1000 followers on Instagram and growing……
WTF’s Instagram presence is increasing… By Hadley Trueman At the AGM in April of 2023, the first WTF meeting that I have attended, it was announced that the social media channels were slowly growing and the Instagram page had just reached 200 followers! After countless hours of effort and dedication inputted into creative and informative posts by […]
Where giants, enchanted pathways and ancient wooden thrones reside
WTF attend Scargill Junior School’s Summer Fete in West Hallam By Kevan Garvey WTF recently attended Scargill Junior School’s Summer Fete in West Hallam. The school’s PTA had arranged the event to mark the opening of “Michael’s Way” sensory garden. A labour of vision, compassion and love. Sadly, Michael’s Way, was sewn and nurtured out […]
Bennerley Fields School Summer Fair welcomes WTF
WTF join in at Bennerley School Summer Fair By Jodie Cook On Saturday 6th July, I accompanied Jo to Bennerley Fields School Summer Fair. We support the school as part of our Wellbeing Libraries Project, with books and resources tailored to young people with additional needs. We were given an incredibly warm welcome and it was […]
45 Club’s first morning walk. Fresh air and good company, beautiful!
Our morning walk on June 8th at 7am at Bennerley Viaduct. Well worth it! From: Hadley Truman After the success of our night hike at the end of winter, the locals who came along were left wanting more active events and so we decided to set up 45 club. So what is the 45 Club? […]
Chesterfield’s Thinkfest ’24: “The songs that saved your life”
Lots of talking and listening and music that meant something From: Chloe Jackson On Saturday 25th May 2024, Jo, Hadley, and I headed to Chesterfield for our second experience of ThinkFest, having had such a successful time last year. We were blessed with the weather; arriving on Vicar Lane high street to the sun shining […]
Jodie Cook is the new Chair of the Will Garvey Trust Foundation – welcome Jodie!
We are so fortunate! Jodie Cook takes on the Chair role for WTF. We are thrilled to announce Jodie Cook as the new Chair of WTF. This marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for us! Jodie has a wealth of experience in governance as well as mental health. We can’t wait to see […]
Bennerley Viaduct Night Hike a great event for walking and talking with WTF
Thanks Hadley for organising and hosting us all The Bennerley Viaduct Night Hike. The first of many. What a wonderful evening with great company. A time to walk and talk. Thanks to all who came and a special thank you to Hadley for organising and being our tour guide. We will be organising another one […]
Nottingham Panthers chose WTF as their charity of the month in December
Nottingham Panthers chose WTF as Charity of the Month. We are honoured. Thank you! The Nottingham Panthers chose WTF as their Charity of the Month for December and we were honoured to be part of the Christmas celebrations down at the Nottingham Arena. We had carol singers serenading us one night and enjoyed the many […]
Kirk Hallam Christmas Fair provides the opportunity to talk to locals
Kirk Hallam Christmas Fair – we’ll be back! There was Santa, there were reindeer, and there were cakes. What more could you want at a Christmas Fair? The weather was a bit miserable but it didn’t dampen the spirits of everyone there. So many people stopped to leave messages of kindness and support, to leave […]
Knit and Natter at Old Black Horse raise £700 at Mapperley Christmas Fair for WTF
Another £700 raised for WTF. The Old Black Horse Knit and Natter group are amazing! Last night the Old Black Horse Knit & Natter, Mapperley presented the Will Garvey Trust Foundation with £700 that they raised on their stall at Mapperley Christmas Fair and light Switch On They raised this money by knitting decorations and […]