Jenson Joseph Memorial Fund

Jenson Joseph sadly passed away on 30th April 2024.

He was an incredibly well-loved and popular young man who touched the hearts of a great many people. Anyone who was lucky enough to meet him knows how much of a hilarious, spirited and kind individual he truly was!

In honour of the wonderful life of Jenson Joseph his family and friends are organising a memorial football game in order to raise money to help prevent more people losing loved ones in such tragic manners.

Jenson was taken from us far too soon and his presence will be greatly missed by every single person who met and knew him.

The circumstances of his death were very sudden, shocking and tragic. Jenson suffered from Anaphylaxis and his death was the result of an anaphylactic reaction, however we are not certain what it was that caused the reaction.

All of the money which we raise in Jenson's honour will be donated in its entirety to Anaphylaxis UK https://www.anaphylaxis.org.uk

A charity which helps raise awareness and helps people understand what anaphylaxis is, researches ways to reduce the effects of anaphylaxis, and find possible causes of anaphylactic reactions sooner which will therefore hopefully help prevent tragedies such as what happened to Jenson from happening to others.

The Memorial Match will be taking place in York on the 27th April 2025 from 12pm onwards.

Around a year on from the date of Jenson's death this will give us a chance to pay tribute to him in a way that he would have loved.

There will be 2 matches of 60 minutes.

York Vs Bradford 13:00 kick off

Fulford Vs St John Old boys 14:45 kick off

Poised to be 2 very entertaining and high spirited matches which will bring together just a small portion of the many, many people brought together by the wonderful young man that Jenson was.

Joining together the 2 cities where Jenson lived and 4 teams full of people had the pleasure of knowing and playing football with Jen.

Please try and make it down to support on the day if you can!

Jenson absolutely loved football and always tried to entertain his teammates and friends.

A skilful, highly technical and strong player, he was a vital member of any team he played for, bringing not only huge ability but an unlimited supply of hilarious comments, which would have both his teammates and opponents in stitches of laughter.

The Games will be a chance for Jenson's family and friends to remember him in a way he would have loved, having a laugh, playing some high quality football and doing what Jenson did above all else, bringing people together.

We have 2 amazing Rafles being organised by 2 amazing people

Tickets are £5 per strip and there are some fantastic prizes on offer!!

Bradford based :

Organised by Chloe Watson and others, including prizes such as:

Lots of alcohol ( Prosecco, Gin, Whisky etc)

Photo of & signed by Paul Gascoigne⚽️

Kids Summer Camp passes ☀️

Days out ⛳️

Pool Que worth £500!

Football Game tickets ️

Darts tickets

Hampers ️

Shopping Vouchers ️

Beauty Vouchers

& loads more!

Please contact: Chlo Watson on Facebook to purchase https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100024871563059

York Based:

Organised by Lucy Brumby and others, Including prizes such as:

Newcastle United Match tickets,

York City/York Knights Match tickets,

Signed York Knights Kits,

2 week David Lloyd club Membership,

Loads and Loads of meal and bar Vouchers

Hampers and products from York based business

THESE CAN BE PURCHASED ON THE DAY AS WELL!!!

The draw will happen after both matches have finished!

Being such a popular young man who touched the lives of so many people despite his age, It is perhaps no surprise that lots of Jenson’s friends are planning on running fundraising events or completing challenges to help raise money for Anaphylaxis UK in order to pay tribute to Jenson.

Here are some of the people also raising money for the cause:

Ellie Cape ran the Yorkshire Marathon on 20th October 2024.

Hannah Pugh ran the Roundhay Park Half marathon in November 2024.

Joe Finnegan, Sam Moorhouse, Luke Carty, Ryan Stinger, William Bebbington, Connor Lisle, Emily Pennells and Alistair Harvey will be running the Leeds running festival Half Marathon on the 17th August 2025 in order to raise more money!

Any and all donations are welcome, Please give what you can!

Thank you!

Jenson's Family and friends

(If anyone else is Wanting to do anything to help raise money for the cause please feel free to contact Ali_jbh99 on Instagram and your details will be added to this page!)