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Foundation makes £500 grant
The Foundation is pleased to be able to make a donation of £500 to Maddie and her family. Maddie started having headaches and sickness over a few months and had an MRI scan that showed a large tumour. She was…
‘Culinary for Carl’ evening raises £270
A huge thank you to Catherine and Dee, who organised a “Culinary for Carl” evening in the community café at Braunston. Fifteen people enjoyed a wonderful, home cooked, 4-course meal, whilst listening to a CD of Carl’s beautiful piano playing. …
£500 grant made to The Shakespeare Hospice
The Foundation is pleased to be able to award another grant for £500 to The Shakespeare Hospice, who provide palliative and end-of-life care for patients, their loved ones and carers across South Warwickshire. The grant will help to provide a…
£1,000 grant launches the Forever Memories Fund at the Myton Hospices
The Foundation is thrilled to be working in partnership with The Myton Hospices by donating £1,000 to launch the Forever Memories Fund. We approached Myton about how we could help patients and their loved ones to make the most difficult…
£1,000 grant awarded to The Lennox Children’s Cancer Fund
The Foundation is pleased to be able to award a grant of £1,000 to Lennox Children’s Cancer Fund. The grant will be used to provide Crisis Grant relief to families of children/young people who are seriously ill with cancer in…
Exciting News on Carl’s Observation Platform
We are thrilled to report that planning permission has been granted to build the observation platform at Brandon Marsh, in memory of Carl. The platform will overlook the Newlands reedbed and will feature some of Carl’s photographs. It will be…
Coffee & Cake for Carl raises over £1,500
A massive thank you to Catherine Eastaff, who organised a “Coffee and Cake for Carl” garden party, and despite the monsoon rain that arrived she raised an amazing £1,509.81.
£600 grant made to fund Children’s Counselling Workshops at Myton Hospice
The Carl Lewis Foundation has donated £600 to the Myton Hospices, to fund their Children’s Counselling workshops. The workshops provide therapy for children and young people across Coventry and Warwickshire, who have experienced death or a terminal illness of a…
Chris, our intrepid Trustee, raises over £2,800 with a Wing Walk
Our intrepid Trustee, Chris Eastaff, completed a sponsored wing walk on 13th June to raise funds for the Foundation. Chris flew on the top wing of a classic 1940’s Boeing Stearman Biplane, and looped the loop with a barrel roll,…