Team Variety Laughs Through the Rain at Parallel Windsor
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Parallel Windsor, run by Parallel Lifestyle, has accessible challenge events for all abilities, ages, and fitness levels. Challenges range from 100m to 10k. All participants also had access to the Festival of Inclusivity, with music, games, rock climbing, and even birds of prey and therapy horses.
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Team Variety made the most of the day, conquering the challenges with smiles on their faces. Even when the thunder rolled overhead, the team stayed positive, huddling under the Variety marquee and taking the opportunity to make memories with new friends.
We were joined by supporters, partners, and beneficiaries. Ada, who received a specialist car seat from Variety, returned with her parents Loran and Chris and twin brother Fred, along with a huge cheer squad of family and friends.
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James, who received sensory toys from Variety, also made a return after joining us at Parallel 2023 and the Superhero Tri. He had a smile on his face all day as he said hello to the rest of the Variety family.
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Variety Young Ambassador Yassine also joined us, making the most of his sports wheelchair as he raced around the course.
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The Saracens Foundation, a new partner of Variety, brought a team by coach and really shared the inclusive spirit of the day.
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We were also joined by Emma from Big Sing Soul, who partnered with us last year for a charity skydive. She made the most of the day with Glen and sons Ryan and Adam.
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Team Arlo made a return to celebrate the day with us, with supporters Amber, Julie, Mia, and Suzi, taking on several challenges, all in the pouring rain with family and friends supporting!
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We were lucky to be joined by Variety supporters Julie and Simon Dodsworth, who drove down from York to run a tombola on our behalf. With beautiful handcrafted soaps, bath bombs, and gifts, it was a huge success and proved popular with other festival goers.
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Variety Challenge Events and Community Partnerships Manager, Sarah Phillips, said:
What an unbelievable day! I feel so honoured to work with such an incredible team of people from all walks of life. We’ve had people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds come together to celebrate a fantastic day of inclusivity. It was wonderful to see so many smiles even when the weather decided to misbehave!
Thank you so much to everyone who travelled to Windsor to join us and help celebrate our 75th year! We are incredibly lucky at Variety to have such amazing supporters who keep sharing the love come rain or shine!
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