Past Events & Campaigns
Superheroes Colour Fun Run
22nd August 2021 We held and organised the first ever Superheroes Colour Fun Run with Style Acre at Boundary Park in Didcot. It was an amazing afternoon with a brilliant turn-out and over 120 people taking part, all getting showered in colour powder around the 'S' shaped course. There was lots of brilliant fancy dress from caped crusaders to emergency heroes all taking part, and all helping to raise over £549 shared between both charities. Pure Gym Didcot provided energetic fun and lively warm-ups with dance funk, and Tesco Didcot kindly donated the fruit and snacks. We look forward to bringing our most colourful and vibrant event back in 2022. 
The Play2Give Masquerade Ball
28th September 2019 We held our second gala ball which was another sell-out occasion with over 150 guests in attendance across 15 tables in our masquerade themed ball at Didcot Civic Hall. Over £2,710 was raised in profit donated to Headway Oxfordshire and the new Ronald McDonald House Oxford. Utopia Disco did the honours of hosting and getting everyone onto the dance floor, there was a photobooth, raffle, and a Manchester United signed football live auction. A 3-course meal and a red carpet drinks reception. We look forward to hosting our third charity ball, planned for late 2021. 
Play2Give Party: 8th April 2016
Didcot Town Football Club Our sixth fundraising evening was a great success with a room of around 80 guests having enjoyed an entertaining evening of fun, music and entertainment including with a hilarious 2-minute doughnut eating contest raising funds for a brain injury support charity. The evening, sponsored by Tom Houseman Heating and Plumbing, with a fabulous disco from Utopia, raised a new record with over £807 raised for Headway Oxfordshire. Many thanks to Tom Houseman, Didcot Town Football Club and to Greggs for the support as well as attendees, supporters and event helpers. Read more 
Sleigh2Give: December 2015
Our first 'Sleigh2Give' Christmas campaign in December 2015 was a success with a festive sponsored walk completed by Sainsbury's Didcot nightshift worker, Lee Crook, raising £200 for Play2Give as well as our very first Christmas Toy Appeal for the Oxford Children's Hospital. Read more on this festive themed campaign 
Family Fun Day Oxford: 15th August 2015
Oxsrad Sport & Leisure Centre Our very first family fun day run in partnership with Kidactive was a great success - and we have plans to make this regular events! The day included face painting, bouncy castle, dance sessions, sensory games, monkey music, raffle and stalls. All money contributed to the Children's Hospital. Read more 
The Play2Givers Take on the Monster Race 2015: 18th April 2015
Cornbury Park Our tremendous team of ten took part in the Monster Race 2015 at the stunning grounds of Cornbury Park, west Oxfordshire, amongst over 1,300 other participants in this muddy fun obstacle race, which involved crawling through barbed wire, climbing, running through an iced cold lake and getting very very dirty. The Play2Givers raised over a tremendous £1,200 - which will be shared between Oxford Children's Hospital, Headway Oxfordshire and the John Radcliffe Paediatric Eye Fund. Read more Sainsbury's Sponsored Stroll Supporting Play2Give: 1st February 2015
Sainsbury's Didcot - Upton and back A cold February Sunday afternoon saw the very first Sainsbury's Sponsored Stroll take place, organised by the supermarket, to raise funds for Play2Give as part of their year of support after choosing us as their 2014-15 local charity partner. The walk begun and finished at the store, in the Orchard Centre, to Upton with a pub stop at the George and Dragon in Upton before the walk back. The store aimed to raise £500, the grand total amounted to over £940 raised! Even Spider-man took part, AKA our very own Andrew Baker, along with other supporters that joined store staff. 
Charity Football Match: 14th September 2014
Didcot Town Football Club The very first annual match was held at the football club on 14th September. The match was organised with Sainsbury's Didcot as their 'first official' fundraising event of their charity year supporting Play2Give. A team of store colleagues took on Play2Give Allstars, but who emerged victorious? Read on to find out... Sainsbury's Booksale: 19th April 2014
Sainsbury's Didcot The supermarket held a secondhand book sale with all proceeds at Play2Give's stall donated to the Oxford Children's Hospital and the Oxford Paediatric Eye Fund through Play2Give's 2014 fundraising appeal. Just over £270 was raised!! 
