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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 …
Whizz-Kidz’ day out at Wembley
Posted on June 1st, 2010
On Wednesday 26 May the National Association of Disabled Supporters (NADS) held their Annual General Meeting at Wembley Stadium. NADS invited Whizz-Kidz and two other charities to come along …
