000 (including Gift Aid), a really impressive total!!
Katie with her brother Paul & girlfriend Leah
Katie & Olivia Clancy
Katie with our trustee and Elite runner, Ros Ponder who completed in 3:12hrs
Katie & Catherine Carr from Jones Lang LaSalle
There was a break in recent wet weather to allow pleasant conditions for runners in this year’s London Marathon. A big ‘thank you’ to those who ran for the Katie Piper Foundation, including Paul Piper, Leah Grant, Ros Ponder, Olivia Clancy, Catherine Carr, Mike Salisbury, Bob Toomey MBE, Rebecca Macey & Peter Wootton. They collectively raised nearly £12,000 (including Gift Aid), a really impressive total!!
It was great to spot people running for KPF and cheer them on. Congratulations to all who took part - I’m so grateful for your support and proud of your achievement. Thank you for raising so much for the Foundation! Katie x
Katie with her brother Paul & girlfriend Leah
Katie & Olivia Clancy
Katie with our trustee and Elite runner, Ros Ponder who completed in 3:12hrs
Katie & Catherine Carr from Jones Lang LaSalle
on 01/04/2012
For the second year running the Katie Piper Foundation will benefit alongside the Eythorne Rovers Youth Football Club and the Tilmanstone Colliery Welfare Cricket Club from a fun run. The 3km fancy dress fun run will have fans, players, parents and club officials taking part and their aim is to raise more than 2011. Colin Smith, [add in what you do for the clubs here] has organized the event at the Tilmanstone Miners Welfare Ground near Dover for April Fool’s Day. As last year the proceeds will be split with the larger share going to the Foundation. Colin (volunteer fundraiser) said “Katie Piper is an inspirational lady and our members at Elvington and Tilmanstone Colliery Cricket Club and Eythorne Rovers feel honoured to have her Foundation associated with our small but proud clubs. We will do our best to smash last year's total of £551 and we all wish Katie and her fantastic staff the very best for the future with this great cause."
For the second year running the Katie Piper Foundation will benefit alongside the Eythorne Rovers Youth Football Club and the Tilmanstone Colliery Welfare Cricket Club from a fun run. The 3km fancy dress fun run will have fans, players, parents and club officials taking part and their aim is to raise more than 2011. Colin Smith, [add in what you do for the clubs here] has organized the event at the Tilmanstone Miners Welfare Ground near Dover for April Fool’s Day. As last year the proceeds will be split with the larger share going to the Foundation. Colin (volunteer fundraiser) said “Katie Piper is an inspirational lady and our members at Elvington and Tilmanstone Colliery Cricket Club and Eythorne Rovers feel honoured to have her Foundation associated with our small but proud clubs. We will do our best to smash last year's total of £551 and we all wish Katie and her fantastic staff the very best for the future with this great cause."
on 11/03/2012
Team Touch, comprising 13 hardy runners (several unavailable for the photo shoot), have decided to start the new year with a bang and have either begrudgingly or been peer pressured into signing up for the Bath Half Marathon in March! Through a friend we are connected with Katie, and thought what better way to make the run much more meaningful for us all by raising awareness and money for the Katie Piper Foundation. With a mix of running experience, with a few having done them before to several being their first time, we all have our own goals for the race but share the same target to raise at least £2000 to support the Foundation.
Training got underway back in November and will peak in February! A few injuries and moans here and there haven’t stopped everyone getting out and training, fingers crossed the team competition on the day may have a KPF winner! We would like to thank everyone for the support so far!”
If you would like to support Team Touch please visit here.
Team Touch, comprising 13 hardy runners (several unavailable for the photo shoot), have decided to start the new year with a bang and have either begrudgingly or been peer pressured into signing up for the Bath Half Marathon in March! Through a friend we are connected with Katie, and thought what better way to make the run much more meaningful for us all by raising awareness and money for the Katie Piper Foundation. With a mix of running experience, with a few having done them before to several being their first time, we all have our own goals for the race but share the same target to raise at least £2000 to support the Foundation.
