It is with huge appreciation that we say Thank You to our Jolly Josh fundraiser who gave himself the ultimate challenge of running a huge 10K EVERY DAY for 50 days! We're very grateful for his efforts, in doing so Aidan raised an amazing £1625 for our charity. The funds will all be spent on the construction of our 'place to call home', find out more here. Pictured: Aidan Gleeson (left) with James Kelly, Joshua's Daddy and Jolly Josh Volunteer #thankyou #fundraising #fundra

We are extremely grateful to receive a huge £1000 donation from Rochdale Round Table, it was a pleasure to meet Chairman Jonathan Houghton and John Barton at the construction of our 'place to call home.' "Rochdale Round Table are happy to support Jolly Josh. Carole and the Jolly Josh team are doing a remarkable job and we can't wait to see their new home/facility open for families to use and enjoy. We wish them every success." We are currently building our fully accessible

We decided to donate the money raised to Jolly Josh as we think what the charity offers is priceless for parents of children with special n

During #lockdown various craft businesses took part in a 'Virtual Craft Makers Market', the craft fair gained a huge £320 for #JollyJosh. Thank you to Lesley Downton and those involved in the supply and purchasing, we're extremely grateful and all funds will go towards the build of our #placetocallhome, updates of the construction can be found here. #ConnectSupportThrive #InspireInclusion #Rochdale#Charity

#Thankyou to Elizabeth Rushton from the Rochdale Observer for featuring our #JollyJosh Lockdown Photography Project, #aportraitofourfamilies. To view our beautiful gallery in full, please click here. #ConnectSupportThrive #InspireInclusion #Rochdale #NHS #HoldStill #PPE #ComplexMedicalNeeds #Shielding #Lockdown #Covid19 #Charity #volunteer @AsiaBurrilPhotography @AsiaBurrilWeddings

We are thrilled to be able to share the news that Ryan, of RMO Electrical Wholesaler (Repair, Maintenance and Overhaul Ltd), has kindly offered to support us with our heating installation and will therefore be a #JollyJosh #GoldKeyHolder We are incredibly grateful for such support! Ryan was also able to introduce us to Andrew, of Collingwood Lighting, Today we met with Ryan and Andrew at our build (following social distancing guidelines) to discuss the progress and next step

During the #lockdown of the #Covid19 #pandemic the #Londonmaraton @LondonMarathon aimed to support charities by introducing a #fundraising campaign. Eliza chose to do the #JollyJoshSensoryCircuit to fundraise for our #charity Each of the 26 challenges were caught on camera and many were filmed (see the JollyJosh You Tube channel), Eliza communicates using #signlanguage #BSL #SSE See how many signs you can learn! In doing this Eliza and family not only had lots of fun, but the

During the #lockdown of the #Covid19 #pandemic the #Londonmaraton @LondonMarathon aimed to support charities by introducing a #fundraising campaign. Thomas and Lilly chose to do the #JollyJoshSensoryCircuit to fundraise for our #charity In doing this they not only had lots of fun, but they raised a whopping £253! #Thankyou #TwoPointSixChallenge #JollyJosh #Charity #Rochdale #ConnectSupportThrive #InspireInclusion #SEND

Thank You so very much to Naheeda at HMR Paediatric Community, Naheeda is the Dietetic Lead at #Rochdale and has raised a wonderful £600 for our #JollyJosh #charity Naheeda and the team visit our sessions on a monthly basis (see our timetable) and therefore know of the importance of our #placetocallhome. #Thankyou Naheeda, the funds will be spent wisely on our build, for up-to-date details of our progress, click here #ConnectSupportThrive #InspireInclusion #SEND #PMLD #fundr

#Thankyou so very much to our wonderful family and friends who played a game of online Bingo during #lockdown and raised a fabulous £115 for #JollyJosh #Charity #Rochdale. We're very grateful and funds will be used to continue to build our #placetocallhome You are #keytooursuccess and with this #fundraising we can help families to #connectsupportthrive and #inspireinclusion

