An intrepid grandfather is preparing to undertake a mammoth African ultramarathon challenge, six years after he had to quit it after suffering from what he later found was cancer. Dale Thomas, 66, from Burghfield, is set to take on the Desert Ultra, a 155-mile (250km), five-day trek across the Namib Desert in Namibia in November. … Continued
Can’t believe that one week ago we were anticipating how the summer fun day would turn out. Hoping and praying that the weather would be kind and that people would come out and visit us. And you didn’t disappoint! Having had time to reflect on the day (and for our bodies to recover from all … Continued
Thank you Wokingham.Today for featuring our 2024 Summer Fun Day. https://wokingham.today/the-olliettes-have-done-it-again/ The Olliettes have done it again
Wow…what an adventure Dale and Alan have been on! For 19 days they have walked a total of 600km (373 miles) and have clocked up 829,315 steps along the way Although they didn’t complete entirely what they set out to do due to a fair few injuries between them, we think they have surpassed their … Continued
Thank you so much Hawthorns PTA – Wokingham for inviting us along to your summer fair yesterday we had a really great day and raised over £160 for the OYF Due the fun and games we had setting up our gazebo in the wind and rain, we (thankfully offered by the PTA ) made a … Continued
Wow, what an Ollie Cup we had on Sunday!! 14 teams, 125 players, 36 games, 94 goals scored, over £1600 raised AND Cougars FC took the trophy home for the third time running – congratulations boys, very well deserved! It was tough competition all round this year with all teams having to battle it out … Continued
Thank you so much to Emmbrook Junior school for holding a ‘Wear Blue Day’ last week in aid of the OYF! You guys helped raise a huge £210 for our charity which will go towards our research project And a huge thank you to @_.alicemeldrum._ for nominating the OYF and telling the school all about … Continued
We’d like to say a huge, huge thank you to Gub Singh for very kindly sponsoring the OYF to be featured on the Ashridge Park Football Tournament signage over this weekend. We feel very honoured, thank you!
Molly’s Colour Obstacle Run for charity was cancelled at the last minute, but rather than let it get her down, she pulled in a friend and they both did their version of the run by running around Ascot racecourse and completing 7.7km! Amazingly well done Molly Bird and Anna, great achievement guys and thank you … Continued
Wow!! What an amazingly great Bank Holiday Monday we had at the Wokingham May Fayre Thank you to everyone who came along to our stall and either played on our classic Tombola, brought a selection of our homemade cakes or popped a donation in our bucket, you helped us raise a whopping £998!! that’s blinking … Continued
What if you could sit in a relaxing cosy corner with a good ole book and your favourite cuppa AND raise money for charity…well, Winnersh Garden Centre has just the thing for you! They have set up a Coffee Haven Coffee Corner inside their cafe where, for a small donation, you can grab a book … Continued
We wanna give a huge shout out and thank you to Manhattan Associates for choosing the OYF as their Charity of the Year. We were among four other charities in the UK and got the highest votes . Thank you so much to Peter Azzopardi for nominating us and singing our praises, we are truly … Continued
