Changing, transforming and saving lives across Oxfordshire
Play2Give (P2G) is an award-winning Thames Valley Charity of the Year fundraising organisation founded in 2007 by Andrew Baker MBE BCAv.
With our head office based in Abingdon but with our roots born firmly in Didcot where Andy lives, we support, raise money and awareness for a number of charities including the Oxford Children's Hospital and Headway Oxfordshire.
With our head office based in Abingdon but with our roots born firmly in Didcot where Andy lives, we support, raise money and awareness for a number of charities including the Oxford Children's Hospital and Headway Oxfordshire.
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 created in September 2007, we have raised and donated over to £308,150 to date. In total we have supported over 30 good causes and tens of thousands of individuals through our work. From all-year round fundraising events and through gifts raised as part of our "Sleigh2Give" Christmas drive, 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 our Founder, Andy, who was also honoured by Her Majesty The Queen with an MBE in the New Year 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 all year round for many county charities (see more on these below).
We are renowned for what we do becoming well-established 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 the Thames Valley "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 OBE MP
Read more about our Founder, Andy, who was also honoured by Her Majesty The Queen with an MBE in the New Year 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 all year round for many county charities (see more on these below).
We are renowned for what we do becoming well-established 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 the Thames Valley "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 OBE 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. 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 when, in March 2017, the ribbon to The Play2Give Room on Melanie's Ward was officially cut. A massive thank you to everyone who supported and helped us over many years to achieve this very special target in which our sponsored room will go on to treat, support and care for teenagers requiring long-term hospital stays, for a lifetime. £7,000 raised across 2017 in our tenth year funded six specialist-built physiotherapy chairs for the Headway Oxfordshire centre's neurological rehabilitation gym, and more recently towards the funding of the sensory rehabilitation garden, due to be completed in 2022. Over £10,000 raised across three years from 2018 sponsored a family room unveiled in early 2021 at the new Ronald McDonald House at the John Radcliffe which funded 400 nights to keep a family accommodated and close by to their sick child at the hospital. OUR CHARITIES:
We support several local charities and we are always striving to help raise awareness and provide support to charities within the Oxfordshire region and beyond, including...
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:
Visit our full Gallery to see images of Play2Give's successes and work in action since 2007.
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Our funded patient room on the adolescent ward in the Oxford Children's Hospital
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.
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:
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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 Play2Give, The Lambourn, Wyndyke Furlong, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 1UJ Email: hello@play2give.org.uk | Telephone: 07939064308 |
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