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
Finchampstead FC raise more than £1000 for Ollie Young Foundation in ‘Dads v Lads’ match
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!
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
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
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
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.
Our wonderful friends at Reading University Drama Society (RUDS) held their annual cabaret evening with a virtual audience via Youtube this year due to the Coronavirus. As they say…the show must go on! It featured performances from lots of RUDS members that have all been filmed and edited over the term and pulled together to … Continued
Proceeds from the Great #Woky Virtual Pub Quiz in September have been donated to the Ollie Young Foundation (OYF), a local charity which funds targeted paediatric brain tumour research and support. Nigel Page, president of the Lions club, presented a cheque for £320 to Sarah Simpson, founder of OYF. Sarah Simpson said: “We are extremely grateful to … Continued
Today we should have been down by the sea cheering on our 4 amazing fundraisers in the Brighton Marathon. Sadly, like many other events, this has had to be postponed due to the Coronavirus until later in the year. One of the team, Simone Gibson, was traveling over from Australia to take part but unfortunately won’t … Continued
We wanted to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you for taking part in our #feBLUEary event. We have been amazed with all your support, wearing blue and raising money and the profile of the OYF. #feBLUEary #oyf
Thank you for joining in our shenanigans in town today for #feBLUEary. We had great fun and loved seeing so many of you supporting the OYF. Thank you also to Wokingham Market for your support and for a great spot too! And a massive thank you to Hayley and Richard from Joyful Journeys who lent … Continued
