February 23, 2023 2:56 pm
Our very own Alex Hallam will be spending a lot of time in the kitchen over the next few months.
Alex has been tasked with baking nine celebratory cakes for its supporters....
February 21, 2023 4:05 pm
Alex’s Wish has given a further £80,000 on top of the £20,000 pledged in 2022 towards a £1 million gene therapy grant call from Duchenne UK, the national Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Charity....
June 23, 2022 9:51 am
Intrepid motorcyclist Stan Hulme, also known as the ‘Inspired Rider’ is about to embark on a 6,000-mile Nordic solo expedition across the Scandinavian Arctic in aid of Alex’s Wish....
July 22, 2021 1:05 pm
Leicestershire County Cricket Club have teamed up with the club’s official charity partner, Alex’s Wish, to dedicate a Vitality Blast T20 fixture to the charity to support with their fundraising efforts....
July 22, 2021 12:54 pm
Queniborough Primary School are fundraising for Alex’s Wish this year and at the beginning of June they decided to take on a challenge as part of their Sports Week – Miles for Muscles....
June 24, 2021 2:59 pm
Pure Table Top took on a 24 hour charity bike ride and they have managed to raise an incredible £4,524.58 Congratulations to everyone that took part and the incredible fundraising that meant that they raised 4 times more than their target....
June 16, 2021 10:43 am
Our first ever Supercar event took place on Sunday in the Beautiful grounds of Whatton House, we were so lucky with the weather with the sun shining all day!...
April 28, 2021 9:40 am
The fabulous team at Pure Table Top, based in Tugby, held a sample sale over the weekend in support of Alex’s Wish....
April 15, 2021 1:32 pm
We are so excited to launch our new campaign #BeMoreAlex. This campaign evolved out of working with Brand Clear as we started to feel the effects of the pandemic on our fundraising....
April 14, 2021 8:50 am
Fiona and Jamie have completed their challenge covering 85 miles and climbing well over the height of Mont Ventoux in just over 29 hours with 9 minutes of sleep!! ...
January 19, 2021 6:55 pm
Two intrepid Leicestershire-based adventurers will travel 5,700 miles on motorbikes in 2021 for Alex’s Wish. Travelling across England, Netherland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, their trip will take them up to the North Cape in Norway – Europe’s most northerly point accessible by car (or, in this case, motorbikes) – where they will visit the poignant Children of the World monument....
December 22, 2020 11:21 am
A huge thank you to Property Fox for a lovely Christmas surprise.
John and Emma Ghent, Directors at The Property Fox presented a cheque for £500 to Alex’s Wish as well as two other local charities. ...
December 17, 2020 1:39 pm
As we near the end of 2020, we’ve been reflecting on what’s been achieved together. We started the year with huge plans, with the momentum that we had established we were sure that this would be our most successful year yet! ...
December 14, 2020 1:14 pm
We would like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who supported our Big Give Christmas Campaign. We managed to raise just over £5,500 including gift aid which is fantastic....
July 31, 2020 10:54 am
Our very own Alex, and a team of friends will ride a combined total of 30km on 15 wheels in My Prudential RideLondon to raise money to find a cure for the disease he lives with....
April 17, 2020 12:07 pm
Join The 2.6 Challenge from Sunday 26 April
Please join The 2.6 Challenge from Sunday 26 April. It’s been created to help save the UK’s charities – 2.6 miles....
April 3, 2020 9:23 am
In February we were honoured to be one of the causes that the 75th Miss Great Britain competition supported alongside Cancer Research UK....
March 27, 2020 12:12 pm
Twenty-eight of Leicestershire Law Society’s members and supporters joined the President, Glynis Wright, to take part in the fastest zip wire in the world, on Saturday 22nd February....
March 20, 2020 1:41 pm
The latest in a series of events led by local supporter Dhiru Shah alongside Leicester’s Fashion UK, award-winning licensee, has raised over £3,000 for Alex’s Wish....
December 2, 2019 4:38 pm
We are so proud to launch our Christmas Campaign this year on #GivingTuesday.
After the frenzy of Black Friday and Cyber Monday #GivingTuesday brings back the focus on what is important during the Christmas Period....