December 2021 - Dear Evan Hansen - Cinema evening
Beautiful musical with a very hard subject and message. How do children deal with a school frineds suicide?
23rd November 2021 #Cake4Oli
Remembering Oli by eating something sweet on his 20th Birthday
The Snows’ Royal Parks Half Marathon
10th October 2021
On 10 October 2021 the Snow’s run half a marathon for their chosen charities, with £9,000 raised, split between The Oli Leigh Trust and GIFT. GIFT is a volunteer organisation, whose purpose is to encourage, educate and promote a culture of giving and volunteering among young Jews in the community and at the same time help those in need.
Steven’s London Marathon Run
3rd October 2021
On 3rd October 2021 our very own Trustee Steven run the London Marathon. A great achievement for him, and we couldn’t be prouder. He also managed to raise over £7,000 for our charity. Well done Steven!
Maccabi GB Community Fun Run 2021
29th August 2021
On Sunday 29th August 2021 we joined the Maccabi GB Community Fun Run. We set up our own stall to raise the Trust's profile on what we do. Our very own Trustee, Steven, run the 10 km, in preparation for the London Marathon taking place in October 2021.
Charlotte Goldsober - 18" of hair donated for wigs to be made for cancer paitents
7-a-side Football Tournament
18th July 2021
We held our first ever Football Tournament on 18th July 2021 at Rowley Lane, in Arkley. The sun was shining and the competition was fierce! Well done to the winners Avron Lions and the runners up, The Miller Brothers.
A successful first tournament where we managed to raise just over £4,000. Thank you to everyone for coming and making the day a great success and we look forward to seeing everyone next year.
A successful first tournament where we managed to raise just over £4,000. Thank you to everyone for coming and making the day a great success and we look forward to seeing everyone next year.
Empowering Yoga Charity Session
20 June 2021
On international Yoga Day (20 June 2021) Empowering Yoga ran a family friendly Yoga session in West Harrow Park in support of The Oli Leigh Trust raising over £680.
Online discussion with The OLLIE Foundation
(run by BES)
24 May 2021
On Monday 24 May 2021 Michelle joined an online discussion with Debi Roberts from The OLLIE Foundation, run by Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue, where they talked about the facts of suicide and raising awareness. To listen to the full discussion, click here https://youtu.be/hqFICxC0V-A
#Orange4Oli
May 1st 2021
On May 1st we turned instagram orange by asking everyone to post a picture of themselves with something orange and tag 3 friends - overwhelmed to announce we raised over £11,000 thank you as always to our wonderful supporters.
Virtual Magic Show
We held a virtual interactive magic show with Sacha Magical Entertainment on Saturday 13th March. An amazing evening of entertainment was had by all who attended and helped raise over £650 for our work to reduce teenage suicide.
In Conversation with RSY Netzer
On 1st February Michelle joined Ian Russell from The Molly Rose Foundation in a conversation with RSY Netzer about their personal experiences of losing a child by suicide and their determination to promote young people's mental health and wellbeing.
A fascinating and moving insight into the lived experiences of two remarkable people.
A fascinating and moving insight into the lived experiences of two remarkable people.
#Hobby4Oli
One of Oli's closest friends, Liv Bloom, came up with this idea to keep busy over the Christmas/New Year holiday, while remembering Oli and supporting The Oli Leigh Trust. People were asked to post an Insta story of their favourite hobby, tag in 3 friends and donate £3 to The Oli Leigh Trust. Over the course of an amazing 3 days literally hundreds of people posted their hobby story, raising an incredible sum of over £2,200! Thank you to everyone who posted their stories and donated.
