Christmas Countdown We have certainly had an eventful year in 2017 with so many lovely supporters, businesses and parents helping us spread the word about Heel & Toe Charity along with helping us raise much needed funds. You have entered yourself into all sorts of challenges and events for Heel & Toe Charity, including; [...]
BBC Look North Story This month we were lucky enough to be featured on BBC Look North with the story of 2 year old - Hunter and his parents, Chloe and Gary who told us about Hunter's fantastic progress since he started therapy at Heel & Toe Charity centre in Pelton. Take a look at [...]
Sponsored Sky Walk Complete! On Saturday 3rd June, five people's lives changed forever as they conquered their fear of heights and completed our 'Sky Walk' Challenge also known as the Honister Via Ferrata Extreme. The challenge included climbing for 4 hours in total, along a tightrope bridge 80m long and 30m high from one peak [...]
Prince Bishops Shopping Centre - COY 2017 Pictured left to right; Therapy Assistant - Nikki, Child - Joseph W, Prince Bishops - Georgina, Therapist - Adel. Thank you to everyone who voted for us to become Prince Bishops Shopping Centre's charity for 2017. This week we had a lovely visit from Marketing Coordinator [...]
Cerebral Palsy - First Steps For Phillip Last year we introduced you to 9 year old, Phillip Scott with an insight into 'A Day in the Life of Phillip Scott'. This video showed us what life is like for Phillip (who has cerebral palsy and other medical conditions) and how he copes on a daily [...]
THREE local charities - North East Hearts with Goals, Heel and Toe Children’s Charity and the Alzheimer’s Society - received an enormous Christmas surprise from Primula Cheese just in time for Christmas. Jane Long from Heel & Toe Charity is given the good news by Managing Director at Primula Cheese - Paul Lewney. [...]
After many varied weather reports we finally managed to re-schedule the sponsored skydive last week. On Thursday the team from Irwin Mitchell Solicitors braved the skies and took the plunge from 10,000 feet to raise funds for our charity. The team felt a mixture of emotions from being terrified to very excited, but each one [...]
It is great to keep ourselves fit and healthy and when you can have fun doing it it's even better! So when Gateshead Fitness Instructor - Leanne Proud contacted us to organise an 80's Zumbathon we were more than thrilled. On Saturday 17th September we held our very first Zumbathon which saw over 90 people dressed in [...]
What a fantastic weekend we had supporting our team of runners in the Great North Run 2016 events. Both the Mini & Junior Run and the Great North Run Half Marathon were a great success and #TeamHT did us proud. With the Mini and Junior Run held on Saturday 10th September and the Half Marathon [...]
It is fantastic when local businesses put themselves forward to support us through various challenges and Hewitts Solicitors are no exception. The team led by Partner - Darren Brown, took on the No Ego Challenge at Lambton Castle, Chester-Le-Street and raised a total of £1,035 to go towards our 'Hannah's Holiday Home project. Read more. Thank you [...]
