March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. It’s a time for celebrating and educating, and Cerebral Palsy Sport are recognising the month by sharing the impact of its work and setting a new exciting fundraising challenge. Around 2-2.5 in every 1000 children in the UK are born with cerebral palsy, and there are an estimated 30,000 […]
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CP Can project gets to work!
In September 2018 Cerebral Palsy Sport received funding from BBC’s Children In Need for a three years CP Can Project. The funding received has allowed Cerebral Palsy Sport to employ a National CP Can officer to lead the project and make a difference to the lives of children and young people with CP and physical […]
Join #CPCan 2019!
March 2019 is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month and we are getting ready to celebrating it by launching our #CPCan Appeal. Get involved and be a part of making people’s lives so much better! Our services enable more people with cerebral palsy and other physical disabilities to discover the joys of sport. #CPCan has some great ways to raise […]
Portland Fishing Lakes Team 1 take top honours at Basher’s Charity Golf Day
Portland Fishing Lakes Team 1 took the honours at our Patron Basher Hussan’s 16th Charity Golf Day held at the beautiful Oakmere Park Golf Club in Nottinghamshire on September 13th 2018. 14 teams competed for the title and all golfers had a wonderful day raising over £3,500 for Cerebral Palsy Sport. After a great day […]
Kevin O’Connor Charity Golf Day raises over £2,600 for Cerebral Palsy Sport
Cerebral Palsy Sport is delighted to announce that the Kevin O’Connor Charity Golf day staged at South Staffordshire Golf Course on 7th June 2018 has raised over £2,600 for the charity. Kevin has supported the charity over the past three years and the funds raised from his unique charity golf days has enabled children, young people […]
Cerebral Palsy Sport wins National Charity Award
Cerebral Palsy Sport is delighted to announce that our charity has been selected as one of the Weston Charity Awards winners for 2018. Our Chair Aideen Blackborough and our CEO Ali Talbot collected the award at an Awards Ceremony at the ThinkTank in Birmingham hosted by the Garfield Weston Foundation and Pilotlight. Cerebral Palsy Sport is one […]
CP Sport and the Giving Machine Team up for Father’s Day
It’s nearly Father’s Day and we all know that Dad’s are heroes so let’s celebrate them on Sunday 17th June 2018. To help you say “Thank You”, our online fundraising partner the Giving Machine and Decathlon are kindly offering a prize worth £50 for one special Dad! To be in with a chance of winning […]
Over 1000 runners take part in Rushcliffe 10k 2018
Over 1000 runners took part in the Rushcliffe 10K on Sunday 25th March on a glorious day at Rushcliffe Country Park to raise funds for Cerebral Palsy Sport. Participants who took part in the 10K, 5K or Fun Run were bathed in sunshine and was in complete contrast to the weather that had seen the […]
Rushcliffe 10k, 5k and Fun Run postponed until March 25th
The Rushcliffe 10K, 5K and Fun Run scheduled to take place this coming Sunday 4th March has been postponed due to the adverse weather conditions. Instead, it has been rearranged for Sunday 25thMarch. Commenting on the decision, Event Director, Chris Simon, from organiser’s Perfect Motion, said: “Whilst the forecast is set to improve by Sunday morning, […]
Mansfield Building Society supports Cerebral Palsy Sport with donation
Cerebral Palsy Sport is delighted to announce that Mansfield Building Society has supported us with a donation of £500 from their Community Support Scheme to assist with the purchase of a new gazebo to support our promotional, sporting and fundraising events. The donation was presented by Mansfield Building Society’s Nicola Caulton to Cerebral Palsy Sport’s […]