Latest News
Catch up on all our latest news, events, happenings and achievements from Play2Give, plus what's tweeting.
Danceathon with the Angels raises nearly £1,500!, 21 April 2020
By Rebecca Whittaker - Oxford Mail Young dancers showed off their moves to help boost charity with a two-and-a-half hour Danceathon. Read more 
Phones for Patients, 21 April 2020
Play2Give proud to support the Phones for Patients scheme to help reduce the isolation and boredom in hospital during the Coronavirus outbreak. Read more 
Didcot Food Bank gets an eggcellent donation of 200 chocolate eggs, 11 April 2020
By Rebecca Whittaker - Oxford Mail Warm-hearted gym members donated an eggcellent 200 Easter eggs to a food bank in Didcot. Read more 
Another fantastic donation from St Birinus School, 11 March 2020
A huge thank you to St Birinus School in Didcot for another fantastic amount donated to Play2Give this week. Read more 
'Superheroes' fly in another superb sum for the children's hospital, 2 March 2020
We raised an amazing £4,531 for the youngest of hospital patients throughout 2019, thanks to your help. Read more David Johnston's MP Herald article: 'I've now met two of Didcot's greatest heroes', 5 February 2020
In the space of seven days late last month, I had the privilege of meeting two of our most inspiring local charity founders, Courtney Hughes and Andrew Baker. Read the full article 
Play2Give is the Thames Valley Charity of the Year, 3 February 2020
We have been crowned the region's charity of the year! Read more 
Play2Give Goes to Parliament!, 31st January 2020
Earlier this week Play2Give went to Parliament as our founder and inspirational chief, Andy, took a trip to Westminster to receive his honour awarded to him by the Prime Minister. Read more 
Prime Minister's Points of Light Award for Andrew, 3rd January 2020
We're thrilled to announce that our Founder and CEO, Andrew Baker BCAv, has been awarded a 'Points of Light Award' by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in honour of his work with Play2Give and in tribute to dedicating half of his life to fundraising for good causes. Read more 
Lifetime Achievement gong for Andrew after seventeen years of dedicated fundraising, 28 October 2019
After seventeen years of committed hard work in fundraising to help others inspired by his own childhood treatment, our founder Andrew has bagged the Lifetime Achievement Award, at last week's Against Breast Cancer Achievement Awards ceremony. Read more 
Andrew up for Pride of Britain Award, 30 September 2019
Andrew is an ITV Fundraiser of the Year Finalist. We are delighted to announce exciting news. Our founder, Andy Baker has been nominated for a prestigious Pride of Britain Award. Read more 
Andy is the Community Champion of the Year, 26 April 2019
Our founder is a community champ! We are delighted and proud to announce that our wonderful and inspirational founder, Andrew Baker, was awarded at Soha Housing's AGM and Thank-you event this week. Read more 
New fundraising superheroes on the block, 9 March 2019
Pssst... have you heard? There's a new group on the block..? Read more 
Loomstallation unveiled at Oxford Children's Hospital, 27 February 2019
Play2Give sponsors a cog in interactive art piece at hospital. Read more 
Volunteers celebrate record year for 'Sleigh2Give' campaign, 21 December 2018
By Tom Williams - Oxford Mail Presents givers are celebrating a record year after they helped to hand out thousands of gifts to those in need. Read more Andrew amongst 'town heroes' recognised, 24 October 2018
On Friday 19th October Didcot Town Council held their Town Council Awards Evening to publically thank and celebrate the local heroes in the town, including our very own charity founder, that deserve a 'thank you' for their contributions to the town. Read more 
Give a Gift for a CHOX Child launches for 2018, 3 September 2018
And it's launched! Our 2018 Sleigh2Give appeal is here. It may only be September, but we at Play2Give already have a busy line up of festive events planned... Read more 
Didcot Summer Fayre: Inaugural event to bring whole town together, 1 August 2018
A Summer fayre is hoping to bring the whole of Didcot together for a day of fun. Read more New weekly quiz nights to start in Boundary Park for Play2Give, 18 June 2018
