Banner image: Neil Simpson MBE – VI Skier This year’s Christmas card is dedicated to the GB Winter Paralympic Ski Team in their build up to the 2026 Milano Cortina Paralympic Winter Games. Hester Poole, age 20, VI skier, from Somerset, began skiing at the age of 7 with her brother Benjie as her guide.…[Read More]
Sam The Super Skier!
At the Italian Para Alpine Championships in Pila on March 28–29, 2025, Sam Cozens delivered an impressive debut performance on the international stage. March 28: Made his first-ever Super-G appearance and secured a silver medal.March 29: Followed this with a gold medal in the Giant Slalom (GS) event. These results came in Sam’s first high-level…[Read More]
Tim’s our Shooting Champion!
Tim Jeffery (born April 9, 1996, in Newbury, England) is a British rifle shooter competing in the SH2 classification, meaning he uses a support stand to stabilize his rifle due to upper limb impairment. Tim took up shooting at age 11 through the Scouts, determined to prove his capability – even using a rifle as…[Read More]
Get Kids Going! bright young stars selected for European Champs!
The charity is delighted to learn that many of its bright, young, wheelchair rugby athletes have been selected to take part in the 2025 European WCR Championships to be held from, 21st to 27th April, 2025, at the Sportcampus Zuiderpark in The Hague, Netherlands. This biennial event will feature Europe’s top eight wheelchair rugby teams…[Read More]
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Banner image: Alfie Hewett & Gordon Reid Gold Medal – Tennis Doubles Paris 2024 Paralympics This year’s Christmas card is dedicated to those Get Kids Going! athletes who took part in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games this Summer. Team GB was the second most successful nation in the world, after China, winning a total of…[Read More]
Congratulations to Abdul, a TCS New York City Marathon 2024 Finisher
A message from Abdul “Now I am a New York Marathon Finisher!!! The preparations and race day were absolutely amazing. I managed to get a Personal Record/Best and finished at 03:58:36. So extremely happy with a sub 4 time given the challenging course. Took all your great advice Jane it really helped for sure.”
Get Kids Going! at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
Our CEO Jane Emmerson and Get Kids Going!’s Shirley were in Paris to see Paralympics GB Wheelchair Rugby team make their victory on the 31st August in the Paralympics Games.
Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby Team win their first three games in Paris Paralympics
The Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) team got off to a flying start with their first games in the Paris Paralympics. GB beat Australia in their opening match in an amazing team effort. Paralympics GB Wheelchair Rugby team are in Paris taking part in the Paralympics Games. The Wheelchair Rugby Games started on the 29th…[Read More]
Alexandru Cretoi, Single Amputee Climbs Ben Nevis for Get Kids Going!
We are delighted to share the story of Alexandru Cretoi who is raising funds for Get Kids Going! by taking part in mountain climbing challenges. His story is more remarkable as has a prosthetic leg from an above the knee amputation. Discover his story.
Get Kids Going! one of Great British Wheelchair Rugby’s 28 for 28 partners
We are delighted to share the story of Alexandru Cretoi who is raising funds for Get Kids Going! by taking part in mountain climbing challenges. His story is more remarkable as has a prosthetic leg from an above the knee amputation. Discover his story.
Thanks to Ordinary 2 Extraordinary Group for supporting Get Kids Going!
Jane Emmerson, Chief Executive, of Get Kids Going! would like to say a big thank you to all the members of O2E, the Ordinary 2 Extraordinary group for their wonderful support and their kind donation of £4,000 to Get Kids Going! Jane attended the Annual O2E Awards Evening in the City of London on…[Read More]
Congratulations to Get Kids Going! Para Athletes in the GB Snowsport Para Alpine and Para Snowboard squad
We are delighted to announce that the 14-athlete squad selected by GB Snowsport ahead of the para snow sports season features a number of Get Kids Going! athletes. Get Kids Going! has given over £250,000 to the para snow sports team over the last few years and is supporting them again this coming season. The…[Read More]
Congratulations to Get Kids Going! athlete Justin Levene winner of Gold Medal in World Parajiu-Jitsu Championships 2023
The 15th Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship started on Wednesday with an amazing display of talent on show at the Mubadala Arena in Zayed Sports City. We were delighted to hear that Justin Levene achieved a gold medal in Parajiu-Jitsu Men / K4 Heavyweight division. The first day of the Championships saw an impressive…[Read More]
Good luck to the Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby Team in the 2023 International Wheelchair Rugby Cup
We would like to thank the Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby Team for inviting our Chief Executive, Jane Emmerson, over to Paris to watch some matches in the International Wheelchair Rugby Cup The eight best wheelchair rugby teams including Great Britain have gathered in Paris and will be spending until 22nd October 2023 competing in the…[Read More]
Discover what Get Kids Going! Para Athlete Menna Fitzpatrick and her guide Katie Guest are doing
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.
Get Kids Going! CEO on BBC for Great North Run 2023
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]
Get Kids Going! thanks all who ran the Great North Run 2023 for us
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 Get Kids Going! Supported athlete Eden Rainbow Cooper
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]
Get Kids Going! Congratulations to all our London Marathon runners
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]
Congratulations to Get Kids Going! Para Athlete James Barnes-Miller for winning golds in World Para Snowboard World Cup
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]