Charity Donations
Ed Vaizey makes regular donations to local charities in the constituency.
In 2007 he raised £10,000 in sponsorship by undertaking a husky dog trip across the Arctic Circle.
In addition, he also gives money he earns from speaking engagements to local charities.
So far, Ed has made the following donations, totalling £18,100:
Wantage Museum
Autism Treatment Trust
Royal British legion
Wantage Silver Band
Faringdon Roller Skaters
Summer Playscheme at Fitzwaryn special school;
Wantage Independent Advice Centre;
Faringdon Skate Park;
Wantage Emergency Services Ball;
Danny Campbell Leukemia Fund;
David Brunton Memorial Fund;
Vale and Downland Museum;
TRAIN in Didcot (youth work project);
Style Acre;
Charlton Acorns;
Faringdon Area Project;
Summer Playscheme at Fitzwaryn School;
Ladygrove Park Holiday Playscheme;
Didcot Thong Rangers;
Wantage Almshouses;
Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust;
Merton College, Oxford;
Ed also provides tea for two at the House of Commons as an auction or raffle prize for many fundraisers across the constituency. He estimates he has helped raise several thousand pounds for charity through this scheme.