Events

On Thursday 20 April, one of our Charity Partners, The Southbank Bar in Nottingham city centre, hosted an incredible event - An Evening with the Last Team in Europe. We are very grateful for their support and to everyone who attended the event and donated. Special thanks to our Champion Ambassador Lisa Fox who helped organise the evening and represented our charity. A total of £4,357 was raised for our charity! 

Our wonderful Footprints team of runners for London Landmarks completed the historic half marathon on 2 April 2023. Overall the team, along with our charity partner CSL Group's fundraising, raised an amazing £6000!

All of our families came together on 10 December for our very special Footprints Christmas Party. Our children and families celebrated with a special visit to see Santa, dancing, presents and fun with disney characters. You can see all of the photos here.

An amazing Footprints team of Half Marathon and Mini Marathon runners, along with volunteer marshalls, completed the famous Robin Hood Marathon on 25 September 2022. Our Patron Richard Whitehead MBE officially started the race and ran with pride in his Footprints Nike running vest. Overall an incredible £9,000 was raised for us at the event. View all the event photos here.

On 17 July 2022 we very proudly celebrated our 20 year anniversary of being a charity. We held a huge party for our current and past families, supporters, trustees and volunteers, with football, basketball, dancing, a raffle and more! View all of the party photos here. 

At the start of July Kitty's Dad Gav and his friend Darren walked an incredible 100,000 steps in one day, starting at 3.30am and finishing the challenge at 10pm. They raised over £1,000 for us and Kitty was an essential training partner for her dad!

We were thrilled to partner with our Patron's charity, The Richard Whitehead Foundation, for their event Run with Rich on 25 June 2022. A fully inclusive event which brought together so many people, including some of our families and ones who have grown and left our service. 

The annual Footprints Cup at Ilkeston Town FC was another great success, raising over £6,000 for us and nearly breaking a Guinness World Record for the number of odd socks! The fun packed day included a number of football matches, including Education FC Warriors and ex pros and TV celebrities playing in the main match.

One of our Charity Partners, CSL Group, organised a number of diverse fundraising activities for us, from a team rounders match, to half marathons, to epic outdoor swims. Overall they raised over £16,000 for us in 2022, led by one of our Trustees Rob Evans. Read more about their support here.