2 DAYS to go !!!!!
Just 2 days until the team leave for DLP to get ready for the first run on friday night .. watch this awesome video from Feel the Force Day 3 – This will show why we are running to raise money for them.
Feel the Force Day events are all run by donations and volunteers, the costumers give up their time, no one gets paid and all money raised goes straight back in to the next event.
What does £4 get you at Feel the Force Day 5 on Saturday 30th September?
You can get your tickets at www.feeltheforceday.com/peterborough-2017
1. Access to all parts of the event.
2. Meet ALL 25 celebrities and take as many photos as you like.
3. Over 40 stands in the Market Place
4. Meet over 500 costumers
5. Have a go at being a Jedi – subject to availability…better get there quick!
6. Parking at the event – limited to the number of slots. First come, first serve!
7. Watch 9 professional and amateur stage shows
8. Access to exclusive event merchandise
9. A chill out room so you can take a load off
10. 1000 seats, including our new, upstairs, accessible seating areas for optimum views!
11. Film and TV cars…including a real life Bat Mobile!
12. Free entry for any active carers without the hassle of having to prove why!
13. A changing place…if you need it
14. A giant Stay Puft marshmallow man!
15. An entire room dedicated to allowing you to play with toys, models, props and materials
16. An Iron Throne!
You literally cannot get more comic con for less money!
Careres for guests with disabilities get in for free …
PLEASE sponsor us .. even £1, €1 or $1 really helps ..
Sponsor us here http://bit.ly/run4ftfd17
#run4ftfd #teamftfd #rundisney #charity
Feel the Force Day on the Radio
Simon & JJ from Feel The Force Day are on the radio / podcast.
Richard talk to Si & JJ, they are a local charity that puts on a Comic Con (although they have much more on now) for Disabled people. The event has a worldwide reach, is the only one of its kind in the world and has people flying in just for the convention. We talk to them about the beginnings, the trials and tribulations, how they get things done and also recent events that have been well publicised here in the East of England. All of this mixed in with some Space themed music! Enjoy.
Help needed after a break in
Over the weekend of the 12th of August – the garage used as temporary storage space for Feel the Force day was broken into for the second time in a year.
Last time they trashed the place so the guys thought it was bored kids. This time they took ALL of the tombola prizes, ALL of the new touch table equipment, some stands and equipment and then trashed the place…as you can see from the pic below.
We really need your help as FTFD are facing a pretty big shortfall in funding as a result of these muppets.
You can help by sponsoring the run (the money goes directly to Feel the Force Day) via our Just Giving Page or by donating to the Feel the Force Day Just Giving Page
Thank you in advance for any support
Game of Thrones star – Disability charities ‘on the brink of a crisis’
Game of Thrones star Kit Harington (who playes Jon Snow) speaks out.
Disability charities ‘on the brink of a crisis’
In this candid interview witk Channel 4 News, Kit talks about how his cousin’s learning disabilities helped him to see the stigma around disability and the financial challenges affecting charities that care for people who are severely disabled. He is working with charities such as mencap to raise awareness of some of the issues that charities are facing.
Well worth the 9 mins to watch and good on him for using his fame to raise awareness of this issue.
JJ is running naked around london zoo
Yes you read that correctly .. JJ is running naked around london zoo.
WHY?
Well there is an event every year where a bunch of lovely people strip off after the zoo is closed and run to raise money for tigers.
The first £200 JJ raises will go to the ZSL tiger fund, any thing above that goes to Feel the Force Day.
You can find more about the tiger streak here: https://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/whats-on/streak-for-tigers
Sponsor JJ if you can …
Father creates world’s first ultra-accessible theme park
This is a totally amazing story.
Gordon Hartman realised there were no parks where his daughter Morgan, who is disabled, could play. So he decided to build one.
Hartman and his wife Maggie asked other parents where they could take their daughter – somewhere she would feel comfortable, and others would feel comfortable interacting with her.
“We realised such an inclusive place didn’t exist,” says Hartman.
So in 2007 he decided to build it himself. A former property developer, he sold his homebuilding businesses in 2005 to set up The Gordon Hartman Family Foundation, a non-profit organisation that seeks to help people with disabilities. Then he set about creating the “world’s first ultra-accessible theme park”.