Thinking caps are needed to help residents mastermind a campaign to raise money for charity. Read more 
Bakers at Buckingham! Andy visits palace for 30th to remember, 9 June 2018
Our dedicated founder and inspirational fundraiser for so many good causes was honoured this week with a 30th birthday present to remember. Read more 
'Hats off' to Andy with special date at the Palace, 29 April 2018
Our very own founder has been Royally recognised for his outstanding contribution to charity with an invite to a very special date at Buckingham Palace this summer. Read more 
Giving the love of support to the tiniest of patients, 25 April 2018
Earlier this week, Andy paid a visit to the offices of the SSNAP - Support for the Sick Newborn and their Parents Charity with donations given on behalf of the tiniest of... Read more 
Boundary Park Partnership, 12 April 2018
Boundary Park in Didcot supports Play2Give We are delighted to announce a brand new partnership with Boundary Park. Read more 
Sleigh full of gifts for sick children, 5 December 2017
A sleigh brimming with presents and a record breaking £450 have been raised to help bring smiles to children in hospital this... Read more 
Outstanding Achievement Award for Andrew, 17 November 2017
Our very own founder Andrew Baker was honoured with a surprise special award at the recent Didcot Business & Community Awards... Read more 
13,000-ft leap of faith, 27 September 2017
The sky was the limit for a group of heroic fundraisers who strapped on parachutes and plummeted 13,000 feet to the ground to raise money for the Oxfordshire Guardian's charity of the year. Read more 
Nominated for two awards in the BACAs of Didcot, 22 August 2016
We are delighted to be nominated in the Didcot Business & Community Awards 2016 showcasing all our fantastic work in the local... Read more 
High scoring footballers took to the pitch for annual tournament, 4 July 2016
Fundraising footballers took to the pitch on Sunday for the eighth annual charity tournament to raise money for Oxford Children's Hospital. Read more 
Helping Hand for Headway with hugest donation yet, 17 May 2016
An astounding amount of money was raised by our sixth fundraising party last month that today (17th May) it was presented to Headway Oxfordshire - making the charity's day - and hundreds of brain injury survivors who.... Read more 
We're an Oxfordshire Business Awards Finalist!, 10 May 2018
Andy's dusting off his black tie - Play2Give has been selected as a finalist in the 2018 Oxfordshire Business Awards next month! Read more 
Football fundraising charity nets cash for children's hospital, 29 December 2014
By Alex Regan - Oxford Mail A football fundraising group is celebrating a record year of supporting charities such as Oxford Children's Hospital. Read more 
Scoring a winner to help sick children, 24 October 2013
By Jack Johnson - Oxford Journal An Oxfordshire-based fundraising organisation is set to hand over a cheque for just under £5,000 to the John Radcliffe Children's Hospital this afternoon. Read more 
Football tournament is big winner, 18 June 2013
More than 130 young footballers put their best foot forward to help raise £3,700 for the Oxford Children's Hospital. Read more 
Young footballers team up to help hospital, 18 July 2012
By Fran Bardsley - Oxford Mail Football teams from across Oxfordshire came together for a tournament to raise money for Oxford Children's Hospital. Read more 
Uri Gellar Supports Play2Give, 22 May 2012
Celebrity physic and famous for his renowned spoon-bending Uri Gellar (also known for his stint in the Australian outback in TV's I'm A Celebrity) has shown his support for Play2Give. Read more Play2Give tournament kicking off with a little bit of Breckon aid, 24 March 2012
Our big football tournament and fun day, which is returning this July at Oxford City Football Club, will be aided by two very generous local companies who have agreed to act as sponsors and supporters of this year's fundraising crusade for the Oxford Children's Hospital. Read more 
Andrew limbering up a 'barmy army' to run OX5 race, 22 February 2011
Andrew Baker is again getting ready to limber up friends to take part in this year's OX5 Run for the children's hospital, cheering them on from the sidelines whilst he is still too unwell to compete himself. Read more 
Andrew gearing up for latest fun-filled fundraiser, 2 October 2010
