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🚨 Exciting Announcement! 🚨 Calling all Junior Doctors! 🩺 We are thrilled to introduce a special gift for our brave little warriors. Register your Chemo Duck today and receive an amazing toy medical kit from The Give A Duck Foundation, made possible by the wonderful support from the Morrisons Foundation! Starting from August 1st, 2024, each family that registers a…

Razzamataz Theatre Schools Newcastle raised £££’s at their annual Live Lounge on 18 March 2023!   What an absolutely remarkable evening we had! Our school community, including staff, students, parents, and Razz families, came together in an amazing show of support for one another and raised funds for not one, but two extraordinary charities! It was a night filled with…

Lawrence Robb, who plays Emmerdale bad boy, Mackenzie Boyd, is appealing for runners to join The Give A Duck Foundation’s team, and participate in the Leeds 10K, on Sunday 5th September.   “I hope that as many people as possible will join me in running for such a worthwhile charity. This is a very simple and effective way of helping…

Elaine and Eve met at Middleton Lodge Estate last Thursday, for their 2023 planning meeting. Thanks to Max and the team at Middleton Lodge Estate for their hospitality. The Coach House was the perfect meeting point! As always, the ducks created some noise with staff and customers. They certainly attract attention wherever we go! Thank you to the kind gentlemen,…

We’re not quite sure how to say this but these amazing people have raised a staggering…   💥 Ten 💥 Thousand 💥 Pounds YES!!! 💥 £10,000 …raised through sponsorship from the 2021 Leeds Half Marathon and Leeds 10K that took place on 5 September. 💥 This equates to 400 Chemo Ducks for children diagnosed with cancer in the UK. We…

Glorious sunshine flooded the day and what a day it was for golf at Moor Allerton Golf Club , on Friday 7 July 2023. Huge thank you to everyone who attended and supported the event, a fantastic amount raised which will help Give A Duck support 340 families facing childhood cancer in the UK.   The 2023 Give A Duck…

Introducing…The Blinks Golfers! In just under two years, these wonderful golfers have raised a phenomenal £3,580 for Give A Duck! Chris Penston, from The Blinks said: “The boys have always been very generous in donating a sum to charity each year and for the last 2 years we have nominated Give A Duck as our charity. Having a Give A…

Kelly is training for the Edinburgh Christmas 10K which takes place on 5th December in honour of her niece.   “My amazing niece is currently undergoing chemotherapy in Glasgow Sick Kids Hospital for acute myeloid leukaemia. It is a gruelling treatment and she will be staying in hospital for the duration of her treatment including her first birthday. Inspired by…

“Leo absolutely loves his Chemo Duck aka Dave. The nurses all involve Dave when taking bloods etc to help reassure Leo, play is a huge part of making Leo feel safer. A big squeeze from Dave helps reassure him. Leo loves playing doctors with Dave and re-enacting what happens in hospital and Dave loves coming to the park with us….

Meet Ellis The Give A Duck Foundation are supporting hundreds of families throughout the UK, providing children diagnosed with cancer a Chemo Duck and Huggable Hope ducks for their siblings.  Thank you to Ellis and his family for sharing their story…   “Ellis was 4 years old when he was diagnosed with Burkett Lymphoma Leukaemia the beginning of February 2021,…

On 2 April 2023, Claire Gillman, a Play Specialist at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital will be running the London Landmarks Half Marathon!     This will be Claire’s third half marathon having completed the Royal Parks half in 2016 and the London Landmarks half in 2021. She is in full training mode and is looking to also gain a…

On Wednesday 25 January, Eve and Elaine attended the Newcastle Hospitals Charity first Charity Forum at Newcastle United.   The forum was engaging and informative and provided a great opportunity to network with other charities. There is something special about in person meetings and Eve and Elaine loved introducing Chemo Duck and Huggable Hope to the forum attendees – they are…

  Our new fundraiser for 2022 is now LIVE!!! From 2nd to 22nd April, Duck Day events will be taking place across the UK and we’re super excited! We cannot wait to see and hear all about your Duck Day plans. Please comment below to let us know what you’re up to or e-mail us info@giveaduck.org.uk We’d love to share…

…this time it’s the cardboard variety not the collection!   Shout out to Sheard Packaging , the largest independent corrugated box plant in the UK, for creating and donating the best boxes for our duck deliveries!   It’s important we know our ducks travel safely. Deliveries to hospitals throughout the UK and direct requests are sent in Sheard Packaging and…

BIG thank you to our Muddy Duckers 2023 who raised an incredible £1,003.75 inc. gift aid by taking on Tough Mudder this Summer! This amount will fund 40 x Chemo Ducks for children with cancer. Amazing! A muddy round of applause to…Jess Hine, Luke Phillips, Andrew Phillips, Harry Phillips, Harry Clayton, Jack Crilly, Hannah Phillips, Kris Jepson, Jack Kay, Harry…