Parents fundraising mission after son's extremely rare condition
Sophie Ritson and Dean Deagle have been organising several fundraisers to support Crawford House where we supported them while their son, Freddie, was seriously ill in hospital.
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Organ Donation Week 2023: Our families share their transplant stories
Having supported countless families with children needing transplants over the past four decades, we remain determined to ensure that the subject of child organ donation continues to be discussed. In support of NHS's Organ Donation Week 2023, a trio of families have kindly shared their transplant stories.
Chair of our new Development Board appointed
Marketing and development expert Matthew Spencer brings wealth of skills and experience that will help in building key relationships to secure vital funds for our ten ‘Homes from Home'
Couple whose daughter is one in 10,000 raise nearly £2,000 for The Sick Children’s Trust and CHUF
Esme was diagnosed with a rare heart condition when she was born in May and remained at Freeman Hospital for two weeks. During this time we supported her parents at Scott House
Runners’ embark on 12 hour relay to raise money to keep families together
Andrew Young will be leading a team on a 12 hour running relay challenge on Saturday 22 August to raise money for our Newcastle 'Homes from Home'
Lockstock: A virtual festival hosted by the Toon Council
Lockstock is a new entertainment series featuring songs, poetry, comedy and art delivered by the Toon Council to raise money for our Newcastle ‘Homes from Home’
Mum’s super Sahara trek in support of The Sick Children’s Trust
Mikaela is taking on this excruciating trek across the Sahara desert to raise money to thank The Sick Children's Trust for supporting her when her son Reggie was born 16 weeks premature.
Meet Marianne who volunteers at our Cambridge ‘Homes from Home’
Marianne heard about us when her work place, LV=, selected us as their chosen charity. She now volunteers at our Cambridge ‘Homes from Home’ on her days off. We talk to her as part of #VolunteersWeek
“You really can make a difference in people’s lives by volunteering.”
Sonia knows just how important having a warm and comfortable place to stay and a friendly ear to listen is, which is why she now volunteers for us
Three volunteers helping us to keep families together in Sheffield
To celebrate volunteers' week, we are speaking to a few volunteers across the country who give up their time to help us like Jill, Lynn and Katie who hold a book sale for our Sheffield 'Homes from Home' every month
Incredible sisters who both needed heart transplants now given the gift of life
Joanna and Phil Perry faced the wait for a lifesaving donor heart twice, for both of their daughters
We promise to be there for families with children on the urgent transplant list
The laws around organ donation are changing for adults. As a charity we promise to continue to support families with children on the urgent transplant list
How one idea will give 70 families a place to stay close to their sick child during the Coronavirus
We recently received a huge spike in donations following Tim Downie's virtual fundraising idea