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May 2025 | Phonebox Magazine 57Gulliver%u2019s Land resort director Sue Conway, was diagnosed with Parkinson%u2019s.There is still time to donate to the friends%u2019 Three Peaks Challenge and boost their total even further: www.justgiving.com/page/parkinsons-3-peak.Dons legend hangs up his bootsMK Dons has announced that, after more than 20 years, Dean Lewington is calling time on his illustrious playing career at Stadium MK. The defender will stop playing for the team at the end of this season and currently sits on an unbelievable 915 competitive appearances. Having been a professional footballer since the age of 18, the 40-year-old defender will now look to take his vast experience of the game into coaching. Club captain since 2008, the left-back has been named in the PFA team of the season twice, won EFL player of the month awards in both League One and League Two, and claimed the EFL Moment of the Season award in 2021 after making his 800th MK Dons appearance.Ebony Clarke with her awardSong and danceLast year%u2019s Christmas pantomime at the Royal & Derngate Theatre in Northampton picked up a trophy at the recent Pantomime Awards 2025 in Woking. The Best Choreography award went to actor and dancer Ebony Clarke for her work with Evolution Productions for the theatre%u2019s Cinderella show.Gulliver%u2019s trio raise %u00a32,000 for Parkinson%u2019sThree staff from Gulliver%u2019s Land have completed the epic Three Peaks Challenge and raised %u00a32,000 for Parkinson%u2019s UK. Jonny Taylor, Dave Turner, and Tom Taylor embarked on an adventure to reach the summits of Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike, and Snowden %u2013 the highest peaks in Scotland, England, and Wales %u2013 within 24 hours. The friends, who work at the Milton Keynes theme park, set themselves the goal after Jonny%u2019s father-in-law, the husband of GodspellCharity in earthquake appealWorld Vision, the world%u2019s largest children%u2019s charity, with its UK HQ in Milton Keynes, is raising funds to respond to the devastation caused by the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit Myanmar in late March. The UK%u2019s Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) and World Vision launched a nationwide appeal to support the 1.2 million people displaced by the quake. To make a donation to the DEC Myanmar Earthquake response visit: www.dec.org.uk/appeal/myanmar-earthquakeappeal. More details on World Vision UK%u2019s work: www.worldvision.org.uk.Games experience at theatreMore than 1000 visitors went to the Royal & Derngate%u2019s newly refurbished Underground Studio during the three days of interactive gaming event, GamesWorld recently. It was the fi rst time an event like this has been held at the Northampton theatre. The event appealed to all ages, with people reliving their youth and introducing their family to favourite games from their days.One customer commented: %u201cI%u2019ve really enjoyed showing my children games that I used to play when I was their age.%u201d The theatre hopes the event will return in the future, with even more games to try.