Year: 2013 Newlife News
A SAFE SPACE FOR KENZY TO SLEEP
Five-year-old Walsall boy Kenzy Jones needs a specialist bed for Christmas so he can sleep in safety. Kenzy – whose twin sister has no health issues – was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at the age of three; more recently he has experienced seizures and is being monitored for epilepsy. H...
read storyFORECOURT FESTIVE FUN WILL HELP BRING CHRISTMAS JOY TO LOCAL DISABLED CHILDREN
Festive fancy dress fun at the BP Connect Norton Canes service station on the M6 toll road will help bring Christmas joy to disabled children in Staffordshire. Sixteen members of staff will be getting into the festive spirit to fundraise for Cannock-based national charity Newlife Foundation for Disa...
read storyEARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR HARRISON
Droitwich teenager Harrison Morris has been given an early Christmas present – thanks in part to the fabulous fundraising efforts of Midlands Co-operative colleagues in Worcestershire. Harrison, aged 13, has the degenerative condition Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy which causes progressive muscle wea...
read storyBABY CURTIS COMES HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Little Curtis Tuffy will be spending his first Christmas at home with his family, thanks to emergency provision of a specialist bed by a national children’s disability charity. Curtis, from St Helens, has a complex developmental disorder of the brainstem and congenital facial conditions (Meobius S...
read storySANTAS DASH FOR CHARITY CASH
Dozens of charity supporters pulled on their Santa suits on Saturday 14 December to dash a mile around Cannock town centre – and raise vital funds to help disabled and terminally ill children. Getting into the Christmas spirit for the fourth annual Newlife Santa Dash was Cannock Chase MP Aidan Bur...
read storySAFETY FIRST FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children took its car seats campaign to Parliament this week, for a meeting with Secretary of State for Transport the Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP. Leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation is lobbying for specialist car seats to be included on sta...
read storyMAX TO CUT A DASH IN HIS NEW WHEELCHAIR
Six-year-old Max Phillips from Nuneaton will be cutting a dash in his brand new wheelchair on Saturday (14 December) to raise vital funding for the charity helping him. Max has Spina Bifida, which means has limited mobility and relies on a wheelchair to get around. Unfortunately, the manual wheelcha...
read storyBUGGY BOOST FOR LITTLE FINLAY
A simple piece of specialist equipment will open up a world of opportunities for one-year-old Finlay Montague. Finlay, from Fareham in Hampshire, has a complex neurological condition that affects his mobility and causes developmental delay. He is fed through a gastrostomy tube in his stomach and exp...
read storyGRATEFUL FAMILY PITCH IN TO FUNDRAISE FOR DISABILITY CHARITY
The family of a disabled Worcester boy are going the extra mile to support the Midlands charity which is helping to provide them with a much needed specialist bed. William Blackshaw – who will be four in January – has an undiagnosed developmental condition which means he has limited physical abi...
read storyFINAL CALL TO SIGN UP FOR SANTA DASH
It’s the final call to sign up for the Newlife Santa Dash through Cannock town centre on Saturday 14 December, to help raise vital funds for disabled children in the county. Organisers Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children have extended the closing date for entries in a bid to attract last minu...
read storySPECIALIST EQUIPMENT OPENS UP A WORLD OF POSSIBILITY FOR RHYS
Specialist sensory equipment has been crucial in the development of disabled two-year-old Rhys Moore from Suffolk – and now his family want to share their story to help raise awareness of the children’s charity that has supported them. Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children offers a range of f...
read storyBUGGY BOOST FOR LITTLE ALISHA
The Foceac family from Rugeley in Staffordshire will now be able to take daughter Alisha out and about, thanks to county-based charity Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children providing a specialist pushchair. Alisha, aged four, has Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy which means she has no functional indep...
read storyCOULD YOU BE ONE OF SANTA’S HELPERS?
Cannock-based charity Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is appealing for volunteers to help with its Santa Dash on Saturday 14 December. ‘Santa’s helpers’ are needed to assist with registering participants – who will include Cannock Chase MP Aidan Burley – marshalling the event and ...
read storyCAN YOU HELP GRACE JOIN IN CLASSROOM CONVERSATIONS?
