Wednesday 11th January @ North Bristol Rugby Club 4pm – 7pm Register for your free ticket: www.weston.ac.uk/event/bristol-apprenticeship-careers-open-evening Weston College, in partnership with the Luke Wheaton Legacy Trust, will be holding an event for learners and parents to explore apprenticeship possibilities within the Engineering, Construction and Digital industry.Luke Wheaton sadly lost his life in the tragic […]
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We are pleased to announce that we will be helping to fund and working in partnership with Gloucestershire Schools FA to promote and encourage both boys and girls football at a competitive level. The GSFA runs county representative teams for U16/14 girls and U16 boys. These teams provide an opportunity for gifted young players to […]
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We raised over £7.3k
Luke’s memorial event took place on Saturday 25th June and with your help we raised over £7,300 plus on top of that the bar took over 8k!! The bar profits as with last years have been donated by NBRFC towards a permanent memorial in memory of Luke. We would like to say the biggest of […]
Luke’s former PE teacher and one of our Trustees, Mr Young (Andy!) is competing in his first Ironbourne Ironman in Eastbourne on Sunday 1oth July 2022. He’s been training for 30 weeks in preparation for the gruelling endurance event: 2.4 mile (4km) sea swim; 112 mile (180km) bike ride; 26.2 mile (42km) run. You can […]
Luke’s memorial event 2022 is less than a week away! Last year we raised over £6k in memory of Luke. This years event will take place on Saturday 25th June from 2pm – late at North Bristol Rugby Club. Entry is free and open to all. There will be a BBQ, bar, raffle, plus a […]
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Skipping in Schools
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been launching our skipping in schools initiative. As Luke was passionate about sport and fitness, one of our main objectives is to fund sporting projects that encourage children to stay active. In collaboration with Dan the Skipping Man we’ve been giving primary school children the opportunity to attend a skipping […]
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The Luke Wheaton Fitness Suite
Luke’s former school, Bradley Stoke community school, have renamed their fitness suite in memory of Luke. Over the next few months they’ll be looking to refit and kit out the space. If anyone knows of any gym equipment companies willing to provide equipment for the space then let us or the school know.
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Donate to ride
‘The Not so Flying Hogs’ are proudly raising money for the ‘Luke Wheaton Legacy Trust’ on its ‘Donate to Ride’ event on the 2nd of October 2021. The Routes (31, 45 and 60miles) will take in and pass through the Memorial Gardens at Avonmouth provided by Wessex Water for Luke and his colleagues – Brian […]
A massive Thank You to everyone who supported Luke’s memorial event last night. We hope you all enjoyed the evening! We made a massive £6063.86 and NBRFC have kindly offered to donate all bar profits which is a huge gesture. Thank you North!Lots of donations were also made to Luke’s Crowdfunding page.Thanks also to BSCS […]