Anita Grant

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported Jess Grant Celebration during 2022 ❤.

In total our wonderful Marathon runners Hannah Bradley, Marcus Kwan and Rick Phillips have raised a magnificent £3811 for Jess Grant Celebration ❤ We are so grateful for all their support. All of the money raised will be used to fund music therapy. There are no overheads or administrative costs, and everyone involved with Jess’ charity volunteers their time and skills.
If you are planning to do your own challenge or event in 2023, please consider fundraising for Jess Grant Celebration. We are a small charity totally reliant on the goodwill and generosity of our supporters. We’re immensely proud of what Jess’ charity has achieved so far and would very much like to help make music therapy available to more children and young people who would benefit from this invaluable therapeutic service 🎸🥁

It’s my birthday and although birthdays are not easy to celebrate without Jess, I’ve chosen to focus on doing something positive today by launching my fundraising challenge in memory of Jess.
Next June I will be taking on the 100km Ultra Challenge walk in the Lake District. This walk is incredibly significant for me as Jess loved this area of the country and it’s where she spent her last holiday exactly 5 years ago. The challenge includes some steep elevations totalling 2.5km of uphills! I know it’s something I’m going to have to train incredibly hard for if I’m to complete it successfully all in one go, walking overnight too. As always, Jess will be my inspiration. You wouldn’t believe that this photo was taken near the top of Aira Force, with Jess having just climbed to the top of the waterfall. Her strength and determination, against all the odds, will be my driving force when training for this challenge.
This challenge is entirely self-funded, with every penny raised going to music therapy for children and young people under the care of Ipswich Hospital and Zest at St. Elizabeth Hospice. Please take a look at my Justgiving page and help me to raise as much money as possible for Jess Grant Celebration. Thank you so much x
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/anita-grant8/

A massive thank you to Marcus Kwan and Rick Phillips who have raised over £2000 for Jess Grant Celebration from their Virtual London Marathon fundraising. Final total coming soon 😀
This is fabulous news for Jess’ charity, and Marcus and Rick’s brilliant fundraising is hugely appreciated. All the money they have raised will be used to help fund music therapy for children and young people: the wonderful Ipswich Hospital Music Therapy Service and Zest Music Days at St. Elizabeth Hospice ❤

Wow, thank you so much to Hannah Bradley, who has raised an amazing total of £1582.50 (£1410 in donations plus gift aid of £172.50) for Jess Grant Celebration through her London Marathon fundraising. We are so grateful to Hannah for choosing Jess’ charity to fundraise for when she discovered she had a coveted ballot place in this year’s marathon. All of the money Hannah has raised will be used to continue funding music therapy in Jess’ memory, for children and young people receiving care at Ipswich Hospital and Zest at St. Elizabeth Hospice.

A week today Marcus Kwan and Rick Phillips will be running in the ‘Virtual London Marathon’. It’s their first marathon and they are running the distance around a 4 lap route of Kesgrave and Martlesham. As in London, they will be starting their 26.2 miles at 9.30am and if you’re local you can come and add to the atmosphere by cheering them on (apparently you may be treated to Rick’s singing!). A huge thank you to Marcus and Rick for choosing to raise money for Jess Grant Celebration; all you are doing is greatly appreciated.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/marcus-rick-virtual-marathon

In just over a week, Hannah Bradley will be running in the London Marathon, her first ever marathon. Hannah got a place in the ballot, and very kindly chose to raise funds for Jess Grant Celebration in memory of Jess. Thank you so much Hannah, we are extremely grateful for all your support.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/hannah-bradley15

Jess Grant Celebration are delighted to announce that we are funding a second year of music therapy for young adults receiving care at Zest, St. Elizabeth Hospice. Thank you so much to everyone who has helped to raise the funding needed to make this happen. We know that music therapy is making a tremendous difference at Zest; for further information please see the article at https://www.jessgrantcelebration.org.uk/zest-music-day/

We are very pleased to announce that Jess Grant Celebration was awarded £500 through the Tesco Community Grants Scheme. Thank you so much Tesco Community Grants and thanks to everyone who voted for us in store. Here is music therapist Daisy Williamson using the iPad we purchased for the Ipswich Hospital Music Therapy service. Daisy believes this will be a great asset and it will make a big difference in many of the music therapy sessions at the hospital.

On Friday, Jo Palmer and I were kindly invited to attend a Zest Music Day at St. Elizabeth Hospice. We felt very privileged to be able to take part in the music therapy session and to see first hand the enormous difference music therapy is making to the young people at Zest.
Martha, a work experience student spent last week in the Marketing team and wrote an article on Friday about Zest, specifically about the music therapy activity. Martha has captured music therapy and Jess Grant Celebration perfectly in her article at:-https://www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk/about-us/news/news-archive/zest-music-therapy-sessions-they-are-just-a-lot-of-fun-to-be-a-part-of/