A Dinosaur bit my head. Grants Grapple with ATRT

24/12/2025

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, all the family hope your day is everything you wish it to be 🦕 🦖

18/12/2025

😍CUTENESS ALERT😍

Is there anything cuter than the gorgeous Cooper proudly showing off his new Grant's Grapple bear and his Tshirt from the Kindness Range??

Obsessed with these photos sent from Coopers Mummy. She's been telling him all about Grant and their shared love of dinosaurs 🥰 As you can see Bear even made the cut for bedtime snuggles 🥹

Thank you so much to Cooper, and to his Mummy and Daddy for all their support to the family and to Grant's Grapple 💙and for allowing us to share these gorgeous photos.

Have a look at all the range at https://grantsgrapple.catchflymerch.com/

08/12/2025

Dear Grant,

Today you are 4 years old and I can say without a doubt you would have been beautiful. Your hair which was coming in dark would have had an auburn tint. Thick and unruly like your dad's, with his big brown eyes. You would have had my softer cheeks and nose. I have no doubt the contrast between you alongside JJs light features would have been an amazing sight. I'm also sure you would have a kind, fun, relaxed personality to go alongside it, along with a stubborn streak to have matched mine and your father's.

I don't know what I believe happens after we pass but I do know and get comfort from the fact you are being looked after by those in the family who left this Earth before you and by some who have recently joined you (though maybe you are helping them navigate their new journey). What I do know is that because of you we have handed over 100 vests to children who are struggling. We've given around £1600 in lidl vouchers to help their families and we have provided 38 tshirts (two of which donated via the website) to those finishing/going on to the next steps of their treatment. That's pretty awesome.

Thank you my sweet Grant, your light keeps inspiring kindness in ways your tiny hands never got to.

Love, Your Mummy

27/10/2025

👕 Merch Monday👕

This week we're shining the light on our Kindness Collection.

I love the rainbow design in 'Choose Kindness' as the rainbow is part of the logo for Schiehallion ward 🌈
A few names also spring to mind that would suit Wild Child 👀😂

Which is your favourite?? You can see the whole collection at https://grantsgrapple.catchflymerch.com/page/kindness-collection

Let us know what you think! 💙🦖🦕

13/10/2025

🎉🥳EXCITING NEWS ALERT🥳🎉

We did say that we would have amazing news to share, and we're now happy to be able to share it. 😃😃

We've again been working with our amazingly talented Maggie Cruise and her equally gifted daughter Sacha .

Sacha has designed several ranges for us to market on our new merchandise website, which Maggie has supported us to develop. (I use the term 'supported' very loosely- Maggie more or less built the site herself! ) The ranges include- 'Grant's Collection', the 'Kindness Collection' , the 'Fundraisers' Range' and the 'I Rang The Bell' T Shirts (We previously posted details about the 'I Rang The Bell' T Shirts).

The products have been developed as a way to help us raise funds for Grant's Grapple to ensure that we can continue to support children and their families who are being treated with cancer. Within the collections, we wanted products that would help to keep Grant's memory alive. In addition, we wanted a 'Kindness Collection' as, during Grant's illness, we were shown numerous great acts of kindness, which we will never forget. Wee Grant's legacy was to leave us all appreciating the kindness and goodness of people more than we had done when he entered this world.❤️❤️❤️

As well as being able to buy our merchandise, you can also donate 'I Rang The Bell' T Shirts, which will be delivered direct to the Hospital. Each child will be given a T Shirt to commemorate the important day that they signalled the end of their treatment by 'Ringing The Bell'.🛎🛎🛎

Although Maggie and Sacha are members of our family, they have gone above and beyond what could reasonably have been expected of them without expecting anything in return. Their reward has been just knowing that they are supporting what we are trying to achieve in Grant's name. We'd like to publicly thank them. 💕💕💕

I've attached some photos of the products below. You can access our website at https://grantsgrapple.catchflymerch.com

08/10/2025

💥FUNDRAISING TOTAL💥

Another HUGE Thank You to Gary - his 50 mile Ochil Ultramarathon efforts raised a massive £1230!!

Forever grateful for your support 💖 and hope your legs are on the mend!!

05/10/2025

🔔 We have some news 🔔

As you all know Grant's Grapple started with the initial aim to provide central line vests to the amazing children being cared for in Schiehallion ward at Glasgow Children's Hospital. Due to all your overwhelming support and fundraising we have also now been providing a £50 supermarket voucher to all newly diagnosed children and their family (of which a second batch was delivered to the hospital in September).

We are proud to now add something else to that list 😀 Schiehallion reached out as they no longer had access to tshirts for children who were going to "Ring the Bell" to signify the end of their cancer treatment, and asked if this is something we would be in a position to support.

Knowing how difficult a journey the kids and their families have gone through to get to the end of treatment, we wanted to do all we could to help celebrate this milestone.

