SOS Africa is a charity set up by a gap year student from Shepton Mallet which aims to support education for underprivileged children in Africa. As a part of their SOS Africa School Bus Appeal, they are holding an exciting fundraising event at Kilver Court this weekend (10-11th December).

12 daredevil teams from the local area (including some of our Emporium and Café staff),  will take it in turns to abseil down the side of our viaduct over the course of the weekend. 

The SOS Africa School Bus Appeal has an overall target of raising £10,000 in order to afford a school bus that can be used to transport their growing number of pupils to and from school safely. You can follow their progress and make donations on their ‘Just Giving’ page – every penny counts!

It would be great to see members of the public turn out to support the event, which starts at 9am and ends at 4pm on both Saturday and Sunday.