Lemonade & Cupcakes On The Hong Kong Peak

What a fabulous effort from Riley & Tess Dougan in Hong Kong who organised a lemonade & cupcake stall on Hong Kong Peak..especially for Sophia!

Assisted by Sophia's big cousins, Luca & Finn and friends Eva & Olivia Lloyd they offered"refreshments" to parched locals & tourists and raised £140 in 90 minutes until the heavens opened in a BIG WAY and they had to race back out to check their wet money boxes.




What an amazing effort especially all that cake baking by Tess (age 9). Thank you so much, you are all fundraising stars xxx

Some more great sponsored events !!

We've not been able to blog for a while, but it's been a busy time for fundraisers, with a mass of sponsored challenges taking place .

Gemma Patchett and her friend Claudia, attempted the West Highland Way, raising £1000 for Sophia in the process. This was an amazing achievement considering Claudia had to pull out due to illness, midway through and Gemma carried on alone for two days. 

Ginny Allsworth, completed the Doitforcharity.com London to Brighton bike race for Sophia. The route was over 54 miles and she completed it in 6 hour. Ginny has raised almost £800 for Sophia !!

Lauren Ainsley, completed the Cheltenham half marathon last weekend. In the wind and rain, she managed to do it in a speedy 1 hr 52 mins and raised a brilliant £388.10 in the process. 

And then, on the same day, five of the guys at Bombardier, North Park completed the Dunmow triathlon. Between them all , they have, so far, managed to raise £805 with money still to be collected !!

I think the most amazing thing about these brilliant people is that none of them have actually met Sophia !! Yet, after hearing her story through friends and family, offered to do something to help our little girl. We will be forever grateful to all of you and everyone else who has challenged themselves to help Sophia walk. Thank you so, so much x x x

Radio Oxford - Phil Gayle Breakfast Show

Tara & Sophia are going to be on the Phil Gayle show, on Radio Oxford again tomorrow morning !! This time a pre-recorded interview at our house. We've been told it will be in 2 parts, the first at around 8.30 and the next about an hour later !! Depending on the editing, you might hear a lot of Sophia, she took a shine to Phil and was very talkative on the day !! So please tune in

Rachael Brownrigg, Lyndsey Freeman & Air Tanker

We want to say a massive, massive thank you to the brilliant Rachael Brownrigg and her colleague Lyndsey Freeman at Air Tanker. They've managed to organise 2 great events now at RAF Brize Norton and raised a cracking £713.21 for Sophia !!!
They first held a cake sale at Air Tanker back in July, managing to rope in a load of bakers to the cause, and raised almost £400. Then, on Thursday night, they held a cheese and wine party at the Fire Bar on camp. We were, luckily, able to bring Sophia along this time and she had a brilliant time dancing with her new friend Jessica and sampling just about every cracker on the table before putting them back !!
Big, big thanks to everyone involved in the two events. But most of all thank you to Rachael and Lyndsey, you have both been amazing x

Sophia's Stepping Stones In Stow

We had another great night last week in Stow In The Wold. Our great friend, Claire Murphy, organised a BBQ and Band night at The Old Stocks Hotel in aid of Sophia.
Claire worked tirelessly for months organising bands, ticket sales, raffle prizes, etc and it really paid off, the garden at the back of the hotel was heaving with every ticket sold. Everyone had a fantastic time providing a great atmosphere.
The night raised a huge £3300 !! So, thank you to everyone who joined us, helped organise and set up, but most of all to Claire. You did an amazing job x x x

kidzcome1stnow.webs.com

      Sophia, daddy, mummy and nanny recently had a fantastic holiday at Haven Holiday Park, Caister on Sea thanks to our friends at disabled children's charity Kidz Come 1st Now. We were really lucky to enjoy some great weather and, as you can see from the photos, Sophia loved all the activities available and the beautiful beaches of Norfolk.
      The charity offers families with disabled children help with essential equipment and anything else that there children may need to make there lives more comfortable. They also aim to give respite care and have recently acquired their first holiday home in Caister.
      We are so so grateful to Ruky and all the generous fundraisers and staff at Kidz Come 1st Now. Thank you so much for an amazing holiday x x x

Another Fundraising Superstar !!!

This amazing little girl, Sophia's cousin Emily Aitken, has raised a massive £2377.82 !!! 

Emily decided that she wanted to do something and, with the help of her sister Sophie, wrote a speech about Sophia, Cerebral Palsy and our fundraising. She then presented her speech to 4 masses at St Cadoc's Church in Newton Mearns and her sister, mum and grandmother sold some tablet to the congregation.

You should be very proud of yourself Emily, we certainly are. It must have been a great speech to have raised such a massive amount, we would love to hear it when we come up to Glasgow.

Thank you, so much to Emily, Sophie, Colette, Gran & the congregation of St Cadoc's