{"id":256475,"date":"2025-07-11T15:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T15:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/256475\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T15:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T15:13:09","slug":"anne-williams-memorial-golf-day-set-to-support-dan-kay-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/256475\/","title":{"rendered":"Anne Williams Memorial Golf Day set to support Dan Kay Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIn terms of choosing our charity for this year\u2019s event, it wasn\u2019t a conversation,\u201d said Ste.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, personally, it\u2019ll be so emotional to raise funds in his name because he was the type of friend I wanted in my life. I had my own battles a few years ago and he supported me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a saying that\u2019s come about since his passing \u2013 \u2018be more like Dan\u2019. The stuff that Dan did that people didn\u2019t know about is testament to the type of person he was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019d volunteer to feed the homeless on Christmas Day, volunteer at dog shelters. All these little things made him, and for a Foundation to carry on his work, it\u2019s a no-brainer for us to support it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was part of us; we are part of Dan. We will always be there for the Foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To donate to the Dan Kay Foundation via the Anne Williams Golf Day, go <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/crowdfunding\/stemartin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The golf day continues to thrive and, with each passing year, further enshrine Anne\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Her son Kevin was 15 when he lost his life at Hillsborough. <\/p>\n<p>From that tragic April afternoon in 1989 through to her final days, she fought non-stop to unearth the truth about his death.<\/p>\n<p>Her sheer devotion and selflessness inspired an entire city.<\/p>\n<p>Rocked by Anne\u2019s passing in April 2013, Ste, along with fellow fans Andy Hudson, Sean O\u2019Reilly-Doyle and Gareth Penman, organised the first golf day in her memory.<\/p>\n<p>It has since become an institution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve built a community \u2013 people meet each other for the first time and make friendships for life,\u201d explained Ste.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey travel from all corners of the UK and beyond to be involved. Every person who walks through the door buys into what we\u2019re trying to achieve and what we stand for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re as proud as ever that Anne\u2019s legacy is supporting amazing people in this city when they need it most. We try to do nice things for nice people, and nice people deserve our support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of today\u2019s event, messages flowed in from icons such as Sir Kenny Dalglish, Robbie Fowler, Jamie Carragher and Ronnie Whelan.<\/p>\n<p>World-renowned golfer and Kopite Tyrrell Hatton, who first came onboard after Liverpool\u2019s 2019 Champions League victory, has once again expressed his backing.<\/p>\n<p>And on a day when attendees will celebrate and honour special legacies, the sudden and tragic news of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva\u2019s passing will be at the forefront of people\u2019s minds too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt at the end of the night we\u2019ll have a sing-song, and no doubt Jota\u2019s name will be sung,\u201d said Ste.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all match-goers and that news has affected everyone in different ways, but we\u2019ll always cherish and remember the good times \u2013 and there\u2019s been few better times than his goal against Everton last season, to name just one.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIn terms of choosing our charity for this year\u2019s event, it wasn\u2019t a conversation,\u201d said Ste. \u201cFor me,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[1050,1051,2826,1039,1046,1041,1052,1054,1053,763,1045,1044,1040,1049,1042,1047,79,1043,16,15,1048],"class_list":{"0":"post-256475","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-alisson","9":"tag-firmino","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-homepage","12":"tag-klopp","13":"tag-lfc","14":"tag-lfc-news","15":"tag-lfctv","16":"tag-lfctv-go","17":"tag-liverpool-fc","18":"tag-liverpool-fc-match","19":"tag-liverpool-fc-news","20":"tag-liverpool-football-club","21":"tag-mane","22":"tag-reds","23":"tag-salah","24":"tag-sports","25":"tag-the-reds","26":"tag-uk","27":"tag-united-kingdom","28":"tag-van-dijk"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114835253183474629","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}