Category: Fundraising

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

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.”

Footsteps father Nick Streeter will be embarking on the jump of his life when he throws himself out of a plane with the Red Devils next August. Nick’s three year old daughter Chloe suffers from an undiag- nosed genetic disorder and attends Footsteps. Nick says “ the impact Footsteps has had on our lives as a family has been incredible, Chloe has started to take a few steps and her confidence has soared”. Nick’s fundraising target is £500 and when ques- tioned about his training methods he said “ the only training i’ll be doing is a couple of pints in the pub before hand for dutch courage!”

After a double booking and last minute race to find a replace- ment spider Itsy Bitsy the Chilean Rose Tarantula raised eye- brows as well as temperatures during a sponsored Tarantula hold on Saturday June 19th in Wallingford. Deputy Mayor Imran Lokhon, Former Mayor Lynda Atkins, seven girls from Cranford House Girls’ School in Moulsford, and Footsteps fundraiser Polly Gibson braved the hairy Tarantula for one minute each. Mem- bers of the audience were also invited to hold Itsy Bitsy, a 93 yr old lady made the trip especially to hold Itsy, and one young lady only agreed to do it if £50 was pledged by her husband! Even the Mayor of Wallingford Bernard Shaw joined in the fun by timing the event and even having a little hold himself. Former Mayor Lynda Atkins said “ Itsy and I got on so well I held him for longer than the designated minute, I wanted to prove a point to all those who doubted I could do it”
The group raised over their target of £1000. A big thank you to Itsy Bitsy and his handler Carol Jones & to the Corn Exchange, Wallingford for the use of their Auditorium.

Wallingford’s annual Blues & Beer Festival took place on Friday 4th & Saturday 5th June. The festival was setup to promote music and raise money for local charities. This year Footsteps Founda- tion and the Wallingford School Fun band were chosen as the benefitting Charities .
The Weekend was headlined on Friday night by Paul Jones and The Blues Band, who played to a packed out Regal Centre. Wal- lingford School Fun band provided music on the Saturday after- noon alongside local girl Jodie O’Callaghan, and the weekend was rounded off with Cry Baby & the Hoochie Coochie Boys and the small but powerful Connie Lush.
With over 40 barrels of Beer on offer and a BBQ the weekend was an outstanding success. Funds raised will be collected at a presen- tation evening on September 11th.