Friends of Andrew are helping to organise another charity fundraising evening later this month to help poorly and disabled children, whilst Andrew is out of bounds. Read more 
Andrew Tops £20K with latest successes, 3 December 2009
Andrew Baker, the masterman behind Play2Give, recently achieved his goal to raise £20,000 at this year's cheque presentation to the Oxford Children's Hospital. Read more 
Get signed up and help smash goals for the children's hospital, 7 May 2009
Entries are now open for this year's football 6 a side tournament in July, in aid of the Children's Hospital and teams are asked to compete a hat-trick of events. Read more 
Fundraising football pays off, 20 November 2008
Play2Give has this week given a boost to two charities totalling more than £3,400 scored from another successful and hot football tournament in the summer. Read more 
Tournament boosts hospital, 14 July 2008
By Oxford Mail Footballers from across Oxfordshire hope to have netted hundreds of pounds to help sick youngsters at Oxford Children's Hospital. Read more 
First Football Tournament Nets £2,700, 22 April 2008
Our first football tournament held last November has netted in over £2,700 and boost the tune of three Oxfordshire charities. Read more Andrew on Fox FM Breakfast Show, 26 October 2007
Hear this short clip with Fox FM's DJ Simon Ross interviewing our Andrew Baker about our first football tournament for charity that... Read more |
Driven by his 'gift of life' Andrew smashes his £100k fundraising target, 12 December 2018
By Tom Williams - Oxford Mail Seventeen years since raising his first grand at a school non-uniform day, a determined fundraiser for Oxford's healthcare has smashed his £100,000 target. Read more 
The 100K Rock and Roll Bingo, 6 September 2018
Join us as we attempt to get our founder Andy Baker over the £100,000 mark for funds raised with all of his supporters, friends and us, the Play2Give team, over the last 16 years. Read more 
Didcot's first summer fayre 'absolutely fabulous', 7 August 2018
Family fun transferred seamlessly into evening entertainment as the first ever Didcot Summer Fayre provided something for everyone. Read more 
Proud runners up in the 'business oscars' of Oxfordshire, 18 June 2018
On Friday night (June 15) Play2Give was delighted to be in amongst the best of Oxfordshire businesses as companies and entrepreneurs from across the county came together to celebrate in the Oxfordshire Business Awards (OXBA) 2018. Read more 
Play2Give enjoys a feast of fun in Harwell village, 29 May 2018
Thousands descended on an Oxfordshire village for a day filled with historical reenactment, fairground rides and a colourful float parade. Read more 
Full steam ahead thanks to Didcot Parkway, 28 April 2018
Didcot Parkway adopts Play2Give! We are excited to announce that Didcot Parkway will be supporting us with a charity day this... Read more 
Didcot Summer Fayre website launches, 18 April 2018
Its finally live! After weeks of immense hard work and compiling information together, the gleaming great new website for the brand new Didcot Summer Fayre has launched... Read more 
Support us in new charitable lottery, 10 April 2018
This Spring, be someone's sunshine... Support Play2Give to help others. Read more A knockout way to start raising funds for 2018, 30 November 2017
The early bird catches the worm, so they say, and that's certainly the school of thought Andy Baker subscribes to. Read more Record Breaking Year in sight as we smash '£10k in 10' goal, 14 October 2017
Never would ten years ago Play2Give imagine that it would become the flourishing success story that it is of today - a 'labour of love' to local charities. A decade later and we have gone on to change, transform and save thousands of people's lives - and now new records have... Read more Having a ball to mark 10 years, 4 October 2017
What better way to celebrate your tenth anniversary than with a big glitzy party - and that's exactly what Play2Give did. Read more 
Shortlisted in three Didcot BACAs, 4 October 2017
At Play2Give Towers we have more cause to celebrate harder, after receiving wonderful news about the Oscars of Didcot - otherwise known as the annual Business & Community Awards (BACAs). Read more Still time to enter Oxford Half Marathon and race for Play2Give, 31 August 2016
