Category: News
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Chester Phab Club Members visit Buckingham Palace
Chester Adult Phab Club members are pictured here outside Buckingham Palace after their tour looking at amazing paintings and gifts to Her Majesty the Queen from around the world. The tour was funded by the Big Lottery Fund and organised by Ms Lynda Hesketh BEM. Sarah (Treasurer) and Janette (Members Representative) volunteered and helped the…
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Wisbech Phab Club meet up with Peterborough PHAB
News from Wisbech Phab (posted 3.9.17) who said “We had a lovely day at Peterborough PHAB. The members made us very welcome and there were loads of activities for members to choose what to do. The craft group was popular and here you can see all the people showing their work. We also had a…
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Jo Webb Award Winner
The Jo Webb Award was introduced in the Midlands Region to commemorate Jo’s 30 plus years of dedicated service, as a volunteer, to Phab in the Midlands. The Award goes to the person (or, exceptionally, people) from the Midlands Region who, in the opinion of the judges, has done the most to further Phab’s philosophy…
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2017 Virgin Money London Marathon
Our sincere and grateful thanks to our wonderful runners who took part in and completed the Virgin Money London Marathon held on Sunday 23rd April. Thankfully we were blessed with a dry day and perfect running conditions. As in previous years we were privileged to be allowed to use the wonderful facilities at The Storeyard…
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Diamond Jubilee Walk Sunday 5th June 2017
On 5th June over 200 members and volunteers attended Phab’s Diamond Jubilee Wicksteed Walk! We had 12 clubs in attendance, many in full fancy dress wielding brilliant homemade banners! We started our day enjoying the bands, and judging our members’ fancy dress and banners. At 12pm, we all set out on our walk! The weather…
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Phab’s Holiday Projects Under Way
Phab’s exciting programme of Inclusive Living Experience Projects is well under way, with holiday projects for disabled and disadvantaged children and young people taking place through the summer and autumn. Each year, disabled children and young people or children who are disadvantaged in some way have the opportunity to go away with Phab to two…
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David’s Marathon Challenge
Inspired by the challenges his nephew Adam and his family had faced throughout his young life, David Rootes ran his first Marathon in 2016. Adam has Pallister-Killian mosaic syndrome, a developmental disorder which has left him with profound and multiple learning difficulties. David chose to run that special first Marathon for Phab, a charity which…
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Celebrating 60 Years of Phab 2017
A special celebration to mark Phab’s 60th year took place in August at the very spot where the idea of Phab was born– the Avon Tyrrell Outdoor Activity Centre in the New Forest. Supporters, volunteers, Club members, donors, staff and Trustees toasted Phab and all who had contributed to its success over the years in…
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Pudsey supporting Phab
BBC Children in Need are supporting Phab’s Inclusive Living Experience Projects once again in 2017, with a very generous donation of £45,000. This will help around 90 disabled and disadvantaged children to take part in Phab’s exciting and challenging ILX Projects at fully accessible outdoor activity centres in the New Forest and the Lake District,…
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The Garfield Weston Foundation
The Garfield Weston Foundation made a very generous donation of £30,000 in 2016 towards Phab’s core work over the next two years. We are most grateful once more to the Foundation for supporting all that we do at Phab.