This page is dedicated to our SNAPS Superheroes, the people who do fantastic things to support us and help make the ‘impossible’, possible for children with additional needs!

 

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A huge thank you to Louise, Ava (above), Nicola and Joe for raising £383.56 through collection tins at Nicola and Joe’s engagement party and at Dawson Clark Salon! This was in addition to an online raffle they did in 2020.

“Ava, our beautiful grand daughter, attended SNAPS before lockdown and we were overwhelmed with support from the SNAPS ‘family’…We have a fantastic team of solicitors working on Ava’s behalf all thanks to SNAPS, not to mention the wonderful rebound therapy and play for Ava.

“We hope what we raised will make a small difference to everyone who attends this wonderful service.” – Louise

Ava

A very big thank you to The Denton Charitable Trust for supporting SNAPS with a generous donation.

Thank you so much to the Gay and Peter Hartley’s Hillards Charitable Trust for their kind donation to support our work.

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March 2021's Superheroes

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A huge thank you to Sanctuary Bathrooms for raising a fantastic £1,000 through donating a percentage of their sales to SNAPS. Thank you to our patron Josh Warrington too for putting us forward for support!

Thank you to the fantastic team at Blossom Home Care Tadcaster for organising a raffle that raised a wonderful £299 for SNAPS!

Thank you so much to Kirkgate Fisheries in Tadcaster for raising £200 through their SNAPS collection box!

Our Challenge Superheroes took a well deserved break this month. If you'd like to earn your superhero stripes, check out our challenge events or let us know if you're planning your own!

Thank you so much to The Pierrepont Trust for donating to SNAPS. Your continued support is hugely appreciated!

A very big thank you to The Linden Charitable Trust for their donation to support SNAPS' work.

February 2021's Superheroes

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Thank you so much to Apache for your generous donation of £200!

A huge thank you and well done to Thomas for running 5k to support SNAPS and RDA! Thomas has raised over £500 so far for both charities. You can see a video of his challenge by clicking here.

Thank you so much to our kind donors this month:

  • Craig for your kind donation on your birthday.
  • Leanne for sending e-cards to support SNAPS.

Thank you to all the wonderful trusts and foundations that have supported SNAPS this month:

  • Garfield Weston Foundation.
  • Awards For All
  • Open Doors Charity
  • Michael Watson Charitable Trust

January 2021's Superheroes

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Thank you so much to Chamber Engineering, who supported Sheppee International by donating £100.00 to SNAPS!

Our Challenge Superheroes took a well deserved break this month. If you'd like to earn your superhero stripes, check out our challenge events or let us know if you're planning your own!

A huge thank you to the staff and families of Churwell Primary School for raising a fantastic £48.60 for SNAPS!

Thank you so much to our kind donors this month:

  • Anne for your donation in lieu of Christmas cards
  • Ernest and Lindee for supporting SNAPS once again
  • George for donating to SNAPS on your birthday

Thank you to all the wonderful trusts and foundations that have supported SNAPS this month:

  • Sir Derek Greenaway Foundation
  • Mary Jackson Will Trust
  • Barnard Kenneth Hufton Trust

December 2020's Superheroes

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A huge thank you to the elves at Irwin Mitchell for helping Santa send out his letters to SNAPS children in December!

Our Challenge Superheroes took a well deserved break this month. If you'd like to earn your superhero stripes, check out our challenge events or let us know if you're planning your own!

Thank you so much to Peter,  George, Adrian, Deborah, Julie, Hayley and Mags for your kind donations in December 2020.

A huge thank you to our SNAPS Champions Howard, Ian, Ben, Issy and Paul for supporting us with regular donations throughout 2020!

Thank you to all the wonderful trusts and foundations that have supported us this month:

Stella Symons Charitable Trust

The Mollie Croysdale Charitable Trust

The Rhiannon Trust

Association of Former Manchester United Players

Sir Hugh and Lady Bell Trust

November 2020's Superheroes

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Thank you to BigChange for inviting us to be a part of their November Motivational Monday and donating a wonderful £500!

 

Our Challenge Superheroes took a well deserved break this month. If you'd like to join their ranks, check out our challenge events or let us know if you're planning your own!

Thank you so much to Ernest, Gemma, Gemma, Neil and Richard for your kind donations this month.

Thank you to all the wonderful trusts and foundations that have supported us this month:

David Family Foundation

The Music Sales Charitable Trust

The Geoff and Fiona Squire Foundation

 

October 2020's Superheroes

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Thank you to Irwin Mitchell for helping us secure a prize for our Christmas Card Competition!

