After years planning, praying, giving and constructing, the Social, Medical & Training Centre was officially opened on Sunday 20th September. Sixty supporters flew to Sofia for three days of celebrations and the Official Opening with a tape-cutting ceremony at the entrance of the new Centre by Tedi Oprenov, Pastor of Sofia Baptist Church and Geoff […]
Three intrepid cyclists will be cycling over 700 miles to Sofia, starting today, 10th September, to raise funds for the new Social, Medical and Training Centre in Sofia, Bulgaria. They are Richard Taylor, a Chartered Surveyor, Mark Corcoran, a General Practitioner and John Wallis, Engineer, all based in Bristol in the UK. The new centre contains […]
Following the success of last year’s parachute jump, our daredevil honorary secretary Geoff Wallis will be celebrating his 65th birthday this August by ‘flying’ across Penrhyn Quarry in Snowdonia at up to 100 mph on Europe’s highest and fastest zip wire. Geoff will be zipping along 500ft above the ground in order to raise money […]
A fantastic sum of over £4,000 (including Gift Aid) was raised for BPT at the annual garden party held at Clevedon Court on Saturday 3rd May 2014. Clevedon Court, now a National Trust property, is one of the most interesting historic houses in England with its medieval Great Hall, Library, Museum of Elton glassware and […]
2013 was an action-packed year for Bulgarian Partners Trust – here are just a few of the fundraising events and activities that took place this year… Fundraising Roundup 2013 The Bulgarian Partners Trust was registered in 2003 so we have now supported the construction of the new Social, Medical, and Training Centre and Feeding Station […]
They did it! On 18th October 2013, Richard, Mark and Tedi reached Sofia safe and sound. The Bristol to Sofia Cycle Ride was completed ahead of schedule in just three weeks, although Richard returned home part-way through when sadly his mother was taken ill and passed away. Tedi Oprenov took his place, and Richard was able […]
The Challenge Richard Taylor and Mark Corcoran are taking the challenge and cycling 1700 miles from Bristol to Sofia, Bulgaria, to raise money to fit out a newly built Medical Centre on behalf of the Bulgarian Partners Trust.
In June, 15 children from the Sofia Baptist Church Sunday School (7-14 years of age) did a fundraising climb to the top of 7,557 foot high Vitosha Mountain, Cherni Vruh. The mountain is much higher than Ben Nevis, so some of the children found it quite challenging, but the determined bunch were telling people they […]
Our first fund-raising event this year took place on 2nd February at Clevedon Court, Somerset. In a historic hall with a real-candle chandelier and roaring log fire, Anna-Margarita Oprenova, and her string quartet Leto from the Birmingham Conservatoire entertained us with a programme of British and Bulgarian pieces performed exquisitely. A wonderful three-course folk-buffet followed, […]
First floor – main entrance and medical center On this picture you can see Tenio (a member of our church) putting the tiles on the floor. At present he is doing most of the work at the church – painting, gluing tiles, plastering, bricklaying… He and his family are new members in our church; I […]