Lloyd's Story Launched as Children's Book
March 8, 2017
Stand Against Violence has turned Lloyd's story into book suitable for children. Lloyd Fouracre was murdered in Taunton in 2005 and the hard hitting film that the charity uses to educate future generations has proven hugely successful. The film is too graphic for primary school years and so the charity decided to adapt the story to…
Welcome to Claire!
March 1, 2017
As we say goodbye and good luck for the future to Kirsty Conger, our long time supporter and a dedicated member of the team, we welcome a new member to the SAV team, Claire. Claire McMurdo takes over from Kirsty in the role of administrator and bookings coordinator for the charity. Claire said, 'my role…
Stand Against Violence at London Peace Conference
January 15, 2017
CEO of Stand Against Violence, Adam Fouracre joined others working in the fields of peace and citizenship as a part of a panel at a London conference. The conference organised by the International Peace Youth Group (IPYG) and the International Womens Peace Group (IWPG) looked at the progressive empowerment of women and youth asking the…
Somerlap's Christmas support
December 21, 2016
Local Mark based business Somerlap held their annual Christmas Fayre in aid of charity Stand Against Violence. The event raised £600 for the charity and Adam Fouracre, CEO of Stand Against Violence said, ‘we are very grateful to Somerlap for choosing to support us at what sounded like a very successful event.’ Kevin Bond, Managing…
Thank you to the North Somerset Young Farmers
October 29, 2016
SAV would like to say a huge thank you to the North Somerset Young Farmers who kindly chose to fundraise for us over the last year. The Young Farmers raised a fantastic £800 through various activities over the year. Adam gave a presentation to the group last month and accepted the cheque. Adam said, "we…
Thank you to Blackbrook Pavilion
October 14, 2016
A massive thank you and well done to all the customers who joined Blackbrook Pavilion on their Open Day, as they managed to raise £228.76 for Stand Against Violence! Customers enjoyed use of the Gym, Fitness Classes, pools and a lucky few managed to nab a few appointments in the Spa Experience! Adam, CEO of…
11 Years Without Lloyd
September 26, 2016
It's hard to believe that we have now been without Lloyd for 11 years. A brother, a son and a good friend to so many. It's easy to put those we have lost on a pedestal and always talk about the positives. As Lloyd's brother I could tell many stories of the typically sibling rivalry…
Claims Consortium Awards Evening
September 23, 2016
We were honored to be invited to our main sponsors award evening on the 9th September. Claims Consortium have been a charity sponsor and supporter for several years. Their support, both financially and with voluntary time and expertise has meant so much to SAV so we were pleased to be able to give something back.…
Fear Challenge supporting Stand Against Violence
September 23, 2016
On the 16th October 7 brave volunteers leaped 30 ft from the fan descender platform at Vivary High ropes to raise money for SAV. Hayley and Bobby of Tesco, Taunton worked hard collecting sponsorship and fundraising in store before taking the leap. Debbie and Michele of Claims Consortium also took the plunge raising valuable awareness…
Somerset Chamber Support SAV with Charity Golf Day
September 15, 2016
The Somerset Chamber of Commerce has presented a cheque for £3,200 to Stand Against Violence (SAV) following this year’s Charity Golf Day. Now in its tenth year, the annual fundraising event, which took place at Oake Manor Golf Club in August, raises funds for a different Somerset-based charity every year. Over sixty business people took…