There is still time to enter the magnificent half marathon of Oxford. A whole 13.1-miles round the city of the dreaming spires. Read more Friday Factoid, 8 July 2016
Did you know.. 1660 raffle tickets was sold in the recent Play2Give raffle held last weekend so that was 1660 tired fingers of... Read more 
Welcome our first ever Community Officer to the team, 7 July 2016
A very warm welcome to Matthew Norris who has joined our team of volunteers. Read more Sainsbury's staff parties hard and raises raffle funds, 18 May 2016
The staff of Sainsbury's Didcot partied hard on Sunday night (15th May) at their annual awards bash and still showed charitable spirit too in amongst the celebrations! Read more 
Oxfordshire Charity and Volunteer Awards Ceremony, 13 May 2016
We were delighted to be represented at this year's prestigious Oxfordshire Charity and Volunteer Awards held recently on May 11th. Read more 
'He's at it again!' Walk in one million ahead for Jingle Bells Lee, 8 May 2018
A Didcot man has pledged to walk one million steps in July to raise money for ill children. Read more 
Latest fundraiser tots up total of £33k for children's hospital, 16 November 2013
By Ben Wilkinson - Oxford Mail A man battling a mystery brain condition has again raised thousands of pounds from an annual football fun day. Read more 
Football event is a huge success, 27 June 2013
More than 130 local children took part in a charity football tournament in Oxford last weekend, to raise money for the city's Children's Hospital. Read more 
Pals' goal is best children's soccer event yet, 17 May 2013
By Pete Hughes - Oxford Mail Organisers are hoping their children's charity football tournament will be bigger and better than ever this year. Read more 
Team players are needed, 11 June 2012
By Oxford Mail A former children's hospital patient hopes to raise thousands with his fourth charity football tournament. Read more 
Andrew meets Raymond Blanc, 27 March 2012
Top celebrity chef Raymond Blanc set nearly 1,000 runners on their way in this year's Oxford Mail OX5 RUN on Sunday. Read more 
Luke Cuff soars in the heat of the London Marathon, 17 April 2011
A loyal Play2Give football tournament participant, Luke Cuff, and his mum today completed the capital's annual marathon in blistering hot sunshine. Luke was running for the Children's Hospital in our name, inspired by our own Andrew Baker. Read more 
Abingdon Blog: 'Play2Give brings cheer to Footsteps', 11 December 2010
I got a nice message from Andrew Baker who has been fund raising for Oxford Children's Hospital since they gave him treatment for a very serious illness some years ago. Read more 
Charity champion Andrew laid low by illness, 9 June 2010
Founder of Play2Give, Andrew Baker, is currently battling an undiagnosed brain condition has vowed to resume his charity work as soon as he is fit. Recently, the Oxford Mail spoke to Andrew about his current fight against poor health which has dogged him for the past eighteen months. Read more 
Andrew's hospital fundraiser hits £20,000 target, 7 July 2009
Hundreds of footballers came together at the weekend helping Andrew Baker smash his £20,000 fundraising total for a charity close to his heart in the latest tournament for Oxford Children's Hospital. Read more 
Boxing gym bid gets charity help, 3 December 2008
A boxing club in Abingdon has received help with its £200,000 bid to build a gym. Read more 
Abingdon Blog: Champion Fund Raiser, 18 November 2008
Andrew, on the left, is a young fund raiser who stages the annual Play2Give football tournament. He is ably assisted by Maxine in the center. Read more 
Goal in sight for children's hospital, 8 July 2008
By Thom Airs - Oxford Mail The father of a patient at the Oxford Children's Hospital will be putting on his football boots for a charity tournament with special personal significance. Read more 
Andrew the CHOX Champ, 10 April 2008
By Chris Kearney - Oxford Mail Andrew Baker who has raised more than £15,000 for Oxford Children's Hospital over the last few years is in the running to be honoured with a national award. Read more |
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Patrons: Dr Winston Ellis and David Johnston OBE MP Head Office: 3 King Walk, Didcot, Oxon OX11 7PE Email: play2give@hotmail.com | Telephone: 07939064308 |
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