Anna Heslop

A few years ago, we had the pleasure of meeting John Ryan of A&J Ryan Mechanical Services. Having initially been introduced at one of our charity events, John made the selfless decision to sponsor himself and join our coaches on a trip to Mumbai, India. The project delivered training to sports coaches and mentors from […]

We are excited to have re-launched our London Futures programme, an award-winning employability programme that engages with young Londoners aged 18 – 30 with a disability. The programme helps to transition young people into work, education or training opportunities through sport and personalised career development. Currently we are working with 40 young adults in our

Over the past year, our Netball 4 Change programme has delivered transformational sports sessions to young women and girls across London and Newcastle. Netball 4 Change uses netball to teach young women and girls aged 10-17 affected by overuse of social media how to stay safe online. As a result of the programme’s success, over

Back in 2020 a few of the players from Cobham Rugby Club helped to raise money for VI rugby by kayaking across the River Thames. Following this fundraising event, a great relationship was formed. On the 20th November Harlequin’s VI rugby team were invited to play a friendly game against Cobham Rugby Club at their home

This month we celebrated one of the biggest independent fundraising challenges in our charity’s 40-year history. The challenge involved Michael Ferndale running five marathons in five different cities over five consecutive days… in reverse. The incredible challenge started in Dublin and passed through Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff before finally ending in London. Over the five

This month saw the return of our Generation STORM programme. Commonly known as G-Storm, the mentorship programme recruits young black women aged 16-25 living in London. Over the course of the 25-week programme, participants will experience weekly wellbeing workshops, self-care sessions and influential one-to-one mentoring sessions with black female mentors. Although the self-care activities are