Events – Sullivan's Heroes

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Megadon Swimathon

Our heartfelt thanks and congratulations to 10-year-old Meg who recently raised a fantastic £184.00 for Sullivan’s Heroes by swimming an amazing 2km on behalf of the charity. Meg, who loves swimming and playing football, generously undertook her ‘Megadon Swimathon’ to raise funds for the disabled children’s home adaptations which Sullivan’s Heroes supports. As Meg explained of her inspiration for the event “When I see disabled children, I feel sad that maybe they don’t have the opportunities that I have. I am ...

Ben Lippiett’s London Marathon 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! Ben is already well underway with his gruelling training schedule for the 26 mile marathon on the 26th April 2020, to generously raise funds and awareness for Sullivan’s Heroes. All monies raised will be used by the charity to provide financial grants for disabled children, requiring home adaptations to meet their care ...

Our thanks to The Crown at Turners Hill

Our sincere thanks to The Crown at Turners Hill and their customers, who’s generous fundraising throughout 2019 for Sullivan’s Heroes raised a fantastic £741.89. The funds, all of which will be used towards home adaptation grants for the disabled children the charity is supporting, were raised through in-house Collecting Boxes and ‘Sully’s Bar’ Beer Tent profits at the Turners Hill Village Fete. Thank you so much to all involved for your continued support. To discover the extensive menu of traditional English ...

Gordon’s birthday fundraising!

Our sincere thanks to Gordon Borer, and all his generous friends, who supported Sullivan’s Heroes through Gordon’s Facebook Fundraiser for his birthday. Gordon’s generosity in foregoing gifts on his recent birthday raised a fantastic £220 for Sullivan’s Heroes and the disabled children the charity is supporting. If you’d like to follow suit and raise funds for Sullivan’s Heroes in lieu of gifts for a birthday, event or special occasion it’s simple to set up a Facebook Fundraiser and share with your ...