News & Blog
Here you’ll find the latest news from Challengers and blog posts from our community.
Playday 2024 – How play has the power to change lives!
This month’s blog comes courtesy of our Service Manager Cress, who shares some reasons why paly is important for everyone ahead of the 2024 National Playday
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Celebrating Pride with Challengers
We are very excited to share that Challengers will have a stall at Surrey Pride for the very first time this year, thanks to our Play and Youth Leader Harry. Here they explain why Pride celebrations are so important to them and the wider community.
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Challengers Impact Report 2023-24
We are pleased to present our Impact Report for 2023-24, which showcases the work that we have done over the past financial year and demonstrates the positive impact that we have had on disabled children, young people, and their families.
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Guest Blog – Disability representation in Bridgerton
This month’s guest blog comes courtesy of our Digital Marketing & Communications Officer (and self-confessed film & TV buff) Arijana, who explores how the latest season of Bridgerton positive represents aspects of disability – explaining it in truest regency fashion!
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Challengers celebrates a decade of exciting events
2024 is a special year as it marks Challengers’ 45th year as a charity, but that’s not the only reason…This year we’ve also celebrated the 10th anniversaries of three of hallmark fundraising events – Kelly’s Cycle Challenge, the Challengers Motoring Event, and the Wood Street Jazz Festival.
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Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Week
This week we’re celebrating Mental Health Awareness Week (13th – 19th May 2024) which aims to remind people of the significance of mental wellbeing in our lives. Shining a light on this important topic, we interviewed our Community Liaison Manager Zoe Youkee, who is part of Challengers’ Wellbeing team and organises a number of initiatives to support the mental health of members of staff.
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An update on 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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Wood Street Jazz Festival – Q&A with Marianne
With our 10th Anniversary of the legendary Wood Street Jazz Festival coming up soon on Sunday 21st July, we caught up with Marianne Windham, Chair of Guildford Jazz – which Challengers hosts the event in partnership with – for a Q&A on all things Jazz Fest.
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The power of pro-bono
The obvious way to support a charity is to give a donation, and while we absolutely depend on donations to fund Challengers’ vital service for disabled children and young people, sometimes there are non-financial options which individuals and businesses can offer that can really benefit the charity. For instance, by providing professional services free of charge.
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