Charity News

Date

August 04 2019

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Team Willberry .

June's Fundraising

Written By Team Willberry . - August 04 2019

 Gail organised a stand at a Lions event in May and with donations and a cake sale the grand sum of  £114.20 was given to the charity
Alice re-homed another of Willberry's pandas. Lets hope that Teddy likes his new friend and Alice's other horses don't suddenly think any monsters have appeared under the jumps..!
Kirsty went to the Horse & Hound Festival at Keysoe under the name of Can’t Plait Won’t Plait and offered to plait anyones horse for a donation to HWWP. Her clever initiative helped to raise £30 to go towards #kickingcancersbutt.
Niki’s dad kindly gave Niki money for her birthday which she wanted to send to HWWP, such a kind gesture. These donations are always extra touching for Willberry
 Balhagen Equestrian who have been one of our loyal supporters, have managed to raise a fantastic £70 from First Aid donations. Willberry and his team are so grateful for your continued support.
Karen bravely did a tandem sky dive at Old Sarum Park Salisbury. The result of Karen donning her brave pants has led to £285 coming to help Willberry continue Hannah's mission.
Pumbaa took part in  the Florence half marathon in Italy and raised a whopping £2298.61! If you ask us a total like that is well worth the sore legs!! Thank you Pumbaa.
Alice Pullin contacted us to let us know that her daughter Molly was going to have her long hair cut in aid of HWWP. Not only has Molly got a gorgeous new look she also has sent £565 to Willberry and is team to help keep #kickingcancersbutt! Well done Molly!!
Another of our loyal supporters,  Loch Leven Equine Pracitice, did a Go Global cycling challenge and managed to top up their total by £20.
Tia Gill contacted us to let us know that 18 people from Sheffield Hallam Equestrian were going to climb Mount Snowdon in aid of HWWP.  What a brave and wonderful thing to do and a fantastic £4189 was raised!
Last month it was reported that Lucy Jarman and the Shillingstone & District Riding Club raised money in aid of HWWP with an auction of promises, we recently had a cheque presentation where the total matched the size of the cheque!
All you awesome supporters who raised money through Paypal raised a combine total of £2928.17. JustGiving supporters did some fantastic fundraising in June totalling £2630.64. 

 

#kickingcancersbutt
#makingmemories

Date

July 01 2019

Written By

Team Willberry .

May's Fundraising

Written By Team Willberry . - July 01 2019

 Jenny secured a running place in the London marathon this year and kindly ran in aid of HWWPC, we are so grateful £197 Willberry received! 
Alex had a HWWP collection pot at their wedding day and their guests kindly gave £36.57. AU equestrian kindly donated £130.00 thank you so much, Willberry's team hope you have a wonderful academic year.
Louise and Ally bravely tackled the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge, Freebleberry came to the top of every mountain and did the full 24 miles with his human friends, what a wonderful achievement, thank you so much. £250 hard earned pounds came to help Willberry keep #kickingcancersbutt.
Our regular supporter Balhagan Equestrian donated £68 your loyalty is very much appreiciated. Jane Woodford recently did a refreshment sale and she sent the proceeds of £80 to HWWP.
Shillingstone & District RC had an auction of promises, we appreciate everything that is done to help and £415.05 was sent to support Hannah's charity in #kickingcancersbutt 
Vince & Judy Turner celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary (50 years) how fantastic, we all would like to congratulate them.  They so kindly decided that they would have a collection for HWWP charity instead of presents and their fabulous friends and family collected £510.
Mrs Craven kindly gave a donation to HWWP at Badminton £50. Thank you to all our Amazon buyers who opted to donate to HWWP when they purchased there goods. You can do so to by following this link. 
All that give money through paypal we thank you, this month the sum is £289. Our lovely Just Giving supporters of which there are many, this month have raised and astonishing £7528.16.
Another of the exclusive panda family was bought, resulting in a happy re-homed panda and £100 towards Hannah and Willberry's goal. 
#kickingcancersbutt
#makingmemories

 

Date

June 27 2019

Written By

Team Willberry .

April's Fundraising

Written By Team Willberry . - June 27 2019

 Louise James bought the Kitty King lesson in the October auction for her daughter Alice, when they had their lesson they wanted to give Kitty £20 for her time, Kitty kindly asked them to donate it to Hannah’s Willberry Wonder Pony. Willberry is always so humbled by the support he receives. 
Lindsay ran the Grizzly which we reported on in March, she also did a sponsor form for her run and raised another amazing £152.50 Willberry and his team are so grateful! We were very kindly given £2500 from the Simone Prendergast Charitable Trust, thank you so much for your support!
The Diploma in Horse Management group at Hartpury College ran a charity horse show in March.  They held various events including a combined training and a chase me Charlie.  We hope you had a lot of fun whilst raising an awesome £45.35.
Super X Country had a sale of cross country colours and kindly donated the proceeds of £30 to Hannah’s Willberry Wonder Pony. Dawn kindly donated £2000 from the sale of her house in Spain, thank you so much for this wonderful gesture!
An Exmoor Christmas market was held at Norton Hill School, thank you so much to all that attended and helped raise £267.40!
Students from the University of West of England Students Union raised money on behalf of Hannah’s Willberry Wonder Pony, thank you! £200 from Charities Trust kindly came Willberry's way to help him continue Hannah's legacy.
Balhagen Equestrian are one of our stalwart fundraisers, we are so grateful that they continue to support the charity with an additional £44 to help keep #kickingcancersbutt. 
You fabulous people who do sponsorship events and do it through Just Giving and Virgin Money this month has raised an incredible £6677.29!!
#kickingcancersbutt
#makingmemories

Date

June 18 2019

Written By

Team Willberry .

