Our great Get Kids Going! supported athletes para skiers Menna Fitzpatrick & Katie Guest are swapping skiing for hiking as they will be doing the Everest Base Camp Challenge for us.
They want to raise awareness for us as your amazing fundraising helped to send them to Winter Paralympics and many more events, where visually impaired Menna and her guide Katie went on to achieve great results.
Our CEO Jane Emmerson was on BBC on the morning ahead of the Great North Run talking about what your fundraising means to our young athletes. There was also a fabulous photograph of our CEO Jane with our President David Weir who came 2nd in men’s wheelchair race at Great North Run & Hannah Cockroft OBE taking part in her first Great…[Read More]
It’s Medal Monday & we wanted to give a HUGE thanks to everyone who ran Great North Run last Sunday & came to our finishers tent for a photo. Simply too many of you to individually name but if you can spot yourself or your friend please say hello! You are all absolute super-stars and…[Read More]
Congratulations to one of our great supported athletes Eden Rainbow-Cooper / t54 wheelchair athlete who came 4th in her first World Championship at Championnats du monde de para athlétisme – PARIS’23 5000m on Monday She said “I am so honoured to have been in such a great race with the best women in the world.…[Read More]
What an amazing day! We were cheering London Marathon runners on from 7am right up to 7pm. We always love to see the very last TCS London Marathon runners come through to help bring them across the finish line. Look out for more from us on Monday. You are ALL Super Troopers! We can’t thank you enough for…[Read More]
Huge congratulations to Para Snowboarder James Barnes-Miller for winning his first gold medal of the season. James was competing in the World Para Snowboard World Cup held in Pyha, Finland. James said “First World Cup boardercross and first gold of the season – absolutely buzzing! I love coming to this place”. James Barnes-Miller became the…[Read More]
Neil Simpson won GB’s first gold medal in the World Para Alpine Skiing Championships in Spain. With that amazing achievement 20 year old Neil, became the first British male athlete to win a gold on the slopes this year. With his guide Rob Poth, they completed the course in 56.66 at the event in Espot…[Read More]
Congratulations to Justin and Francis! The amazing Justin Levene and Francis Cade have cycled 3,000 miles across the US on a fabulous road trip raising a staggering £165,000 (and counting) for Get Kids Going! (with an exclamation mark) which encourages disabled children and young people to participate in sport. The intrepid pair started the humongous…[Read More]
Big thanks to Justin Levene and Francis Cade who are doing an absolutely amazing challenge for us. They are taking 2 Bikes and 1 Wheelchair on a 3000 mile journey across The USA. Their video below marks the start of their challenge and you can find out more on their JustGiving page Cycling Across America…[Read More]
We would like to thank the Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby Team for inviting our Chief Executive, Jane Emmerson, over to Denmark to watch some matches in the World Championships. Jane was able to watch the squad’s matches from their match against USA on 13th October right through to their final match against New Zealand on…[Read More]
We wish all the best The Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby Team in the World Championships which is taking place in DGI Huset Vejle, Denmark from 10 until 16 October 2022. The Paralympic champions, Great Britain, got off to a flying start in their first game on 10th October against Switzerland. The score was GB 66…[Read More]
Thank you to all our wonderful runners who kindly ran this year’s TCS London Marathon for Get Kids Going! What a momentous week it has been!… welcoming all our runners to the Get Kids Going! Stand at the Running Show and then cheering you every step of the way on Race Day! It was truly…[Read More]
We would like to give a huge congratulations to all of the Get Kids Going! supported athletes for their amazing achievements in the Mini London Marathon 2022. We were delighted that three members of the Weir Archer Academy which was founded by our President David Weir and Jenny Archer won their events on Saturday 1st…[Read More]
We will be in London this weekend cheering on all of our runners for the TCS London Marathon. This will be the third time the race is taking place in October after initially being pushed back from April in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic. The BBC will be following coverage of 42nd London Marathon…[Read More]
The Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby Team came second at the King Power Quad Nations in Cardiff on 18th September 2022. The Paralympic champions, Great Britain, met Canada in the finals who had beaten Germany 53-48. The final itself needed two periods of overtime to separate the teams, but Canada who finally won the Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha…[Read More]
After both winning the Big Half races in London, we were delighted that Get Kids Going! president David Weir and supported athlete Eden Rainbow-Cooper won The Great North Run. Earlier in the week it looked as if the event may not take place due to the sad passing of HM The Queen. However, the traditional…[Read More]
We would like to give a huge congratulations to all of the Get Kids Going! supported athletes for their amazing achievements in the Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham. In a hugely exciting games, the athletes made us all proud with their determination and prowess after a particularly challenging few years. 400 sports men and women…[Read More]
Huge congratulations to Get Kids Going! Ambassador Aled Davies for his first Commonwealth Games Gold medal. Aled won a gold medal for shot in the Tokyo Paralympics last year. However in the Commonwealth Games he switched to discus when he knew there was an opportunity to add the missing gold from his collection. Aled was…[Read More]
Huge congratulations to Fabienne Andre for her first Commonwealth Games medal. She picked up a bronze medal in the women’s T33/34 100 metres on 2nd August 2022. She had an excellent finish time of 19:58 seconds and beating Paralympic bronze medallist Australian Robyn Lambird by 10 seconds to take third place. Fabienne, who lives in…[Read More]
We were delighted to go to Trafalgar Square in London on 1st August 2022 to celebrate England’s historic win of the Women’s Euros with thousands of spectators. The team are a huge inspiration to all athletes for their courage, determination and strength. We hope you will join us in cheering them and valuing what their…[Read More]