Ten-year-old Grace Manning likes school and wants to learn – but her profound hearing loss means she isn’t always able to join in with everything that’s going on in the classroom. Grace, from Croxley Green in Hertfordshire, needs specialist radio aids so she can focus on her teacher’s voice ...
read storyLANDMARK FUNDRAISING FIGURE
Midlands Co-operative Society chief executive Martyn Cheatle yesterday (Wednesday 6 November) celebrated his colleagues’ landmark fundraising figure of £300,000 to help disabled and terminally ill children. Mr Cheatle was joined by Mrs Sheila Brown, OBE, CEO of Staffordshire-based Newlife Foundat...
read storyDECLAN GETS HIS HI-TECH WHEELS
Fabulous fundraisers at the Midlands Co-operative convenience store in Rothley, Leicestershire, have helped fund a hi-tech powered wheelchair for a disabled local teenager. A community fun day at the Loughborough Road store saw colleagues and customers raise more than £680. The event included a raf...
read storySPREAD A LITTLE CHRISTMAS CHEER
Could you sell tickets for our Christmas Grand Draw – and help spread a little festive cheer among the families of disabled and terminally ill children currently waiting for specialist equipment? Tickets for the Newlife Christmas Grand Draw are £1 each – and there are some fabulous prizes to be...
read storyWHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH . . .
Six-year-old Dylan Murphy loves to bounce and displays repetitive behaviours that can lead to breakages around the home. Unfortunately, this has meant his parents have had to scrap a multitude of beds and he is currently sleeping on a mattress on the floor. Dylan, from Watford in Hertfordshire, has ...
read storyMP AIDAN CUTS A DASHING FIGURE TO LAUNCH FESTIVE FUNDRAISING CHALLENGE
Cannock Chase MP Aidan Burley cut a dashing figure in his Santa hat this week (Monday 7 October) to launch a local festive fundraising challenge. The fourth annual Newlife Santa Dash returns to Cannock town centre on Saturday 14 December, with runners, joggers and walkers invited to join in the fest...
read storyWORCESTERSHIRE SUPPORTER GETS KNITTING TO SUPPORT NEWLIFE
Christine Billington, from Worcestershire, has been busy knitting a range of collectables which will be sold, along with other knitted items from our supporters, at various fundraising events and craft fairs throughout the year in aid of Newlife. Any money raised will help UK children with disabilit...
read storyCHARLIE GETS HIS WHEELS
Five-year-old Charlie Blunt is the 100th child to be provided with specialist equipment thanks to the charity partnership between Midlands Co-operative Society and Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Charlie, from Dosthill in Staffordshire, has Cerebellar Atrophy; he is missing the part of th...
read storyCALLY’S TEAM TAKES ON ROAD RACE CHALLENGE
Fifteen colleagues from the Midlands Co-operative headquarters in Lichfield will be taking part in the Great Birmingham Run on Sunday 20 October, to help support disabled and terminally ill children in their trading area. Leading the team will be Information Solutions Service Support Manager Cally ...
read storyLUNCHTIME CHAT WITH NEWLIFE NURSE KAREN
Newlife Foundation Lead Nurse Karen Dobson will be discussing disability ‘hot topics’ during today’s Mother and Baby magazine Wednesday Lunch Club Facebook chat. Karen – who is a Registered General Nurse with experience in paediatrics, midwifery, neonatal baby care and community nursing – ...
read storyA CLOSE SHAVE FOR STEPHEN
Twenty-two-year-old Stephen Turner, from Dudley, sacrificed his beloved shoulder-length locks on Saturday (September 21) to raise much needed funds to help local disabled and terminally ill children. Stephen is a customer services adviser at the Midlands Co-operative store in Dibdale Road, Dudley, w...
read storyON SONG TO HELP DISABLED CHILDREN
Shepshed & District Funeral Service colleagues, friends and family helped raise over £2,000 for charity thanks to their latest musical extravaganza. The musical performance was the group’s fifth annual charity show, and benefited Midlands-based national charity Newlife Foundation for Disabled...
read storySPECIAL CAR SEAT TO KEEP HARVEY SAFE
A Nottinghamshire family are getting a helping hand to travel in safety – thanks to the charity partnership between Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children and the Midlands Co-operative Society. Six-year-old Harvey Levy, from Sutton-in-Ashfield, has Epilepsy, Global Developmental Delay and learni...
read storyCOUNTY ANTRIM BUSINESS HELPS TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF TEN DISABLED CHILDREN
Ten disabled and terminally ill children across Northern Ireland are receiving vital specialist equipment – thanks to the generosity of leading County Antrim clothing supplier N M Williams Ltd. Company director Mark Bradley is an enthusiastic supporter of UK children’s disability charity Newlife...
read storyCAN YOU HELP CHILDREN LIKE JACK?
Five-year-old Jack Phelps from Walton on Thames is severely autistic and hyperactive. Mum Samantha Kavanaugh says: “He is a gorgeous little boy but he lives his life at 100 miles an hour and it is incredibly difficult to get his attention.” Jack’s developmental progress is slow, but Samantha s...
read storySITTING COMFORTABLY? THEN CAN YOU HELP LLOYD DO THE SAME?
