• Support Wokingham Today
  • Get the print edition
  • Sign up for our daily newsletter
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Wokingham.Today
  • HOME
  • MY AREA
    • All
    • Arborfield
    • Barkham
    • Beech Hill
    • Binfield
    • Bracknell
    • Charvil
    • Crowthorne
    • Earley
    • Emmbrook
    • Finchampstead
    • Grazeley
    • Henley
    • Hurst
    • Lower Earley
    • Norreys
    • Reading
    • Remenham
    • Riseley
    • Shinfield
    • Sindlesham
    • Sonning
    • Spencers Wood
    • Swallowfield
    • Three Mile Cross
    • Twyford
    • Wargrave
    • Winnersh
    • Wokingham
    • Wokingham Without
    • Woodley
    • Woosehill
    • Yateley
    Opuz opened in Wokingham on Monday. ic: Stewart Turkington.

    Opuz opens in Wokingham

    Police Picture: Pixabay

    17-year-old boy stabbed in knifepoint robbery by three masked men in Warfield

    Image by Marilyn Cada from Pixabay.

    Big jump in Wokingham property prices

    The developer installs the equipment at every one of its developments.

    Can you help save a life in Arborfield?

    Property auctions are gaining in popularity in Berkshire according to new research Picture: Pixabay

    Everything must go at social club auction

    Quishing happens most frequently in car parks.

    Don’t become a victim of quishing

    The victories Wokingham Town Ladies. Pic: Andrew Batt

    Sumas’ Ladies search for players

    Jaw, jaw, not war, war, is the theme of David Morgan's Church Notes. Picture: Brandywine Arts

    Church notes: Jaw, Jaw, not war, war

    Wokingham Borough Council?s Solar Together initiative?.

    Naturally Speaking: Save on energy bills with Solar Together

  • SPORT
    • All
    • Binfield FC
    • Reading FC
    Goalkeeper Jack Stevens Picture: Wikimedia Commons

    Reading FC confirm latest signing as goalkeeper joins on free transfer

    The victories Wokingham Town Ladies. Pic: Andrew Batt

    Sumas’ Ladies search for players

    Reading FC Women

    Reading FC Women confirm departure of first-team manager

    Michael Stickland

    Reading FC defender pens new one year contract

    Reading FC

    New assistant manager at Reading FC revealed

    Alex Pickup

    STMA HQ Wokingham teen wins Muay Thai Championship Belt

    Reading FC

    Two young Reading FC players sign new contracts

    Ruth Shephard

    Woodley teen paddles toward national success with help from council grant

    Veljko Paunovic

    Former Reading FC boss helps Real Oviedo to win promotion to La Liga

  • READING FC
  • COMMUNITY
    Opuz opened in Wokingham on Monday. ic: Stewart Turkington.

    Opuz opens in Wokingham

    Image by Marilyn Cada from Pixabay.

    Big jump in Wokingham property prices

    The developer installs the equipment at every one of its developments.

    Can you help save a life in Arborfield?

    Property auctions are gaining in popularity in Berkshire according to new research Picture: Pixabay

    Everything must go at social club auction

    Quishing happens most frequently in car parks.

    Don’t become a victim of quishing

    The victories Wokingham Town Ladies. Pic: Andrew Batt

    Sumas’ Ladies search for players

    Jaw, jaw, not war, war, is the theme of David Morgan's Church Notes. Picture: Brandywine Arts

    Church notes: Jaw, Jaw, not war, war

    Wokingham Borough Council?s Solar Together initiative?.

    Naturally Speaking: Save on energy bills with Solar Together

    The picture shows  whopping 141lb Wels catfish that Simon, a Wokingham countryside officer, caught whilst on a trip to Spain. Pic: WBC.

    Monster fish found at Dinton Pastures

  • LIFESTYLE
    • All
    • Food
    • Health
    • Obituaries
    • People
    Opuz opened in Wokingham on Monday. ic: Stewart Turkington.

    Opuz opens in Wokingham

    Property auctions are gaining in popularity in Berkshire according to new research Picture: Pixabay

    Everything must go at social club auction

    Wokingham Borough Council?s Solar Together initiative?.

