Enormous thanks to everyone at Kesgrave Parkrun’s 10th Birthday who helped to raise a whopping £349.51 for Jess Grant Celebration ❤ Special thanks to Jen Evans and the Kesgrave parkrun team who chose Jess’ charity to benefit, to Christine Driver, who did a brilliant job of manning the cake stall and to the bakers for […]
Thank you so much to Kesgrave Community Centre for raising an incredible £291 from their ‘Live Music at the Bandstand’ raffle yesterday. Many thanks to everyone who bought raffle tickets on the day and a massive thank you to Fiona Farrell and Molly Jarrett (pictured) from KWMCC who picked Jess Grant Celebration to benefit from […]
Trustees Jo Palmer, Andy Flatman and myself spent a wonderful morning at St. Elizabeth Hospice today, having been invited to a Zest Music Day. Many thanks to Cath Markham and all the staff at Zest for making us feel so welcome. It was a privilege to be a part of Daisy Williamson’s group music therapy […]
Many thanks to Ipswich Hospital Community Choir for once again thinking of Jess’ charity. We very much appreciate their donation of £164.90 towards the funding of music therapy. The choir have been incredibly supportive of Jess Grant Celebration, singing for us at JessFest in 2019, and choosing us to benefit from their 10th Anniversary Concert […]
Thank you so much to Marcus Kwan for raising a phenomenal £1044 (+ £231 in gift aid) running his first London Marathon. Many of you will remember Marcus raising funds for Jess’ charity with Rick Phillips when he took on his first marathon running the ‘Virtual London’ in Kesgrave in 2022. Marcus also ran as […]
Many thanks to Sam Linassi for raising a fantastic £225 (+ £41.25 in gift aid) running in memory of Jess at the London Marathon. Sam knew Jess through karate and since 2019, she has always chosen to raise money for Jess’ charity when obtaining a ‘good for age’ place in the London Marathon. We can’t […]
To everyone who has ever supported Jess Grant Celebration, please read the following article to hear about the wonderful work that you’re continuing to help fund at Ipswich Hospital. From those tentative initial meetings 5 years ago with Siobhan Castle, Lead Play Specialist, ward staff, and Ray Travasso from Suffolk Music Therapy Services, this invaluable […]
In memory of her Dad, Ivan Keeble, better known as DJ Ivan, Marie Chapman, along with her brother Paul and sisters Julie and Amanda, very kindly picked Jess’ charity to raise money for at his Celebration of Life. Music was a massive part of DJ Ivan’s life and he spent his last night DJing for […]
Thank you very much to Girls About Snape (GAS) for choosing Jess Grant Celebration to benefit from their Charity Quiz night and for raising an incredible £440. Special thanks to Quizmasters Maggie and Chris Scott, to the team of organisers and to everyone who took part in the quiz and supported the raffle, raising this […]
Many congratulations to Alexa who bravely jumped out of a plane, skydiving in tribute to Jess’ 21st birthday on 2nd October and raising money for music therapy in memory of Jess Thank you so much to Alexa for raising the fantastic total of £605 + £106 gift aid. This skydive was totally self-funded – many […]