Thank you so much to everyone who donated to the Bingo fundraiser, raising an incredible total of £1,312.50. Completely blown away by the support; this will make a huge difference to the funding Jess Grant Celebration can provide in the future.
A massive thank you to Maria Norman whose idea it was to have a fundraiser for Jess Grant Celebration and who organised and promoted the event.
Many thanks to bingo caller Tim Beach for everything he has done to make the event such a success.
Thank you to Steve Stocks and The Golden Key for all their promotion of the event and of Jess’ charity.

We are over the moon to announce that the Smokehouse gigs that Suffolk New College Music Tech students Olly Martin and Gracie Hicks organised raised a fantastic total of £400 for Jess Grant Celebration. A massive thank you to Olly and Gracie for picking Jess’ charity and for all their hard work putting on these fabulous gigs. Huge thanks to the fantastic acts who performed at the 2 gigs: RYSKI, Sophie The Great, Paint The Clocks, Perihelion, Devils Like Girls and Suns of Icarus. Thanks to The Smokehouse for all their promotion of the gigs and of Jess Grant Celebration.

We are delighted and proud to be funding music therapy for children receiving care at Ipswich hospital. Please read the fantastic feedback Music Therapist Daisy Williamson has recently received  Thank you so much to everyone who has made this funding possible for this wonderful therapeutic service 

“Daisy has provided videos of her music therapy sessions specifically for one of our paediatric oncology patients receiving cancer treatment.

This patient has special needs and requires additional support during many nursing interventions. She struggles to understand the reasoning behind the need for these.

Since Daisy has sent us these videos we have played them to this patient to help distract her. She has always responded well to music but these videos have made such a difference to her staying calm for nursing interventions. The use of Daisy’s music therapy has made treatment so much better and less distressing for both the patient and her mum.

She has also used these videos in school when nurses visit her and mum has not been present, which has made this a more positive experience.”

Photos and feedback from a recent Zest Music Day ❤

Wow, Exeter University Swimming Club raised a totally amazing £1,233.64 for Jess Grant Celebration during their Varsity Week 😀 Thank you so much to everyone in the swimming club for voting for Jess’ charity, very kindly nominated by Jess’ friend Erin Yeomanson (thanks again Erin ❤). A huge thank you to everyone who helped organise, and took part in, the fabulous fundraising activities: the bake sale; the fun run (in swimwear in the freezing cold 🥶); the varsity t shirts; the pub quiz; the swimming gala with Bristol and Bath Unis; the raffle. Thank you to Abby Jones, Events & Relations Secretary, for her part in organising the events and for keeping us updated from start to finish about all the wonderful fundraising. Every penny of the brilliant total raised by Exeter University Swimming Club will be used to fund music therapy sessions for children suffering from medical conditions 🎸🥁

Thank you for joining in with Jess’ Celebration day yesterday. It was a lovely day, full of memories of Jess. Thanks for all the kind messages, comments and photos that were shared with us. It’s fantastic to see the different takes on tea, with green tea and sweets in Japan to G+T and cookies in Suffolk!
Many thanks also to everyone who made a donation to Jess Grant Celebration for Jess’ Celebration Day.

Many thanks to Chris Hunt at Film, TV and Music quizzes for a brilliant night on Sunday at the Three Wise Monkeys Ipswich. From Sunday night’s quiz, and Monday’s quiz at the TWM in Colchester, Chris has raised a phenomenal total of £553.64 for Jess Grant Celebration. This is fabulous and we are incredibly grateful for Chris’ support.

We are delighted to be funding another year of music therapy on the Children’s ward at Ipswich Hospital. A big thank you to everyone who has made this possible

A huge thank you to Sensei Leonie Kersey and Evolution Karate Academy for everything they have done in memory of Jess during January. It is so lovely that the club wear their pink belts every January, a wonderful tribute to Jess. Leonie and the club have also been fundraising again for Jess Grant Celebration, raising the fantastic total of £430 through the club and via Leonie’s Facebook fundraiser. Amazing!

We are delighted that our application to the Tesco Community Grants Scheme has been successful and Jess Grant Celebration has been put forward to a customer vote in Kesgrave, Martlesham and Felixstowe Tesco stores. Voting has now started in store and will continue until 31st March 2022. Please vote for us by collecting a blue token when you shop and putting it in the box for Jess Grant Celebration. Thank you very much for your support x