Thank you!

Thank you so much to all our supporters and funders.
We couldn’t do what we do without you!

The Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation depends on grants and donations in order to deliver our multi-component drug and alcohol education programme. We are very grateful to the many wonderful people and organisations who continue to support us, both financially and otherwise.

Fundraising this year:

Charity of the Year

A massive great big THANK YOU to all at Bletchingley Golf Club who over the last year have raised an incredible £21,904.75 for us!! Thanks so much to Men's Captain Tim Burke and Ladies' Captain Ros Tunbridge for choosing us as their charity, and for working so incredibly hard to make this happen, despite not being able to do many of the things they usually would because of Covid.

Donation boxes

Thank you to Priscilla's Tea Room and The Reptile Shed customers who have donated to us through the counter-top collection boxes. It really does all add up! (March 2022)

Recycling

Thanks to Laura (eCO2 Solutions) at the Coulsdon Terracycling drop-off point (part of the Tadworth & Local Area Recycling Page group) for donating to us through the recent recycling connections. Twice a year the points earned are converted into donations to selected charities. Thank you so much for our share! (Dec 2021)

Skydive

A massive well done to the incredible, intrepid Archbishop Tenison's Croydon skydiving team who today fell almost two miles through the sky, travelling around 120mph, and all for the sake of Dan and his Foundation. Thank you SO much to Dan's English teachers Ms Robinson and Ms Sidwell, his Economics teacher Mr Wilson (and his PE teacher Mr Cook who'll be having his turn soon) and to his big brother Jacob. Between them they've raised just over £4,000! (Nov 2021)

DSMF quiz

Thanks to everybody who joined us for the DSMF Quiz on Saturday evening – 85 people in 11 teams battled it out for the pinata, with the Footlighters winning on the final round! Huge thanks to Phil Sanders for hosting and to everybody who supported the event, raising just over £1,600! (Nov 2021)

Mr Millar's iron man

Thank you to Mr Millar, a teacher at Turing House School, for completing his first ironman distance triathlon whilst raising sponsorship for the DSMF. (July 2021)

Three Peaks Challenge

Huge thanks and congratulations to Lesley Draper and Nicola Thomas who, as part of Team Tarun, completed their Three Yorkshire Peaks Challenge last weekend. They walked 25.5 miles in 11.5 hours to remember their son/friend Tarun Ray - their fundraising target was £500 but they actually raised almost £2,500! There were a few blisters and a bit of sunburn but they did it! (June 2021)

Dulux cycle ride

The incredible Phil Sanders has done it again! He cycled 89.5 miles as the first day of a 160 mile circular route around London – a recurring knee injury unfortunately meant he couldn’t complete the route on the second day. Thank you so much, as always, to Phil. (June 2021)

Odd Socks Day 2021

Thanks to all who wore odd socks and donated to celebrate Dan's birthday again this year - particularly to John Fisher School, Hayes Primary School and Goldington Academy (May 2021)

Royal Parks Half Marathon

Thanks to our Operations Manager Caz Heath who ran the set up her own half marathon event in lieu of the official event. (April 2021)

Royal Parks Half Marathon

Thank you to Dan's ex-babysitter Ellie Symonds-Lloyd who ran the virtual half marathon event! (April 2021)

Bessie, Tessie and Jessie

Thanks to Fiona and Tim's three chickens for producing such lovely eggs, and to the wonderful folk at Emmanuel Church who donate in exchange for eggs each week!

Happy birthday donations!

Thank you so much to Jess Forsdyke, Marco Antonio. Natania, Becky, Caitlyn, Claire, Amii, Jonathan and Molly. and others Between them they’ve raised nearly £1800 during the last couple of years. Such a great and generous idea!

Book sales and donations

Thank you to everybody who has bought a copy of Fiona's book "I wish I'd known" - and all those who made additional donations as they did so. All proceeds come to the Foundation.

Easy Fundraising

Thanks to all our supporters who have signed up to generate free donations when they shop online. So far these donations have generated over £550 to the DSMF - thank you so much!

Amazon Smile

Thanks to all our supporters who have signed up to generate free donations when they shop online. Thank you so much!