 

Well done and thank you to Sarah, who ran the virtual London Marathon on 4th October to support SNAPS and completed it in an incredible 4:42:16!

Congratulations to Selby's Silly Hat Runner aka Calvin for completing his marathon challenge from Selby to York Minster and back on 31st October! Calvin raised £686.00 for SNAPS - thank you so much!

Thank you to Michael for raising a wonderful £60.00 through your birthday Facebook fundraiser!

Thank you so much to Mrs P Beattie and Patricia for your kind donations to SNAPS this month.

 

Thank you to all the wonderful trusts and foundations that have supported us this month:

Jimbo's Fund

True Colours Trust

Charles and Elsie Sykes Trust

The Sydney Black Charitable Trust

Stubbs Family Charitable Trust

Charles Brotherton Trust

 

 

September 2020's Superheroes

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Thank you so much to Waitrose Meanwood for selecting us as a Green Token charity and donating £340.00.

Thank you to all the Aviva colleagues that donated to our Aviva Community Fund Crowdfunder and helped us raise £1,805.00 towards the 2021 SNAPS Superhero Zoom.

Thank you and well done to Ben for raising an amazing £625.24 for SNAPS through a 24 hour gaming live stream on Twitch!

Thank you to our wonderful volunteer Rebecca, who has been helping us to create a new fundraising guide. It looks fantastic!

Thank you so much to Joanna for your kind donation of £10 to SNAPS this month.

Thank you to all the wonderful trusts and foundations that have supported us this month and donated a combined total of £8,995 and some coloured paper for our services too!

Sir George Martin Trust

AZHR Charitable Trust

The Dransfield Foundation

The Clifford Charity Oxford

Hadley Trust

Graham and Diane Smith Charitable Trust

The Peebles Family Trust

The TMT Foundation

The Phillips Family Charitable Trust

 

August 2020's Superheroes

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Our Corporate Superheroes took a well-deserved break in August 2020. If you fancy joining their ranks, take a look at our Corporate Support page.

Our Challenge Superheroes took a well-deserved break in August 2020. If you fancy joining their ranks, take a look at our Fundraising Events page.

Thank you so much to The Metis Trust for their kind donation of £1,000 to support SNAPS' services.

July 2020's Superheroes

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Our Corporate Superheroes took a well-deserved break in July 2020. If you fancy joining their ranks, take a look at our Corporate Support page.

Our Challenge Superheroes took a well-deserved break in July 2020. If you fancy joining their ranks, take a look at our Fundraising Events page.

Thank you so much to Fulneck School for not only donating £500.00 to SNAPS but announcing they will be supporting us in the 2020/2021 academic year! We are very excited to work with them on their plans for the coming year!

Thank you so much to Joanna for your kind donation to our 'Support SNAPS During Lockdown' page! Your support is hugely appreciated.

A big thank you to Boots Headingley for kindly donating hand sanitising gel and antibacterial wipes for us to use at SNAPS services when we can reopen!

Thank you so much to the Edith Murphy Foundation for their generous donation of £5,000. Their continued support for SNAPS is hugely appreciated!

We have also had the support of some generous trusts and foundations this month. Thank you so much to the Douglas Arter Foundation, The Sylvia and Colin Shepherd Charitable Trust and the W W Spooner Charitable Trust for their kind donations to SNAPS.

June 2020's Superheroes

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Our Corporate Superheroes took a well-deserved break in June 2020. If you fancy joining their ranks, take a look at our Corporate Support page.

Our Challenge Superheroes took a well-deserved break in June 2020. If you fancy joining their ranks, take a look at our Fundraising Events page.

 

Thank you so much to The Seedlings Foundation for providing a grant that will help us to provide craft, activity and care packs for the families we support while we're not able to see them face-to-face.

We would also like to say a huge thank you to St James's Place Foundation, who have supported us for a second year and helped us to adapt our services to provide virtual physiotherapy sessions during lockdown.

A big thank you to Matthew, who, along with a group of others, produced a song to raise funds for charity and donated a total of £112.50 (including Gift Aid) to SNAPS!

Finally, a huge thank you to our June donors: John, Deborah, Tom, Suzanne and Joseph. Between them, they donated over £375.00 to SNAPS!

May 2020's Superheroes

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Our Corporate Superheroes took a well-deserved break in May 2020. If you fancy joining their ranks, take a look at our Corporate Support page.

Our Challenge Superheroes took a well-deserved break in May 2020. If you fancy joining their ranks, take a look at our Fundraising Events page.

A huge thank you to Dylan who raised an incredible £1,207.50 for SNAPS by hosting a virtual piano concert! Dylan had originally planned to host this at a venue, but took the initiative during lockdown and live streamed his fantastic concert with his family.

