Three boys from Oxfordshire have completed a 100 mile non stop cycle from Bristol to Reading along the Kennet and Avon canal raising money for Footsteps Foundation. Thomas Digby, Al Squires and Will Dolan who all took part in a similar challenge last year said “ This challenge was really tough, and we got lost!” So far the boys have raised £660.
Category: Fundraising
3 Peakes, 24 hours, 1 Broken Elbow!
Raising a fantastic £28,968 which was split between five charities including Footsteps Foundation.
We were invited to collect the cheque at a presentation lunch held at the head office in London where we heard first hand about the broken elbow – Ouch!
Shakespeare Marathon
Footsteps Fundraiser Nick Portsmouth completed the Shakespeare marathon and raised over £800 for Footsteps Foundation.
Finishing the race in 4hrs 23 mins and coming 729th place out of 1077 people.
Well Done!
Volunteers needed
We are currently looking for more volunteers to help us with local events. We need Raffle ticket sellers, bar staff and ticket staff to enable us to run more events in aid of Footsteps Foundation. If you are willing & can spare a couple of hours or simply want to get involved in the organising of events please contact polly@footsteps foundation.com
Dorchester Festival supporting Footsteps
Footsteps Foundation is delighted to have been chosen as the supported charity for the 2011 Dorchester Festival taking place Friday 29th April—Sunday 8th May 2011. The ten day bi-annual festival of music and art is set to draw crowds and raise money for Footsteps Foundation. Previous performers have included The BBC Elstree Concert Band and The Tallis Scholars, with book readings and activities for the children there is also a craft fayre and live music in several locations throughout the village of Dorchester. For more information visit www.dorchesterfestival.com and put the dates in your diary.
Calling all Marathon Men and Women
Six men and women took on the task of the British 10K in July raising over £2000 between them. This year a large amount of fundraising has been done through sponsored marathons. In 2011 we are fortunate enough to have obtained a much sought after Silver Bond place in the Virgin Lon- don Marathon and are looking for a runner to raise a minimum of £2000. We also have another six places for the British 10K 10th anniversary marathon next year. If you are interested in taking part please contact polly@footstepsfoundation.com. We are now registered with Virgin Money Giving as well as JustGiving to make all your online donations easier.
Calling all 2011 Runners!
We are now recruiting runners for our marathon places in 2011.
We are fortunate enough to have a silver bond place in the Virgin London Marathon for 2011.
We also have six places available for the 10th anniversary British 10k run in London.
If you are interested in taking part or would like more information please get in touch.
Footsteps supported by Play2give
Footsteps Foundation is delighted to be supported by Oxfordshire’s Play2give. On Saturday 23rd October Play2Give will be hosting a charity night at The Bowyers Arms in Radley. Money raised on the night will go to Footsteps Foundation & The Oxford Children’s Hospital (CHOX) Play2give was set up three years ago by Andrew Baker who was treated at The Oxford Children’s Hospital when he was younger, with the help of others #play2give organise charity events. The evening will include disco/karaoke, bingo, raffles, auctions, fireworks and a buffet plus lots more. Tickets sold in advance please contact : play2give@hotmail.com
Golfers Swing into Action & Raise a Wedge
The Swindon Business Golf day held at Wrag Barn in July raised £1445 for Footsteps Foundation. The day of golf and evening of raffle prizes and auctions was organised by Sharon & Rodrigo Villegas who after visiting Footsteps decided to support us through their love of Golf.
13 teams from around the county took part in the day dodging the showers and wind. Whilst the Footsteps team didn’t walk away with a team prize, our Footsteps fundraiser’s dad, Chris Gibson won the putting competition on his first attempt – Well Done Dad!
A flag signed by Padraig Harrington was auctioned for £200 and a football boot signed by Cesc Fabregas sold for £250. A big thank you to Fish Bros (Honda) for sponsoring the event, and to Fotographica for donating a percentage of their takings from the team photos sold.
Henley 5 Smash 3 Peaks Target
In June five Henley mums completed the 3 peaks challenge in 26 hours after having a bit of a hick up when their driver got lost on the way to Scarfell Pike!
The team of five lead by Joanna Bailey were over the moon to have completed the chal- lenge and to have received so much support from family and friends in raising so much money. “We began hoping to raise £3,000 but the final tally is over £7,000.”
The top of Ben Nevis was cold, wet and windy. Having climbed Snowden first, set- ting off at 6am and then driving over to the Lakes to climb Scarfell they began Ben Nevis at about 3am. The final walk started in rain which then turned to sleet further up the mountain.
“We had managed to get about 4 hours sleep between Scarfell and Ben Nevis so it was a bit of a slog but there was no way any of us were giving up.”