Events – Sullivan's Heroes

ITV News Anglia feature Lily’s Cycle Ride for Grayson’s Inclusive Home

It was fantastic to see Grayson, his Mum and his sisters featured on ITV News Anglia, detailing the incredible 47-mile cycle ride that Grayson’s family undertook to raise funds for ‘Grayson’s Inclusive Home’. Grayson's project involves major housing adaptations to provide Grayson with a wheelchair accessible downstairs bedroom, wet room and inclusive living space. Grayson’s Mum Katie and her good friend Vickie recently cycled their 47-mile route – in torrential rain! – from their homes near Bedford to Great Ormond Street Hospital, ...

Bedford Today feature Great Ormond Street Cycle Ride for Grayson’s Inclusive Home

We were delighted to see ‘Grayson’s Inclusive Home’ project being featured recently in Bedford Today. Grayson’s Mum Katie and her good friend Vickie plan to cycle a 46-mile route, from their homes near Bedford to Great Ormond Street Hospital on 25th July, to raise essential funds for Grayson’s vital home adaptations project. Grayson’s Mum and family are fundraising towards the £25,000 required to provide the 6-year old with a downstairs bedroom, wetroom and adaptations throughout the downstairs, to enable Grayson to live ...

Neil Payter Ocean Racing supports Sullivan’s Heroes & Oakley Waterman Caravan Foundation

Our sincere thanks to Neil Payter Ocean Racing who will be taking on two enormous sailing challenges onboard his race yacht Cariberia. This year Neil will be participating in the Lonely Rock Race, starting on 16th August 2020, onboard his Lucas 40’ boat Cariberia. In association with The Royal Western Yacht Club and The Royal Victoria Yacht Club, the biennial Lonely Rock Race will start from the vicinity of Ryde in the Eastern Solent. The course heads to the Isles of Scilly, round the ...

Ben Lippiett’s London Marathon October 2020

We are thrilled here at Sullivan’s Heroes that Ben Lippiett will be tackling his first ever marathon – the mighty London Marathon 2020 – to raise funds for the charity! Fairly predictably we’ve received the news that this year’s London Marathon has been postponed from April until Sunday 4th October. Whilst our marathon star Ben has been busy training hard for this enormous event, reaching up to 18 miles last weekend, Ben reflected positively – "The run, and most importantly the fundraising ...

Rebound Therapy supports Sullivan’s Heroes

Sullivan’s Heroes are very proud and grateful to have been selected by Rebound Therapy as their chosen affiliate partner to receive generous support. ‘Rebound Therapy’ is the phrase that describes a specific model of trampoline therapy – exercise therapy which uses a full-sized trampoline to provide opportunities for movement, therapeutic exercise and recreation for people across virtually the whole spectrum of special needs. Much more than special needs trampolining or disability trampolining, Rebound Therapy can provide a huge number of benefits ...

BGInstall generously gives graphics

A big thank you to BGInstall who recently donated Sullivan’s Heroes vinyl graphics for use on Neil Payter Ocean Racing’s yacht Cariberia. Neil was due to be participating in the OSTAR (Original Single-Handed Transatlantic Race) originally scheduled for May 2020, sailing his Lucas 40’ boat Cariberia 3,000 miles across the North Atlantic to reach Newport, Rhode Island, USA. With the OSTAR having been postponed due to Coronavirus implications until May 2021, Neil will now take part this year in the Lonely Rock Race ...

Thank You Home Heroes for your 2.6 Challenge!

A huge thank you to all our ‘Home Heroes’ who undertook the 2.6 Challenge for Sullivan’s Heroes on Sunday, 26th April. From Red Dragons Martial Arts team’s gruelling online exercises, weightlifting, running and stair-climbs to superhero children completing 2.6 mile runs and 2.6 km walks – the innovative range of arduous challenges raised a fantastic £101 for Sullivan’s Heroes. These funds will all be used towards home adaptation grants for the disabled children we are supporting, and are greatly appreciated indeed. ...

Red Dragons Martial Arts’ 2.6 Challenge for Sullivan’s Heroes

Huge thanks and congratulations to our amazing ‘Home Heroes’ at the Red Dragons Martial Arts Bristol Community, who took part in the 2.6 Challenge yesterday for Sullivan’s Heroes. The intrepid team’s gruelling challenge involved 26 Ton-Ups, ie. 26 of each exercise – which they completed live online, in the new interactive online format recently introduced to comply with current social distancing rules – followed by 260 x weight lifts of 26Ibs, then a 2.6 mile run or 26 sets of stair ...

Calling all Home Heroes to the 2.6 Challenge!

With many fundraising events recently being postponed, whilst we are all still hopeful some will go ahead at a later date, charities across the country have been left struggling to maintain their services, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The top 25 mass participation sports events in the UK raise more than £150 million for charities every year, and with fundraising events up and down the country delayed or postponed, charities are facing uncertainty. Families being supported by Sullivan’s Heroes have been ...