Thank you Ratcliffe College
July 7, 2016 10:34 amWe 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. ...
Categories for Fundraising News
Watermead Challenge supports Alex’s Wish
April 20, 2016 1:16 pmWe would like to thank The Rotary Club of Wreake Valley and the new Syston Rotary Club for choosing Alex’s Wish as their charity to benefit from their Watermead Challenge in 2016. ...
Thompson Twins set to raise funds for Alex’s Wish
April 20, 2016 1:08 pmLeicester Speedway mascots Dan and Joe Thompson are helping raise vital funds for Alex’s Wish. Dan and Joe are mascots for the Leicester Lions speedway, who has taken on Alex’s Wish as their chosen charity in 2016....
FitBumpBox Launch supports Alex’s Wish
April 1, 2016 10:00 amThe amazing Joanna Helcke chose to support Alex’s Wish at the launch of her new product FitBumpBox. The event was a great success, a great opportunity to share our story and managed to raise a fantastic £330 – thank you so much and we hope that the FitBumpBox is a huge success....
Delighted to welcome on board Protection by MME
February 25, 2016 4:26 pmWe are thrilled and delighted that Protection by MME in association with Vitality Life has chosen Alex’s Wish as their main charity to support in 2016, 2017 and 2018....
Sileby Cricket club donates £250
February 25, 2016 4:17 pmWe would like to thank Sileby Cricket Club for their £250 donation to Alex’s Wish. Each year they choose a local cause to donate to from what’s raised at each Firework night....
Ratcliffe College supports Alex’s Wish
February 1, 2016 4:09 pmWe are absolutely delighted that Ratcliffe College Parent’s Association has chosen Alex’s Wish as one of the chosen charities to benefit from all profits raised at this year’s Spring Fair. ...
Thank you to Swithland Church Men’s Club
January 19, 2016 9:59 amWe would like to give a big thank you to Swithland Church Men’s Club for donating £394 to our cause by generating funds at their Christmas dinner and carol singing event. ...
Charities announce £1.2m investment into key clinical posts
December 23, 2015 12:01 pmAlex’s Wish and seven other patient organisations, who are working to eradicate Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, are funding a total of 16 clinical posts at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre at Newcastle University and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool, to help support clinical trial development for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy....
Thanks to Swithland Flower & Vegetable Show
December 8, 2015 2:20 pmWe would like to thank the organisers of this year’s Swithland Flower & Vegetable Show and to Gemma Lambell who took part in our Charnwood Forest Cycle Ride last year who nominated Alex’s Wish to receive a £200 donation....
Thanks to Cambridge & Countries Bank, Zu Print Plus & Creative Triangle
December 8, 2015 1:27 pmA 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. ...
Spreading the love this Christmas
December 1, 2015 4:03 pmThis 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!...
Our Leicester Marathon Wish Warriors
October 26, 2015 3:59 pmYesterday, 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. ...
Yorkshire Three Peaks
September 10, 2015 2:26 pmOn 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....
Alison’s Pamper Night
August 6, 2015 2:14 pmAlison 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....
Verona and Team Tortoise take on the London 10K
July 14, 2015 9:56 amThe 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....
Race Night at The Rothley Court Hotel
July 2, 2015 11:03 amThank you to The Rothley Court Hotel for hosting a race night for Alex’s Wish. The evening managed to raise £331.60 for our cause. ...
Stuart and Keelan’s Cycling Challenge
June 30, 2015 3:42 pmStuart 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. ...
Thank you to Melton Mowbray Building Society
May 14, 2015 3:54 pmWe 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 . ...
Donation from Leicester Grammar School
May 14, 2015 2:06 pmWe are delighted to receive a £500 donation from Leicester Grammar School. One of their pupils nominated us to their Charities Committee, who voted to donate this money to us. ...