Changing, transforming and saving lives across Oxfordshire
Play2Give (P2G) is a Charity of the Year award-winning Oxfordshire fundraising organisation founded in 2007 by Andrew Baker MBE BCAv.
Based in Didcot, we support, raise money and awareness for a number of local charities including the Oxford Children's Hospital.
Based in Didcot, we support, raise money and awareness for a number of local charities including the Oxford Children's Hospital.
The Play2Give Room - a patient room for teenagers - was unveiled at the Oxford Children's Hospital's Melanie's Ward in March 2017 after raising over £40,000 for our own named room. One of P2G's proudest moments. Picture - courtesy of and credited to Newsquest Oxfordshire
Since being established in September 2007, we have raised and donated over to £250,000 to date. From all-year round charitable events and through gifts raised and distributed through our "Sleigh2Give" Christmas arm, we continue the heart of what our passionate founder is all about - changing, transforming and saving lives locally, with our particular focus on children, health and disability charities!
Read more about British Citizen Award medallist Andrew who was honoured with an MBE in HM The Queen's New Years Honours 2021.
Initially created as a football tournament P2G is an ever-growing independent fundraising organisation. Being hugely successful year on year our support and work grows and grows, helping tens of thousands of people through a wide number of events and campaigns.
We raise money and awareness each year and all year round for many county charities (see more on these below).
We are renowned for what we do receiving a great and loyal amount of support and love from the local community including very special royal recognition. As a team we are very proud of all that we and Andy achieve. Our name and reputation within the local community just continues to grow and grow. We were proud to win "Charity of the Year" at the Thames Valley Business and Community Awards in January 2020.
Our proud Patrons are Dr Winston Ellis and David Johnston MP
Read more about British Citizen Award medallist Andrew who was honoured with an MBE in HM The Queen's New Years Honours 2021.
Initially created as a football tournament P2G is an ever-growing independent fundraising organisation. Being hugely successful year on year our support and work grows and grows, helping tens of thousands of people through a wide number of events and campaigns.
We raise money and awareness each year and all year round for many county charities (see more on these below).
We are renowned for what we do receiving a great and loyal amount of support and love from the local community including very special royal recognition. As a team we are very proud of all that we and Andy achieve. Our name and reputation within the local community just continues to grow and grow. We were proud to win "Charity of the Year" at the Thames Valley Business and Community Awards in January 2020.
Our proud Patrons are Dr Winston Ellis and David Johnston MP
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We funded a patient room in Oxford Children's Hospital
2017 saw us achieve a special long lasting legacy with a sponsored room unveiled within the Oxford Children's Hospital in our name. We were extremely proud and delighted to see the fruition of our labour of years of hard work campaigning and fundraising for the hospital rewarded with our very own sponsored single patient room benefiting teenage patients. After years of setting out to achieve a £40,000 target for the Children's Hospital, late 2016 saw us reach the very special goal in our history. We were delighted in March 2017 when the ribbon to The Play2Give Room on Melanie's Ward was officially cut by Andrew. The room - a single patient room - was chosen in 2014 with us by the Oxford Hospitals Charity, because our inspiring founder Andrew had brain surgery when he was 12 and treatment from birth and our fellow team player, Dale Harris's daughter, Mya, for treatment to Spina Bifida since she was born. A massive thank you to everyone who supported and helped us over many years including Sainsbury's in Didcot to achieve this very special room which will go on to treat and support teenagers and their families for a lifetime. |
Our promotional video filmed over the course of two summer months in 2017 showcases what we are all about - changing, transforming and saving lives across Oxfordshire! With thanks to Interlock Productions for producing this fantastic film.
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OUR CHARITIES:
We support several local charities and we are always striving to help raise awareness and provide support to other charities within the Oxfordshire region, including...
READ ABOUT OUR CHARITIES
Visit our full Gallery to see images of Play2Give's successes and work in action since 2007.
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With Sainsbury's Didcot, we helped raise £655 to buy two brand new PlayStation 4 with games for Melanie's Ward. Andy met young cerebral palsy patient Mitchell upon delivering the PS4's
Other notable funding differences we have made over the years:
We are a well-regarded and established fundraising group recognised at many levels for our work and successes in charitable work across Oxfordshire including the following successes:
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Oxfordshire fundraising organisation Established 2007 - Changing transforming and saving lives across Oxfordshire
Patrons: Dr Winston Ellis and David Johnston OBE MP Head Office: 3 King Walk, Didcot, Oxon OX11 7PE Email: hello@play2give.org.uk | Telephone: 07939064308 |
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