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22nd January 2023

Culloden Display for Christmas

Massive massive thank you to Claire and Jason for their wonderful Christmas light display last month which raised £304.14 for the OYF Thank you also, to everyone who popped along to Culloden way to see their beautiful display and popped some pennies in the Ollie pot.

1st January 2023

10th year anniversary – and that’s a wrap!

Another year gone and 2022 completes our 10th year anniversary. Over the past 10 years you beautiful people have helped us raise over £725,000!! Back in the beginning we could only imagine what the future held, but we were always hopeful. Always believing. And here we are. Our ultimate aim of finding a cure or … Continued

20th December 2022

Christmas Collection at Tesco

OYF 10 for 10 Thank you to everyone who stopped by and popped their loose change into our OYF pots on Sunday down at Tesco in Wokingham. You lovely lot have helped top up our research pot by £157.65

10th December 2022

David’s Deja-brew

David took to Wokingham this morning to complete his #OYF10for10 challenge! He went to 10 different coffee shops to drink 10 different coffees. Armed with his Ollie pot he raised over £34. We cannot expresso how much this beans to us, thank you David! I’m sure he must be flying through his Christmas shopping on … Continued

31st May 2021

#Woky spring charity market

Thank you to #wokyspringcharitymarket and all our supporters who came along and brought cakes, merchandise, made a donation or simply stopped and had a chat, we’ve had a super super day and have raised over £471! Thank you!

23rd May 2021

Thank you Wokingham Lions Club!

Wow!! Such amazing news. Thank you so so much Wokingham Lions Club for thinking of us and a big thank you to all who took part “Wokingham Lions Club are happy to announce that we will donate a total of £4,500 to nine local charities. These funds were provided by more than 500 walkers who … Continued

1st March 2021

A New Hair-Blue for #FeBLUEary

What a fabulous start we had to #feBLUEary Ollie’s dad, Simon, has gone all out for this year’s #feBLUEary by having his hair dyed blue by budding hairdresser Lola. Over the course of the month Lola has made a hair-raising £2000 and has been blown away by people’s generosity and support. You have done an … Continued

23rd February 2021

Harrys 100!

4 year old Harry had been set a challenge from school in memory or Captain Sir Tom Moore, to complete something 100 times. He decided that he would cycle round the green outside his house 100 times. And wanted to raise £100 for charity. After reading about Ollie and the OYF Harry said to his … Continued

23rd January 2021

Lights Brighten up 2020

We are so so grateful to our wonderful friends on Culloden way for raising a massive £509.87 from another amazing Xmas light display. Thank you again Claire and Jason, you are truly wonderful 💙And thank you to everyone who popped their pennies in the collection box and donated online, this certainly brightened our new year.

27th November 2020

RUDS Virtual Cabaret 2020

Our wonderful friends at Reading University Drama Society (RUDS) held their annual cabaret evening with a virtual audience via Youtube this year due to the Coronavirus. As they say…the show must go on! It featured performances from lots of RUDS members that have all been filmed and edited over the term and pulled together to … Continued

26th October 2020

Virtual #Woky Pub Quiz in aid of OYF

Proceeds from the Great #Woky Virtual Pub Quiz in September have been donated to the Ollie Young Foundation (OYF), a local charity which funds targeted paediatric brain tumour research and support. Nigel Page, president of the Lions club, presented a cheque for £320 to Sarah Simpson, founder of OYF. Sarah Simpson said: “We are extremely grateful to … Continued