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7th December 2019

Santa’s on his sleigh

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

30th November 2019

Hawthorns Xmas Fair 2019

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

24th November 2019

Carnivals Space Adventures

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

13th November 2019

Woky’ Comedy Night

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!

3rd November 2019

Trunkwell Christmas Fair

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

3rd October 2019

ITV: Pride of Britain Awards Fundraising Nomination

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

7th June 2019

Wokingham Men’s shed drum up support for the OYF

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 💙

25th May 2019

Seven Lakes Fishery Fun Day

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