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.
An update on our Guildford Pre-school
After many years of providing an early years service from Guildford, it is with great sadness that we have taken the decision to close Challengers Guildford Pre-school at end of Summer Term 2024.
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Gen’s Six Runs for Six Years
Gen joined Challengers as CEO in February 2022 and believes she shouldn’t ask someone to do something she has not done herself, so she set herself the challenge of six runs to help raise awareness of Challengers and help raise funds to bring more smiles and laughter to children and families.
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Disability charities write to future PM hopefuls calling for greater financial support for disabled people
Challengers are pleased to be joining Sense Charity and more than 50 other disability organisations in backing the open letter calling for greater support for disabled children, adults and their families during the cost of living crisis.
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Introducing the Impact Report 2021!
We are pleased to present our Impact Report for 2021 – a document which represents the importance of our work, and shows the first hand positive impact it can have on disabled children and young people, enabling them to live meaningful and fulfilling lives, as well as on their families to feel supported and more empowered.
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Challengers named the chosen charity of the Mayor of Guildford
We are absolutely delighted that new Mayor of Guildford, Councillor Dennis Booth, has chosen Challengers as his charity for the municipal year 2022-23.
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Farewell to the Guildford Playground
Anyone who has been to Challengers Playcentre in Guildford will be familiar with the large, colourful playground structure which takes up much of the outdoor space. So many children have enjoyed the playground over the years, but sadly now is the time for us to say goodbye to it.
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