Charity Donations

Wheels For You

• £10,000 from Mule d’Ane-versaire 2024 to purchase two adapted bikes – Velo Plus and Maxi Comfort tricycle – to use at the Wheels For You cycling sessions. Wheels for you believes in the power of cycling to transform lives. Their mission is to make cycling opportunities accessible to individuals who are unable to ride two-wheeled bicycles.  They run cycling sessions at Les Beaucamps School, a safe and inclusive environment, with a stock of adapted bikes which suit different needs.
• £5,000 from Mule d’Ane-versaire 2024 to purchase a trailer to transport the adapted bikes to and from the cycling sessions

 

Le Vieux Jardin

• Purchase of a side-by-side bike from Mule Aquitaine 2022 and shed to store it for the residents of Le Vieux Jardin, a specialist autism housing for eight people.  This bike is also used by Wheels For You at their cycling sessions.

 

La Vallette Bathing Pools

• Donation of £15,000 from Mule Aquitaine 2022 towards the installation of the lift to ensure the whole site is accessible

 

Guernsey Sailing Trust

• Purchase of 16 buoyancy aids with funds from Mule d’Ane-versaire 2024
• Continued support of their Inclusion and Sailability groups with the purchase of new sails for two of their Hawk20 keelboats since 2020 and a commitment to 2027
• £2,500 from Mule Loire 2018 allocated for the purchase of a new sail for one of the boats used for the Sailability and Inclusion program

 

Jumbulance

• £2,500 from Mule d’Ane-versaire to fund activities on their annual holiday.  The charity takes 10 people with nurses and carers and an adapted coach, which is equipped like an ambulance, and are going to the South of England in summer 2025.

 

Autism Guernsey

• £5,500 to upgrade of IT equipment purchasing seven new computers from Mule d’Ane-versaire 2024
• £4,000 from Mule Loire 2018 allocated to fund a Sleep Better Training course to train up 10 local practitioners.

 

Headway

• Funding to support a gym buddy scheme which encourages, motivates and enables members to exercise on a regular basis. £7,500 from Mule Loire 2018 was allocated to continue this project and an additional £3,000 from Mule Aquitaine 2022 and £6,000 from Mule d’Ane-versaire 2024

 

Afternoon of Christmas

• A free to attend concert at St Stephen’s Church.  We stage the concert to further support the charities we work with by inviting their members and staff to attend, as well as to give something back to the wider community for their support of OF&D.  In addition to the charity members, the audience is invited from Age Concern and we have a large number from the local residential homes alongside the general public.

 

Wigwam

• £5,000 from Mule d’Ane-versaire 2024 to purchase equipment and toys to finish in indoor playground to benefit both children and parents located at the Edible Guernsey greenhouses next to the Men’s Shed in St Peters
• £1,500 from Mule d’Ane-versaire 2024 to produce communication boards to be positioned at the library, GROW and Beau Sejour

 

Stay and Play

• £1,500 from Mule d’Ane-versaire to fund the hire costs to hold the weekly group at St Martins Community Centre. The group is open to the families of children with additional needs and is a space where the children can play and parents can meet and share their experiences. Many parents comment that there are not many groups their children can attend, which is why they knew there was a need for the group

 

Le Rondin School

• £3,700 from Mule d’Ane-versaire for a traverse wall to be part of a new play area in 2026 which will include specialist equipment for children who use wheelchairs or have mobility issues. We may commit to more funding to this project
• Ongoing maintenance and replacement of bicycles, cycle helmets, playground equipment and toys.  Last service and replacement in 2024 with funds from Mule d’Ane-versaire
• Trips for the students to ice stake at Le Friquet’s Ice Skate Guernsey since 2018
• £1,000 from Mule Aquitaine 2022 to build planters in the playground for the children to learn how to grow plants
• £5,000 raised from Mule Loire 2018 allocated for various projects
• Funds from Mule Normandie 2016 brought a new bike shed/store which we added a fibre glass roof to extend its life
• New rugby kit for four teams (30 children) for the 2016 Canaccord Primary Schools Tag Festival
• £8,000 from Mule Bretagne 2014 to develop the Garden of Reflection, planting the area and installing a water fountain and seating. The garden is an important area for pupils, parents and staff to enjoy peace and quiet and relax in challenging times
• Bicycles for the children and commitment to service and maintain the bikes
• Full set of judo mats
• Playground equipment and toys donated annually
• Water bottles

