News – Sullivan's Heroes

Toby’s new space is a triumph!

Toby and his family are delighted now that the new extension to the family home for Toby’s bedroom and bathroom suite has been successfully completed and is now happily in use by the 8-year old. The new space houses Toby’s fully accessible bedroom and bathroom, with ceiling track hoist throughout, and his level access bathroom ensures all transfers can be carried out safely without risk to his carers and parents. Toby’s parents explain the difficulties Toby and his family faced before ...

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 ...

Glasspool Charity Trust support ‘George’s Help for Home Adaptions’

Our thanks to all at Glasspool Charity Trust for their continued support, including their recent generous £1,000 donation towards ‘George’s Help for Home Adaptions’. These funds will be used towards the additional £12,000 required above the Disabled Facilities Grant awarded for home adaptions to allow George freedom of access using his powered wheelchair, including specialist bathroom equipment that he needs, to live safely and with dignity as he gets bigger. Our thanks to everyone involved in bringing about this positive and life-changing ...

Independence at Home support Fletcher’s new bedroom & bathroom

Our thanks to Independence at Home for their continued support, providing funds to many of the disabled children which Sullivan’s Heroes is supporting. Their most recent generous donation of £1,000 towards ‘Fletcher’s new bedroom & bathroom’ project will help to fund building Fletcher a new fully accessible downstairs bedroom and bathroom with ceiling hoist, plus providing Fletcher with wider access throughout his home. Our thanks to all involved in making a positive and lasting difference to Fletcher and his family’s ...

The Teaching Staff Trust help ‘Building Thomas a Future’

Our sincere thanks to The Teaching Staff Trust for their recent generous donation of £6,350 towards Thomas Brown’s home adaptations project which Sullivan’s Heroes is supporting. These funds will meet the shortfall of the Disabled Facilities Grant awarded for ‘Building Thomas a Future’ – providing Thomas with his own accessible ground floor bedroom and wet room, so he can continue to be cared for safely and with dignity in his own home. The funds are greatly appreciated and will make a lasting and ...

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 ...

Adaptations advancing again!

We hope that you are all keeping well, as we draw into the summer months and hopefully out of lockdown a little. Building adaptation projects have begun to get underway and continue once again, with ‘Fletcher’s new bedroom & bathroom’ project now commenced, and ‘George’s Help for Home Adaptions’ looking to start work next month – while Fletcher’s and George’s families continue to raise funds towards the £15,000 and £12,000 required respectively. We are also looking forward to bringing news of ...

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 ...