Fun for all the family for Super Brad’s Pad
Families are invited along to Ryhope Cricket Club on Bank Holiday Monday for a day of activities and live entertainment while raising money for the Bradley Lowery Foundation holiday home project.
Proceeds from the whole day are set to be put towards the Super Brad’s Pad project – a holiday home in Scarborough that will provide a special place for families with poorly children to make precious memories.
The event will be held at the club on Ryhope Street South and is free entry.
The family fun day running between 12.30pm and 5.30pm with a fun fair, raffles, selling stalls, bouncy castles and more.
There will also be live entertainment on offer from 4.30pm until 9.30pm and organiser Phil Jason, a fundraiser for the Bradley Lowery Foundation, has revealed that excitement is building within the local community.
The 24-year-old said: “It is a free event but all money raised will be going to the holiday home project
“I’m a bit surprised at the amount of support that the event has gathered so far given that it is our first one back since Covid.
"I wasn’t sure if people would turn up but everyone seems to be excited and we’re now hoping that it can be made into an annual thing.”
Phil has also revealed what impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been like on the Bradley Lowery Foundation.
He added: "Obviously during lockdown we were unable to get out into the community to get funds in so will this one being our first event back since Covid, it is massively important to us.
"All charities have struggled and we have been running online events but they don’t really have the same impact that we need to get the word out.
"The pandemic even stopped the plans to commence work on the holiday home so we’re still trying to put all the things in place for that.”
Car parking is also available for the event, costing £1 for all day at Venerable Bede Church of England Academy, with local PCSOs ensuring that traffic is running smoothly.
The Bradley Lowery Foundation was established in 2017, after six-year-old Bradley lost his fight to a rare form of childhood cancer.