Charity fundraising run by an award-winning photographer
Charitable fundraising ...
I have provided all the pre-launch photography and web design services to Prom Dreams, a voluntary organisation based in Horsham, West Sussex providing prom dresses and suits to teenagers whose families were unable to afford to hire or buy them.
I have also shot charity fundraising calendars for Help for Heroes, Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research and Cancer Research UK.
However, in 2009 I attended two charity fundraising photoshoot days, one at Brownbread Horse Rescue, near Battle in East Sussex, and the other at a privately owned venue for Help for Heroes at Ardingly in West Sussex, run by a fellow photographer. But when that photographer was unable to continue, the following year I took on the mantle.
And so was born "Barney's Group Shoots".
2022 was, for me, the the thirteenth and final year in the UK, and in that time over 120 different photographers and over 200 different freelance models, dancers, actors, acrobats and more, ably supported by makeup artists, hair stylists, fashion designers and many others, all of whom have given their time freely, have raised thousands of pounds for a raft of different charities.
Here's the list so far, with details of the venues, all of which have been donated free-of-charge. The events are now run by two of Barney's close friends, actor and film director Marcus Massey and model Leah Meraki. If you would like to seek their support for your charity, then please come up with a venue, and they'll do the rest.
2010: Brookwood Kennels and private golf course, Dorking - charities: Dogs Trust and Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.
2011: Warnham Deer Park, Horsham (by kind permission of Jonathan Lucas) - charity: Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.
2012: Lee Farm, Patching (by kind permission of Lady Sarah Fitzalan-Howard) - charity: St Barnabas Hospice.
2013: Rockwood House "The Secret Mansion", Godalming (by kind permission of John Blue) - charity: Facing Africa.
2014: Nutbourne Vineyard, Pulborough - charities: SAFE Rwanda and Pallant House (Chichester) Access to Art for the Disabled.
Models year by year: Natz (freelance model) 2022, Elle Farran (dance student) 2021; Krista (freelance model) 2020; Layla (freelance model) 2019; Chloe (freelance model) 2018; Chaarlotte (freelance model and professional fitness trainer) 2017; Yokruiz (freelance model) 2016; Roseanne (professional model) 2015; Pia (hobby model) 2014; Lexi (freelance model who is also a professional photographer in her own right) 2013;; Kirsten (professional model / make-up by Toni Todd) 2012; Becky (freelance model) 2011;; Courtney (professional model and dancer) 2010;.
2015: The Chiddinglye Estate, West Hoathly (by kind permission of Lord Edmund Limerick) - charity: Offham Old Church Restoration Fund.
2016: The Chiddinglye Estate (by kind permission of Lord Edmund Limerick) - charity: various restoration projects
2017: Stopham Vineyard (by kind permission of the trustees) - charity: Stopham Parish Church Restoration Fund.
2018: Brownbread Horse Rescue, Battle - charity:
Brownbread Horse Rescue.
2019: Free Rein Horse Rescue, Burwash - charity: Free Rein Horse Rescue.
2020: Arun CIC Exact, Littlehampton - charity: Arun CIC Exact
2021: Tinwood Vineyard, Halnaker (by kind permission of Jody Tukker) - charity: Prom Dreams
2022: Mount Noddy animal rescue, Chichester (by kind permission of the trustees) - charity: Mount Noddy
Please use the email link below to enquire about running such an event.