Category: News
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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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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.
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Anita Dobson appointed as President of Phab
We are delighted to announce that Anita Dobson has been appointed to succeed the late Ed Stewart as President of Phab. Following her appointment Anita (pictured above with John Corless OBE, Chairman of Phab) said “I am very proud and delighted to become President of Phab and look forward to the future with great hope…
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HEARTBEAT HIKE 2016
We all had a fab day out at Wicksteed Park, Kettering for the annual Phab walk. The theme was yellow and green (Phab’s colours) and I was in a yellow outfit dressed as a duck! It was very hot and sunny. Members from all over the country came in Phab colours, lots were in fancy…
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Wheelchair Dance success
Phab has just completed a very special joint project with the Wheelchair Dance Sport Association (UK), giving Phab Clubs, schools and community groups in the South East a chance to try out wheelchair dance for the first time. Phab secured funding of £9,940 from Big Lottery Fund Awards for All for the year long project…
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MARATHON AND CHALLENGE EVENTS 2016
The Virgin Money – London Marathon The Prudential – RideLondon-Surrey 100 The Royal Parks Foundation – Half Marathon I would like to take this opportunity to thank my volunteer helpers at the Virgin Money London Marathon Exhibition who gave up their own time to assist in the manning of our fantastic stand at the Expo…
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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…