@Feeltheforceday #inclusive #endtheawkward
Read the full story here: http://bbc.in/2v6b1oD
Meet the team – sam
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Meet the team Sam |
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1. tell us a bit about yourself
I’m Sam and I’m 46. This is my second year running at Disneyland Paris to raise money for Feel the Force Day
2. what’s your favourite disney character
I love the Disney villains particularly Ursula and the Evil Queen
3. why are you running to raise funds for feel the force day
I support Feel the Force day as the work Si and JJ do is unbelievable and bringing the sci fi conventions to everyone is a great achievement
4. what is the best thing about feel the force day for you
All of it 🙂 seriously its amazing
5. tell people why they should support feel the force day
Please donate what you can to Feel the Force day as what they achieve with what they’ve raised so far has been unbelievable and with more funds the sky really is the limit for Si and JJ
Please help spread the word
Sharon here asking for you to Please help spread the word:
Another plug for the sponsored run for Feel The Force Day – 6 of us are running 5 & 10k races at the #rundisneyfrance half marathon weekend at Disneyland Paris in September (21st – 26th) – we are doing this at our own expense to raise money for #FTFD. Last year 2 of us raised just over £1,000 which enabled the team to put on the biggest event for disabled guests so far.
This year, sponsorship hasn’t been so good and with just under 6 weeks to go until the run we are desperately trying raise awareness of the cause, the run and what Feel the Force Day is about. The Run 4 Feel the Force Day team has been trying to publicise it as much as we can to get some sponsors and every penny counts.
If you can share either
The just giving page: http://bit.ly/run4ftfd17
Or the #run4ftfd Facebook page: Run 4 Feel the Force Day
Or the #run4ftfd Website: http://run4ftfd.co.uk
That explains what Feel the Force Day is and why its such a great cause and why the 6 of us – including the amazing Jonathon who has cerebal palsy, Mandy who is Jonathan’s carer and bakes for FTFD, Sharon (me) who raises funds for Feel the Force Day along with fellow East Kent Costume Club friends Samantha, Ben and Sam’s son James are all running for this great cause (at our own expense) ..
Every single penny raised goes straight to Feel The Force Day allowing them to put on fantastic events.
1 in 4 people feel awkward talking to people with a disability. One of the reasons FEEL THE FORCE DAY exists is to make it possible for guests with disabilities to enjoy a sci-fi convention / comic con in the same manner as (and I hate to use this word) a normal guest. Not all disabilities are visible and some are very visible – so the amazing team at FEEL THE FORCE DAY put on an event that EVERYONE can feel comfortable at. FTFD events are accessible for wheelchairs and scooters of all shapes and sizes, aisles are wide to allow guests with walking aids to pass, tables are at a height that chairs and shorter guests can access. There are sensory rooms and touch tables for guests with visual or hearing problems, quiet rooms for guests who are anxious, autistic and have other issues with noise and crowds. Guests are encouraged to touch props and costumes – it is a festival of sound and vision, touch and taste – something for all the senses – even if that means very quiet and one on one experience. These events are UNIQUE and only possible through donations from rundraisers like this run and volunteers.
So if you can share, encourage someone to sponsor the team (even if its only £1 every single penny helps), and to raise awareness of this amazing cause – I and the rest of the #teamftfd runners would be SO greatful.
If you happen to be attending the Run Disney France event come and say hi 
there are lots of us running and a bunch of guys from Run DV would love to be cheared along.
Thank you for reading this very long post and thank you for your support
Meet the team – jonathan
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Meet the team Jonathan |
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1. tell us a bit about yourself
Hi I am jonathon I have cerebral palsy and I am 26 years old
2. what’s your favourite disney character
Favourite disney character is lightening McQueen
3. why are you running to raise funds for feel the force day
Feel the force day are my friends who make lots of people smile
4. what is the best thing about feel the force day for you
I love watching what vehicles come as I love anything with an engine xx
5. tell people why they should support feel the force day
Help my friends JJ and Si bring smile and laughter to so many people xx