I am organising a funding raising event for the charity MBL on the 17th of May. The charity is dedicated to supporting the adopted Chinese children in this country and helping the disadvantaged (disabled or poverished) children back in the rural areas in China (for more details please go to MBL’s website http://www.motherbridge.org ). The event will include activities such as:

Chinese Tea Tasting
Speech by Li Lipei from Chinese Consulate
Arts Performance
Chinese Dim Sum and drinks
Speech by Frances Christensen General Manager from Confucius Institute, Edinburgh University
Auction

I’m very proud that we’ve got the confirmation from one of the most distinguished Gu Zheng artists in China to play at our event as well! Gu Zheng is a very elegant, extraordinary traditional Chinese instrument. You can find its information on Wikipedia, and if you’d like to know a little bit more about the instrument, there’s a very good example on Youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Obs7qVZBcs0&feature=related

The event is aimed to help people know more about Chinese culture and Chinese people. The funds for the charity will be raised through the form of an admission fee from every guest, which can be contributed online through http://www.justgiving.com/rbsjames

The procedure is as follows:

1. Any child under 15 can come to the event for free.
2. We’d like to invite adult guests to make a donation of £15/person (you’re of course very welcome to donate more than that!) on the website http://www.justgiving.com/rbsjames . As the Inland Revenue would match up with 28% of any donations, please remember to tick the ‘tax payer’ box when you’re making the payment. Also, please note that the website charges the charity for a transaction fee at a higher rate if you pay with a debit card than if with a credit card.

I know some of you may have had other plans for that day already. If that’s the case, I’d appreciate it if you could forward this email to any of your friends who might be interested in knowing more about China and making more Chinese friends. Also, we’d be very grateful if you would support MBL by making donations at: www.justgiving.com/mbl or www.justgiving.com/rbsjames

I’m looking forward to seeing all of you at the party!

Many sincere thanks for supporting me and MBL’s charitable work for Chinese children!

Best wishes,
Linda Hu
hu_yuhua@hotmail.com

These contributions can be made by post or through our website. For donations over £10, please include your contact details so that we may send you a copy of our new book, Motherbridge of Love!

The easiest way is to visit our donation page (hosted on an external site), and if you’d like us to send you a copy of Motherbridge of love, please leave your details and address in the message box when giving your donation.

We would also love to hear your suggestions for the coming year. If you have any thoughts for us or any ideas you would like to see come to life, please feel free to share them with us through the website or through our new MBL page on Facebook. We are always looking for new ways to reach out to the global community. Thank you for your interest in MBL and our work!

We wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year!

As our charity is growing fast, we are constantly looking for volunteers for various projects and office duties in London. The jobs advertised here are voluntary, with reimbursement to cover reasonable meals and travel expenses. Trainings will be provided to volunteers. 

As a volunteer, what benefit can you get if working with MBL? 

    * A good opportunity to make your contribution to the rapidly developing and sharply ramified society in modern China, to help Chinese children with poor living, health and education conditions as well as overseas adopted children who have no adequate exposure to their root culture.
    * A great learning opportunity to gain insights and knowledge in terms of organisational development for a cross cultural charity internationally
    * To get first-hand and latest knowledge and understanding towards the fast-growing China as it is today.
    * Excellent platform to access relevant networks at different levels both in China and the world (professionals, governors, and business people etc.)
    * A great work placement experience if you are school leaver or a new comer for the job market
    * Free access to our Chinese cultural library
    * To shadow management experience on project/event/arts related activities

Crrently we are looking for volunteers for the following positions:

Office Administrator 

We are looking for an office administrator to help us to organise our daily office work.

You main duties include:

    * Compile, sort and record information of contact details from various resource
    * Daily office correspondences and meeting minutes.
    * Receiving, sorting and sending office mails and emails
    * Telephone communications
    * Various errands according to the daily works

Skills required are:

    * Good command of English language, with profound writing and communication skills
    * Patience, reliability and carefulness are essential to this job.
    * Good office teamwork and motivations are important.
    * A commitment of at least three months.
    * A HR educational background is a bonus, though not necessary

The volunteer is required to work in the organisation’s London office (near Notting Hill Gate) for four days per week. Working hours and pattern are negotiable. Job share will be considered. 
 

Accountant Officer

Roles and responsibilities: 

    * Prepare journal entries; manage general ledger and subsidiary accounts.
    * Prepare monthly financial statements, including distributing monthly revenue and expenditure reports to the CEO.
    * Analyzes and reconciles expenditure and revenue accounts, including trustee accounts and sponsorship reports.
    * Calculates and prepares volunteer monthly reimbursement billings and tracks receivables.
    * Assists with the preparation of the MBL projects budgets.
    * Provide consultation on departmental personnel with budget questions, proper expenditure coding and other accounting related activities.

Skills Required: 

    * An excellent attention to detail
    * A high level of accuracy
    * A good team player
    * A relevant educational background or experience

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 Roles and responsibilities: 

    * Write press release in bi-lingual languages (English and Chinese)
    * In charge of quarterly newsletters writing and distributing
    * coordinating and manage the charity online information for web manager to upload
    * Assist marketing/fundraising and other department to communicate efficiently externally
    * expand and manage useful pool of database within and out with media field
    * Assist any charitable events with media advise
    * advise CEO on external communication strategy

Skills Required: 

          o Media sense and observation is essential
          o Communication and presentation skills both in spoken and written English
          o Analytical, sharp thinking and problem solving skills
          o Experience in working with volunteers would be a bonus
          o A good team player
          o A good time keeper
          o Media degree or experience in the related field would be beneficial

Marketing Officer 

Roles and responsibilities 

    * Specifically to examine the current marketing trend in the filed of education, culture, and children in china, UK, and the rest of the world.
    * To design appropriate marketing research format and conduct marketing research

          o To analysis the data gathered and complete a finding marketing report

    * To develop an appropriate marketing model for a cross cultural charity in the international context.

          o To develop the charity marketing literacy and relevant membership brochure
          o To produce marketing strategy with the Executive Director

    * To make recommendations to the Executive Director in the cooperate strategy in terms of the charity branding.

          o To establish a team to implement the agreed marketing strategy

      Skills Required: 

          o Marketing skills
          o Communication and presentation skills both in spoken and written English.
          o Analytical and problem solving skills
          o Experience in working with volunteers would be a bonus.
          o A good team player

Research Officer 

Roles and responsibilities: 

    * To gather market information in connection to the current development in education, culture and children in china, UK and the rest of the world
    * To create an information bank in the area mentioned above
    * To make recommendation to the different programme managers according to the updated information gathered
    * To inform different network managers on the market changes and discuss any changes that affect the operational strategy
    * To establish and develop a funding and resources bank in order to support the charity networking, developmental activities and provide the market intelligence in term of fund raisings and sponsorships

Skills Required: 

    * Information gathering, compiling and managing  skills
    * Communication Skills
    * A good team worker
    * Ability to analyse the difficult information situation
    * Forward thinking

The working hour for the above four jobs is flexible and most of the workload is home-based. However, from time to time you may be asked to go over to the organisation’s London office (near Notting Hill Gate) for team meetings and group discussions.

Please contact MBL via headoffice@motherbridge.org to send your CV or for further enquires Tel: 020-70340686. For more information of the charity MBL, please visit www.motherbridge.org .

Mothers’ Bridge of Love (MBL) is a children’s charity in the UK. Registration No. 1105543.