Its been a while since we have had a blog and i’ve missed sharing all the amazing work our team do and all the achievements of our young people, so lets start them again!
This blog is dedicated to the recent event that Pushforward took part in, all to raise money for this young man Sonny-Beau:
Who is Sonny-Beau and why is Pushforward involved?
At Pushforward, we have the pleasure of working with an amazing young man Sonny-Beau and his family.
Sonny has not had the easiest start in life, having had a number of operations, including symes amputations of both legs, at times not knowing whether Sonny would make it through or not it has been a tough journey for him and his family, mum dad and younger sister.
Despite all this Sonny has the most fantastic sense of humour, he is bright, bubbly, mischievous with a kind and caring soul.
With a diagnosis of Spina-Bifida, dislocated hips and hydrocephalus resulting in the fitting of a shunt, Sonny-Beau’s life continues to be more challenging than most.
Sonny relies heavily on a wheelchair to get about, especially when he is outside of the home. His current chair is great for flat even surfaces and inside, however it is impossible for him to self propel over any ground which is even slightly bumpy or uneven and difficult for parents to push. It is impossible to go over sand, very bumpy and uneven ground, stones/pebbles, woodland etc. This makes trips out as a family extremely difficult and restricting.
As a team at Pushforward we would love to be able to raise enough money to provide Sonny-Beau with a brand new all terrain wheelchair that would go over all surfaces, not only would this mean as a family they could access so many days out that they have had to avoid over the years. But also, Sonny could gain some more independence, that will be so important as he continues to grow.
The Pushforward team will be taking part in several different fundraising activities including a fun day on the 29th June and an ultimate survival night in the garden at our primary site, where we will have to build our own shelters, find our food and cook it over the fire!
We know that this chair will be life-changing for Sonny and his family and appreciate any donation that you are able to make.
Now you can see what we need to do to help Sonny and his family – lets take a look at our first challenge….Netball.
Thanks to Pushforward’s Safeguarding Officer – Daisy Upson for organising what was an awesome day. So much hard work went in the background to make this such a success and so many people came to take part and support the event – thank you!
So under the blue skies and beaming sunshine, we had seasoned professionals, complete novices and some that had not played Netball for over 35 years taking part. Teams were:
- Impact
- Spice Goals
- Stowaways*
- Evalanding
- Just Pivot
- The Misfits
- The Razor Blades
- Bradley not Badley
- Pushforward Not Back
- Nothing But Net
- Player of the tournament was Camren (Team: Bradley Not Badly)
- *Winning team was Stowaways, undefeated all day!
- Runners up were The Razor Blades – a strong team with only 3 under 16 Netballers (Evie, Grace Allen and Abigail Challis. Evie plays for Suffolk and all 3 play for Wattisham Blades netball club)
- Pushforward’s players of the tournament was a tie: Ian and Neil – Well done!
Sonny handed out the Medals to the winners:
Jake Edwards did team sheets, central timer, music and scores
– big shout out to him!
The kids also took part and it was so great to see them playing Netball:
We also had a raffle – a huge thank you for donations from;
- Bishops Bits And Bobs
- Tudor Sash Windows
- Steve at Pushforward
- Keira at Keirapaigehair
- Demi at Beautybydemi
- Lucy Newton Nails
- Angie – Reflexology
- Aisha- Piercing!
- And everyone that donated raffle prizes and bought tickets
WE RAISED OVER £1050 – THANK YOU SO MUCH!!….
So our next event is a Fun Day on 29th June – come along; have fun and help us raise even more money:
If you can’t make our fun day or you just want to donate you can visit our Just Giving Page – any and every donation is gratefully received – click on the photo of Sonny to be direct to our Page:
Our Ethos
No one can begin to affect the world around them until they are CONFIDENT , COMFORTABLE, happy in their own skin and have found their SPARK! We take the time to understand and develop programmes from where the learner is in the world not where we think they should be.