On the 6th of August we had the annual Josh Evans cup game where Pethy played against Penallta raising a hefty amount for our trust.

Special thanks to Matt Angel for donating the cup – THANK YOU!

Every 3 years, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) visit children’s diabetes services as part of their external review and in July 2020 was the turn of Taunton & Somerset NHS.  During the review The Josh Evans Trust Fund was recognised for the support in enabling activities and experiences for children and their families whilst also engaging with peers to develop opportunities for meeting with others and creating a support network.

This is Hayley from Royal United Hospitals Bath.  We recently sent her some scales and books to support our Mendip families.

It is with deepest regret we have decided to postpone the 2020 ball.  Please see below a statement from the trustees.

We would like to thank Ruby Miles for the money raised by holding a cream tea event.

During August Sam Hyslop and Luke Oliver took part in 100k challenge along the South Coast.  It wasn’t easy but we followed them all the way and they raised over £2,300!

Here’s a few words from Sam:

“This year myself and Luke Oliver attempted what I can only describe as the most emotionally, mentally and physically draining challenge we have taken on for the JETF. Having previously ran half marathons and jumping out of planes we wanted to push ourselves to raise as much as possible for what is truly worthy cause and ran by the most amazing people in Tracy and John Evans. This challenge involved running/walking 100km (62 miles) In a 24 hour period across the Brighton coastline. As many people reading this will know Josh Evans passed away 11 years ago after suffering a hypoglycaemic attack whilst driving. Josh suffered from type 1 diabetes and the trust fund works tirelessly to raise funds to help support people with the condition and help raise awareness. Josh was a good friend and therefore the challenge was set for us to raise more funds for this great cause. With minimal to no training we set off from Eastbourne at 7am in high spirits thinking it would be literally a walk in the park. As we passed the half way mark night started to fall, blisters had formed and popped and chaffing was occurring in places it shouldn’t ever exist however determined we pushed through and managed to complete the event in 22 hours. This was followed by 2 days of been unable to move! But the pain was worth it as through the night the donations kept flying in and thanks to everybody’s generosity we raised over £2300! The work Tracy and John put in day in and day out for this cause is unbelievable and if you are thinking of pushing yourself for charity I would recommend you support this amazing cause.”

Barb and John from The King of Wells recently held an afternoon tea and raised £185.00!  We would like to thank Barb and her family, especially her daughter who made the yummy cakes.

Saturday 13th June 2020.

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In July Teresa celebrated her birthday and decided instead of presents she was asking family and friends to donate to the trust fund.

It looks like you had an amazing party and we would like to thank you for supporting us with your generous donation.

Happy 50th Birthday Teresa!!

Over the summer holidays dieticians from the Paediatric Diabetes Team ran educational cookery classes for 20 children with Type 1 diabetes and their families.

Sessions were held in schools in Taunton and Bridgwater where children prepared and cooked their own vegetable pizza and fruit kebabs and learnt about healthy eating and how to count carbohydrate in their meals.

“We both thoroughly enjoyed the session this morning.  P really got a lot from it and has been telling her friends about it this afternoon, the word amazing was used.”