Play2Give in OX5RUN 2014: 30th March 2014
Blenheim Palace Team Play2Give limbered up again for the Oxford Mail OX5RUN helping raise thousands for charity. The annual 5-miler in support of the Oxford Children's Hospital, in its 12th year, was the biggest fun run to date for the hospital and saw 1,200 runners compete, with 5 fabulous Play2Give supporters making up our team this year. Read more Children's Football Fun Day: 16th June 2013
Oxford City Football Club Our 2013 football fun day was yet another amazing success. Another fantastic day raising over £4,000 for the Oxford Children's Hospital. This wonderful event will return on Sunday July 13th! More information and pictures Charity Celebratory Night: 22nd September 2012
Abingdon United Football Club This special evening was held, raising money for three charities together with celebrating Play2Give's 5th birthday. Organised by supporters Alison Stone and Alison Russell alongside Andrew, the trio are pictured, left, after a triumph packed out evening. The charities all received £170 from the fundraising party which raised £510. Sponsored by Thompson Garden Services & JK Garden Maintenance Ltd Read more on this special evening here 
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Didcot Mini Festive Market
6th December 2020 Our first ever Mini Festive Market supported by Didcot Events was a huge success. Spreading early Christmas spirit and cheer to the town in a difficult year, over £1,410 was raised for a number of Play2Give's charities. With nearly 30 stalls ranging from gifts and crafters to charities and food, to barrel organ, singer and choir, to Santa, the atmosphere was electric and bustling in a Covid-19 safe and socially distanced way. We look forward to organising the 2021 event! 
Sleigh2Give 6
Sept - Dec 2020 Our sixth "Sleigh2Give" Christmas appeal was another record success, despite the impact of Coronavirus affecting many of our usual donation zones and offices being shut. We still had a hugely successful appeal, with around £30k worth of presents donated, received and distributed out. We received the most ever enabling us to still give out gifts into the New Year. A huge thank you to everyone who took part, sponsored and support! 
The P2G BIG 10 Ball
29th September 2017 We held our first ever glitzy ball at Didcot Civic Hall to officially celebrate our tenth birthday. The black-tie occasion, which saw 150 guests across 15 tables, raised thousands of pounds as part of our tenth anniversary appeal for the Oxford Children's Hospital and Headway Oxfordshire. The event saw a mix of businesses, friends, and the community come together to celebrate our decade of changing, transforming and saving lives across Oxfordshire. Utopia Disco hosted proceedings, and included a 3-course meal, drinks and canapes red carpet reception, and a photobooth. 
Charity Football Match 2016: 19th March 2016
Oxford City Football Club Our second annual charity match saw two footballing teams come together to enjoy a fun filled and friendly 90-minute game. The P2G Stars squad took on the Headway Heroes charity side in the match at Oxford City Football Club on a cold Saturday evening in March. The match raised £157.32 through players donations. Proceeds were split between the Oxford Children's Hospital and Headway Oxfordshire. Huge thanks to Oxford City Football Club for hosting and to all the players who took part. Read more 
Superheroes Spinathon: 19th September 2015
Willowbrook Leisure Centre Didcot Huge Thanks to Willowbrook/Soll Leisure for organising this very fun 6-hour endurance 'Superheroes themed Spinathon' for Play2Give which supported fundraising for Oxford Children's Hospital and Headway Oxfordshire. As well as competitors taking part in the heat of non stop spin bikes there was also a raffle cakes sale and fun for the kids with a bouncy castle. The event raised a total £383.57 - over £191 each for both charities. Read more 
Children's Football Tournament 2015: 12th July 2015
Oxford City Football Club Our seventh football tournament for the Oxford Children's Hospital was another scoring success. 19 boys teams took part in this contest at Oxford City Football Club which looks set to have raised over £5,000 for hospital funds. Our raffle was another huge success with over £800 raised from sales. Read more An Evening of Play2Giving 4 Entertaining 2015: 21st February 2015
Didcot Town Football Club This was the fifth fundraising party held and was host by Didcot Town Football Club and sponsored by Johnsons Cars Oxford to raise funds for the Oxford Paediatric Eye Fund and Headway Oxfordshire. The evening raised a grand £572.40, and included a fantastic disco, a hilarious chilli-eating contest and a spectacular fireworks display sponsored and provided by Illusion Fireworks helping add £286.20 to both charities. Read more and all the pictures 
Christmas Bag Packing: 7th & 20th December 2014
Sainsbury's Didcot 7th & 20th December were bag packing Saturday's held by the supermarket for Play2Give with over £100 raised in just a few hours each day. 
Children's Fundraising Football Fun Day 2014: 13th July 2014
Oxford City Football Club A day of football fun, with the sixth tournament, contested by 18 boys teams, was a resounding success supporting the Oxford Children's Hospital. With Jack FM bringing music, our legendary raffle, two Oxford United players, some mucky dip messy fun and a life sized ted, this years event was the best yet. 
An Evening of Play2Giving 4 Entertaining: 22nd February 2014
The Marlborough Club, Didcot Play2Give and Didcot Rugby Club teamed up to host a fun evening of entertainment, kindly sponsored by Johnsons Cars Oxford. Supporting the Oxford Children's Hospital and the John Radcliffe Paediatric Eye Fund, this event broke all previous records for any Play2Give night and raised over £1,700 in total. With Unusual Suspects as our 4-man band, a fantastic disco, huge raffle, drinks, nibbles and even head shaving and waxes, including our own Andrew Baker who became scalped. Read about the success with pictures here |
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Thames Valley Charity of the Year 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: play2give@hotmail.com | Telephone: 07939064308 |
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