The website is intended to provide a hub for the activities of The Helen Foundation and will help us tell you what's going on, what we've done, what we're about and how you can get involved. To get an idea of how you can get involved and benefit from the Foundation at this early stage, please check out the "apply" section of the site.

If this is your first visit to our website, and has been prompted by the receipt of a hoax / scam email suggesting you may have won a cash award of £950,000 or similar from "The Halen Foundation" as part of a promotion or draw, then please read the phishing scam warning message that we posted a few months ago when this first started happening (and bear in mind that we are just a small local Arts charity for children, based in the South West of England, that is hardly likely to be capable of giving away such vast sums of money!).

We want to hear from you too, and the "contact us" section of the site will provide a chance for you to get in touch and share your thoughts on our plans or let us know if you have any great ideas that you would like to see us try and make happen...

The Foundation was set up as a living memorial to my daughter, Helen Kirk, and you can find more about her life in the "about helen" section of the website. Helen loved all aspects of the arts and was passionately committed to their importance in the lives of young people.

Since we started the Foundation in January 2006, we have already had a number of real successes and you can read about them in the "news" and "past events" sections of the website. You can now also see photos, video and film of past events in the "gallery" section. Background and information on the Foundation itself can be found in the "about us" section.

You can help by promoting the work of the Foundation and, of course, by direct donation. See the "donate" section of the site.

We look forward to keeping you informed.

I really hope you enjoy the site and remember, we want to hear from you!




Roger Kirk
Chairman