News & Blog

Here you’ll find the latest news from Challengers and blog posts from our Senior Leadership Team, Trustees, parents and staff to share interesting thoughts and ideas.

Wow – what a day we had at the London Marathon 2023! 

Author:: Becky Cox

We were delighted to cheer on our awesome team of 14 who all smashed the iconic London Marathon on behalf of Challengers on Sunday 23rd April! We were in total awe of them all, not just for running 26.2 miles, but for all their hard work over the past six months with their endless training and amazing fundraising.  

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Challengers Pasta Party 2023!

Author:: Becky Cox

We recently hosted our annual Pasta Party to celebrate our incredible London Marathon and Royal Parks Half Marathon teams. It was such a pleasure to hear the inspiring stories about how everyone’s training and fundraising were progressing, and why they were taking on these epic challenges to support Challengers.  

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The build for our new accessible playground at Guildford has begun…

Author:: Katie Hunt

Work has started on a new, state-of-the-art inclusive playground at our Guildford play centre on Stoke Park! This specially designed playground is set to have a huge impact on the lives of thousands of disabled children who are often unable to use typical playgrounds in their own communities.  

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Fundraiser Tales: Farnham Hedgehog’s Golf Day

Author:: Izzy Calderwood

Last September we were delighted to join the amazing Farnham Hedgehogs at their annual Golf Day at The Army Golf Club in Aldershot, where 68 players had a lovely day on the course followed by a dinner, raffle and an auction in the Clubhouse all in aid of Challengers. 

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The Challengers Child Listening Programme

Author:: Charlotte Bagchi

As well as gathering annual feedback from parents and carers, we also make sure to get insight directly from children and young people about their time at Challengers, to check they are enjoying it and to see whether there is anything we can improve as part of our our Child Listening Programme.

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The Kindness of Time

Author:: Helena Burke

We are delighted to announce that Alexis Krite, David Reading and Max Bevan have released a book of 30 short stories under the title of ‘The Kindness of Time’, with all profits from the sale of the book coming to Challengers.

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