Bird & Blend forged a great relationship with WTF and raised over £1300 for the charity
Thanks to all at Bird & Blend for raising £1306 for WTF as your Charity of the Year 2024/25 By Hadley Truman As soon as I joined the Bird & Blend Tea Co. team back in spring of 2023, it was clear that a local independent retail store based in the heart of Nottingham city centre […]
Julia England runs a marathon for WTF. What a star!
Thank you Julia, we are so proud of you! Julia did something many of us would like to do but have never taken those extra steps to make it happen. It requires Herculian effort, dedication and guts! And Julia has shown that in bucketfuls ! And not just any marathon it was the London marathon! […]
Ellis-Fermor & Negus annouces Will Garvey Trust Foundation as their Charity of the Year for 2025/6
Thank you so much, Ellis-Fermor Negus for taking us as your Charity of The Year Here’s what they said on their Website……… Charity of the Year Scheme We began our Charity of the Year scheme in 2002. We were keen to support charities working in the communities around our offices and we realised that nominating […]
They Knit and Natter but that’s not all !
This group are remarkable ! They have just recently raised another £1257. We love them ! The Knit and Natter group from the Old Black Horse in Mapperley are a remarkable group of people. They have just presented WTF with another £1257 collected from the sales of their fabulous knitted items over Xmas last year […]
We are in Wayne’s World at the WTF Spring Quiz in March 2025!
Wayne’s World strikes again ! A great evening quizzing and we raised £510. Thank you ! A great evening’s entertainment again with a challenging and inspiring, fun quiz, a great raffle, a game of card bingo and a game of ‘On me ‘ead son’! Thank you to the Pav Bar at West Hallam Cricket Club […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Foundation Derbyshire release £1500 to support WTF’s Wellbeing libraries
New funds support our intentions to put Wellbeing Libraries in local schools Foundation Derbyshire have released £1500 to Will Garvey Trust Foundation following the appointment of Jodie Cook as out Chair of Trustees. This means we have £500 to spend at Bennerley School from the Coleman Fund, and £1000 to spend at another school […]