Training got underway back in November and will peak in February! A few injuries and moans here and there haven’t stopped everyone getting out and training, fingers crossed the team competition on the day may have a KPF winner! We would like to thank everyone for the support so far!”
If you would like to support Team Touch please visit here.• Fashion Show at Brighton and Hove High School GDST
on 08/03/2012
BHHS raised £1000 for The Katie Piper Foundation by staging a fashion show. The whole school worked together with over 180 models from Year 7 to Year13 showcasing clothes from stores in Brighton. The event was organised and managed by the Sixth Form girls to raise funds for their favourite charities.
BHHS raised £1000 for The Katie Piper Foundation by staging a fashion show. The whole school worked together with over 180 models from Year 7 to Year13 showcasing clothes from stores in Brighton. The event was organised and managed by the Sixth Form girls to raise funds for their favourite charities.
on 06/03/2012
Louise Allen is organising a Charity Ballroom Blitz in aid of the Katie Piper Foundation at Clifton Moor Community Centre in York on 6 March. She teaches ballroom fitness classes and hopes that many of her regular members will join in the fun. Louise said:
Louise Allen is organising a Charity Ballroom Blitz in aid of the Katie Piper Foundation at Clifton Moor Community Centre in York on 6 March. She teaches ballroom fitness classes and hopes that many of her regular members will join in the fun. Louise said:
"I would like to support the Katie Piper Foundation because Katie and the foundation has a really important message for people- that it’s what’s on the inside that makes a person, not their face or body. This message is important for today's society which is so focussed on being perfect; our differences - whether it be a scar, burn or disability - are what makes each of us individual and I think the Katie Piper Foundation can really represent a real world where everyone is different from each other and proud to be."
• Kings College for the Arts & Technology Fundraiser
on 25/02/2012
Location: Tescos, Guildford Head of Year 8 at Kings College for the Arts & Technology in Guildford, Chris Batterbee, arranged for 13 Year 8 students to help with packing bags at a local supermarket to raise money for the Katie Piper Foundation. They all did fantastically well at the bag pack on Saturday and in an hour and a half raised £176.58 - a staff collection will hopefully push the final total to over £200 for this event. In the photo are the students with the local Tesco Duty Manager. Kings College are hoping to organise more fundraising activities for the Foundation later in the school term - a dodgeball event and cake sale are just two ideas and Chris has also decided to sacrifice his dignity by putting himself in the stocks to have wet sponges thrown at him by staff and students, all in the name of Katie!!!
Location: Tescos, Guildford Head of Year 8 at Kings College for the Arts & Technology in Guildford, Chris Batterbee, arranged for 13 Year 8 students to help with packing bags at a local supermarket to raise money for the Katie Piper Foundation. They all did fantastically well at the bag pack on Saturday and in an hour and a half raised £176.58 - a staff collection will hopefully push the final total to over £200 for this event. In the photo are the students with the local Tesco Duty Manager. Kings College are hoping to organise more fundraising activities for the Foundation later in the school term - a dodgeball event and cake sale are just two ideas and Chris has also decided to sacrifice his dignity by putting himself in the stocks to have wet sponges thrown at him by staff and students, all in the name of Katie!!!
• Keith Packwood’s Year of Challenges
on 24/02/2012
A Year of Challenges Keith Packwood is not one to sit still. This year, to raise money for the Katie Piper Foundation, he is taking on 4 challenges starting with the Barcelona Marathon in March. Then onto Edinburgh for the Marathon there in May. Before the Snowdonia Marathon in October Keith will be climbing Mount Elbrus (Russia) in August! With indirect personal experience of burns, and having read Katie’s book, Beautiful, Keith has been moved to let his actions speak louder than words. There is also mention of a Coast To Coast Cycle Challenge – but watch this space!