Lesley Wood for raising funds through the golf event (July 2021)

Grants and corporate donations this year:

Everest Family Trust
Observer Charitable Trust

Fundraising in the past:

The 2.6 Challenge

Thanks to all who participated in various lockdown challenges including: running, cycling, scoring netball goals, exercises in the garden! (April 2020)

Charity of the Year

Thanks to Complete Financial Ltd for nominating us as their Charity of the Year for 2020.

Charity of the Year

Thanks to South Croydon Sports Club for nominating us as their Charity of the Year 2019.

Charity of the Year - House Run

A huge thank you to the students, staff and parents at Ibstock Place School for raising funds for the Foundation through the successful (and highly competitive!) Great House Run II. (March 2021)

Charity of the Year

Thanks to Ibstock School who have nominated us as their Charity of the Year for 2019/20 and for the different fundraising and awareness-building events that are taking place.

Church donation

Thanks to Fiona and Tim's church, Emmanuel Croydon, for a generous donation from the Global Mission Committee to fund specialist resources for students with special educational needs. (Dec 2021)

Church donation

Thanks to St John the Baptist, Old Malden for the donation from their PCC. (March 2020)

Church donation

Thanks to Birchington Baptist Church for the donation from their PCC. (Dec 2020)

Christmas campaign

Thank you to everybody who donated to our Christmas campaign "Twelve Ways of Christmas" (Dec 2020)

Emmanuel Church Virtual Mission Concert

Huge thank you and well done to all who participated in and attended the online concert. We loved being part of this wonderful evening of talent and entertainment! (Jan 2021)

Cycling from Lands End to John O'Groats

A huge thank you to Phil Sanders who cycled the equivalent of Lands End to John O'Groats during 2020 - a total of xx miles. An incredible achievement! Thanks also to Talbot for their match-funding. (Dec 2020)

Jack Crossley - Jack Memorial Cup with permission

Jack Crossley Memorial football match

Thanks for donations from the annual memorial matches. (May 2018 and 2019)

Charity golf tournament

Thanks to all who participated in the Steinhoff UK Charity Golf Tournament. (May 2019)

Selling scout-made blackberry jam

Purley Scouts raised funds by selling blackberry jam that they had picked and made. (Dec 2019)

Miss Preston's Half

Thanks to Dan's Year 7 Form Tutor for running a half marathon to raise funds for the Foundation. (Sept 2019)

London Landmarks Half Marathon

Thanks to Jess who ran the 13 miles by herself after the official event was cancelled due to Covid-19 (April 2020)

London Marathon

Thanks to Opeyemi for raising funds through running the challenging 26 miles - and to Artemis for their match funding. (April 2019)

Octoberfest

We love being part of this fabulous evening of superb musical performances - thanks for the generous donations and encouragemnt. (Oct 2017, 2018 and 2019)

King Edwards School, Bath - with permission

Odd Sock Day

Thanks to all who wore odd socks and donated to celebrate Dan's birthday - particularly to Reeds School and Cheam High School for participating with such gusto! (May 2020)

Pantaloons pantomimes

Thanks to all at the Pantaloons pantomimes for their donations. (Dec 2018 and 2019)

Online DSMF Quiz

Thanks to the group of 90 supporters who joined us for the annual DSMF quiz - this year online via Zoom. Particular thanks to quizmaster Phil The Quiz! (Nov 2020)

DSMF Quiz

Thanks to all who joined us for a great event at Emmanuel Church, and particularly to Quizmaster Phil. What great fun - and what great food! (Oct 2020)

Strictly Come Dancing sweepstake

Thanks to Kellie and friends from the Tag Group who raised funds through a Strictly Sweepstake. (Jan 2020)

Swimathon

Thanks to Purley Rotary for nominating us to receive additional funds from the Swimathon. (March 2020)

Wedding gifts

Congratulations and thanks to Elaine and Paul who added us to their wedding gift list, and to their friends and family for donating so generously. (March 2020)

Woolly Hugs

Thanks to all the craft-lovers who created and bought items through the Woolly Hugs pre-Christmas auction, and to Woolly Hugs for nominating us as their supported charity for the event. (Dec 2020)