Alfie’s Disco Fund Raiser

This week we went to Ilminister to receive a cheque from an inspiring young man called Alfie. Alfie has diabetes and has received support from the Josh Evans Trust Fund, but wanted to help others and give something back.

Alfie had an idea to put on a disco in his Garden, he asked a friend if he could borrow his disco equipment and invited all his friends to join him.  They had a great time and raised some money.

But it didn’t end there, Alfie wanted to help more people and decided a bigger disco was needed, he stood up in his school assembly and told everyone why he raised money for The Josh Evans Trust Fund and how he was going to raise some more money by having another disco.

This second disco was a great success and lots more fun. In total Alfie, his friends and the school have raised £350 for the Josh Evans Trust Fund.

We are constantly amazed at the lengths young people will go to to help others. Keep up the great work Alfie, we will make sure the money you have raised will help other children and their families with diabetes in Somerset. 

Thank you so much.

ob Hanlon-Webber is taking part in the Weymouth 70.3 Iron Man

Rob is in training to take part in Weymouth’s 70.3 Iron Man, consisting of a 1.2 mile sea swim, a 56 mile bike ride and a 13.1 mile half marathon to finish with.

Robs Story

6 years ago my 23 month old daughter became very ill, she was almost lifeless on the sofa  it was the Easter bank holiday and the GPs were closed so we took her to A+E. A few hours later she was diagnosed with an ear infection and we were sent on our way. A few days later and our daughter had become seriously ill. She wasn’t moving and had lost an enormous amount of weight. She was pale with large dark rings around her eyes. On the Tuesday we took her to the GP where they immediately did a blood test and her blood sugar levels were off the scale. The GP rang Musgrove where we had to take her  immediately and the staff were waiting for us. Our daughter was then diagnosed type 1 diabetic and spent the next 5 days in high dependency. Our lives, including her 4yo brother and hers were never going to be the same again. We knew nothing about diabetes let alone care for a 23 month old diabetic. After coming to terms with this we were introduced to the Josh Evans Trust Fund and were given books supplied by the trust fund to help us with our homework. Since being introduced to the trust fund we have had days out and Christmas trips with all the other diabetic children which is amazing for our daughter to see other children the same as her. Please help me raise funds for the Josh Evans Trust Fund. so they can continue supporting families in Somerset. Thank you Rob.

You can support Rob with his fund raising and motivation by visiting his Just Giving Page here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/rob-hanlon-webber