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11th December 2019

Mizuno’s Christmas fundraiser

A massive shout out to Rachel and the team at Mizuno for raising over £368 at their Christmas fundraiser for Ollie. Mizuno have supported the OYF since the beginning through their cake sales, raffles and name the bear competitions, to name a few. This year with the added Xmas theme of reindeer food, hot chocolate … Continued

10th December 2019

RUDS showcase what they’ve got…

What a brilliant evening we’ve had watching RUDS (Reading University Drama Society) perform their 2019 Art showcase. There’s been a variety of dancing, singing, musicians, comedy…….you name it, they gave it!! What an awesome show guys. You should be very proud of what you’ve achieved and thank you so so much for doing so in … Continued

7th December 2019

Santa’s on his sleigh

The West Forest Round Table give up their evenings to help charities, like ours, to raise money through their wonderful Santa Float. Each year Santa and his elves take a tour around Wokingham hoping to meet as many little (and not so little!) people and spread the magic of Christmas and create great memories. The … Continued

30th November 2019

Hawthorns Xmas Fair 2019

We were back at Ollie’s school for their Xmas fair today and we’d like to thank Hawthorns school PTA for organising a great event. With a new layout and a new game we were very well supported and had lots of fun. Thank you to everyone for helping us raise over £267 by playing our … Continued

24th November 2019

Carnivals Space Adventures

Thank you #wokinghamwintercarnival for an amazing day. And thank you to all our supporters for helping us raise over £400. To top the day off we won ‘Gold Award’ for the excellence of our ‘space adventure’ stall which included our very own space bear ‘Rocket’ and space themed home made cakes

13th November 2019

Woky’ Comedy Night

Thank you so much to the #WokinghamLionsClub and WADE for choosing the OYF to share the profits from their popular #wokycomedynight in September. It was a brilliant evening and we loved being a part of it thank you!

3rd November 2019

Trunkwell Christmas Fair

Thank you Trunkwell House Hotel for hosting another fab Christmas Fair and thanks to everyone who came out and supported the OYF by having a go on our tombola. You guys helped us raise £582 over the weekend which is just awesome! A great kick start to our upcoming festive events

3rd October 2019

ITV: Pride of Britain Awards Fundraising Nomination

Article Source: ITV News We meet our final west nominee, Sarah Simpson from Wokingham. Sarah’s five-year-old son, Ollie, died from an incurable brain tumour. Following his death, Sarah started the Ollie Young Foundation which aims to find a cure or prevention from this awful disease. To date, the charity has raised in the region of … Continued