Categories for Fundraising News

£500 donation from Dolphin Brewin

May 14, 2015 1:50 pm

Fabulous News! The Dolphin Brewin Foundation has very kindly donated £500 to Alex’s Wish. We would like to thank Robert Branham for putting us forward and to the management committee for choosing us as one of their charities to support this year....

Bradgate Rotary raises £1,200

April 28, 2015 11:43 am

Absolutely wonderful news, the newly formed Bradgate Rotary Club has donated £1,200.00 to our cause, the most they have ever donated to date!...

Paula Parsons runs the London Marathon

April 28, 2015 11:35 am

A massive well done to Paula Parsons one of the school mums at Alex’s Wish for completing today’s London Marathon raising over £500 for Alex’s Wish!!...

Token of Support Campaign raises £500

April 28, 2015 11:31 am

We are absolutely thrilled to hear that Alex’s Wish received the most tokens during a 6 week campaign in the stores at Oadby Co-Op receiving a fabulous £500 for our cause....

Ladies Pamper Evening success

March 10, 2015 10:54 am

Our Ladies Pamper Evening took place on Friday, 6th February at the Rothley School Rooms with 65 ladies attending raising £1,500 for Alex’s Wish....

Crazy Sky Divers raise £13,500

March 10, 2015 10:34 am

Sky Diving Wish Warriors raise £13,500 for Alex’s Wish A team of 17 took to the skies to take part in a Tandem Sky Dive on Sunday, 8th March in aid of Alex’s Wish at Langar Airfield, British Parachute School in Nottingham....

3 Crazy Challenges for my son

February 23, 2015 12:55 pm

This year I’ve decided to take on 3 Crazy Challenges to raise vital money to help save my son from having to suffer the constant progression Duchenne is having on his body....

Thank you Jessica!

December 30, 2014 1:29 pm

Now this is a tale about one of our amazing Wish Warriors, her name is Jessica Apps.  Jessica for years had tried to fall in love with running, and finally about 2 years ago it started to click....

AMETEK Inc. donates $15,000

December 9, 2014 12:07 pm

We are absolutely thrilled to receive a cheque for £9,400 (equivalent of $15,000) this week from Nick Maddock, Marketing Communications Manager at Taylor Hobson Limited....

Really Easy Fundraising……

November 24, 2014 4:44 pm

Cyber Weekend is a fabulous opportunity to raise lots of FREE donations for Alex’s Wish through Easyfundraising. Whenever you buy anything online this weekend, or anytime (e.g....

Pamper evening success

March 5, 2014 2:28 pm

Ladies Pamper Evening sponsored by Aidan J Reed Estate Agents held on Friday, 28th February raises £1,200 for Alex’s Wish. The evening saw sixty five ladies turn up to be pampered for a great cause....

Oadby Owls Football Academy

July 11, 2012 7:47 am

We are delighted that Oadby Owls Football Academy has chosen Alex’s Wish as their charity of the year from 2012-2014.  Through a range of activities they aim to raise in excess of £10,000 to fund research into a cure or viable treatments for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. ...