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Our thanks to Education Support for their recent generous £2,000 grants towards ‘Noah’s new bedroom, bathroom and accessible garden’ project together with ‘Joey’s Journey’ home adaptations project, both of which are being supported by Sullivan’s Heroes. These funds will go a long way towards the additional funds required above the Disabled Facilities Grants awarded for both projects to provide major house adaptations to the family homes. Both projects involve building extensions to provide new ground floor facilities comprising wheelchair accessible bedroom, wet room, hoisting ...

We are excited here at Sullivan’s Heroes that Ben Lippiett is on track for tackling the mighty London Marathon 2021 in October to raise funds for the charity!  Postponed from April last year, the London Marathon will go ahead this year at the later date of Sunday 3rd October 2021. No longer a stranger to marathons – as Ben most generously ran the Clarendon Marathon last year as part of the Virtual London Marathon, to raise funds and awareness for Sullivan’s ...

Our sincere thanks to The Rotary Club of Banbury Cherwell for their generous organising of an interactive online quiz night recently to support ‘William and his great glass elevator’. The proceeds from the quiz together with funds kindly donated will provide a fantastic £1,500 towards home adaptations for 5 year old William, to meet the £20,000 funds required above the Disabled Facilities Grant awarded for his project. The building works will create a new bedroom and bathroom for William, where he can ...

Our sincere thanks to Neil Payter Ocean Racing who will be undertaking an enormous sailing challenge this May onboard his race yacht Cariberia. Setting sail from Plymouth on 9th May 2021, Neil will be participating in the OSTAR (Original Single-Handed Transatlantic Race) – sailing single-handedly 3,000 miles across the North Atlantic to reach Newport, Rhode Island, USA.  Neil will generously be supporting both Sullivan’s Heroes – towards vital home adaptation projects for the disabled children the charity is helping – and ...

We were delighted to receive further support recently from Vodafone Foundation for ‘Sophie’s Independence’ project – from funds generously raised through Vodafone’s Employee Matched Giving scheme, in addition to employee fundraising carried out within Vodafone.  Fundraising kindly undertaken by Tom Morgan, who works for Vodafone, together with Mirrorshine Detail vehicle restorers raised a brilliant £260. The Vodafone Foundation have kindly matched this with an additional £260 as part of Vodafone’s Employee Matched Giving programme – taking the total raised to ...

Our thanks to employees at Legal and General who’s continued fundraising, together with Match Funding added by the company, has now raised an impressive £9,205 towards building ‘A Space 4 Jakey’. The funds will be used towards Jacob’s £60,000 target, to build him a ground floor bedroom, bathroom and access to outside to meet his requirements. Thank you so much to everyone involved in making this difference to Jacob's ...

Our thanks to Banbury Cherwell Rotary Club for their generous organising of an interactive online quiz night to support ‘William and his great glass elevator’. All proceeds from the quiz will go towards home adaptations for 5 year old William, providing funding towards the £20,000 required above the Disabled Facilities Grant awarded for his project. The building works will create a new bedroom and bathroom where William can have his complex needs managed safely, plus a through-floor lift to access his new ...

We were delighted to receive support recently from Vodafone Foundation for ‘Sophie’s Independence’ project – from funds raised through Vodafone’s Employee Matched Giving scheme, in addition to employee fundraising carried out within Vodafone.  A fundraising Football Shirt Raffle generously undertaken by Tom Morgan, who works for Vodafone, raised a fantastic £2,250 – which the Vodafone Foundation have kindly topped up with an additional £350 as part of Vodafone’s Employee Matched Giving programme. These funds will be used towards meeting the £25,000 ...