News – Sullivan's Heroes

Teaching Staff Trust support Noah’s and Joey’s adaptations

We were delighted to receive generous grants recently from Teaching Staff Trust for both ‘Noah’s new bedroom, bathroom and accessible garden’ together with ‘Joey’s Journey’ home adaptations projects, both of which Sullivan’s Heroes is supporting. The grants will be used towards the additional funds required above the Disabled Facilities Grants awarded for both Noah’s and Joey’s projects to provide major adaptations to their homes, to meet their daily care and medical requirements in a more manageable way. The individual projects both involve building extensions on ...

Education Support help fund Noah and Joey’s projects

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 ...

Be a ‘Captain Tom 100’ Hero for Sullivan’s Heroes

Friday 30th April 2021 would have been Captain Sir Tom Moore’s 101st birthday and the one-year anniversary of him completing the now famous 100 laps of his gardens. Support Sullivan's Heroes here! To mark this momentous date, the ‘Captain Tom 100’ asks people to dream up a fundraising activity based around the number 100 – and complete this between Friday 30th April to Monday 3rd May 2021. It could be a 100-minute silence or baking 100 biscuits; a 100-stair climb through to ...

It’s a Jungle ‘Room4Reuben’!

Reuben and his family are delighted now that the jungle-themed ‘Room4Reuben’ is completed and in everyday use for the 6-year-old. Reuben and his family have not only created this fantastic bedroom with en-suite level access shower room, but Reuben now also has access direct from his bedroom to the garden – which has been made safe and suitable for him, given his physical and learning disabilities. The living space has also been extended to provide sufficient space for Reuben to move freely around, ...

Ronnie’s great garage conversion is complete!

We’re delighted that the conversion of the garage on Ronnie’s home to create a ground floor bedroom, wetroom and full access throughout the house for the 4-year-old is now finished and fully furnished! Ronnie and his family set about fundraising through Sullivan’s Heroes towards the £10,000 required above the Disabled Facilities Grant awarded for the project – and in a matter of just a few months not only were the funds raised but the work fully completed. Ronnie’s Dad details the ...

Ben Lippiett’s London Marathon 2021 Challenge!

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 ...

The Rotary Club of Banbury Cherwell Quiz for ‘William and his great glass elevator’

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 ...

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

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 ...

Vodafone Foundation supports ‘Sophie’s Independence’

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 ...