    Naturally Speaking: Save on energy bills with Solar Together

    New season British raspberries are picked at Hall Hunter Farms in Wokingham borough. Pic: Ben Birchall/PA Media Assignments.

    A great year for Wokingham raspberries

    The funds will improve the energy performance of social homes.

    Funds granted for energy-efficient homes

    Wokingham station. Picture: Wokingham Borough Council.

    Art and songs to mark 200 years of the railways

    Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay.

    MP raises lack of GPs in Wokingham

    Members of Wokingham Catenian Circle marked their 500th meeting with a mass followed by a celebratory meal. Picture: Wokingham Catenians

    Wokingham Catenians celebrate 500th meeting

    The couple will hold their wedding reception in the conservatory and garden at Dinton Pastures Country Park.

    Wedding winners announced

  • WHAT’S ON
    • All
    • Arts
    • Entertainment
    Shaun the Sheep Picture: Pixabay

    Shaun the Sheep flocks to Reading town centre this summer

    The event is at Dinton Pastures Country Park..

    Celebrating dads with free family fun day

    More than 6,000 people are expected to attend the event.

    Woodley Carnival returns on Saturday

    A series of short horror films made by local filmmakers will be shown at Reading's Biscuit Factory on July 17. Picture: Alexander Krivitskiy via Unsplash

    Local filmmakers bring spooky horror shorts to Reading Biscuit Factory

    The summer show is happening on Saturday.

    Vote for your favourites at Twyford summer show

    Steam railways

    Steam specials to depart from Reading in railway’s 200th year

    BWCB, here in rehearsal, will perform a night of movie music in July. Picture BWCB

    Enjoy a film music night for charity

    An afternoon of jazz and afternoon tea will raise funds for The Cowshed in July. Picture: Zeno Aras via Unsplash

    Uplifting July jazz afternoon promises to fizz in Waltham St Lawrence

    The Bucket List Wishes Summer Festival is taking place at Highfield Park, Hook, from 2.30pm-10.30pm on Saturday, July 5.

    Bucket List Wishes Summer Festival to return in July

  • JOBS
  • ADVERTISE
  • CONTACT
No Result
View All Result
Wokingham.Today
No Result
View All Result
Home Community

Exciting Sellebrity soccer match will boost Ollie Young Foundation

by Emma Merchant
September 25, 2024
in Community, Featured, Sport, Wokingham
A stone found in the woods by Ollie Young's dad. FeBLUEary is a significant month for Ollie's family, it being his birthday and his anniversary. Picture: Ollie Young Foundation

A stone found in the woods by Ollie Young's dad. FeBLUEary is a significant month for Ollie's family, it being his birthday and his anniversary. Picture: Ollie Young Foundation

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

A WOKINGHAM charity working to find a cure and treatment for childhood brain cancer will benefit from a celebrity football match in October.

Tickets are now available for the Sellebrity Soccer game, which will benefit the Ollie Young Foundation (OYF) and support the charity’s fight to understand and conquer brain cancer in children.

In 2012, just 12 weeks after diagnosis and just one day short of his sixth birthday, Ollie Young died from a brain tumour.

His parents, Sarah Simpson and Simon Young, determined to keep Ollie’s enthusiasm, energy and sense of fun alive, set up a foundation in his name.

OYF raises money for research into effective treatment and defeat of childhood brain cancer, and so far the charity has raised £761,000.

Related posts

Reading FC confirm latest signing as goalkeeper joins on free transfer

Opuz opens in Wokingham

Their latest fundraising event is a celebrity football match organised by Sellebrity Soccer which gathers UK personalities for games to raise money for good causes.

Sarah Simpson said: “Ollie would have loved this, it would have been right up his street, because football was his thing.

“It’s the first time we have done a Sellebrity Soccer game, so we’re hoping for a great turnout.

“It’s a family friendly game, so should appeal to all ages.”

Previous players have included comedian and actor Jack Whitehall, comedian Alan Carr, media personality and model Katie Price, singer Shane Ward, singer Sam Bailey, and footballer Adam Drury.

