Pageant is a small UK Registered Charity, established in 2002. We help schools and other educational establishments in The Gambia, and arrange sponsorship to allow students to continue their studies. We also provide help to improve the quality of life, particularly in village communities, as this often has a profound effect on education.

• Our Projects Page summarises all of Pageants activities.
• Our News Page keeps you up to date with Pageant news, with links to detailed news items.
• Our Members Page contains information which is mainly of interest to Pageant Members.
• The Pageant News Blog, has breaking news, with frequent postings from our team in The Gambia. Selected posts are copied to web pages to form structured archives - see this index.
• Contact us for further information on any of the topics listed on this page.
• Privacy & Cookies Any information you send to us is subject to our privacy policy. We do not use cookies on this website.

Information

• Background Information More about The Gambia and its education system - see also our Links Page for links to a number of useful sites with more information.
• Short Brochure If you need a single page brochure describing Pageant's activities, please print out and use this.
• Maps Page has an outline map of The Gambia, showing some of the places where Pageant is active. It has links to Google maps, which show the exact position of many of the schools we work with.
• Gambian Schools Index lists all schools which Pageant is associated with, including those where we just have sponsored students.
• UK Schools Index lists UK schools which help Gambian schools in association with Pageant.
• Website statistics - If you are interested in how well our website is performing, this page gives you month by month graphs for hits and visitors to the site.
• Monitoring web page changes - If you would like alerts when any of our pages gets changed, we can recommend some services which allow you to set this up.

How you can help

• Join Pageant

  For just £10 a year, you can become a member of Pageant. Membership subscriptions cover all our running costs, as well as funding some of our projects. This means that 100% of any donation reaches The Gambia to help the people there. See full details of membership.

• Sponsor a child's education

  Although most education is provided free in state schools, the family must still pay for books, food, uniform and travel, and older children have to pay some tuition fees. Pageant's scheme allows you to sponsor a child, who might otherwise have to withdraw due to lack of funds. Students seeking sponsorship are normally recommended to us by the head teacher. Administration costs are covered by Pageant, so all of your sponsorship money goes directly to the family, without any deduction. See full details of our Sponsorship Scheme, and have a look at children and young people looking for sponsorship on our Sponsorship Enquiry Page.

• Ethical Gift Scheme

  Pageant has an Ethical Gifts Scheme, which operates throughout the year. There is a list of gifts ranging in value from upward. You purchase a 'Gift Token' for your friend or relative, and schools, children or villagers in The Gambia benefit from an ethical gift which is sure to be greatly appreciated. At Christmas we supply the Gift Tokens in a specially designed Pageant Christmas Card.

• Make a Donation

  to Pageant by sending us a cheque to the address shown on our Contact Page or Donate Online with a credit or debit card, You can choose to make a donation to be used at our discretion, or choose a specific Pageant project.

• Take advantage of Gift Aid

   If you are a UK taxpayer, then your donation to any UK charity can be increased by (More about how Gift Aid works)

• Shop Online and Raise Money for Pageant

  If you already shop online, here is a way to raise money for Pageant at the same time as you shop. Easyfundraising is a shopping directory with over 2000 online retailers on its list. Each of these makes a donation of a small percentage of the purchase price to Pageant, but it doesn't cost you an extra penny. Also you can do online searches through a special Pageant search page, earning money for Pageant each time you click.
  (more information about using these services)

• Organise a Fundraising Event

  If you are planning to organise or take part in a sponsored event or raise sponsorship in some challenge, then our Fundraisers Page tells you how Pageant can help. Examples of previous fundraising events can be seen on our Fundraising Page.

• Donate school equipment

  If you are involved with a UK School, either as a teacher or parent, please consider donating unwanted equipment or furniture for us to send to The Gambia. Also surplus office furniture can often be used by schools with older students. You can see the sort of equipment which schools require and how we ship things to The Gambia.

• Send or take smaller items

  We are often asked what items visitors to The Gambia can take with them. This list of smaller items shows you things which are gratefully received by schools or village communities. We can arrange for your items to be picked up in The Gambia. Please contact us for details.

• Join the Blog Team

  Have a look at the Pageant News Blog. If you are involved in a fundraising event for Pageant, or a link-up with a Gambian school, or you can provide news from The Gambia relevant to Pageant, then what about joining the team?
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