We knew we needed the pro's - once again Maggie at Catchfly and Sacha at Cruise Designs jumped at the chance to help us. They have designed and created these fabulous "I Rang the Bell" tshirts, with 36 delivered to the hospital on Friday. The poem was a request of the hospital as this was what they used previously. We could not have done any of this without them, they have put in so much time and effort to make sure everything is perfect - which I'm sure you'll agree, they are!

We will have more exciting news soon of how you can support our "I Rang the Bell" tshirts, we should be able to share this with you in the coming days.

Once again, thank you all for your unwavering support 🦕 🦖

27/09/2025

Unbelievable effort Gary!! We are all beyond proud that you are now an Ultramarathonner!! 50 gruelling miles and 13 hours through the Ochil hills, such an achievement and we cannot thank you enough for all your training, support and grit that brought you over that finishing line today - all while more than doubling your fundraising target! Undoubtedly you wouldn't have got over the line if it wasn't for your lovely wife Shonagh and your beautiful boy, again a massive thanks to Shonagh for everything leading up to today!

We have another huge Thank You to go to Maggie & Sacha at Catchfly Merchandise who designed and created Ochil Ultra Team Grant Tshirts for Gary, Shonagh and Lewis - they have such an eye for detail and spent lots of time making sure they were perfect, which I'm sure you'll agree they are! If you have a club, venue, or an idea for your own merch store have a look at www.catchflymerch.com - they will be more than happy to answer any of your questions. We will also have exciting Grant's Grapple news with Catchfly coming soon.

These posts don't allow videos so will add videos to the comments of this post of Gary coming over the finish line. Hope you get lots of well deserved rest over the next few days Gary and got the McDonald's you had been dreaming of!

Once again, Thank You for everything and WELL DONE, YOU ARE AN ULTRA RUNNER!!!

27/09/2025

An early start this morning for Gary Kane taking on the Ochil Ultra 50 miles today from Stirling to Perth! Gary & Shonagh have been special friends of Jim & Anna's for so many years, which makes it all the more special that he has chosen to raise money for Grant's Grapple, with his current total sitting at an amazing £820!

Lovely to see so many of Gary's family and friends out to cheer him over the start line at Stirling Uni this morning, but I think we can all agree who his biggest and cutest supporter is - won't be long until he's running alongside his Daddy!

We'll keep you updated on his progress over the day, and you can see Gary's fundraising efforts on his Just Giving Page https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/gary-kane-4?utm_medium=CR&utm_source=CL&fbclid=Iwb21leANEZhljbGNrA0RmDmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeRgTkLY9YIY-uvi268dLhl63lBpt7xpxoETVRw-jt49ihSIHqATgnbTeD2ZA_aem_5tAkJii9p0OAHHJ_97VX7Q

15/09/2025

We are super proud of our niece Lesley-Anne and her pals, Bryony, Lisa, Adam and Nathan. These amazing young folk completed the Mighty Stroll at Edinburgh Kilt Walk yesterday to raise money for Grant's Grapple. This was all the more astonishing, considering that Lesley-Anne is due to give birth to a beautiful baby boy in less than 4 weeks!!!. You're all stars! And don't you look great in your Grant's Grapple T Shirts? So pretty in pink 💗 (Also a big shout out to Lesley-Anne's partner Charlie, who also went over the line- that's the way to do it Charlie 😅😅😅)

08/06/2025

💙🫶 THANK YOU!!🫶💙

Now that the feet are starting to recover from Glasgow Kiltwalk 2025, the totals are in! With all your amazing support and kindness, we raised an amazing £2,040 for the wonderful Team Jak who continue to be an incredible support to Jim, Anna, JJ & the family.

Well done to our Kiltwalkers - Anna, JJ, Jim, Margaret, Stewart, Allan & Maggie, who had lots of laughs along the way (often at each other's expense!), and again a huge Thank you to you all 🙏

Keep your eyes peeled for info on our next fundraiser coming soon 👀

05/04/2025

On Sunday 27th April we will once again be doing the 23 miles of the Glasgow Kiltwalk, and I'll really be hoping all my toenails survive this time!

As with last year, we will again be walking for Team Jak Foundation- Jak's Den. We will never be able to put into words how appreciated their continued support to Anna, Jim & JJ following Grant's passing has meant to us all.

JJ is also getting put to work for the fundraising action and will be taking on the Kiltwalk - he'll be walking the 3 mile "Wee Wander" alongside his amazing Mum Anna.

Our fundraising link is:
https://teamjak.enthuse.com/pf/grantsgrapple

And as always, thank you all for your unwavering support 💙💙💙

Our son Grant passed away last year, during his illness we had a huge amount of support from Team Jak and are back again this year to help fundraise for this worthy cause.