Article Source: Bracknell News Adam Theofilatos A WOMAN is trekking the entire Great Wall of China for charity after inspiration struck on the food shop. Heather McLeish, from Wokingham, will be taking on the enormous hike with the hope of raising more than £2000 for the Ollie Young Foundation- a brain tumour charity. Ollie Young was … Continued
What a way to finish his news years resolution – being on the front cover of the Wokingham paper AND having cake and sweets for breakfast! Alex Dando decided to give up sugar for 2 months in memory of his friend who died of a brain tumour in 2015, aged 7. We are so so … Continued
Pupils from Hawthorn School took part in the walk in 2016 Article Source: Bracknell News By Gemma Davidson, Senior reporter, Bracknell News ENTRIES for this year’s Wokingham Walk are now open. Walkers are invited to complete a five, 10, or 15-mile walk around the countryside surrounding the town, with a brand new 20-mile route being added … Continued
By Phil Creighton The Ollie Young Foundation wants Wokingham people to wear blue this February A LOCAL charity wants everyone in the borough to have the February blues. This month the family of Ollie Young will remember what would have been his birthday and also mark the anniversary of his death from an incurable brain tumour. … Continued
Article Source: Get Reading By Francesca Perryman, Get Reading Families in Wokingham relived a classic comedy favourite as the Ollie Young Foundation fun day hosted It’s a Knockout. The games from the hit BBC TV series was just one of the many attractions and fun activities on offer at the charity family fun day held at Cantley Field … Continued
Ollie Young Foundation Volunteers Article Source: Get Reading By Megan Fisher, Get Reading It’s a Knockout and the family fun day will take place on Sunday, August 14 Relive the 70s and 80s by being a part of and playing Wokingham ‘s very own It’s a Knockout. The games from the hit BBC TV series will be … Continued
The author will be giving a talk and signing copies of his new book, Forever Evil. Author Harry Dunn will be visiting Wokingham Library this September to talk about his new novel. On Thursday, September 24, Harry will be giving a talk about his new book, Forever Evil, which is the second in the Jack Barclay crime series. … Continued
HUNDREDS of dogs of all shapes and sizes came together for a charity dog show. Basingstoke and District Dog Training Club held a companion dog show at Basingstoke War Memorial Park on August 2 to raise funds for the Ollie Young Foundation and Southern Lurcher Rescue. Over 500 dogs entered the popular contest and battled against each … Continued
Family part of the 750 strong fun runners A Newbury family ran the rainbow in Reading to help fund a children’s hospice. Dr Emily Harrop, her husband Adrian Clark and their two children, nine-year-old Maisie and six-year-old Leo, ran the Reading Rainbow Run as team ‘Cross Country Clarks’ on June 21. The family were among more … Continued
More than 2,500 VW cars and campers were on show at Dubs at the Park in Bracknell on Sunday. Thousands of car lovers flocked to Dubs at the Park on Sunday, May 17. This year’s show at Easthampstead Park Conference Centre in Bracknell was the biggest yet with more than 2,500 cars and camper vans on show. … Continued
Mark Morriss, of The Bluetones, will headline Dubs at the Park but what else is on? Hundreds of VWs of any age, condition and type will roar into Bracknell next weekend for the 12th annual Dubs at the Park event. After launching the event in 2004 the London & Thames Valley VW Club is expecting a bigger … Continued
The annual extravaganza, organised by the town’s Lions Club, drew in more than 15,000 people for a day packed with fun activities. Families enjoyed everything from negotiating giant inflatable obstacle courses and slides and riding a miniature motorised train to scaling outdoor climbing walls and watching Punch and Judy shows. Caroline and Kevin Pring, from … Continued
