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On the Friday 15 January Niall Kingsnorth and his friends from the Banbury Academy joined forces and held a cake sale to raise much needed funds for Let’s Play. Rich from the Let’s Play Project said “The essential funding allows us to buy new facilities, equipment, funding towards day trips, and even additional staffing. The…

On February 21st Mandy Rhymes ran her first half marathon in Wokingham in aid of Let’s Play. We would like to thank Mandy so much for choosing this brave task to help raise money for the charity. If you would like to support Mandy in her great efforts please go to her Just Giving page…

A troupe of Banbury minstrels has recorded a Christmas single to raise money for Let’s Play. Best Christmas present ever from Rock The Atic……  we are blown away by this massive gesture & a million thanks to everyone for all the hard work, time & generosity that has made this possible. Please be generous and…

Feedback forms for parents and young people were developed over the summer to complete following the annual review of an EHCP.  This feedback will help to improve the review process.  Feedback can be given via an online survey monkey (preferably) or there is an electronic form that can be downloaded and printed. Information is on the Local Offer webpages and…

Dear Parents/Carers Services for disabled children and families are back in the  spot light  and  Oxfordshire County Council are carrying out a public consultation around the Budget savings options 2016/17 – Talking Oxfordshire. Have your chance to tell them what you think by cutting and pasting this link into your browser.:  https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/budget-savings-options-201617 The Council have…

Parents from Sibford School near Banbury visited Let’s Play to hand over a cheque for £5,874. The money was raised at a charity ball and auction organised by the Parents, Staff & Friends Association of Sibford School (PSFA). Sammy Bates, Let’s Play Holiday Co-ordinator said: “To receive a donation like this is fantastic. It will…

December 2015 Thank you so much to Carrdus School who donated the funds they raised at their Christmas Fair to Let’s Play. It was a very generous donation of over £380.00, thank you to all the pupils and staff involved with the event. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- October 2015 Thank you so much to all who were involved…

Please click on the link below to see the press release from the Banbury Guardian…. Banbury Guardian Press Release – New uniform for Banbury charity thanks to generous donation   

Philip Coy ran the London Marathon on the 26th of April in aid of Let’s Play. Philip says “I have been running for 31 years covering over 47,000 miles in training. I have run 500 races for my club including 9 marathons of which 5 were “London’s”. I gained this years place through running “good for age”…

A group of 15 brave participants including some Playworkers, Trustees and friends of Let’s Play did the Wolf Run on Sunday 12th April 2015 to help raise money for Let’s Play and were aiming to raise a grand total of £2000. So far on the Just Giving page the total has now reached more than…