Mandy & Tim who did the race for Edward April 2007 - Raising Massive amounts of funds for Edward

Edward at 'Rock 4 Eddy' - MFN - May 2007 - Raising over £6000

Edward on the swings at Tansley Car Boot Fun Day - Raising over £6000

July 14th - Derwent Truck Group organised for Edward to be picked up in a shiny truck and taken to their event at Hurt Arms Hotel, Ambergate.  Stopping traffic and beeping their horns - Edward loved every minute of it.  Once there Edward & William were presented with a BIG model lorry and a JCB was called for to do a display.  A raffle was held on the 15th with proceeds going to Edward

June 2007 - Bob Bostock climbs the Gran Paradiso 4061 metres, Italy's highest mountain, sponsorship for Edward's Appeal.  Absolutely amazing!

June 2007 - Lafarge, Leics raised funds for Edward's Appeal by charging everyone £1 for a 'dress down day'. 

 August 11th 2007 - Peak Truck Show - William and Edward had a fantastic time, they got to ride around the park in a fabulous Shrek Truck, awarded a 1st prize to the best lorry, had a barbie and watched some slightly inebriated truckers do a bungee run, which the boys thought hilarious!!!  Thanks to everyone who made us so welcome.  Sarah and Roy organise the Peak Truck show and they donated the proceeds this year to Edward's Appeal.  Glen (Chunky), had only three weeks to get it advertised, t-shirts printed, buckets for the collections....the list goes on.  Amount raised tbc

August 12th 2007 - (Phew! Busy weekend) The NFAS oraganised a huge charity shoot, which was hosted at Hanson Bowmen's woods, this was all for Edward and was supported by loads of Archers throughout the country.  This picture is of Edward on the back of a quad, Hanson Bowmen supplied the quad and Harry organised a suitable seat for Edward to sit on, he went around the woods, his brother had a go to, but he is a little more camera shy!   

 Left is a picture of the boys opening a goody bag provided by Harry and Terri, the organisers.  Dad came 1st in the shoot (have to put that!!!!).  We came home with a car full of cuddly toys, donated to Edward from the winners of the raffle prizes, loads of lucky dips - donated from the winners of the various classes of shooting, not to mention two bottles of expensive champagne, which will go into another auction/raffle.  Thank you to everyone for everything.  Funds raised tbc

This picture is of Daryl Blount who did a sponsored skydive for Edward.  What an achievement - raising money for Edward and going through with it!  Although he did say he would do it again!!!  He raised over £1600, incredible.

Out of Town, Ripley hosted a full day of fundraising for Edward on August Bank Holiday.  They had face painting (left), piano smashing, barb-b-que, karaoke and loads more going off.  Everyone looked to be having a great day and the atmosphere was superb.  Staff and volunteers worked really hard to make it such a success. 

No, the boys were not taken hostage by Stormtroopers, the group, UK Garrison did however host an event at Moorgreen show, with proceeds going to Edward's Appeal.  Both boys are now honorary members!  They also came away with a very good goodie bag.  What an experience, and they get to go to the space centre to see them!

September 29th - Future MCC walked from Matlock to Belper Town Centre, then held a barb-b-que and raffle at the Imperial Vaults.  Thanks to everyone for making us welcome

This great bunch did the Liverpool 10k run - originally in memory of the of the lads partners 4 year old son who died of the disease when he was 13 years old, (he would have been 21 this year).  Thanks to all of you and to Jackie for thinking of Edward X

Here we are collecting a cheque from Kimberley Swimming Club.  They had 60 swimmers take part and swam a combined distance of 159260 metres (over 98.5 miles!).  Thank you to everyone who took part and those who donated.  William & Edward were invited to their presentation evening, (above).

Right is a picture of little Dylan who ran 2 miles on a sponsored run for Edward.  Doesn't he look lovely?  Thank you Dylan and thanks to your mum.

Edward collecting a generous amount raised by the members of Heanor Slimming World - thank you

On the 20th June a charity evening was organised by the lovely Mark Burnham and crew from ASCOT DRIVE FIRE SERVICE.  Sorry we do not have any pics (it was only me and dad anyway!) It was tremendous fun, the firemen were auctioned off for a very large amount of money and some fabulous sports memorabilia which had been begged by the organisers.  The winner of the Firemen then went on to organise another fundraising event using their services.  All in all and massive amount was raised and we will update this when we know the final amount

Saturday 28th June 2008 - SIX huge lorries came up the quiet Ballacraine Drive to pick us up and take us to the fundraising event they had organised - 'Derwent Valley Truck Show - The Driving Force Behind the Edward Bright Appeal'.  It took place over the weekend and it was brill.  The boys loved the very loud journey to Alfreton through Ripley and Edward waved to the curious Shoppers.  They both enjoyed the day, including the HUGE inflatable slide and the Waltzer oh and the Dog Show of course, not forgetting the dancing JCB.  Thank you for a wonderful day :-)

Mile Monster Trio who raised an impressive £1000 on July 6th running their first half marathon.  They invited us down to Ashfield School where they train with the Sutton Harriers.  The boys were able to have a go at the long jump, shot put and javelin.  What a brill job they did, and it was in the rain.  Thank you X

 Hucknall Warriors  FC have raised well

over £1000 with their ongoing support

over the last year. We have visited them on a couple of occasions, Thanks very much to all involved and to all the

members both adult and juniors who

have donated time and money.

May 31st 2009

Here is Chad who rode an incredible 1069 miles for Edward ----

"I started the ride 4am Sunday 31st May and finished 8.50pm Friday 5th June. In total the ride was 1069miles, I averaged 178 miles a day, at an average speed of 14 miles per hour, cycling for 12hrs a day, although the middle day I had a lay in and the last day I rode for 15hrs"  - Chad Critchley

Thank you so very much Chad, Edward was very impressed! 

August 21st 2009 - As promised the truckers came with 6 trucks and picked Edward and William up from home to take them to the truck fayre at The Hurt Arms Hotel Ambergate for the 3rd year running with their supporting logo pictured here...they are a really cool crew, from Dave and his wife to the wonderful numerous Truckers who put in their time and effor to the new landlord and landlady of the Hurt Arms Hotel, THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUING SUPPORT - WE HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT WEEKEND AND BOTH BOYS LOVED THE RIDE :-)