MY JOURNEY

Video of the award ceremony Ravi Adelekan was over the moon to receive the Gold Award at The Child of Sussex 2023 Awards, organised by More Radio. The incredibly inspiring ceremony was held on Friday 30th June at East Sussex School of Circus Arts, in the middle of the Sussex countryside. As well as the…

On June 11th, Worthing FC hosted a day of football at their 3000-capacity ground in support of Ravi’s Dream. There was an brilliant Under 8’s girls and boys tournaments, followed by a mixed-gender adult match. Some epic photos of the adult match by Emma Louise Ravi’s ‘Dream Team’ featured amongst others: Romy Madley Croft (The…

Ravi and Gbenga had an early morning chat with More Radio about the upcoming charity football match and his fundraising so far!

On the 6th of March Ravi had the second of three planned operations to help his facial Palsy at the Queen Victoria Hospital. It involved taking a nerve graft from his leg and moving it into his upper lip. If successful, it will encourage new nerve growth and help bring movement back to the left…

One of Richard Boll’s gorgeous photos from the video shoot for ‘A Million Dreams’ was used next to an explainer article about brain tumours.

Ravi is a huge fan of Newcastle United. When he was interviewed on ITV’s This Morning they surprised us by announcing that they had arranged for him to be a mascot at St James’ Park! Talk about dreams coming true- kicking a ball with Miguel Almiron!

Ravi is a huge fan of Newcastle United. When he was interviewed on ITV’s This Morning they surprised us by announcing that they had arranged for him to be a mascot at St James’ Park! Talk about dreams coming true- kicking a ball with Miguel Almiron!

Ravi’s Grandparent’s local paper, The Henley Standard, came to our event at The House of Commons.

Our local Soho House, Brighton Beach House, offered us the chance to tell Ravi’s story and how the video came about. It was a special night in our local community. Photographer: Xavier Clarke

BBC South East ran a followup segment on Ravi and his story, touching on his events at Soho House in Brighton and The House of Commons in London.

As hard core 6music listeners, it was very special to appear on Lauren Laverne’s radio show. Ravi and his dad spoke to Lauren over Zoom and picked a playlist of songs that have meant a lot to us since Ravi’s diagnosis.

Where better to launch your Dream Week campaign than at The House of Commons! MP Sam Tarry kindly arranged for us to be able to hold a launch party where the room was packed with friends, supporters, MPs and even some celebrities! We had a chance to hear from two schools who were taking part…

The wonderfully positive Rooftop News shared Ravi’s story. Download

Ravi had the first of three operations on his face this week. His brain tumour has caused facial palsy on the left side of his face. One of the main challenges has been that his left eye doesn’t close properly and has reduced sensation so Ravi doesn’t really blink when he gets grit or dryness…

Ravi’s mum Bethan grew up in Henley so it was so exciting to have BBC Berkshire covering Ravi’s story!

One of the incredible things the amazing AIP managed to arrange for Ravi’s campaign was an advert on Sky TV!!!

With help from AIP and our two charities, we have managed to get so much amazing press coverage! Here are some images of some of the places that have covered Ravi’s story

Whilst on holiday in Iceland, Ravi and his dad had a whale of a time chatting to Adam Buxton via Zoom for his wonderful podcast.

Always lovely to get some support from the music industry! Thank you CMU for covering the song and Ravi’s story Click here to view article

The perfect way to kick of Ravi’s Dream – appearing on ITV’s The Morning! Whilst Ravi was a little tired from his late night at the Launch party, he still managed to charm Dermot, Alison and Carol!

Our community are the power behind everything we have achieved and they helped to pull together this incredible launch party at the amazing Spire in Brighton for our friends, supporters and local community where we showed the video for the first time! We also had a charity raffle and musical performances from Al Start and…

Watch here for ITV Meridian’s coverage of Ravi’s story!

BBC Breakfast and BBC South East ran Ravi’s story!