Rachel and Amy's VIP treatment

Written By Team Willberry . - June 18 2019

Rachel mother got in touch with Willberry to see if he could wave his wand in Rachel's direction. Rachel's sister Amy has breast cancer which has sadly spread. Sadly she is now facing a terminal diagnosis. 

With the Sunday of Nunney Horse Trials being Rachel’s 13th Birthday, Willberry and her Mum were keen to create a magical day for the two of them.  The wish was for Rachel and Amy to have a VIP tour of the XC by car. Rachel even had a few of her closest friends come and join the celebrations.  

Willberry woke at the crack of dawn, excited to meet Amy, Rachel and their friends and family. He had to fight his sweet tooth as he sat in the car with a super special birthday cake for Rachel and like every good party, Willberry had bought alongs some goody bags. Granting wishes, birthdays and eventing? All in one day? Blimey - Willberry couldn't wait to get going. 

 

 

The fab team at Nunney International were amazing in helping Willberry fulfil this wish. Teressa took Amy and Nanette on a full-on XC expedition!  Visiting the XC control to see the action, waiting at certain points of the course to see some of the big names like Andrew Nicholson, jumping the tricky combinations. 

 

 

The family had planned a picnic but in true British style the weather was quite unsettled. Even a Wonder Pony cant battle with mother nature.... He can however rustle up a table in the sponsors marque!  Amy and Rachel had some special visitors during their lunch, Kitty King, who had just won the 3*, Bridget Parker popped along with her Gold Medal, and David Doel! In a funny turn of events it turned out Amy used to babysit for him and the family were keen to say hello!!  Willberry's special birthday cake did a good job of refuelling everyones tanks. 

 

 

Mrs Yeoman, Bridget Parker and Teressa where so helpful.  Tanzy Lee took some great photos and Eileen Walwin and Caroline Hoddinott made such a fantastic job of the cake. Willberry is so thankful to the support he receives to help keep #makingmemories. 

Amy said: “It’s been a lovely day and so nice as you wouldn’t normally have the opportunity to experience something like this. Meeting the riders was fantastic. I love going to support my sister when she’s riding and it’s been great to come here today and have such a special time.” 

 

 

Date

June 07 2019

Written By

Team Willberry .

100 rides in 100 days!

Written By Team Willberry . - June 07 2019

Willberry and his team have been following the incredible Jess as she undertakes 100 spin sessions in 100 days!! Ouch, our legs are aching at the thought.. 
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What inspired Jess to set about this awesome challenge? Willberry caught up with her to find out... 
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"Having grown up in Wiltshire and been a part of the Pony Club - and also with my best friend Zoe knowing Hannah and her family personally - I ended up following Hannah and Willberry's journey from the beginning. Hannah inspired me in so many ways (as I'm sure she does for many, many people), and I felt driven by her positivity, courage and how she faced an absolutely devastating situation and created such an amazing legacy from it. 
I have wanted to help raise awareness and fundraise for Hannah's Willberry Wonder Pony ever since the day the official charity status of the organisation was announced, but I was never quite sure how I would go about it. Then in 2018, I joined a spin studio in London (where I now live) and the idea was presented to me. 
100 rides in 100 days. 
1st April 2019: I decided to take the plunge and ride 100 spin classes in 100 days for Hannah's Willberry Wonder Pony at my studio Digme Fitness - and that's exactly what I've been doing since then. 
To raise as much awareness as possible, I have DigmeBerry on my bike with me for every ride of this 100. So far, Digmeberry seems to be coping with the early starts and excessive leg spinning much better than me - I can't think why! Regardless, together we're #kickingcancersbutt - one ride at a time! 
The journey so far
The first 50 days have been challenging (in a good way...I think!) like I knew they would. I'll have days of feeling like I have legs made of jelly and other days where I feel on good form - there seems to be no pattern to it, but I’m just trying to listen to my body and hope it sees me through to the 100. 
What has been really eye-opening about this challenge is how much of a mental challenge it is as well as physical. Some days when my alarm goes off at 5:30am, it takes literally everything within me to pull myself out of bed and drag my tired body to the studio. Likewise some days I sit on the bike and my legs will almost be screaming at me 'not again!!', and I have to fight past the protest and get it done. It can be tough! 
I have had some funny looks in the studio too popping Digmeberry on my bike every day, but he's been a brilliant conversation starter and raises awareness like I hoped he would. 
The next 40 rides...
2 months since our first ride, and we're now 60 rides into the challenge with just over a month to go! Every day I get myself and Digmeberry down to the studio to bank our ride for the day; knowing we are raising money and awareness for such a brilliant cause is what is really keeping me going. 
Our 100th ride will be on Sunday 7th July, and my friends and family are going to join me at the studio to help me through the last one. It still feels like such a long way off right now, but I keep reminding myself that I'm over halfway through and raising money for an amazing cause - I must not stop!! 
Help Digmeberry & I reach our target
I've seen many of my family members and friends throughout my life come face-to-face with cancer - and some are currently facing it as I type this. This challenge is for them. 
I hope to raise £1000 for Hannah's Willberry Wonder Pony, so please, please donate if you can - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Jessicas100challenge - and join myself and Digmeberry in #kickingcancersbutt. Every donation gives me such a boost, and really helps my sore legs through every ride.
You can also follow our journey on my Instagram page: @jessica_catherine91 - I'm trying to document as much as possible (sweat and all) - or, if you're London based and fancy joining Digmeberry and I for a ride, please do drop me a message on Instagram. Berry pony essential of course!"

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