Categories for Fundraising News

Play raises £1,000 for Alex’s Wish

December 15, 2017 9:38 am

One of our fabulous supporters, Dhiru Shah recently organised a comedy play in Gujarati called – Lagan Ni Vyaadhi and Divorce Ni Upaadhi  ( literally meaning Stress about marriage but even greater stress about getting a divorce)  on 11 Nov at Sue Townsend Theatre....

Offer from Premier Choice Group

December 11, 2017 5:11 pm

Caroline Robinson, one of our supporters, has got in touch to offer us a great way to raise funds for Alex’s Wish. ...

Morgan Sullivan Memorial Fishing Match

August 23, 2017 3:18 pm

On Saturday 1st July the Morgan Sullivan Memorial Fishing Match took place at Ryecroft Fisheries near Castle Donnington This is the second year the fishing match has been held in memory of Morgan Sullivan who sadly lost his battle to Duchenne in 2015....

U-Fit Studio First Birthday Funday

August 15, 2017 5:03 pm

On Sunday it was U-Fit Studio’s 1st Birthday and to celebrate they decided to hold a fun day and raise money for Alex’s Wish too.  ...

Ullswater Way Challenge

June 5, 2017 2:50 pm

This year’s Wellbeing4Life’s walking challenge was a 30 miles (plan was 25 but turned out to be further!) trek over 3 peaks as well as undulating ground through forests, around the beautiful Ullswater lake totalling  1,400m of acsents.  ...

Sky Dive Stateside

May 23, 2017 12:06 pm

Ann-Marie Fowler from MAB – TIME Mortgage Experts  wanted to take part in our Sky Dive Sunday with her own slant – doing it Stateside!!...

Thank you Zander Events

January 11, 2017 12:23 pm

Ady Alexander from Zander Events decided to raise money for Alex’s Wish at his Nordic themed Christmas Parties in Leicester.  The Christmas Dinner & Dance events took place in giant heated ti-pi’s over four nights in December.  ...

Wreake Valley Rotary Club

November 8, 2016 2:10 pm

We had a lovely time last week with Wreake Valley Rotary Club where they presented Alex’s Wish with a cheque for £3,000 which they raised at their Watermead Challenge Run in July....

TIME Mortgage Experts Bake Off

November 8, 2016 11:32 am

We would like to say a massive thank you to TIME Mortgage Experts who raised money for us at their The Great TIME Bake Off – £220 raised on the day, which was then rounded up to £500!!  ...

The City Rooms 10th Birthday

October 19, 2016 3:25 pm

The City Rooms recently celebrated their tenth birthday and as part of the celebration they also raised money for Alex’s Wish....

IoD Women as Leaders Convention

October 10, 2016 10:28 am

Emma Hallam, Founder of Alex’s Wish was invited along to speak on the panel at the Institute of Directors East Midlands ‘Women as Leaders Convention‘ on Friday 7th October held at Radisson Blu Hotel, East Midlands Airport....

Star Trust raises £12,450 for Alex’s Wish

September 15, 2016 9:33 am

Star Trust, a foundation which exists to assist smaller charities in the East Midlands which undertake some fantastic work but are often overlooked and unrecognized supported Alex’s Wish at their recent Happy Diamonds event held at Lumbers on Saturday, 10th September....

Trio of cycling events raises £50,769.00

August 15, 2016 11:09 am

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that our trio of cycling events this year has raised a staggering £50,769.00.  Our trio of cycling events includes of Charnwood Forest Cycle Ride which took place in May this year raising £10,797.00, our epic London to Paris Cycle Ride event held in July raising £26,321.00 and our team of riders at this year’s Prudential Ride London raising £13,651.00....

Thank you Ratcliffe College

July 7, 2016 10:34 am

We would love to thank Ratcliffe College for raising £2,500 for Alex’s Wish at their Summer Fair, we went along and it was a fantastic day with lots to see and do.  ...