Students from four of the various Dundee Campus's helped raise £470.00 for 'Bob the Builder' in aid of the Malindi fundraising project in Kenya.

The theme "Bob the Builder" was chosen to represent "buy a brick and build a school". Todate, progress on the School building is going well (please see the www.churchontheway.net website for update).

A group of volunteers from COTW (Church on the Way), lead by Pastor Eddie Henderson and his wife Trina are going out to Malindi, Kenya in July 2009 where they will hand over all fundraising money collected throughout the year.

We wish everyone a safe journey.

A big thank you to all who donated at the various Dundee Campus's. Yours sincerely,

Steven Billen
Managing Director

As seen from the photograph, progress is being made on the first building and slowly but surely the two teams who worked on the project have really achieved much. God has been so good to us and has already opened up a door to make it possible to take another building team out to Malindi in July 2009 (proposed dates 10-24 July), so plans are underway to look into booking flights etc. for the twelve members of the team (8 from Ireland and 4 from Scotland).

Each team member has to pay their own costs, flights, accommodation etc., which comes to about £1,000 per person. We now need to raise finance for the continued work on the building and we have set the target at £5,000 which will help us purchase further building materials needed to advance the building work significantly.

Elaine Billen (Shop4Life MD’s wife) is one of the COTW members who is going to Malindi in July and has already contributed to the fundraising via a "Shark Dive" which raised £1,000 together with a quiz night which was held at "The Fort Bar", Broughty Ferry and raised a further £331. A good time was had by all attendees.

Future Fundraising Events Planned (COTW):
* 27th February 2009 - Disco karaoke night will be held at "The Gaiety Bar", Charlestown, Dundee - CANCELLED.
* 23rd March 2009 - "Buy a brick and build a school" fundraising day at all five campuses of Dundee College. Students from Dundee College will be collecting funds for the Malindi Project by dressing-up as "Bob the Builder" and selling signed "bricks" to the staff and students.
* 31st March 2009 - Ladies Night at "The Dome", Blairgowrie. This will be an opportunity for ladies to get together for a chat, wine, snacks and to buy from a range of products (jewellery, scarves, make-up etc). There will also be a "Silent Auction" with all funds raised going to the Malindi Project. The night starts at 7.30pm, all ladies are welcome. Yours sincerely,

Steven Billen
Managing Director

Dr Elaine Billen (Shop4Life MD's wife) risks all in aid of swimming with sharks on her charity fundraising day out at Deep Sea World, North Queensferry, Scotland in December 2008.

Elaine is a regular member of Church on the Way (www.churchontheway.net) where she has now been given the role of fundraising co-ordinator for the church.

The swimming with sharks was her way of achieving a fundraising event for COTW's Malindi Project (building of a school/meeting place for the street children of Malindi) in Kenya, Africa.

Elaine's swim with sharks helped achieve fundraising of £1,000.

Well done Elaine. Yours sincerely,

Steven Billen
Managing Director

Steve (Managing Director of Shop4Life) and his wife Elaine are active members of Church on the Way, a small Christian fellowship in beautiful, rural Perthshire in Scotland.

As Christians, we intend to run Shop4Life with trust, integrity and honesty at all times. Suppliers, manufacturers, investors and customers can be guaranteed that we will endeavour to uphold our Christian values in all that we do and stand for, and we will never knowingly mislead, or misrepresent.

Although Shop4Life is a for profits company and business we will ensure our prices are fair and affordable. As our company grows we will give a percentage of our profits to deserving causes and charities. In 2009 Shop4Life’s dedicated charity is Erskine, which cares for ex-Service men and women.

Shop4Life encourages both Christian and Non Christian customers to support our business. Yours sincerely,

Steven Billen
Managing Director

As an ex-Serviceman himself, Erskine holds a special place in Steve’s (Managing Director) heart. We at Shop4Life are all too aware of the sacrifice, contribution, dedication and bravery of all our Armed Forces; and our aim is to fully support Erskine in any way that we can.

