December 8, 2015 1:27 pmPublished by Emma HallamComments Off on Thanks to Cambridge & Countries Bank, Zu Print Plus & Creative Triangle
A huge thank you goes out to Cambridge & Countries Bank, Zu Print Plus and Creative Triangle for donating £307.00 raised at their recently held Charity Race Night in November. ...
December 1, 2015 4:03 pmPublished by Emma HallamComments Off on Spreading the love this Christmas
This Christmas instead of buying Christmas cards and paying for postage why not donate that money to Alex’s Wish and in return we will give you a warm fuzzy feeling instead and a lovely jpeg to send to your friends electronically to help spread the love this Christmas!...
November 30, 2015 11:18 amPublished by Emma HallamComments Off on Ladies Pamper Evening raises £1,774.60
What a wonderful night it was, Friday, 20th November our latest Ladies Pamper Evening took place at The Rothley Centre with nearly 100 ladies coming along to enjoy pamper sessions donated by lots of local businesses and to buy lovely Christmas gifts at our stalls....
November 27, 2015 12:15 pmPublished by Emma HallamComments Off on Our Dandelion Ball raises £35,000.00
On 14th November we held our annual ball at the Hilton, EMA. This year we went with a Casino Royale theme, complete with Casino tables which were sponsored by HorsesFirstRacing. ...
November 26, 2015 5:24 pmPublished by Emma HallamComments Off on Newman Gauge Charity Golf Day raises £3,724.00
Newman Gauge Design, a company who specialises in commercial interior design for the hospitality, leisure and retail sectors joined forces with The Little Britain Pub Company to hold a charity golf day to raise vital funds for Alex’s Wish....
October 26, 2015 3:59 pmPublished by Emma HallamComments Off on Our Leicester Marathon Wish Warriors
Yesterday, 25th October 2015, Gavin Dilkes, Angela Darar & Craig Neale ran the Leicester Half Marathon for Alex’s Wish. All three did amazingly well, not only completing it, but in good times too. ...
October 12, 2015 9:43 amPublished by Emma HallamComments Off on Duchenne Charities Announce £120,000 funding.
Duchenne Charities Announce £120,000 funding for new research project to investigate cancer therapeutics as a treatment for Duchenne.
We are pleased to announce that Alex’s Wish along with Action Duchenne, Duchenne Now and Harrison’s Fund are co-funding a new research project....
October 5, 2015 2:00 pmPublished by Emma HallamComments Off on Golf Day 2015
This year’s Golf Day took place on the 18th October 2015 on a beautifully sunny day. It was a brilliant day with 86 golfers taking part and we raised £10,363.28 – which is an absolutely fantastic amount....
September 10, 2015 2:26 pmPublished by Emma HallamComments Off on Yorkshire Three Peaks
On August 21st some fabulous Wish Warriors – Melissa Jarman, Joanne Whomsley, Rose Stanford, Emma Hallam, Jo Enyon, Laura Storrs, Rachel Barbrook, Sam Hayman, Allison Ambrose, Catherine Jagger and Caroline Worby walked 25 miles on tracks and over hills to raise £3,000 for research and clinical trials to bring about new treatments for boys living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy....
August 11, 2015 2:58 pmPublished by Emma HallamComments Off on Prudential Ride London 2015
This year we had an amazing 30 people in Team Alex’s Wish for the Prudential Ride London. It was an amazing day, the sun was shining, the streets were full of cyclists, many raising money for fantastic charities. ...
August 6, 2015 2:14 pmPublished by Emma HallamComments Off on Alison’s Pamper Night
Alison Devlin is one of our Prudential Ride London team and as part of her fundraising efforts she held a pamper night at Eversheds with her work colleagues....
July 14, 2015 9:56 amPublished by Emma HallamComments Off on Verona and Team Tortoise take on the London 10K
The Vitality London 10K took place this weekend on the closed roads of central London. Alex’s Wish was represented by Verona Frankish and Team Tortoise who consisted of Lyndsey Wright, Bill South and Cyril Bekoe....
June 30, 2015 3:42 pmPublished by Emma HallamComments Off on Stuart and Keelan’s Cycling Challenge
Stuart and Keelan have decided to do an extreme cycling challenge – they are going to cover 450 miles in 4 ½ days climbing some of the classic tour de france hill climbs such a Alp D’huez, Mont Vontoux & Col de Madelaine. ...
June 25, 2015 11:54 amPublished by Emma HallamComments Off on Fantastic Fundraisers
We are so lucky to have the Apps and the Devlins riding as part of our team at the Prudential ride London and they have started their fundraising already raising over £800....
June 25, 2015 11:36 amPublished by Emma HallamComments Off on Meet Wendy & George Fielding
We would like to introduce you to our latest Wish Warriors Wendy Fielding and her 12 year old son George. Wendy and George spent 5 days walking the West Highland way from Glasgow to Fort William averaging 19 miles a day to achieve this 96 mile walk. ...
May 14, 2015 3:54 pmPublished by Emma HallamComments Off on Thank you to Melton Mowbray Building Society
We have just received a fantastic donation of £200.00 from the Melton Mowbray Building Society Charitable Foundation which have received via our Trustee Richard Amphlett . ...