A very big thank you to SNAPS parent Jodie, who held a birthday fundraiser on Facebook and raised a wonderful £59.00 to support us. You are a superhero!

We would also like to say a huge thank you to The Alchemy Foundation and The Henhurst Charitable Trust, both of whom have made generous donations to help us continue our vital work.

April 2020's Superheroes

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Our Corporate Superheroes took a well-deserved break in March 2020. If you fancy joining their ranks, take a look at our Corporate Support page.

Even though our superheroes can't take part in physical events right now, it doesn't stop them supporting us virtually! Thank you to Sarah, who took part in the 2.6 challenge and ran a marathon across 3 days on what would have been the weekend of the 40th London Marathon. Sarah will be taking part in the event on 4th October and you can support her fundraising here.

We have had the support of some incredibly generous donors since the lockdown started. Thank you so much to Andy, Craig, Patricia, Maria, Louise, Jen, Rachel, Kat and Chris who have donated a total of £317.50 between them!

 

A huge thank you to Hannah and the clubbersize group who have been raising funds for SNAPS recently. Vicky, a SNAPS Superhero and the group's instructor, has been holding classes online during lockdown. To say thank you, the group decided to fundraise for a charity close to Vicky's heart and have raised an amazing £186.25 so far! If you'd like to support their fundraising, you can do this here.

March 2020's Superheroes

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Our Corporate Superheroes took a well-deserved break in March 2020. If you fancy joining their ranks, take a look at our Corporate Support page.

A big well done and thank you to Stuart, who ran the Pontefract 10K for SNAPS. It was Stuart's first 10K and he ran it in under an hour! Not only did he smash his first race, he raised a wonderful £180.00 too!

We've recently seen a lot of events postponed, including the London Marathon. That didn't stop Sarah though! Sarah took on the Local Landmarks Virtual Half Marathon and did her very own race for SNAPS - thank you for your support! You can support Sarah's fundraising for SNAPS here.

We are saying a huge thank you to Louise and her family and friends, who held an online raffle in celebration of her granddaughter Ava Rose. Together they raffled off fantastic prizes from local businesses and raised an incredible £2775.50 in seven days! Well done Louise and Ava Rose!

 

A big thank you to Steve of Goderich Lodge Masonic Hall. Steve nominated SNAPS as his charity for his year as New Master at the lodge, which resulted in a wonderful donation of £461.10!

February 2020's Superheroes

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We are incredibly excited to announce the final total raised by Irwin Mitchell during our Charity of the Year partnership! Drum roll please...

Irwin Mitchell have raised a whopping £38,630.89!

This is a true reflection of all the hard work and dedication of the charity committee and the team at the Leeds office. Thank you so much for your incredible support over the past year!

Our Challenge Superheroes took a well-deserved break in February 2020. If you fancy joining their ranks, take a look at our SNAPS Fundraising Events.

Our first thank you goes to everyone who helped to organise our President's Tea Party on 15th February and everyone who attended. It was a fantastic celebration of 16 years of SNAPS and we had a wonderful day!

We are also saying a huge thank you to the Meian Maid Café, a not-for-profit group who work exclusively in the North of the UK.  They raised funds at Toshocon, a one day convention dedicated to Japanese Anime and Manga at Leeds Central Library on 29th February. Meian Maids are a modern Japanese concept based on a traditional Geisha, where the maids serve Japanese snacks and cakes and perform dances to K-pop songs! Thank you for supporting SNAPS with this unique event!

Our last, but by no means least, community superhero is volunteer Albina. Albina has been a huge help to our fundraising team by helping us produce videos that demonstrate our work. She also helped Santa make his letter to SNAPS children look fantastic!

 

 

January 2020's Superheroes

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We have a couple of great corporate supporters to thank this month!

Firstly, a huge thank you to Vic at Irwin Mitchell for volunteering to be one of the elves that helped Santa write his letters to SNAPS children. Your help was hugely appreciated and you helped make our families feel festive!

We are also saying a big thank you to Karen at Lloyds Banking Group for helping to match the funds raised at Ben and Lora's fundraiser in December 2019. With Lloyd's help, the event raised over £2,700!

Our Challenge Superheroes took a well-deserved break in January 2020. If you fancy joining their ranks, take a look at our SNAPS Fundraising Events.

We are absolutely delighted to announce the final total raised from Sarah Dunn's Butterfly Effect Fundraiser! Throughout 2019, Sarah, her family and her friends joined together to raise vital funds for three causes, SNAPS being one of them. They did this through bake sale, auctions and marathons, to mention a few! Their efforts have resulted in an incredible £1,552 raised for SNAPS - thank you so much to Sarah and everyone involved!

