2025 Winter Ball is a winner for WTF. Great occasion and £3500 raised!
A wonderful Winter Ball to celebrate Will and the WTF and its achievements Oh what a night on the 1st of February! Our third Winter Ball. A packed out room, in Marriott Breadsall Priory’s Pavilion Suite, delicious 3 course meal, games to play, competitions to win, spot prizes, a wonderful raffle and to finish it […]
WTF welcomed again to the Broomfield Hall Inclusion event
https://www.willgarveytrustfoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Broomfield-event-avatar-video.mp4 A privilege to participate at this year’s event By Jo Garvey This is the second year WTF have attended this event and we were not disappointed. Staff and students are very welcoming and the event is very well organized and run by committed and dedicated staff. The event is an opportunity for parents and […]
WTF presence at the Bennerley Fields School Open afternoon
Supporting mental health and wellbeing at school By Jo Garvey In October WTF were privileged to be invited to the Bennerley Fields Open Afternoon. This provides parents new to Bennerely Fields with an opportunity to meet all the organisations that are involved in supporting the children and young people who attend. This includes the school […]
No Prejudice, I’m fallen for Derby Pride
By Kevan Garvey The UK’s first Pride march was in 1972. That’s 52 years ago. I represented WTF at this year’s Derby Pride Festival. I’m privileged, middle aged and straighter than a stake that soft fruit grows up, so the Pride branding is not positioned at me or my demographic. Though, just like homophobic critics […]
Second WTF 5k Run raises £700
Running 5k for WTF, such fun! By Janine Eyre Our 2nd WTF 5k run took place on Sunday 15 September 2024, this time at the Nutbrook Cricket Club and along the Nutbrook trail. It was a lovely family day with a mixture of runners, joggers and walkers of all ages and abilities, and quite a […]
CALM ‘Missed birthdays’ campaign – a real success
Powerful and emotional, let’s get behind this campaign By Jo Garvey In September Kev and I went down to London for the launch of the CALM Missed Birthdays campaign which Will is a part of. Its aim is to prevent young suicide and highlights the huge and preventable number of deaths by suicide of young […]
Bird and Blended
By Kevan Garvey Apparently, there are precise and exacting instructions for the perfect cup of tea. Whittard’s, The Yorkshire Tea Company, Typhoo, and even Jamie Oliver, all have step by step guides on how to successfully blend tea’s exhaustive list of ingredients. Tea, water and milk in case you didn’t know. And this is genuine, […]
“It’s about the Chat Iknit”
By Kevan Garvey Will adopted early. Technology, music, and when his sister sulked into early teen awkwardness, he even took on a few of my fatherly duties, and as a result, you could include her in that adoption list too. But especially, he was first to new TV comedy. Gavin and Stacey, Its Always Sunny […]
45 Club update – a chance to meet, make friends and talk…
We meet, we walk or run, we talk….. By Hadley Trueman The 45 club has been active now for the last few months, we have seen a rough total of 30 different people take part in group walks and runs with plenty of little furry friends joining us too. The first activities were held down […]
Football4Charities and WTF combine to raise funds and raise awareness
A football match to remember, here’s how it went…. By Hadley Trueman It was a grey Saturday afternoon down at New Manor Ground, home of Ilkeston FC and as the starting XI’s lined up in the tunnel the rain started to pour. Local well-known referee Ray Ferguson led out the teams and last out onto the pitch […]
