News & Events

Kingstonian Football Club Party Fundraiser! [Saturday 24th July] Lynn Jacobs (Georgii's Mum) is organising a party fundraiser in aid of Small Steps. Get your tickets for our party fundraiser with DJ and dancing, buffet and some live music too! At Kingstonian Football Club, Kingston, Surrey - tickets £15 each - contact the office for more details... Small Steps Open Week [12th-16th July] Did you attend Small Steps in the past? We are holding an 'Open Week' 12th - 16th July and hope that as many of you as possible will pop in to our 'new home' at Greenmead School. Have a coffee with us and a chat, catch up on all the gossip! It would be lovely to see all our old friends! Open door policy... 8.30am to 4.30pm all that week. Kew Fete at Kew Green [Saturday 19th June] Small Steps will have a stall at the. Please let us know if you can help out at all that day... or just pop along and show your support. Sporting update! [March & April] Lots of sporty endeavours have been taking place recently and all in support of Small Steps! Congratulations to Mark Allan (April's dad) for completing the Reading half marathon; well done to Ellie Loughnan (deputy Head at Brandlehow School) for taking part in the Berlin half marathon and a great big cheer to Brandlehow School, especially Leela and Arun Newmark www.justgiving.com/Brandlehow4SmallSteps, for doing a fun run. Between them, over £1000 has already been raised for Small Steps! Congratulations to Grant Davidson (Amber's dad) who ran the London Marathon in aid of Small Steps on April 24th... he reached the finish line in hours/ mins***** ... A fantastic achievement
The Sandblasters head for Marathon des Sables [1st to 12th April 2010] The Sandblasters, Steve, Colin and Paul (Sam's Dad) are raising a huge amount of money for us by running a series of 250km ultra marathons in the hottest, coldest, driest and windiest parts of the planet. They have just completed the Marathon des Sables in Morocco. A gruelling 12 day, 230km marathon across the Sahara Desert. All contestants must carry their own food and equipment and often suffer from heat exhaustion, dehydration, scorpion bites... etc! This year the race was far tougher for the team than previous years. The course was harder, longer and the weather was hot and humid making it an ordeal. If you'd like to read about the amazing experience and extreme hardships the team had to endure click here to read Steve's account during the race. We'd like to congratulate them all for a fantastic achievement and for continuing to support Small Steps in such amazing way. Please, please show your support by sponsoring them if you can. You can do this here online on the Just Giving website.
Brandlehow School Fun Run to raise money for Small Steps [30th March 2010] The pupils of Brandlehow School are preparing for their annual fun run around Wandsworth Park on the morning of 30th March. Pupils aged 4 upwards and staff will be doing circuits around the Park and sponsorship money raised will be donated to Small Steps. Please come along and help cheer on the runners if you can!
Author donates funds from his new book, to Small Steps [March 2010] Martin Hall, Author of "Still Waters", has published a book full of stunning photographs of coastal and waterway landscapes. Martin is a colleague of Paul Mott, one of the Sandblasters Team, and has very generously offered to donate £5.00 from every book sold to Small Steps. The book would make a fantastic gift for anyone interested in landscape photography, or just those of us who appreciate beautiful views! To take a look at the book and find out how to make a purchase please click here. Thanks so much to Martin for his generosity. The 2010 London Triathlon [7th and 8th August 2010] All places are now full to join the Small Steps Triathlon Team this August... we now have a team of 14, who will be swimming, running and cycling to raise money for Small Steps. Last year this event raised a massive £10,000... with your support we can raise even more this year... please CLICK HERE to visit our Just Giving page and sponsor one of our Triathletes... Thank you. The Wee Kew Christmas Fair [27th November 2009] After the success of the Small Steps Christmas sale on 12th November, Catrine Strothers, one of the stallholders (Captain Tortue), volunteered to hold another Sale in aid of Small Steps. It takes place in The Scout Hut, Kew Village (behind the Glasshouse restaurant) 9am to 4.30pm. Please pop along, do some Christmas shopping and support Small Steps too!

Recital at All Saints Church, Putney for Small Steps
[22nd November 2009]

We had a wonderful musical evening on Sunday 22nd November at All Saints Church, Putney. Jo Coker sang a selection of her favourite arias and songs by Handel, Mozart, Puccini, Satie, Strauss, and Rachmaninov, finishing with songs from the ‘Broadway’ musicals. Jo was joined by pianist Claire Howard, flautist Jonathan Bailey and actress Jane McDowell. The concert raised funds for Small Steps and the Putney Samaritans.

We would like to sincerely thank Jo, her fellow musicians and everyone involved in the evening for making it such a success. Thanks also to all the Small Steps supporters who attended. Final total raised still to be confirmed... check here for updates!

The Small Steps Christmas Sale
[12th November 2009]

It was an evening of retail therapy on 12th November at Small Steps. Parents, friends, local people (and staff!) all came to shop and support Small Steps. There was a lovely selection of stalls, with something for everyone. Despite the awful weather, we raised in excess of £500. Thanks to all the stallholders for supporting us and the intrepid shoppers who made it through the rain.

Riverside Fundraising Swimming Gala [10th October 2009] It was a fun packed afternoon at Riverside Health Club on Saturday 10th October. Children from the club entered a swimming gala to raise funds for Small Steps. Final total raised still to come in... watch this space.

Small Steps Quiz night a great success!
[8th October 2009]
Twelve teams joined in the Small Steps Quiz on Thursday 8th October. It was a great evening, with everyone's brains being stretched by Quiz Master (and Small Steps Trustee) Heather Mathews. Everyone enjoyed a glass of wine (or 2!) and Pizza with their Quiz.

We raised over £600 on the night. Thank you to everyone who bought tickets and to Heather and George for the Quiz, Andrea Samuelson for organising the event and Olivia Pizzeria in Fulham for providing Pizza at cost price.

English National Ballet performance raises over £16,000 for Small Steps
[15th September 2009]
Begona Cao, principal dancer of the English National Ballet and supporter of Small Steps, is staged a dance charity gala in aid of Small Steps and Downs South on 15th September 2009 at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London.

The gala which comprised a mixed bill of classical and
modern pieces danced by principals and soloists of the
English National Ballet raised over £16,000!

We are so grateful to Begona and all the dancers for putting so much in to raising money for Small Steps.

Small Steps 2009 London Triathlon Team raise over £10,000!
[1st/2nd August 2009]
It was a great weekend at the Excel Centre in London with the Sprint and Team events on Saturday and the Olympic events on Sunday. All that training and organising sponsorship really paid off, with everybody finishing and some fantastic times too. Huge congratulations to the whole team, and an even bigger thank you for your support of Small Steps!

So far on Just Giving and through the paper sponsorship forms we have raised over £10,000... wow!

Kilimanjaro climb in aid of Small Steps
[1st July 2008]
On Thursday 19th June our intrepid team of parents, staff and friends of Small Steps reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro!!! They have raised a tremendous amount for the charity. Congratulations and a huge thank you to all the climbers. Thank you also to everyone who so generously sponsored them.

Climbers are: Alex Fell, Debbie Wagstaff, Istvan Agoston, William Nash, Benedicte Clarkson, Angela Hennessey and Laetitia Venturini.