News & Blog
Here you’ll find the latest news from Challengers and blog posts from our community.
A Season of Giving: Oscar Raises Funds for Challengers
Just recently, 11-year-old Oscar turned a simple, Christmas craft activity into something special. Inspired after walking past our Guildford centre, and remembering what we do, Oscar created handmade, light-up twine stars to raise money for Challengers!
We absolutely had to find out more so caught up with Oscar to talk about how the idea came to life, what he learned along the way, and why he’s already planning his next fundraiser.
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Smiles All Round: Welcoming Ed Davey and Zoe Franklin to Challengers
On Friday 23 January the 555 Guildford team were thrilled to welcome two very important visitors for a morning of baking and play.
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Challengers announces the appointment of four new Trustees
We are delighted to announce four new Trustees to the Challengers Board of Trustees – Ashley Carter, Holly Goodwin, Dr Ruth Milton and David Stam.
Each brings a wealth of experience that will play a vital role in guiding our strategic direction and ensuring we continue to deliver on our mission to transform the lives of disabled children, young people and their families through the power of play.
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Giving Tuesday: Challengers launches its ‘Give me a break’ campaign for the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2025
Giving Tuesday is here! And at Challengers, we’re about to launch our biggest fundraising opportunity of the year.
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Guest Blog: Looking After You, So You Can Look After Them – Supporting Parent Carers’ Mental Health
Bethany Pepper from The Eaves discusses the pressures of caring and provides top tips for Parent Carer wellbeing.
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Introducing Challengers Impact Report 2024-25
We are pleased to present our Impact Report for 2024-25, 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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Challengers expands vital support for disabled children left without school places
We have recently expanded our alternative provision to a new site in Guildford to address the growing number of disabled children left without a school place.
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Big Give 2024 success! More than £90,000 raised for Challengers
Challengers embarked on a mission this holiday season to raise £90,000 through the Big Give Christmas Challenge, a week-long national fundraising campaign. Click here to read all about our journey!
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Farewell to Jenny Seagrove
After many years of supporting Challengers, Jenny Seagrove is stepping down from her role as Patron.
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