The law in the United Kingdom states that full time education is compulsory for all children between the ages of 5 (4 in Northern Ireland) and 16, the compulsory school age. In England, compulsory education or training has been extended to 18 for those born on or after 1 More details >

With just over one month until December 25th, the shops are laden with Christmas merchandise, and festivity planning is underway. It is during this period that charities welcome extra funding and this year The Butterfly Tree is running an appeal More details >

The Butterfly Tree 2020 Charity Calendar is now available to order. Companies generously sponsor each page of the calendar, which covers all printing costs. Miranda, one of our Trustees, freely designs the calendar and all the pictures are ones which I More details >

‘Celebrated every year on 19 August, World Humanitarian Day is directed towards honoring humanitarian efforts worldwide and propagating the idea of supporting people in crisis’. The Butterfly Tree’s humanitarian programmes have been operating in Zambia for over thirteen years and More details >

After seven years of excellent service Mydonate is closing on the 30th June. Since 2012 British Telecom has provided us with a free platform to facilitate our online donations. We have recently conducted extensive research and pleased to announce Kindlink a More details >

As many of you, who regularly read our newsletters, will know I always try to report positive news as we are saturated with shocking and depressing news. Therefore I have given it a great deal of thought before writing this More details >

The Butterfly Tree 2019 Charity Calendar is now available to order. Companies generously sponsor each page of the calendar, which covers all printing costs. Miranda freely designs the calendar and all the pictures are ones which I have taken during More details >

The Butterfly Tree Charity Calendar is now available to order. Companies generously sponsor each page of the calendar, which covers all printing costs. Miranda freely designs the calendar and all the pictures are ones which I have taken during my More details >

World Malaria Day 2017’s global theme is ‘End Malaria for Good’. The World Health Organisation is shining a spotlight on prevention, a critical strategy for reducing the toll of a disease that continues to kill more than 400 000 people annually. Every 60 seconds a child More details >

From its concept in 2006 one of my aims was that The Butterfly Tree would to attract Travel Philanthropists from all over the world. The area where we are based in Zambia is close to one of the most magnificent More details >