It is with huge gratitude that #JollyJosh gives thanks to Graham Poole Road Transport. Graham Poole has kindly donated one of his classic trucks for auction with profits raised to be donated to our charity. He has also provided additional funding for the build of our #placetocallhome. The total of funds donated is in excess of £10,000! This incredibly generous amount of money will be spent on the build of our very own inclusive centre in Castleton, #Rochdale. Thank You Gra

Jolly Josh would like to say a heartfelt Thank you to everybody at St Martins Church (Castleton) who voted for us to be the beneficiary of a very generous donation of £650! We had the pleasure of welcoming Sister Francis and Bernice to group on Thursday to meet our children, families, volunteers and professionals. Lots of fun was had by all and we are looking forward to seeing them both again in the future. Thank you St Martins for choosing to support Jolly Josh and helping o

#Thankyou to Tosh Brogan, of Castleton, for raising a wonderful £500 for our #JollyJosh #charity #Rochdale. The funds will be used to continue to build our #placetocall home. For further details click here #fundraise #connectsupportthrive #inspireinclusion #SEND #PMLD

We had lots of wintery fun at this weeks #stayandplay session @JollyJosh #Rochdale where we had a polar explorer themed morning. Our little ones explored our sensory toys in their very own igloo as well as discovering what animals live in the wintery tuff tray. As you can see from our photographs, our little ones and their families enjoyed building their own ice towers and reading stories. This week we were joined by two professionals; Sarah from @RainbowScent and Sally, a #C

Lots of fun was had at this week’s #stayandplay session @JollyJosh #Rochdale where we explored all things transport. We had lots of fun playing with cars, planes, trains buses and more! Our little ones and their families enjoyed reading stories about transport and played with the busy street mat where the cars and trains travelled around town, taking people home, to work and school. Unfortunately, our visiting professional this week was unable to attend but please join us nex

What a fantastic time we had a this weeks #stayandplay session @JollyJosh #Rochdale. We played in the 'snow' and built 'ice' block towers and explored the texture of 'snowballs' without the cold! Our visiting professional this week was Lisa, a #PaediatricPhysiotherapistTeamLead who had lots of fun with our little ones. Lisa has been working closely with some of our tots and their families. As you can see from our photographs, Lisa encouraged one of our little ones to kneel u

We certainly had a fun start to the new year at this weeks #StayandPlay session @JollyJosh #Rochdale, for our trains themed session. As you can see from our photographs, our little ones really enjoyed playing train drivers and exploring the track, trains and practising being conductors! We had three visiting professionals this week; all offering different support and advice to our parents and little ones. Firstly, thanks you to Sarah from @RainbowScent. Sarah is joining us fo

On Thursday we hosted our 3rd annual Christmas quiz event. Like previous years tickets sold out early. We saw our regular faces (for who the quiz has now become a Christmas tradition!) as well as many lovely new ones! Our wonderful volunteer quiz master, Ian Allonby, kindly returned and provided us with our quizzing entertainment for the night. Testing everyone's general knowledge as well as generating lots of laughs. The quiz saw two teams battle it out over a tie break ques

We certainly enjoy a party @JollyJosh and especially a Christmas party! Our little ones had festive fun at this weeks #StayandPlay session @JollyJosh #Rochdale for our Christmas party. As you can see from our photographs, we were in full festive swing; enjoying printing with paints and stamps as well as exploring the textures of tinsel, pinecones and 'snow'. We were joined by two professionals this week who were on hand to support and advice to our parents on a range of area

Thank You very much to Piano Tutor Margarita Capas who held a Piano concert at St Mary's, the Baum Church, raising a jazzy £149.39 for @Jolly Josh! Thank you to everyone involved in the concert, we grateful appreciate your support! #ConnectSupportThrive #InspireInclusion #Rochdale #Charity #SEND