Crown Agents golf day in Bulgaria

SofiaEcho, 06 Nov. 2007

Crown Agents held a charity golf day at St Sofia Golf Club and Spa on October 26 to raise funds to support a school for disadvantaged children.

The day was aimed at supporting the Traditzia Foundation’s continued commitment to the Vassil Levski primary school in the village of Vidrare, municipality of Pravets. The school has 65 disadvantaged children between the ages of seven and 15, who are of Roma origin, from poor families or who have mental and physical disabilities.

Among the players and the guests at the tournament were representatives of the Ministry of Finance, including the National Customs Agency, the National Revenue Agency, the Financial Intelligence Agency and the State Receivables Collection Agency, as well as the British embassy and business organisations.

Funds were also raised through a charity raffle, organised by Crown Agents and the Traditzia Foundation. The raffle prizes were kindly donated by a number of business organisations. The new British ambassador to Bulgaria, Steve Williams, drew the winning tickets for the raffle.

The British embassy team won first prize in the golf competition. Crown Agents’ Programme Director, Brian Banks, awarded them the Crown Agents Trophy. A multinational team from Denmark and Sweden were runners-up.

“Crown Agents and Traditzia believe that such events are a very good way for attracting the attention of the business community to the problems of disadvantaged people,” Crown Agents said in a media statement.

The school in Vidrare, which will receive the donation from the golf tournament, is one of the more than 30 social institutions supported by the Traditzia Foundation. It was established with the support of the British embassy to help socially disadvantaged artisans to help themselves through craft consultation, art therapy, business education and direct market access trough a gallery opened in Sofia. The result is the preservation of Bulgarian traditions, and a self-reliant life and sustainable income for the most vulnerable groups.