JUMP becomes Sainsbury's chosen charity

JUMP Children's Charity are very grateful and please to announce that we are Sainsbury's new Chapelford store charity of the year. This is in conjunction with the new Sainsbury's store that is opening later this month in Chapelford, Warrington. JUMP become Sainsbury's Chapelford chosen charity after JUMP Manager Steven Stout gave a presentation to the Manager and Staff of the newly built store. JUMP will also be attending a pre-opening evening on Tuesday 17th July meeting staff and locals spreading the word about what we do as a charity, the pre-opening starts from 5.30pm onwards so please come down to see the new store and meet us.
This promises to be a great evening meeting the locals of Chapelford and we look forward to working with the Manager and Staff of Sainsbury's. Thank you to everyone involved that helped us achieve getting our chosen charity status with Sainsbury's

Moonlight Ball Website launch

It's the most eagerly awaited event of the year, but still seems so far away. Jacob's Moonlight Ball is being held on 25th October 2012 at The Hilton on Deansgate in Manchester. The event is being organised by McCarthy Recruitment and Flexible Meetings and sponsored by The PFA with Chief Executive Gordon Taylor and promises to be a star studded evening. Among the many acts and events on the night will be West End star Carley Stenson performing songs from Legally Blonde and Singer Alexander Stewart.
A website has now been launched for Jacob's Moonlight Ball with all information needed for the night, details on how to purchase tables along with a downloadable booking form, the amazing items that are up for auction on the night and also the menu for wonderful food and entertainment.
Please take a look at our Moonlight Ball website at www.moonlight-ball.co.uk and spread the word about our event of the year, there are only a few tables left so don't be left out.

JUMP Blog gets over 1000 views

Thank you to everyone who had taken the time to read our blogs, giving latest news and developments of JUMP Children's Charity. Thanks to you, we have reached over 1000 views which is fantastic in the short time we have been blogging.

Over the past year JUMP Children's Charity has made a massive transition, for the better. We have had new members come on board, new Trustees and a new Patron, fund raising has grown and most important of all, the reason why JUMP Children's Charity exist, capturing our unique memories. We aren't even half way through the year yet and already we are on course of capturing 50 memories.

Another massive transition has been our re-branding, the whole image of JUMP Children's Charity has changed taking into the future, growing our corporate side and making our image more recognisable, not just to Warrington and the North West but to the whole country. For all this, we have to thank McCarthy Recruitment and Flexible Meetings who have helped and guided us through the transition and continue to support us going forward. They are hosting a massive event in October called Jacob's Moonlight Ball, which is being sponsored by Gordon Taylor OBE and The PFA. This promises to be a truly amazing night with many acts ready to entertain, including our Patron Carley Stenson performing songs from the West End. Tables for this amazing night can be purchased by downloading our Invitation, but hurry as they are going fast!
Spread the word about Jacob's Moonlight Ball, follow on Twitter @moonlight_ball

JUMP Children's Charity is part of the Best of Warrington

The Best of Warrington brings together businesses and charitable organisations and promotes them through their website and networking events, they also give the opportunity for members of the public to leave testimonials and recommendations on their website for all to see

JUMP Children's Charity is very proud to announce that we will be one of The Best of Warrington's Charity of the Year and we will be promoting all our events and information through the Best of Team. Check out their fantastic website for Best of Warrington and our JUMP Children's Charity page. Thank you to all the team at Best of Warrington and Matt Cork for all the support for JUMP.
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JUMP on You Tube

JUMP Children's Charity now has it's very own You Tube channel, from here we will post videos of our events throughout the year and you can also view the amazing video that's on our website showing the unique services we provide to children with life limiting health conditions.

JUMP Children's Charity attends Matt Fiddes Martial Arts Northern Championships

On Saturday 17th March, JUMP Children's Charity attended the annual Matt Fiddes Martial Arts Northern Championships at the Birchwood Leisure & Tennis complex in Warrington. Martial Arts clubs from the North & Scotland got together to compete in the championships which helped towards raising money and awareness for our Children's Charity, and JUMP volunteers were also there with the information stand to give out leaflets and let everyone know about what our unique charity helps children that have life threatening health conditions.

The all day event had students competing in many different categories and age groups, from the Mighty Matts (aged 3-6) all the way up to adult, in different techniques, kick-boxing and hand drills, Martial Arts Forms and Sparring contests. Master Fiddes was also at the event presenting the medals to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed in all categories and all students that took part received a medal received a medal.

The JUMP team at our information stand

JUMP Children's Charity would like to thank Mr James of Matt Fiddes Martial Arts Widnes and all the Instructors from Matt Fiddes Martial Arts that helped organise and run the day, for raising money and awareness for us and also making it a fantastic event. Also, to all the students that took part and their spectators that donated to our charity. A donation was made to JUMP through ticket sales for the event and bucket collections made through the day, raising a total of £335 for funds to go towards creating an everlasting memory for a child




On a personal level, I had a wonderful day as my son, Archie Lowdon (aged 9) competed at the event, as he is a student of Mr James of Matt Fiddes Martial Arts Widnes. This was his first ever Martial Arts competition and he was feeling very nervous about it, but he did very well indeed winning the 3rd place Bronze medal for his category which was Hand Drills and Best Technique. He got through to the semi-final and lost, but then won his third place Bronze medal, shown in the video below.

Archie receiving his Bronze medal from Master Fiddes

Mr James' students and medal winners

JUMP attends VIP Business Networking Event

Last night, JUMP Children's Charity was invited to attend a VIP Business networking event, run by Matt Cork of Best of Warrington which bring together all kinds of businesses and organisations to network with each other to promote their service or product.

JUMP Children's Charity manager, Steven Stout MBE was invited by Steve James of Matt Fiddes Martial Arts in Widnes, who is also a Trustee of our Children's Charity, to attend the event and promote JUMP to local businesses showing how we help bring happiness and everlasting memories into children's lives.

Both Steve's chatted to local businesses to raise the profile of JUMP Children's Charity and build relationships with them which developed into offers for help from them in many different ways, making it a very successful night. Even more success on the night was from a raffle held, raising money for JUMP Children's Charity and kind donations from businesses. Steve Stout also took the floor to give a presentation to all there about our unique charity.

Many thanks to Steve Stout, Steve James and Alicia Leigh for all their fantastic support during the evening and to Matt Cork and Best Of Warrington for giving us the opportunity to promote JUMP Children's Charity amongst the business men and women of Warrington