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Farorun: not an easy rider, but a challenging fundraiser for bike enthusiasts
Posted on March 3rd, 2011
Remember Scumball 3000? The cross-Europe wacky car rally supported Whizz-Kidz in 2008, raising £55,000.
Well, the brains behind …
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Sam & Mark volunteer at Wheelchair Skills Training in Tower Hamlets
Posted on March 2nd, 2011
CBBC presenters – and big Whizz-Kidz supporters – Sam & Mark, dropped in to hang out and play wheelchair-skills games with a group of young people in Tower Hamlets …
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Matthew Pinsent helps JJB launch national trainer recycling scheme for Whizz-Kidz
Posted on March 1st, 2011
We’re excited to announce JJB Sports has launched a new in-store trainer-recycling scheme …
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Molson Coors (UK) employees raise £80,000 in first partnership year
Posted on January 17th, 2011
Molson Coors (UK) employees have raised £40,000 for its corporate charity Whizz-Kidz since its official launch in August 2010, …
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Send a cheeky Whizz-Kidz festive gift – via Facebook
Posted on December 21st, 2010
This Christmas we’ve teamed up with the lovely people at JustGiving to enable you to give a little through your Facebook Page.
Why not tell your friends how much you love us …
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2010 in photos
Posted on December 15th, 2010
Wow, and so as another year draws toward its end – we thought we’d share some pictures of all the fun we had in 2010. Thanks for joining-in and having …
Ambassador Jack plays Konnie Huq at Gold Challenge launch
Posted on November 25th, 2010
Whizz-Kidz’s Ambassador Jack Pegram, a major player in para table tennis and a hopeful for the 2012 Paralympics, took on Xtra Factor and former Blue Peter presenter Konnie …
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Team Tesco reach £65,000 in New York Marathon fundraising
Posted on November 19th, 2010
A hearty congratulations to the Tesco Seven, who together have managed to raise over £65,000 for their Whizz-Kidz New York Marathon sponsorship!
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Sam & Mark hold special tribute gig for Whizz-Kidz
Posted on November 8th, 2010
2003 Pop Idol finalists and now hugely popular kids’ TV presenters, Sam & Mark, held a very special one-night-only gig for family, friends and fans this weekend – in a …
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Whizz-Kidz partners with NHS South East Essex – a model for success
Posted on October 29th, 2010
Nearly 400 young people in south east Essex who require a wheelchair to help them with their long term mobility needs are to benefit from a new partnership between NHS …
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‘NHS-charity partnership provides disabled children with better wheelchairs at lower cost and shorter waits’ says new report
Posted on October 26th, 2010
Leading economic firm, Frontier Economics Limited, today launched a report showing how mobility charity Whizz-Kidz has pioneered a model for working in partnership with the NHS – delivering better wheelchairs, …
We’re offering internships and volunteer roles!
Posted on October 21st, 2010
At Whizz-Kidz we are small but perfectly formed – but in order to do so much we also rely on the hard work and generosity of …
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Whizz-Kidz teams with Cofacio – a new way of giving by “micro-fundraising”
Posted on September 9th, 2010
New online platform, Cofacio – where users accrue ‘points’ for helping each other – has signed up mobility charity Whizz-Kidz as its latest partner.
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Cardiff man hits £2k in personal wheelchair challenge for Whizz-Kidz
Posted on August 12th, 2010
Nat Rowson, 30, from Canton in Cardiff, was diagnosed with a tumour in his spinal cord two years ago this month – now a wheelchair-user, he set himself a personal …
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Whizz-Kidz fundraiser wins Sports Tours International NYC package competition
Posted on August 6th, 2010
Whizz-Kidz fundraiser Adele Young, 32, of Maidenhead, won a Sports Tours International competition for an all-inclusive New York Marathon …
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Whizz-Kidz calls for ‘young inventors’ to help shape technology
Posted on August 2nd, 2010
Whizz-Kidz wants YOU to send in your invention ideas for new technology that could help in your everyday …
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Team Tesco raises the stakes for the 2010 New York Marathon
Posted on August 2nd, 2010
A team of seven Tesco team members have raised the bar on event fundraising, having passed an astonishing £46,000 towards …
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Molson Coors UK chooses Whizz-Kidz as two-year charity
Posted on July 20th, 2010
We’re really pleased to announce that following a staff vote Molson Coors employees have chosen Whizz-Kidz to be their new corporate …
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Whizz-Kidz’ Rebecca advises on access
Posted on July 2nd, 2010
The role of a Whizz-Kidz Ambassador can lead to lots exciting opportunities, such as local campaigning, meeting with a local MP, and consulting on access to towns and services.
Kidz …
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Whizz-Kid helps launch world’s first water-and-solar powered wheelchair lift at the London Festival of Architecture
Posted on June 25th, 2010
Karl Woods, a 19 year old wheelchair user from Bermondsey and ambassador for the youth mobility charity Whizz-Kidz, helped unveil the very first water-and-solar powered accessible lift – set atop …
