The Maypole Project

🎉 We're so excited to be attending Community Links Bromley Volunteering Fair 2026! 🎉

What a fantastic way to celebrate the end of Volunteers' Week and showcase the incredible impact volunteers have across our community.

📅 Saturday 6th June 2026
⏰ 11:00am – 3:00pm
📍 Bromley United Reformed Church, 20 Widmore Road, BR1 1RY

The fair will bring together around 30 local charities and community organisations, offering a great opportunity to discover how you can make a difference in Bromley.

Some of our wonderful Maypole volunteers, along with Laura our Volunteer Administrator, will be there to chat about the rewarding volunteering opportunities available with The Maypole Project, and will be able to share their experiences in helping support children and young people with complex medical needs and their families.

The event is FREE to attend and no booking is required – just drop in and say hello!

We can't wait to meet you and celebrate the amazing spirit of volunteering in our community 💜

🏊‍♀️ Take on the Hever Castle 1 Mile Swim for The Maypole Project! 🏊‍♂️

Could you take on a 1 mile open water swim and make a difference for local children and families?

Join at the Castle Race Series Multisport Weekend at Hever Castle – an action-packed sporting festival featuring swimming, running, triathlon and multisport events for all ages and abilities.

📍 Location: Hever Castle
📅 Date: Saturday 26th September 2026
🏊 Event: 1 Mile Open Water Swim
💷 Registration Fee: £25
❤️ Minimum Sponsorship: No minimum sponsorship – simply raise what you can!

👉 Sign up today and secure your place! As part of Team Maypole, you'll receive encouragement, fundraising support and a warm welcome from our team.

For more information, contact our fundraising team:
📧 [email protected]
📞 01689 851596

🌟 Happy Volunteers' Week 2026! 🌟

This week, we want to celebrate and thank our incredible volunteers who truly are the heart and soul of The Maypole Project 💜

With an amazing team of over 80 volunteers, we simply couldn't deliver the support and services we provide to our families without you! From helping with fundraising and events, activity clubs and outings, to therapeutic support for all members of the family (plus so much more!), each and every one of you makes a real difference to the families we support.

Your dedication, kindness, time, and enthusiasm help keep our services running and our community thriving. We are continually inspired by the generosity you show and the impact you make every day.

To all of our wonderful volunteers: thank you for everything you do. We appreciate every single one of you and are so proud to have you as part of our Maypole Project family. 💜

If you are inspired this week to start your volunteering journey, please get in touch! Email us on [email protected] 📧

🏃‍♀️🌳 Join for this year’s Royal Parks Half Marathon ! 🌳🏃‍♂️

Looking for a challenge while making a real difference? Sign up to run the Royal Parks Half Marathon as part of Team Maypole and help support children with complex medical needs and their families 💜

This stunning London race takes you through some of the capital’s most beautiful parks, all while raising vital funds for The Maypole Project.

Whether you’re a seasoned runner or taking on your very first half marathon, we’d love to have you on the team! 🙌

By joining Team Maypole, you’ll receive:
✨ Dedicated fundraising support
✨ A Maypole running top
✨ Lots of encouragement from our team
✨ The chance to make a huge impact for local families

Places are limited, so don’t miss your chance to be part of something amazing! Email us now on [email protected]

Sign up today and help children with complex medical needs and disabilities 💜

A huge thank you and well done to this year’s Downe May Queen, Dot Spicer, for choosing The Maypole Project as her chosen charity 💜

Thanks to her fantastic efforts, she raised an amazing £200 to support the work we do with children and families.

Thank you, Dot, for your kindness, generosity, and support — and thank you to everyone who donated and helped make this possible 👑

Today, an amazing team from Access Insurance are taking on a 12-mile walking challenge from East Croydon to Orpington to raise vital funds for The Maypole Project 💜

A huge good luck to our fab walkers — Jordan, Justin, Assynia, George and Alfie — who are supporting a cause that is very close to their hearts.

They’ve already raised an incredible £500 and are hoping to raise even more! 👏

If you can, please support them by clicking the link below. Every contribution makes a difference and helps us continue supporting children and families who need us most.
https://givestar.io/gs/access-insurance-walk

Good luck team — we’ll be cheering you on every step of the way and ready to cheer you when you pass the Maypole Office! 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️

We’re so excited to share that the incredible Alvaro is taking on another huge challenge for The Maypole Project — starting next week on 27th May 2026! 💜🏃‍♂️

This time, Alvaro will be running an astonishing 900km (560 miles) from Bristol all the way to Madrid — self-supported and mostly off road — pulling a trailer carrying all of his kit, food and essentials along the way.

Starting from his home base in the UK and finishing in Majadahonda, Madrid, where he grew up, Alvaro hopes to complete the challenge in just 12 days, averaging an incredible 75km (47 miles) every single day! 💪

To make things even more exciting, Alvaro will be sharing a live GPS tracker throughout the challenge so people can follow his progress along the route in real time 📍

And if you’re a runner local to any of the areas he’ll be passing through, you’re more than welcome to join him for part of the journey and cheer him on along the way! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Alvaro is raising funds for The Maypole Project, helping us continue supporting children with complex medical needs and their families for as long as they need us. Every donation will make a real difference to the families we support.

Thank you so much, Alvaro, for your determination, generosity and support — we are so grateful! 🙏

We’ll be sharing his JustGiving page in our stories, so please donate if you can and give him a follow on instagram to support him on his journey!

TODAY IS THE DAY! 🏃‍♂️🔥

The wait is over — the Chislehurst Half Marathon 2026 by The Maypole Project is finally here! 🙌

Months of training, early mornings, sore legs and determination all lead to today’s 13.1 mile challenge 💪
Thumbs up if you are feeling excited, nervous and ready to give it everything!

Good luck to everyone running today — let’s make it a great one 👏👍

A massive thank you to the team at Biomedical for coming and helping us cut down the CHM 2026 route before the big day on Sunday! 🌲

We are so grateful for all corporate support we receive and can't wait for another successful event this year!🏃‍♂️

If you would still like to marshal and cheer on runners, please pop [email protected] and email or enter the race as a runner please visit our website to secure your place!💜

We’re hiring! 🎉
Join The Maypole Project as our Business Development & Fundraising Manager and help drive income and partnerships to support children with complex medical needs and their families. 💜
Full-time - Orpington - 40k - Apply now!
👀 Link in our bio! 👀