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Charity Football match
Bognor Vets v Chichester Vets The Nelson Family held a fundraising football match in August, raising over £1,200 for the group. Thank you to all who took part.
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Tesco shoppers in Chichester raise £1,500
Benefitting from Tesco’s stronger starts scheme will be our Dance groups.
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Skittles evening
Members aged 16plus enjoyed a lovely summer evening playing skittles and giant games; jenga and Connect 4 followed by a delicious supper of fish and chips.
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Run Crew 2026 – Bognor 10k: raises £2,500
Meet our nine 10k runners who took up the challenge to raise awareness of Down syndrome and funds for our charity. Carpenter Box funded the sports tops, which display our logo and “Run Crew” across the back. Andy had planned to run his first 10k with his mum, Sue, but an injury the week before…
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FestivALL
Ahoy there my lovelies! Performing in CFT’s FestivALL has become a regular diary event for our Dance Crew members. Our ‘pirates’ received funding from Warburtons to cover show costs.
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The Big Friendly Giant
On arrival at Chichester festival Theatre we followed the giant footsteps of Roald Dahl’s BFG. Families loved this fabulous production generously subsidised by Sophia’s epic Three Peaks challenge. We all enjoyed meeting some of the actors in the foyer after the show.
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Pagham Pram Race support CADSG
We were delighted to be supported by Pagham Pram Race committee once again – providing funding towards a theatre trip. The event held on Boxing Day 2025 attracted many teams of pram pushing runners in fancy dress.
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Walking, socks and cakes celebrate World Down Syndrome Day
On a perfect sunny morning, Team Darbyshire—a family of four—set off early from home and walked 21 miles along the coast, heading north, then south, before returning home. Along the way, family and friends joined them for a picnic and a play-park pit stop. Their epic walk raised an incredible £1,655 Cakes raise £171 Cakes…
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Sussex Community Foundation Grant 2025
Funding for Speech and Language Therapy and School Outreach Service was provided by a £7,880 grant secured in December 2025. The funding provided Primary and Secondary school support during the Spring and Summer terms of 2026 for seven members in mainstream schools. It also covered contributions for 9 members accessing support for private Speech and…
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Christmas 2026
Funded by a grant from The Lord Barnby Foundation our members enjoyed theatre trips to see ‘The Three Little Pigs’ in the Minerva and ‘A Boy called Christmas’ in the Chichester Festival Theatre. The grant met the costs of the New Year party attended by many members and their families from the youngest through to…
