The Gavin Woodhead Scholarship Fund

01/06/2026

Today we wish Gavin a very Happy Heavenly Birthday. Your name is still spoken so often, your memory lives on through so many, and you are missed beyond words. Have the best celebration up there, darling boy. 💙✨

31/05/2026

Congratulations to our Balloon Race Winners! 🎈✨

🥇 1st Place: Brenda Muzio (£40 Amazon Voucher)
🥈 2nd Place: Tamz Clegg (£20 Amazon Voucher)
🥉 3rd Place: Jade Doutre (£10 Amazon Voucher)

📩 Admin will contact all winners later today 🎉

A HUGE thank you to everyone who entered, shared and supported the event. Together we raised £194.20 for The Gavin Woodhead Scholarship Fund! 💛

Your balloons and support did us proud! 🎈☁️

27/05/2026

Tonight is your last evening to purchase the balloon’s before they set sail tomorrow :)

Start fundraising for schools, charities and organisations with an environmentally friendly virtual balloon race across the internet

20/05/2026

PLEASE SHARE OUR BALLOON RACE FAR AND WIDE :)

15/05/2026

Please share our amazing balloon race :)

https://www.balloonrace.net/tgwsf?fbclid=IwZnRzaARzkxJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeKz5BSwifGOCkO69heb926p83pUlNxyuAdvrF3FM2HQI5kAhku-MD_MI_soE_aem_cJ3qDJ-vbh1N_X3baROOCg

05/05/2026

05/05/2026

We are BACK!!

You all LOVED the Duck Race… so we just know you’re going to be obsessed with this one 👀

Introducing our brand new fundraiser…
🎈 THE BALLOON RACE 🎈

And the best part?
You can join in straight from your phone 📱
(No getting full of hot air required 😜)

https://www.balloonrace.net/tgwsf

Every balloon you launch helps support our incredible scholarship and the amazing young performers chasing their dreams 💙

As always, we are SO grateful for your support—let’s make this one just as epic as the Duck Race! 🙌

Balloons are £5 each 🎈

🏆 PRIZES UP FOR GRABS 🏆
🥇 1st Place – £40 Amazon Voucher
🥈 2nd Place – £20 Amazon Voucher
🥉 3rd Place – £10 Amazon Voucher

The race starts on 28th May at 5pm and ends on 30th May at 10pm.

Ready… set… LAUNCH! 🚀🎈

Start fundraising for schools, charities and organisations with an environmentally friendly virtual balloon race across the internet

06/04/2026

We are incredibly proud to announce that at the WGUK: Winter Guard United Kingdom Finals 2026 on Saturday 4th April, we awarded— for the second year running—two very deserving recipients with scholarships of £1500 and £1000.

💫 Thea Nuttall from Liberty Winterguard, who is heading to march Colour Guard with The Spartans Drum & Bugle Corps was awarded £1500.

💫 Emily Edmondson from Commodores Colour Guard —also a successful 2025 applicant—who will be returning to march with The Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps Colour Guard, was awarded £1000.

Without your continued support, none of this would be possible. You are helping us keep Gavin’s memory alive in the most meaningful way. 💙

We are so grateful to be able to support these incredible young performers as they follow their dreams and represent the UK on an international stage.

And what an added bonus this weekend brought… both girls were crowned WGUK Champions in their respective classes! 🏆

We are beyond proud of you both and cannot wait to follow your journeys this summer.

✨ Watch this space for upcoming fundraising events… we’ve got some exciting things planned! ✨

Photo credit to Hans Kloppert 📸

20/02/2026

Hi all,

Just a quick reminder that applications for the 2026 scholarship season close this Sunday, 22nd February.

If you’ve been thinking about applying — or know someone who would benefit — please make sure everything is submitted before the deadline. We can’t wait to see this year’s applicants! ✨

Thanks so much,
TGWSF Team 🤩

02/02/2026

On Sunday 1st February, it was WGUK: Winter Guard United Kingdom second show of the 2026 season in Liverpool 🎉

One of our incredible scholarship winners, Emily Edmondson from The Commodores, held her very own bake sale at the show and raised an amazing £205 🍰👏

Emily was supported by her wonderful grandparents, aunt, uncle, and her friend Rachel, who all helped bake the cakes and man the stall while Emily was performing 💕

We are unbelievably proud of Emily for representing the scholarship in Liverpool and for raising such a fantastic amount of money.

Emily said: “You’re welcome!! I don’t think last summer would have been achievable without the scholarship.”

Thank you, Emily — you truly are a superstar ⭐💛