Events Programme 2024-25
It is with great delight that we announce the year’s Events Programme for April 2024 to March 2025.
See below for the whole year’s calendar boasting a wide range of our most popular events: entertainment and social events, sports, respite breaks, challenges, day trips, concerts, fun days and afternoon teas.
To register your interest for any of these events please email events@thenotforgotten.org with the name of the event in the email subject line.
PLEASE NOTE, many of our events are heavily oversubscribed (we know, we wish we could programme more and take every single one of you!) – registering your interest does not guarantee you a place on the event BUT it does get you on the list for consideration.
Also please note our inbox will be incredibly busy over the next few weeks and you may not get a response immediately. Please be patient as we make our way through all our emails.
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April
Until 7 April – Ideal Home Show, Olympia, London.
Come and help as a volunteer (email annie@variety-collective.co.uk) or get discounted tickets to
attend as a veteran here
8 – 12 April – Concerts in Care Homes
15 – 19 April – Concerts in Care Homes
May
9 May – Day outing on the Bluebell Railway, Sussex
Email invitations have already gone out (to applicants who expressed an interest last year).
13 – 16 May – Concerts in Care Homes
17 May – Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. All invitations to this have already been issued via email.
June
1 – 7 June – ‘The Mask Project’ respite break to Ashcombe, Devon
This is a new event about which we will provide more information and attendance criteria. Please await further details before applying.
6 June – Founders’ Day at the Royal Hospital Chelsea
All places are already allocated on this (to applicants who expressed an interest last year).
6 June – D-Day commemorative 80-mile cycle ride, coinciding with national D-Day commemorations
More information to follow.
6 June – D-Day Afternoon tea and concert, HMS Collingwood
10 – 14 June – Concerts in Care Homes, Scotland
July
1 – 12 July – All England Lawn Tennis Club Championships, Wimbledon
Please note applicants must be able to negotiate stairs unaided.
8 July – Fun Fest, venue TBC
9 July – Fun Fest, Milton Estate, Peterborough
10 July – Fun Fest, venue TBC
11 July – Fun Fest, venue TBC
12 July – Fun Fest, venue TBC
15 – 19 July – Concerts in Care Homes
30 July – Brands Hatch Track Day
August
12 – 16 August – Concerts in Care Homes
21 – 28 August – Respite break to Maison 10, France
September
2 – 16 Sept – Concerts in Care Homes
9 – 13 September – Gwennili Trust sailing week on The Solent
16 Sept – Drive-In Concert, venue TBC
17 Sept – Drive-In Concert, Venue TBC
18 Sept – Drive-In Concert, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
19 Sept – Drive-In Concert, venue TBC
20 Sept – Drive-In Concert, Helmingham Hall, Suffolk
25 Sept – 2 Oct – Respite break to Majorca
October
1 – 3 Oct – Snowdonia Challenge event
We would love many beneficiaries to be involved in this – details to be announced.
16 – 23 Oct – Respite break to Majorca
25 – 29 Oct – Carp fishing respite break, Cornwall
Exact date TBC – Afternoon tea with entertainment, Cumbria
November
9 – 10 Nov – Remembrance Weekend – Festival of Remembrance (TBC) and Cenotaph Parade
11 – 15 Nov – Respite break to Ashcombe, Devon
22 Nov – Day trip to the Races at Ascot
As well as guest attendees, veteran volunteer collectors will be needed for fundraising – let us know if you can help.
December
Christmas Reception at St James’s Palace – Date TBC
Festive lunches all around the UK – dates TBC
January 2025
Lunches around the UK – dates TBC