A Year of Challenges Keith Packwood is not one to sit still. This year, to raise money for the Katie Piper Foundation, he is taking on 4 challenges starting with the Barcelona Marathon in March. Then onto Edinburgh for the Marathon there in May. Before the Snowdonia Marathon in October Keith will be climbing Mount Elbrus (Russia) in August! With indirect personal experience of burns, and having read Katie’s book, Beautiful, Keith has been moved to let his actions speak louder than words. There is also mention of a Coast To Coast Cycle Challenge – but watch this space!
on 12/02/2012
Location: Andover Following 2 sell-out concerts in 2010 and 2011, Mark T Lazenby and Maureen Faill are pleased to present
Location: Andover Following 2 sell-out concerts in 2010 and 2011, Mark T Lazenby and Maureen Faill are pleased to present
• Saving Face Premiere
on 30/03/2012
It was a genuine privilege for me to introduce Saving Face at the human rights festival this week. I am very proud of our trustee Mr Mohammad Jawad – the focus of this incredible film. Above all I think the bravery shown by the women in this film is outstanding. Saving Face empowers survivors, raises awareness around what is often a taboo subject, and has brought the topic to a global stage. Please take a moment to visit the websites of Islamic Help , ASTI and ASF Pakistan who are the charities who were instrumental in funding the treatment and care of acid attack survivors in Pakistan: http://www.islamichelp.org.uk/smilesbetter http://www.acidviolence.org/ http://acidsurvivorspakistan.org/ Katie x
• Katie’s new book - Things Get Better
on 19/03/2012
Due to for release on 24th May.
It is difficult to comprehend the severe trauma Katie suffered leading up to and during the acid attack which left her with deep physical and emotional scars. These terrible events would have crushed most people, but through her positive outlook and sheer determination, Katie has become inspirational to millions and living proof that no matter what life throws at you, if you work hard and believe - things will get better.
Katie now begins to answer the question that everyone wants to know - 'Where did you find the courage?' She shares the key steps and support that led to her emotional recovery and acknowledges the pain we have all felt at times, whether suffering a breakup, life change or more serious trauma. Drawing on her own experiences and letters from other survivors, Katie shows with spectacular compassion that we can all find the strength within to carry on.
Watch Katie talk about her new book:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVXuiHCbAW8
Pre-order Things Get Better:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Things-Get-Better-Katie-Piper/dp/1780874774
Due to for release on 24th May.
It is difficult to comprehend the severe trauma Katie suffered leading up to and during the acid attack which left her with deep physical and emotional scars. These terrible events would have crushed most people, but through her positive outlook and sheer determination, Katie has become inspirational to millions and living proof that no matter what life throws at you, if you work hard and believe - things will get better.
Katie now begins to answer the question that everyone wants to know - 'Where did you find the courage?' She shares the key steps and support that led to her emotional recovery and acknowledges the pain we have all felt at times, whether suffering a breakup, life change or more serious trauma. Drawing on her own experiences and letters from other survivors, Katie shows with spectacular compassion that we can all find the strength within to carry on.
Watch Katie talk about her new book:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVXuiHCbAW8
Pre-order Things Get Better:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Things-Get-Better-Katie-Piper/dp/1780874774• Documentary: Saving Face wins an Oscar!
on 06/03/2012
‘Saving Face’, a documentary featuring British/Pakistani plastic surgeon, Mohammad Jawad has been awarded the Oscar for Documentary Short Subject, the 84th Academy Awards®. Saving Face the Oscar winning documentary, chronicles the work of pioneering plastic surgeon, Mohammad Jawad as he travels to his birthplace, Pakistan, to treat survivors of radically disfiguring acid attacks, the majority of whom are women targeted by family members. It will debut on HBO in the USA on 8th March, and be shown on Channel 4 in the UK in early April, after being screened as part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival UK, on March 28th and 29th, 2012. Acid attacks on women in Pakistan are a not uncommon, if un-spoken about phenomenon. SAVING FACE is the story of two survivors of such attacks — their battle for justice and their journey of healing through the pioneering surgical work of Mr Mohammad Jawad.