Le Murier

• Sponsorship of the Everest Challenge in 2019-2020, 2023-2025 (no events in 2021 and 2022 due to Covid) which covers the cost of the replacement ropes, harnesses and helmets and enable all funds raised to go to the school to fund their residential programme for the whole school, from school sleepovers and night camps to Herm residentials and Duke of Edinburgh expeditions.  And we always put a team in to take on the wall!
• Trips for the students to ice skate at Le Friquet’s Ice Skate Guernsey since 2018
• Funding for a member of staff to attend a specialised yoga course which will benefit students from the most complex of needs to moderate learning difficulties in 2024
• Support of an afternoon school climbing club since September 2022 run by Climb LBG to pay for an instructor and assistants to run the club
• Donation of 10 mountain bikes and helmets for exercise but also to allow students to get away from the hustle and bustle of school if they need to
• £1,000 to purchase of a range of power tools to give students an opportunity to practice using them before they go out on work experience
• £3,000 from Mule Loire 2018 allocated to continue our support of The Village project which is moving into phase two with the build of four sleeping cabins
• and the purchase of equipment for the physios to use in their daily work with the students
• £15,000 from Mule Normandy 2016 for the purchase and fitting of a professional catering standard kitchen at the new Village project to allow students to develop independent living skills.  The kitchen was officially opened by H.E. The Lieutenant Governor Sir Ian Corder on 18 September 2018

 

Guernsey Mind

• £1,000 from Mule d’Ane-versaire 2024 to insulate and sound-proof the roof so sessions with therapists remain private and refurbishment of a room to give Mind the extra space to see more people who need their support.

 

Victoria Tower Garden Project

• £4,000 from Mule d’Ane-versaire to continue the project to revive and rejuvenate the gardens at Victoria Tower. ‘The Big Dig‘ part 1 saw a team of our Mules clearing sections of the garden and planting flowers and bulbs to enjoy in the spring with £2,000 allocated from Mule Aquitaine to fund water provision and the ongoing purchase of tools and plants for the upkeep of the gardens.

 

Active

• Funding of the Christmas dinner at St Pierre Park since 2017-2023 which has grew from 140 people to over 300
• £8,000 from both Mule Bretagne 2014 and Mule Normandie 2018 to restore their hydro-pool, which is of huge benefit to their users, and commit to continued maintenance and any repairs
• Supply of dressing gowns and towels for the users
• Supply of furniture, chairs and sofas, for the Day Centre
• Interactive activity board

 

Le Marchant Ward, Princess Elizabeth Hospital

• Ongoing funding of plants, tools etc as required
• Funds from Mule Loire 2018 allowed them to purchase additional planters, hanging baskets, seeds, plants, herbs, seasonal vegetables, gardening tools, etc. as the seasons change
• OF&D donated the materials, designed and built wheelchair friendly raised planters as part of the transformation of the therapy garden in 2017.

 

Rugby in Schools

• Donation of rugby balls and tag to island primary and junior schools in 2024 to replace/resupply those donated in 2016
• Purchase of a new scrum machine base and installation
• Hire of the KGV grassed and 3G pitches for the Secondary Schools Boys 7s tournament since 2017
• Hire of the KGV 3G pitch for the Guernsey Secondary Schools to train throughout the winter for the Lord de Jersey Cup in Jersey since 2015 and provision of medals for both teams
• Donation of 540 rugby balls and tag belt sets to all primary and junior schools, with addition of tag secondary schools on the island in 2016

 

Guernsey Disabled Sports Association

• Funding of the travel costs for a team from the GSAD to attend the Bath and West Games from 2012 to 2017, with £8,000 from Mule Normandie 2016
• Supply team vests, t-shirts and hoodies
• Shelves

 

Smaller donations to the following:

• 30/30 Challenge for Les Bourgs Hospice – an OF&D team has been part of the challenge for the last eight years.  A donation of £6,000 was made in 2022 to enable the event to reach the £1 million mark of funds raised for Les Bourgs Hospice
• 30/30 Sportive to raise funds for Les Bourgs Hospice
• Channel Islands Air Search: donation towards new plane
• Donation to a family with a child with a rare intestinal condition
• Grow: donation towards the redevelopment of the Coutanchez site
• Guernsey Disabled Football Association
• Guernsey Raiders: purchase of a portable defibrillator
• Monday Club: funds for their Christmas party and to take the members to the pantomime
• Notre Dame Junior School: range of PE equipment
• Special Needs Gymnastics: purchase of new gym mats and gymnastics equipment

 

OF&D has also made donations off-island to the following charities

• Dallaglio Foundation – which is where all this madness started. Very proud to have raised a total of £20,014 for the Foundation during the 2010 and 2012 Dallaglio Cycle Slams
• Cancer Research UK
• Matt Hampson Trust
• Royal Temple Yacht Club Sailing Academy

 

A huge thank you to all our Mules, everyone who has attended one of our events, been hassled to buy raffle tickets at the rugby club or made a donation.