The West Forest Round Table give up their evenings to help charities, like ours, to raise money through their wonderful Santa Float. Each year Santa and his elves take a tour around Wokingham hoping to meet as many little (and not so little!) people and spread the magic of Christmas and create great memories. The … Continued
We were back at Ollie’s school for their Xmas fair today and we’d like to thank Hawthorns school PTA for organising a great event. With a new layout and a new game we were very well supported and had lots of fun. Thank you to everyone for helping us raise over £267 by playing our … Continued
Thank you #wokinghamwintercarnival for an amazing day. And thank you to all our supporters for helping us raise over £400. To top the day off we won ‘Gold Award’ for the excellence of our ‘space adventure’ stall which included our very own space bear ‘Rocket’ and space themed home made cakes
Thank you so much to the #WokinghamLionsClub and WADE for choosing the OYF to share the profits from their popular #wokycomedynight in September. It was a brilliant evening and we loved being a part of it thank you!
Thank you Trunkwell House Hotel for hosting another fab Christmas Fair and thanks to everyone who came out and supported the OYF by having a go on our tombola. You guys helped us raise £582 over the weekend which is just awesome! A great kick start to our upcoming festive events
Article source – Meridian itv News Meridian’s regional fundraisers of the year have joined celebrity guests, actors and sport stars at this year’s Pride of Britain Awards. Sarah Simpson from Wokingham in Berkshire and Ben West from Frittenden in Kent met other regional winners and enjoyed a star studded evening, hosted by Carol Vorderman. West … Continued
Article and Photo Source: Wokingham Today A LOCAL charity set up to honour the life of a Wokingham youngster has donated a stunning £15,000 to help fix a bath. Sarah Simpson from the Ollie Young Foundation visited Helen and Douglas House last week to present the cheque which will help the hospice as it seeks … Continued
Article Source ITV News Sarah Simpson, Ollie’s mum, was announced as the winner of ITV Meridian’s Pride of Britain Fundraiser of the Year for the West region. Congratulations to Sarah for this very well deserved award, and to all nominees for their amazing fundraising work too!
Article Source: ITV News We meet our final west nominee, Sarah Simpson from Wokingham. Sarah’s five-year-old son, Ollie, died from an incurable brain tumour. Following his death, Sarah started the Ollie Young Foundation which aims to find a cure or prevention from this awful disease. To date, the charity has raised in the region of … Continued
Article and Photo Source: Oxford Mail A BEREAVED mother who made ‘special memories’ at an Oxford hospice is in the running for the Pride of Britain Awards. Sarah Simpson has made it through to the regional final of ITV Meridian’s Fundraiser of the Year Award, which is part of the national awards, for her work at the … Continued
A great big thank you to Wokingham Men’s Shed (with supplies donated by Wickes) and specifically Mike who has made us this terrific tombola barrel, we’ve still got to paint it up in Ollie’s colours, but I’m sure you’ll agree it’ll be a great addition to our stalls and fundraising 💙
Last Saturday we were invited along to Seven Lakes Fishery Family Fun Day over in Aldermaston. We had such a great day and the atmosphere was lovely. Loved meeting lots of new families and putting smiles on children’s faces playing our teddy tombola – we raised over £174! We love spreading the OYF word further … Continued
