Yesterday I met up with Music Therapist Sophie McCumesty (pictured), Ray Travasso from Suffolk Music Therapy Services and Siobhan Castle, Play Specialist at Ipswich Hospital for a review meeting. It was lovely to hear about the enormous difference music therapy is making to patients and their families. In the year September 2022 – August 2023, […]
Huge thanks to Mr. Woodley for choosing Jess Grant Celebration to benefit from his wonderful last concert at Kesgrave High School, which raised an amazing £700 from ticket sales and donations. We felt very privileged to be there at such a fabulous performance by so many talented former/current students and teachers. Every penny of this […]
What a fantastic night! Thank you so much to everyone who came along last night and supported Jess’ charity, raising the brilliant total of £680. It was a wonderful turnout and lots of fun was had. Huge thanks to Barry for a very entertaining quiz, with tonnes of great music. Big thanks to Jo and […]
Thank you so much for all the very kind messages we have received. It really does mean a lot to us. Thank you to the person who nominated me, I really did feel overwhelmed when I heard I’d been short-listed for a Pride of Britain Award. Despite being completely out of my comfort zone, it […]
Many many congratulations to Gary for walking 50km on the hottest day of the year. What an incredible achievement! Thank you so much to Gary for choosing to raise funds for Jess’ and Callum’s charities whilst undertaking this epic challenge. Gary has raised an astonishing £1121. This means so much to us and will go […]
An enormous thank you to Ipswich Hospital Community Choir, who celebrated their 10th Anniversary singing with The St. Peter’s Band in a wonderful concert, raising an incredbile £735.77 for Jess Grant Celebration. We are so grateful to this choir for all their support, first performing at JessFest and this year choosing Jess’ charity and The […]
The final total for my 100km Lake District Walk is a sensational £2576 (+ £357.50 gift aid). Thank you so much to everyone who supported me in reaching this fabulous total. 2 weeks on and I’m still trying to process how I actually made it to the finish line. I know that your encouragement and […]
Another training walk of 50km (31.13 miles) completed today. This is me before I set off at 7:30am this morning. I’ve not taken a photo of me after walking 50km for obvious reasons :-). Today I incorporated a few miles of walking across the pebble beach at Aldeburgh, just for fun! No, seriously, I’ve read […]
Massive congratulations to ‘Speedy Sam’ who lived up to her name again today, smashing her London Marathon PB by 2 minutes, finishing in 3 hours 25 mins and 42 seconds. Amazing run, well done Sam. Thank you so much to Sam for raising a fabulous £362, plus gift aid of £54, for Jess Grant Celebration. […]
Words cannot convey how much it means to reach this fundraising milestone of £50,000 for music therapy. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to each and every one of you who has supported Jess Grant Celebration in its first 4 years of being a charity. Whether it be through making a donation, taking […]