A big thank you to Christine and Steve for their recent generous donation to SNAPS too. Christine and Steve have been crowdfunding to help their daughter Zoe participate in research for INAD (Infantile Neuro Axonal Dystrophy), raise funds for the INADCure Foundation and support local charities such as SNAPS. You can find out more and support them here.

December 2019's Superheroes

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Irwin Mitchell topped off a fantastic year of fundraising with a Christmas Market Place at the office! The team at Irwin Mitchell have been true SNAPS Superheroes throughout 2019 and we have loved working alongside them to raise vital funds for our service. Thank you to everyone at Irwin Mitchell!

Our Challenge Superheroes took a well-deserved break in December 2019. If you fancy joining their ranks, take a look at our SNAPS Fundraising Events.

Our SNAPS Superheroes have shown true community spirit this December! We start with our very own Penny Field and Broomfield services.

Broomfield held a Christmas fair on 7th December and raised an incredible £431.70!

Penny Field had their annual Christmas party on 14th December and raised an amazing £243.57.

We are also saying a big thank you to Broomfield parents Kathy and Danielle, who have worked hard throughout 2019 to provide lunchboxes and baked treats for families at Broomfield and raised vital funds for SNAPS in the process.

Penny Field parent Debbie has also been a SNAPS Superhero by helping to organise lots of fun activities each week for the children, bake sales and food for the SNAPS Christmas party too!

SNAPS parents Ben Milner and Lora Bedford held a fundraiser on 19th December to support Ben's upcoming London to Amsterdam cycling challenge. There was a raffle, a quiz and some brave souls even has their legs waxed and heads shaved to support SNAPS! The evening raised a whopping £1,301.26 - thank you Ben and Lora!

Alicia raised a wonderful £30 by baking and decorating these stunning SNAPS cookies. They were a huge hit at the Penny Field tuck shop - thank you Alicia!

We are also celebrating the people who donate to SNAPS every month. Thank you to Louise, Heather, Howard and Peter - you've donated a total of £946.25!

November 2019's Superheroes

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Irwin Mitchell have continued to deliver fabulous fundraising ideas and held a colourful clothes day at the office, raising a wonderful £32.00. Thank you to everyone who donned their brightest outfits!

You may remember Hartshorne Group's Alfreton and Nottingham teams organised a Halloween charity event last month...we are delighted to say they raised an incredibly £4,023.64 for SNAPS! Well done and thank you!

Our challenge superheroes this month are SNAPS mum Lyndsey Fletcher and her family. They ran a 5k for SNAPS at Thornes Park Parkrun and raised a fabulous £137.50! Thank you to everyone who took part.

Our very own Penny Field parents and children were absolute superstars this month and contributed to some fantastic treats to a bake sale at the service. The cakes went down a storm and raised £98.81 for SNAPS!

October 2019's Superheroes

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We're celebrating Irwin Mitchell again for hosting a fabulous gin tasting evening to support us as their charity of the year! Thank you so much to everyone who organised the evening and took part.

A big thank you to the team from Irwin Mitchell who also took on the Abbey Dash on 27th October and raised an amazing £388.75!

 

Thank you so much to the team at Sheppee International who took on the Yorkshire Marathon relay on 20th October to support SNAPS. The team raised an incredible £2,225!

A big thank you to the Hartshorne Group Alfreton and Nottingham teams for supporting SNAPS Penny Field through their spooktacular Halloween Fancy Dress event on 26th October!

Our challenge superhero this month is SNAPS parent Sarah Dunn. Sarah has been fundraising for SNAPS all year and on 20th October took on the Yorkshire Marathon to support us, completing it in 5:31:34! Sarah has already raised over £1,000 for SNAPS - thank you so much! You can read her story here.

 

This month we welcomed a whole school of superheroes into our ranks as Fulneck School in Pudsey have chosen us as their charity to support for this school year! Thank you to all of the staff and pupils. We can't wait to work with you on some exciting plans!


Oliver became a superhero on his 4th birthday by asking for donations instead of presents! Oliver celebrated in style and raised a wonderful £265 for SNAPS. Thank you Oliver!

Our very own Jenn, who is the Assistant Manager at Penny Field, also celebrated her birthday by supporting SNAPS with a Facebook fundraiser. Jenn raised a fab £50 for us - thank you Jenn!

 

September 2019's Superheroes

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Our corporate partner Irwin Mitchell have truly earned their superhero stripes this month!

They were awesome cheerleaders for the mini superheroes taking part in the SNAPS Superhero Zoom!

