First grants announced!

Oliver’s Dragons are delighted to announce our first grant recipients:

Brabyns Bike Track - tools and equipment so kids can get more involved in expanding the track and creating a new ‘Dragon’ track
Motion Dance Collective - support for a pilot primary school dance project focused on improving the wellbeing of pupils
Elements Resource Base – Marple Hall School - investment in forest school activities, equipment and the creation of a gardening hub for SEND pupils
Hawk Green Cricket Club - cricket equipment and net repairs to support the youth section of the club
PIE Social Enterprise – to pilot a wellbeing boxing programme for children in Marple
Children impacted by cancer - to support the ongoing needs of a local child in remission from a brain tumour but suffering from the long term effects of treatment.

Congratulations to all successful recipients – we look forward to tracking the progress and outcomes of your projects.

Please look out for our next round of grant applications which will open in January.

A brand new charity for Marple where kids support kids. Our unique, magical, adored Oliver loved this community nearly as much as he loved dragons. When he died in 2023 from a brain tumour, his family and friends resolved to create a fund that would enable his joy and happiness to live on.

Oliver's Dragons exists to help in two ways. Firstly, we want to help fund leisure and recreational facilities for children in our area and secondly, we will provide grants to families where a child is closely impacted by cancer. We intend to do this by organising fun family-oriented community events throughout the year.

Oliver's dearest friends, his 'Army', will be closely involved in the charity, helping to ensure our funds are directed in the right way.

Please keep an eye out for fundraising events and news about our first round of grant-applications.

Thank you, from Oliver's Dragons.

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