Funky sock day at Healthfield!
Heathfield Nursery and Infant School held a fantastic fundraising event for The Purple Elephant Project during Children’s Mental Health Week 2025. The children expressed their individuality by wearing fun, colourful socks! From bold patterns to mismatched pairs, their creativity shone through. The event was a huge success, raising £340, with many families donating beyond the […]
Vineyard school’s fundraising success!
The school council at Vineyard School raised an incredible £530 for The Purple Elephant Project with their Cake, Biscuit and Fruit Sale in July 2024! As part of the fun, students dressed as elephants and created a beautiful elephant mural for their library. The council, made up of six students per class, meets weekly to share ideas and vote […]
A mother and daughter’s creative fundraising events!
Isabelle attends weekly play therapy sessions at The Purple Elephant Project. Her mum, Georgina, put forward The Purple Elephant Project to Isabelle’s school as a potential charity partner. While waiting to hear back, they decided to take action themselves and entered our Share the Love campaign in February, raising an amazing £1,226 in total! Isabelle […]
Holiday activities ideas
The holidays are a perfect time to nurture children’s creativity, well-being, and emotional growth through engaging activities. Whether it’s crafting nature-inspired art, playing movement-based games, or practicing mindfulness, these activities provide fun ways for children to express themselves, develop new skills, and build meaningful connections. From storytelling with painted stones to setting up a cosy […]
Children’s mental health week 2024
This week (5-11 February) marks Children’s Mental Health Week with this year’s theme being; “My Voice matters”. The theme centres around empowering children and young people by providing them with the tools they need to express themselves, recognising that children have a right to an opinion, a right to be listened to and taken seriously. As […]
Our thanks to Hank Williams
Long-term supporter, Hank Williams has written and published a book called The Ability to Choose. The book is a fascinating exploration of choice: how we make choices and how we can control our choice making. We are so grateful to Hank as he is using the book to raise money for two charities that he […]
The purple parade
What a wonderful day! On the 23rd of June our community came together for our second annual Purple Parade! Our wonderful walkers completed the 4-mile Purple Parade on Sunday 23rd June 2024. We saw walkers with purple clothes, capes, hair and even purple fur (on the dogs)! Everyone brought brilliant energy levels and they took […]