‘Saving Face’, a documentary featuring British/Pakistani plastic surgeon, Mohammad Jawad has been awarded the Oscar for Documentary Short Subject, the 84th Academy Awards®. Saving Face the Oscar winning documentary, chronicles the work of pioneering plastic surgeon, Mohammad Jawad as he travels to his birthplace, Pakistan, to treat survivors of radically disfiguring acid attacks, the majority of whom are women targeted by family members. It will debut on HBO in the USA on 8th March, and be shown on Channel 4 in the UK in early April, after being screened as part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival UK, on March 28th and 29th, 2012. Acid attacks on women in Pakistan are a not uncommon, if un-spoken about phenomenon. SAVING FACE is the story of two survivors of such attacks — their battle for justice and their journey of healing through the pioneering surgical work of Mr Mohammad Jawad.
“I am so grateful for the Academy’s recognition of this film and the issues highlighted here. No-one who sees these women could fail to be moved. Each beautiful in their own way, their lives have been destroyed, their faces and bodies disfigured, often by members of their own families. They are the real heroes here. They have been ostracised from society following the terrible attacks that have been inflicted upon them. I merely try to restore God’s creation, which has been destroyed by such evil acts of human beings, in the best way I know how. I hope that awareness of the cause will help to eradicate this beast of a man-made disease from society.” — Mr JawadMr Jawad was catapulted to fame when the story of Katie Piper, the model disfigured by a vicious acid attack was made into a documentary by Channel 4, My Beautiful Face. As the surgeon who saved her face, is also a trustee of the Katie Piper Foundation. Mr Jawad hopes that the public awareness generated by Saving Face will serve as a global platform for the establishment of a charitable foundation to enable him to build upon and expand his work with burns victims in Third World countries. He plans to set up the Sarvat Jawad Foundation, in honour of his mother, to additionally enable skills transfer and allow him to pass on his invaluable expertise to local surgeons. Credits Naked Edge Films Directed by Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Produced by Daniel Junge
on 24/02/2012
Oscar Nomination for Mr Jawad
Oscar Nomination for Mr Jawad
on 08/02/2012
St Brides Church, Fleet Street, London
Katie Piper Foundation alongside RAFT benefitted from monies raised at a choral concert being organised by Sister Snog – one of London’s leading business clubs for women who mean business. The truly The Sisters of Soul was joined by All the Kings Men, the London Gay Men’s Chorus This truly remarkable evening involved outstanding performances from Sisters of Soul (Sister Snog’s very own choir) , All The King’s Men, Eden Voices, the London Gay Men’s Chorus and and Eden Voices, who recently released a cover of True Colours featuring our very own Ambassador, Adele. Also featured, was Sara Spade- The Ukelele Lady, with readings from Katie Piper, Sharon Simpson and Ferrial Syed. The whole evening was brilliantly compered by Jeni Barnett, Radio and TV presenter. A huge ‘thank you’ to all those involved and for your support of the Katie Piper Foundation.on 07/02/2012
Channel 4 Tuesday 7th February at 9pm
Katie says “I am excited to announce that I have been filming a new documentary which is going to be shown on Channel 4 next week (Tues 7th February at 9pm). It is entitled Katie: The Science of Seeing Again and it shows me having my 110th op, using controversial cutting-edge science, which could truly transform my life, providing me with my only chance of seeing again through my badly damaged left eye. After spending three and a half years struggling to accept that I would forever be blind in one eye, I heard about pioneering surgery that could potentially restore my sight using the extraordinary power of stem cells. I tracked down the doctor responsible for it and have put myself forward to be one of the few people in the world to undergo the treatment, which entails transplanting stem cells directly into my eye. I hope that you find the programme as interesting to watch as it was for me to film!” Watch it on Channel 4 - 4oD• Katie Piper Foundation December Newsletter
on 22/12/2011
Location: KPF HQ
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