Shirts follow-up, Finances update

Hi everyone, hope all is well with you.

Recently we posted this blog about football shirts: https://friendsofpakati.com/2025/04/06/shirts/

*Simon & Chris outside the Iron Bar, 12th April*

I am delighted to say that one of our good friends, Simon, a football shirt collector & fellow Scunthorpe United fan, has bought them as a job lot! Thank you Simon👍

Finances

Thanks to both our regular donor & 2 separate people, we now have moved the total in the bank to £376.28 as confirmed on our Finances page https://friendsofpakati.com/finances/

*Brad Mell, Cuan Forrest & Chris Walker at Glanford Park/Attis Arena*

Following a meeting with our new friend Cuan Forrest (see here – https://friendsofpakati.com/2025/04/13/out-of-the-shadows-meet-cuan-forrest/ ) we are looking at a potential boost to our funds, which will allow us to do more to help both Pakati schools, & maybe reach out to others in Ward 14 as before.

Many thanks to Scunthorpe United for facilitating & hosting the meeting between Cuan Forrest & Friends of Pakati, a new partnership which we hope will lead to more help for Pakati schools

Coming soon…

Details of our meeting with Cuan, including a podcast

Developing new objectives & other possible changes

Author: Friends Of Pakati

My name is Chris Walker, and between January 1989 and September 1991 I worked, through VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas), at Pakati Secondary School in Murehwa South district in Zimbabwe. I was a Maths teacher for 2 years, the Acting Head for the last 8 months there. I have also taught in Botswana & the UK, had 4 years working for VSO, and have been a Civil Servant in Bradford since 2005. View All Posts