{"id":7764,"date":"2024-02-26T10:59:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T10:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/?p=7764"},"modified":"2024-03-25T18:00:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:00:35","slug":"fabulous-gameblasters-raise-over-150000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/news\/fabulous-gameblasters-raise-over-150000","title":{"rendered":"Fabulous GameBlasters raise over \u00a3160,000!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>You smashed it! You wonderful, wonderful GameBlasters have raised over \u00a3160,000! It\u2019s a massive sum that\u2019s hugely appreciated in these tough times, and you have the heartfelt and grateful thanks of EVERYONE in the team here at SpecialEffect. You&#8217;re simply amazing!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We couldn&#8217;t be more thankful for your support, time, and generosity. Both the funds and awareness for SpecialEffect will allow us to help thousands more people around the world with physical challenges to discover the magic of video games. It&#8217;s going to have a massive impact on their lives &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/specialeff-d2p02.sites.urbanelement.com\/news\/sams-story\">just ask Sam!<\/a><br \/>\n<!--If you fancy doing it all again in 2025, we\u2019d love to welcome you back \u2013 <strong>keep February 21-23 free!<\/strong>--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"678\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7766\" src=\"https:\/\/specialeff-d2p02.sites.urbanelement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ThankYou_ForWeb2.jpg\" alt=\"Seven smiling faces of gamers using adapted controllers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ThankYou_ForWeb2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ThankYou_ForWeb2-250x170.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ThankYou_ForWeb2-700x475.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ThankYou_ForWeb2-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ThankYou_ForWeb2-120x81.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You smashed it! 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Both the funds&#8230; <a class=\"view-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/news\/fabulous-gameblasters-raise-over-150000\">View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fabulous GameBlasters raise over \u00a3160,000! - SpecialEffect<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/news\/fabulous-gameblasters-raise-over-150000\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fabulous GameBlasters raise over \u00a3160,000! - SpecialEffect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You smashed it! 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