A team of over 30 employees also took part in an 11 mile walk to support SNAPS and raised £3,000. A huge thank you to Irwin Mitchell for their support this month!

 

Our first challenge superheroes are Aqeel, Steve, Paul and Tom, who have raised over £1,600 in sponsorship for the Great North Run! A huge thank you to you all.

They are joined by Nathan Dring, who took on the epic challenge of an off road triathlon. Nathan has raised nearly £1,000 for SNAPS - well done and thank you!

We also had daredevil Laura Wilson take the plunge and complete her Skydive for SNAPS. Her brave challenge has raised an amazing £339.90 - thank you Laura!

Our final challenge superhero is 7-year-old India Tod. India and her dad climbed Scafell Pike in honour of her cousin Olive, who is supported by SNAPS. India raised an incredible £615.00 - well done India! Read more about India's challenge.

We have lots of community superheroes this month - over 60 in fact! A huge thank you to all the children who took part in the SNAPS Superhero Zoom with their families on 15th September and made our first ever Zoom a truly memorable one!

The Zoom wouldn't have been possible without our superstar volunteers who helped with the organisation and running of the event. Thank you so much to everyone who supported this event!

August 2019's Superheroes

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Our Corporate Superheroes had a well earned rest in August but will be back with lots of exciting activities in September!

Read about how they have supported us in past months below or find out how you can become a Corporate Superhero here.

Our Challenge Superheroes had a well earned rest in August but will be back with lots of exciting activities in September!

Read about how they have supported us in past months below or find out how you can become a Challenge Superhero here.

Our first community superheroes are Co-op Food on High Ash Drive, Leeds, who have repeatedly filled up collection tins for us throughout the year and have raised a fabulous £300.21 so far! Thank you to the staff and customers at High Ash Co-op.

They are joined by our second hero, Clare Ambler. Clare set up a birthday fundraiser on Facebook and raised a wonderful £66.98 to celebrate her big day. Thank you Clare!

July 2019's Superheroes

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Irwin Mitchell have continued to be fantastic supporters of SNAPS in July by supporting us at the Broomfield Summer Fair on 20th July. Thank you so much!

Members of our very own SNAPS team, along with staff at HSBC, took on a two hour high-intensity Jumpathon on 3rd July to raise vital funds. They raised a whopping £1,217.75, which is to be matched by HSBC! Read more here.

Our SNAPS Superheroes were on a roll that week, as a team of heroes took on the Leeds 10K on 7th July! The nine-strong team conquered the course and raised an incredible £5,236.11! Thank you to Mujtaba, George, Eve, Sanna, Lucie, Lisa, Eloise, Rebecca and Kate. Read more here.

A huge thank you to Parent Trustee Lora Bedford, who organised a charity fun night at Barnbow Social Club. It was a night full of fun and fundraising, with a wonderful £859.29 raised on the night! This will also partly be matched by Lloyds Bank. Read more here.

Our very own Broomfield and Penny Field have also been heroes in July! Penny Field held a bake sale with lots of yummy treats. Broomfield organised their very own summer fair with loads of fun activities, raising a fantastic £561.00!

In July we also received the amazing news that the University of Leeds Staff Festival, which SNAPS was chosen as charity partner for this year, raised £2,442.28! This is the event's second highest ever total - well done to everyone involved! Read more here.

A huge thank you as well to parent Danni Howcroft for raising a brilliant £60 by raffling a choice of nail treatment through her business Facebook page!

We are also incredibly grateful to have received incredibly generous donations from the Garfield Weston Foundation, St James's Place Charitable Foundation and the Sir George Martin Trust. The grants they have awarded to us will help fund our vital physiotherapy and support services.

June 2019's Superheroes

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Our corporate partner Irwin Mitchell have been real superheroes recently - not only have they raised £4,000 for SNAPS already, they donned their capes and masks for our SNAPS Superhero Zoom press launch! Read more here.

 

Amanda Stubbs, Shelley Dring, Gareth Christie and Sarah Dunn were all part of our Leeds Half Superhero Team in May - between them, they've raised a whopping £5,730 for SNAPS!

Our second shout out goes to Vicky Hull and Andrew Pine, who both took on the London Marathon for SNAPS. Vicky raised an incredible £946.25 (read more here) and Andrew ran to support Sarah Dunn's Butterfly Effect fundraiser.

Shout out to Kathy Louca and Danielle Hedley at Broomfield for making yummy treats and packed lunches for the families at Broomfield to raise funds for SNAPS!

Thank you to the Masonic Charitable Foundation for your generous donation of £6,000 to SNAPS Yorkshire. Read more here.

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