Source itv-x. When five-year-old Ollie Young died from an incurable brain tumour, his mother Sarah Simpson set up a charity in his name. Now 11 years on, the Ollie Young Foundation has raised nearly three quarters of a million pounds to help fund research and help support families. Ollie was a cheeky and much loved … Continued
The Ollie Young Foundation (OYF) has committed a further £174,000 to the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) to fund 3 years of research. The money will enable scientists to continue working on vital data analysis and drug screening for another three years. Ollie was a cheeky and much loved little boy who enjoyed school and … Continued
#feBLUEary Thank you sooooo much to everyone that got involved in our #feblueary event last month and helped turn our social media blue. Just Ollietastic !!
Massive massive thank you to Claire and Jason for their wonderful Christmas light display last month which raised £304.14 for the OYF Thank you also, to everyone who popped along to Culloden way to see their beautiful display and popped some pennies in the Ollie pot.
Another year gone and 2022 completes our 10th year anniversary. Over the past 10 years you beautiful people have helped us raise over £725,000!! Back in the beginning we could only imagine what the future held, but we were always hopeful. Always believing. And here we are. Our ultimate aim of finding a cure or … Continued
OYF 10 for 10 Thank you to everyone who stopped by and popped their loose change into our OYF pots on Sunday down at Tesco in Wokingham. You lovely lot have helped top up our research pot by £157.65
A huge massive THANK YOU to Scott Thomas at ROBO Electrical who offered his services to put up your outdoor Christmas decs. In return, he asked for a donation to the OYF. Thank you to everyone who booked in a slot, you helped raise a whopping £300 and the displays are now lighting up the sky!
David took to Wokingham this morning to complete his #OYF10for10 challenge! He went to 10 different coffee shops to drink 10 different coffees. Armed with his Ollie pot he raised over £34. We cannot expresso how much this beans to us, thank you David! I’m sure he must be flying through his Christmas shopping on … Continued
OYF 10 for 10 December challenge The lovely Rosie has been inspired by her cousin Oakley looking dapper in his hats. As dog Mum Kelly recently wisely said “everyone is the best at something” and yes, Rosie has found her “something” – sleeping! Here’s Rosie’s ten favourite sleeping poses, I’m sure you’ll agree, it’s definitely … Continued
OYF 10 for 10 Challenge If you go down to the woods today you’re sure of a big surprise, you might just have come across Sarah and the children who challenged themselves to find ten things that you’d find in the woods. And look what they found, unbe-leaf-able!
OYF 10 for 10 challenge Bex took on ‘an hour of movement for 10 days’ for her challenge. From Yoga to Boot camp to dog walking. With Ollie being such a live wire, we reckon he’d definitely approve. Amazing work Bex, well done!
OYF 10 for 10 Challenge You’ve got to tip your hat to Oakley with his ten themed challenge; ten hats, one hound. Just cap-tivating! He’s bowler-ed us right over, and doesn’t he look just fedora-ble!
