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.
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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Celebrating International Women’s Day
To celebrate International Women’s Day, our Head of People and Culture Ella shares some of the things we’re doing at Challengers to ensure that women feel supported, valued and represented.
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Big Give Christmas Challenge success: Challengers Supporters raise over £34,000 in three days!
Challengers embarked on a mission this holiday season to raise £34,000 through the Big Give Christmas Challenge, a week-long national fundraising campaign. Click here to read all about our journey!
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The importance of child engagement
Engaging with children and young people to hear their views and involve them in decision making is integral to the way we work at Challengers. Read on to find out more about our child engagement work.
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Celebrating Disability History Month
Between 16th November and 16th December 2023, people across the UK will take the time to acknowledge the history, culture and achievements of disabled people as part of Disability History Month.
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Why you should support Challengers this Giving Tuesday
Head of Fundraising, Samantha Lane, shares her thoughts on Giving Tuesday and the extra special reason why you should donate to Challengers in support of this global movement.
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Guest Blog – Making the internet a more inclusive place with accessiBe
We’re delighted to share a guest blog from Sheldon Lewis, Nonprofit Partnership Manager at accessiBe, who has recently helped us to install an exciting new accessibility tool, making the Challengers website a resource which everyone can use with ease.
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Grand opening to celebrate Challengers Guildford Playground
Excitement and anticipation filled the air as funders and families came together at two events to celebrate the formal opening of our new inclusive playground, based at our centre in Stoke Park, Guildford.
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Summer Party and Staff Awards 2023
Each year we host a Challengers Summer Party at our Guildford Centre in Stoke Park to celebrate and recognise our amazing staff members and their accomplishments over the year. Our 2023 celebrations were held on Friday 1st September, where staff gathered for pizza, fun and games, before finding out the winners of our Staff Awards.
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