Who are Erskine ? (Charity Registration No SC006609)

Founded in 1916, Erskine has provided nursing and medical care for former members of our Armed Forces through two world wars and the more recent conflicts and peace keeping initiatives of the twentieth and twenty first centuries.

Re-building shattered lives, restoring dignity and providing first class care to ex-Service men and women both young and old have been the cornerstones on which Erskine has built an unrivalled reputation. Over 70,000 have been cared for by Erskine and demographics indicate there is demand for places up to at least 2020.

Colonel Martin Gibson, Erskine's Chief Executive says; "At Erskine we focus on people's abilities rather than their loss of abilities, and donations ensure that we can continue to provide a quality of life to veterans who have served their country regardless of age. Every donation, whatever the amount, makes a big difference, and every penny goes towards creating a homely environment for brave men and women who have helped to preserve our way of life." Yours sincerely,

Steven Billen
Managing Director

Shop4Life welcomes and appreciates your feedback. We read all customers correspondence, whether it be positive or negative. Having first obtained your permission (on the feedback page), we will post your name and relevant comments on our website.

You may wish to comment on our - products, prices, delivery, website design, website navigation, use of scriptures, charity of the month, or any other matter. We would like to inform you that we are grateful for the time you have taken to write your comments and we realise that we are very privileged to be able to accept any feedback which may help us to improve our services, or website.

It is only by reading and acting upon the views of our customers that we can better our service and grow our business.

Thank you. Yours sincerely,

Steven Billen
Managing Director

Our aim at Shop4Life is to offer customers high quality products sourced from ethical suppliers and manufacturers.

In 2008 we intend to increase our range of product categories to include the following:

• CD’s & DVD’s
• PC Hardware
• PC Software
• Educational Software
• Toys
• Food
• Drink

and more...

New product ranges will be added as and when we find innovative products for our discerning customers. Shop4Life is currently negotiating with suppliers of contemporary giftware, fashion accessories, technology, toys, food and drink products.

Shop4Life invites new and old suppliers to contact us about their latest range of quality goods.

Thank you. Yours sincerely,

Steven Billen
Managing Director

Shop4Life has the facility to promote and advertise you company on our website.

Whether you wish to increase your brand awareness, advertise you company and website, promote your latest product and service, increase your sales, or require extra traffic to your website... we can help.

Our services are very flexible and affordable (early bird prices currently apply).

We can offer you the following types of advertising solutions on Shop4Life:

• Static banner advertising
• Animated banner advertising
• Rich media banner advertising
• Banner exchange program

At the moment our services are realistically priced (due to our new website launch). Our prices will inevitably increase (in the coming months) as we monitor and record our website statistical traffic and monthly page impressions.

If you would like to take advantage of our ‘early bird’ prices and flexible advertising solutions, please contact us to request further information on our services and ‘early bird’ prices.

Thank you. Yours sincerely,

Steven Billen
Managing Director

After 12 months of development, Shop4Life proudly presents a state of the art, online shopping experience for all UK customers. Having worked closely with our technical advisors we have ultimately designed our e-commerce website with the discerning customer in mind - clear information, ease of navigation, company contact details, quality products, fair and affordable prices, and much more...

Our website incorporates a contents management and database administration system for controlling all written text, uploaded pictures, our prices, discounts, special offers and more...

However, for those purely interested in shopping, Shop4Life photographers have taken beautiful images of our quality products to stimulate your senses. Using the preview image page it is possible to see close up and finer details of individual items from different perspectives. Our aim is, and always will be, to honestly describe and represent quality products for you the customer to buy.

Throughout the Shop4Life website you will see items that are not readily available in the high street. We have sourced our products from as far afield as Nepal, China, USA, Italy, India and the UK so that we have a broad, eclectic range to offer all tastes.

Shop4Life offers our customers the opportunity to send us feedback (both good and bad) with regards to any part of our website – products, customer service, delivery, pictures, our scriptures or any other aspect... We welcome and appreciate the time you have spent in supplying us with your valuable written feedback. This will help us to improve our service and to offer you (our customer) a quality shopping experience for life.
Yours sincerely,

Steven Billen
Managing Director