Recently confirmed, and getting their football boots ready for the Ollie Young match, are: singer, dancer and actor Lee Latchford-Evans of 90s pop-dance band Steps, and actor and freestyle footballer Jeremy Lynch.

Other players still checking their busy schedules include: TV personality Dan Osborne, soap stars Dean Gaffney, Ricky Groves and Matt Lapinskas, Georges Berthonneau and Arthur Poremba from Married at First Sight, Britain’s Got Talent finalist Flintz, Chet Sket from Ex on the Beach, Munveer and Billy Brown from this year’s Love Island, and comedian Man Like Haks.

The Ollie Young Foundation would like to thank their event sponsor for the day, building materials group Jewson.

To enjoy the game, and to spot celebrities on the pitch, people can buy tickets for the event which will take place at Hartley and Wintney Football Ground, RG27 8DL on Sunday, October 6.

Doors open at 1.30pm, with kick off at 3pm.

Tickets cost £13.70

For tickets, visit: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/100818161735

For information, log onto: www.ollieyoungfoundation.org, www.sellebritysoccer.org.uk and www.jewson.co.uk

Keep up to date by signing up for our daily newsletter

We don’t spam we only send our newsletter to people who have requested it.

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

Previous Post

REVIEW: “The King’s Speech” at The Watermill Theatre

Next Post

Robert (Rob) John Kenwrick

FOLLOW US

POPULAR THIS WEEK

Woodley Repair Cafe operates on the first Sunday of the month, at Christ Church, Crockhamwell Road, between 2pm and 4pm. Picture: Emma Merchant

Get things fixed in Woodley

June 24, 2025
8-10 High Street image of proposed flats, credit Husbands and Partners Architects

Major town centre flats plan refused by council

June 19, 2025
Michael Stickland

Reading FC defender pens new one year contract

June 24, 2025
A carnival atmosphere at Abbeyfields Care Home in Winnersh delighted residents and locals. Pictures: Abbeyfield

Abbeyfield’s fun-filled carnival was a community treat

June 22, 2025
Reading FC Women

Reading FC Women confirm departure of first-team manager

June 24, 2025
The National Lottery has raised millions for good causes and community projects across the Reading and Wokingham areas Picture: Pixabay

Community lottery starts next week

June 22, 2025

ABOUT US

Wokingham Today is dedicated to providing news online across the whole of the Borough of Wokingham. It is a Social Enterprise, existing to support the various communities in Wokingham Borough.

Wokingham.Today is a Social Enterprise and aims to ensure that everyone within the Borough has free access to independent and up-to-date news. However, providing this service is not without costs. If you are able to, please make a contribution to support our work.

CONTACT US

[email protected]

Keep up to date with our daily newsletter

We don’t spam we only send our newsletter to people that have subscribed

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

  • Support Us
  • Book Advertising
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Get the Print Edition
  • Sign up for our daily newsletter

The Wokingham Paper Ltd publications are regulated by IPSO – the Independent Press Standards Organisation.
If you have a complaint about a  The Wokingham Paper Ltd  publication in print or online, you should, in the first instance, contact the publication concerned, email: [email protected], or telephone: 0118 327 2662. If it is not resolved to your satisfaction, you should contact IPSO by telephone: 0300 123 2220, or visit its website: www.ipso.co.uk. Members of the public are welcome to contact IPSO at any time if they are not sure how to proceed, or need advice on how to frame a complaint.

No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • MY AREA
    • Arborfield
    • Barkham
    • Beech Hill
    • Binfield
    • Bracknell
    • Charvil
    • Crowthorne
    • Earley
    • Emmbrook
    • Finchampstead
    • Grazeley
    • Henley
    • Hurst
    • Lower Earley
    • Norreys
    • Reading
    • Remenham
  • COMMUNITY
  • LIFESTYLE
  • SPORT
  • READING FC
  • OBITUARIES
  • WHAT’S ON
  • JOBS
  • PHOTOS
  • ADVERTISE WITH US
  • CONTACT US
  • WHERE TO GET THE PRINT EDITION
  • SUPPORT US

© 2022 - The Wokingham Paper Ltd - All Right Reserved.