Posts by Emily Byrne

On 13th May Oliver Robinson is cycling 62 miles to fundraise for Let’s Play. Oliver will be cycling the length of Eden, beginning his challenge at the Rainforest Biome! There’s a muscle climbing start followed by hair pin bends and the route makes the most of the undulating south coast through picturesque villages and along…

Helen Spencer of Nellie and Dove, Deddington held a Fashion Show Charity Dinner on Tuesday 20th March at The Boxing Hare in Swerford. VIP guests enjoyed a two course dinner whilst previewing 2018 Spring and Summer Collections. Helen raised an amazing £300 for Let’s Play. Take a look at the fabulous Nellie & Dove collections…

Not only is the wonderful Jonathan Ruffle creating a brilliant short film for us, he’s also doing some fundraising! Jonathan has recently been working hard on a film project for us here at Let’s Play, and has also now decided to dedicate some of his time to fundraise for us! Aren’t we lucky! He is…

Lynn Norman, Captain of the Ladies Cotswold Golf Team has raised £703.30 for Let’s Play and is still fundraising for us throughout 2018. We can’t thank Lynn and her team enough for their continued efforts. For details of how the money has been raised or to make a donation yourself please click here

Lisa Moulder – Marathon Runner! She did it! So proud of our amazing playworker Lisa Moulder who took on 26.2 miles of the London Marathon on April 22 2018! Lisa has shown incredible dedication throughout all of her training making her a hero and an inspiration to us all! Lisa invited parents of children who…

We are finally settled in our new home, after school club is up and running smoothly, and we have just enjoyed our first half term holiday session. We have successfully raised £50,885.82 including gift aid but there is still more work to be done. Our target for the new building is £70,000.00 which includes renovation…

Neil Stewart ran his first Wolf Run in 2016 – from that point onwards there was no stopping him! Setting himself the goal of running a half marathon in under 1 hour and 44 minutes by the end of the year Neil’s journey is a story of grit, determination and dedication! Read Neil’s story here!

We launched our Big Build Appeal in May and have now raised £44,962.27. This has been a combination of fundraising events, direct donations, bids and online donations on our Just Giving campaign page. We have had great support from the local business & charity community including Prodrive, Rock The Atic, Bloxham Mill, Puritans Radio, Banbury…

  Thanks to everyone that came and supported us – we raised £467.00. The money raised will go towards renovating our new building. For more information go to:- https://www.justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/letsplay/letsplaybigbuild      

An amazing time at Banbury United FC raising £687 for Let’s Play! Thanks to Stewart of Puritans Radio & his team who took the buckets round the stands, Ryan at Rock The Atic & all the lads who played in the Charity Match! You are all awesome! We are so lucky to share this fantastic…

On 12th March 2017 one of our lovely Playworkers Rosie Wyatt ran the Vitality North London Half Marathon on her birthday to raise money for Let’s Play and in the amazing time of 1:57:22.She has raised £1520.01 which is absolutely amazing .. thank you so much!! The money that Rosie has raised is going towards…