Anita Grant

SAVE THE DATE
Barry has got another fabulous music quiz for us on Friday 19th September 😀

On Friday 6th June, Caroline and I were very privileged to attend a one-to-one music therapy session provided by Zest at St. Elizabeth Hospice and once again to see first hand the positive impact music therapy has. Thanks to your support of Jess’ charity, we aim to continue to support the provision of this extremely valuable service.

Thank you so much to Alex Howis, who has raised an incredible £935 (plua £186 gift aid) for Jess Grant Celebration running the Manchester Marathon on Sunday. Massive congratulations to Alex on successfully completing the marathon in under 4 hours, a fabulous achievement only 3 weeks after a legacy knee injury stopped him from running in the Paris Marathon. We can’t thank Alex enough for the lengths he has gone to in order to complete his challenge of running a marathon and smashing his fundraising target.

A very special thank you for all the donations Jess Grant Celebration receives anonymously. Where possible we like to thank people personally for any donations made to Jess’ charity. However, we understand when donors choose not to pass on their details. Over the years and recently, there have been a number of very generous donations made anonymously, and we just wanted to single you out and give you all a huge shout out for all your support for music therapy in memory of Jess’ love of music.

A massive thank you to Alex Howis, who is taking on the Paris Marathon on Sunday 13th April, raising money for Jess Grant Celebration. Alex is a good friend of our lovely friend Ellie Hall and very kindly chose Jess’ charity to support to help us fund music therapy for children and young people.
After running two half marathons, Alex ‘swore blind’ he would never do a full marathon…So, it was great to hear from him that his training is going really well and he’s enjoying it far more than he thought he would.
Please take a look at Alex’s fundraising page, and support him if you can. Thank you ❤
https://www.justgiving.com/page/alexhowis

Thank you so much to everyone who came to our Cake Sale and supported our fundraising event. It was an incredible turnout, and it was so lovely to see so many familiar faces from Snape and Kesgrave. An unbelievable £784.82 was raised, what a phenomenal total ❤
Many thanks to everyone who helped us put on the event: the fantastic bakers who created the delicious cakes on offer; the wonderful volunteers who gave their help and time; Snape River Trips, Ladybird Nurseries, Snape Maltings, Waitrose and all the individuals who donated the amazing raffle prizes on offer.
Every penny of the money raised will pay for more music therapy sessions in our regional hospitals and hospices in memory of our beautiful daughter Jess ❤

A massive thank you to Tamsin and Xanthe who successfully completed the London Ultra Challenge marathon walk last Saturday, raising an incredible £770 (+ £153.75 gift aid) for Jess’ charity.
Their walk started and finished at the Oval and was mostly along the Thames path, taking in lots of sights, including the Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge (which they walked over), The Tower of London, Battersea Power Station and a couple of interesting corners they’d never seen before.
Tamsin sent me the following: ‘We did it! I hobbled the last couple of miles but Xanthe’s youthful energy and a bit of a singalong kept me going.’ I love that singing kept Tamsin going. The power of music in action 😀
Just brilliant! Thank you so much Tamsin and Xanthe for raising so much money for music therapy ❤

Thanks so much to everyone who has supported Jess Grant Celebration in 2024. This was our 6th year of providing funding to music therapy projects to support children and young people through the power of music. We really couldn’t do it without your support. Thanks to your kindness and generosity, we’re looking forward to helping more people access music therapy in the New Year. More about that soon…

Enormous thanks to everyone at Kesgrave Parkrun’s 10th Birthday who helped to raise a whopping £349.51 for Jess Grant Celebration ❤
Special thanks to Jen Evans and the Kesgrave parkrun team who chose Jess’ charity to benefit, to Christine Driver, who did a brilliant job of manning the cake stall and to the bakers for all the delicious contributions. And, of course, thank you so much to everyone who donated so generously, raising such a brilliant total.
Every single penny will be used to fund music therapy for children and young people in Jess’ memory.
Many congratulations to Kesgrave Parkrun for reaching such a significant milestone – amazing achievement 🏃🏾‍♂️🎂🎉