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5th November 2021

Dual-drug treatment offers hope to children with rare brain cancer

Article Source: The Guardian Scientists make ‘promising’ breakthrough on fast-growing DIPG type of tumour Human DIPG cells (orange) grown on a mouse brain ‘slice’ (light blue), treated with the drug combination and showing cells dying in the middle. Photograph: ICR London Scientists have successfully combined two existing cancer drugs to create a treatment for children … Continued

28th September 2021

The Ollie Young Foundation announces £170,000 research funding for the Institute of Cancer Research, London.

The Ollie Young Foundation (OYF) has committed £170,000 to the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) to fund 2 years of the research of Yura Grabovska – a Bioinformatics Officer in Professor Chris Jones’s Glioma Team. OYF funds research, like Yura’s, to improve the outlook for other children with brain tumours.  Yura’s expertise is vital in enabling the … Continued

15th September 2021

Parents of boy who died of brain cancer raise £170k in his memory

Article Source: Bracknell News PARENTS of a five-year-old boy who died of brain cancer have managed to raise more than £150,000 through the charity they started themselves. Ollie Young first complained of dizziness and losing his balance to his parents Sarah and Simon, Wokingham residents, when he was just five years old. Despite at first thinking he … Continued

21st July 2021

Dale and Alan pedal to the line for the Ollie Young Foundation

Article and photo source: Wokingham Today JOGLE: Dale Thomas and Alan Francis reached Land’s End after cycling 950 miles TWO CYCLISTS completed an epic fundraising challenge for a Wokingham charity this month. Dale Thomas, a past Wokingham resident, and his long-term friend Alan Francis, set off on their 950-mile adventure on Monday, June 21. They … Continued

13th June 2021

Newport pensioners to cycle the UK for brain tumour charity

Article and Photos Source: South Wales Argus TWO PENSIONERS from Newport will take on a mammoth cycling challenge to support brain tumour research. Alan Francis and Dale Thomas, both 61, are set to cycle nearly 1,000 miles from John O’Groats to Lands’ End. The pair have been friends since attending Durham Road Infants School in 1963, and … Continued

31st May 2021

#Woky spring charity market

Thank you to #wokyspringcharitymarket and all our supporters who came along and brought cakes, merchandise, made a donation or simply stopped and had a chat, we’ve had a super super day and have raised over £471! Thank you!

23rd May 2021

Thank you Wokingham Lions Club!

Wow!! Such amazing news. Thank you so so much Wokingham Lions Club for thinking of us and a big thank you to all who took part “Wokingham Lions Club are happy to announce that we will donate a total of £4,500 to nine local charities. These funds were provided by more than 500 walkers who … Continued

1st March 2021

A New Hair-Blue for #FeBLUEary

What a fabulous start we had to #feBLUEary Ollie’s dad, Simon, has gone all out for this year’s #feBLUEary by having his hair dyed blue by budding hairdresser Lola. Over the course of the month Lola has made a hair-raising £2000 and has been blown away by people’s generosity and support. You have done an … Continued

23rd February 2021

Harrys 100!

4 year old Harry had been set a challenge from school in memory or Captain Sir Tom Moore, to complete something 100 times. He decided that he would cycle round the green outside his house 100 times. And wanted to raise £100 for charity. After reading about Ollie and the OYF Harry said to his … Continued

23rd January 2021

Lights Brighten up 2020

We are so so grateful to our wonderful friends on Culloden way for raising a massive £509.87 from another amazing Xmas light display. Thank you again Claire and Jason, you are truly wonderful 💙And thank you to everyone who popped their pennies in the collection box and donated online, this certainly brightened our new year.