Everyone likes to have a comfy chair for relaxing in at home – and 13-year-old Lloyd Carroll is no different. Lloyd, who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, spends every day either in his wheelchair or in bed and needs your help to be able to relax around the family home in comfort. Lloyd lives with ...
read storyHELPING HANNAH ENJOY FAMILY DAYS OUT
Nine-year-old Hannah Hadley is looking forward to more family days out in the Staffordshire countryside, thanks to the fundraising efforts of Midlands Co-operative Society colleagues in support of Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Hannah, who has a diagnosis of Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy an...
read storyGRUELLING ICELANDIC TREK TO HELP LOCAL DISABLED CHILDREN
Twenty-eight-year-old David Hayward, from Leicestershire, is getting in training for a gruelling 250-mile solo trek across Iceland – to help disabled and terminally ill children in the Midlands. David, from Broughton Astley, is a senior assistant at the Midlands Co-operative convenience store in n...
read storyPOWERFUL GIFT TO HELP DISABLED CHILDREN
Leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation has received £3,200 from electricity distribution company Western Power Distribution (WPD). The funding has been used to provide specialist Kit Boxes containing sensory toys and aids for children with learning and developmental needs in ...
read storyNEWLIFE FOUNDATION FUNDED RESEARCH MAY HELP PREVENT SPINA BIFIDA
A groundbreaking research project funded by Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is investigating a new treatment to help prevent some of the world’s most common birth defects. The treatment – which uses DNA-boosting nucleotides – could be used in conjunction with folic acid to boost its e...
read storySAFETY IS KEY TO RHYS’S CARE
Sleepovers with grandparents and family trips away are ‘the norm’ for many children. But for four-year-old Bolton boy Rhys Taylor, these activities are currently not possible – due to him having Angelman Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder which presents with severe Global Developmental Delay. R...
read storyEQUIPPED TO SUPPORT DISABLED CHILDREN
As cutbacks to statutory services begin to bite across Northern Ireland, leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation is supporting more and more families across the six Provinces. Families like the McCrackens from Magherafelt in County Londonderry, who are involved with the care of...
read storySPREADING A LITTLE SUNSHINE THIS SUMMER
A leading children’s disability charity has stepped in to help a Kidderminster family, providing a specialist portable hoist so mum Julia Markova can take her ten-year-old daughter Arina on holiday this summer. Arina, who is a pupil at Heronswood Primary School in Kidderminster, has Spinal Muscula...
read storyNewlife SuperStore closed for re-stocking
Newlife SuperStore will be closed for re-stocking Monday 15th July and due to re-open around 1pm the same day. We will remain open until 10pm and normal hours will resume. Be sure to come by and take a look… Newlife at Home and Newlife Uttoxeter will be open as normal. ...
read story102-MILE TREK TO HELP DISABLED BRISTOL TEENAGER TAKE THE NEXT STEP
A 12-year-old schoolboy is hiking the 102 miles of the Cotswold Way this week to raise money to help fund a specialist walker for Bristol teenager Marchant Barron. Marchant is an A-level student at Bristol Grammar, where he takes an active role in school life thanks to provision of a sit-to-stand wh...
read storyBIKERS GEAR UP TO HELP CHARLIE
A Hampshire motorcycle club has responded to an appeal for help to fund a wheelchair for Alton teenager Charlie Stubbs – and raised £1,500 at a rally of custom and classic vehicles. The 3Bs Rally Club invited Charlie, aged 17, and his family along to its Only Fools and Bikers Custom and Classic S...
read storySWITCHED ON TO DEVELOPMENT
Little Albie Logan, from Abingdon in Oxfordshire, contracted bacterial meningitis when he was just days old. As a result, at 19 months he is unable to sit unaided, has no independent movement on the right side of his body and has restricted vision. He also suffers regular complex seizures for which ...
read storyEMMA’S ‘THANK YOU’ MAKES A SPLASH
A junior Swimathon at Stafford Leisure Centre (Saturday 29 June) has raised more than £1,600 to help disabled and terminally ill children in the county. The event involved 33 children, aged six to eight (most of them from Years 1 to 3 at Berkswich Primary School). It was organised by swimming instr...
read storyON THE RUN IN BRUM TO HELP DISABLED CHILDREN
Calling all runners in the Birmingham area! The 2013 Great Birmingham Run is taking place in the city on Sunday 20 October and Midlands-based children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation is looking for enthusiastic fundraisers who would like to take part. It is the biggest half-marathon in the...
read storyEMMA’S ‘THANK YOU’ MAKES A SPLASH
A junior Swimathon at Stafford Leisure Centre on Saturday 29 June is set to raise hundreds of pounds to help disabled and terminally ill children in the county. The event – which will involve 33 children, aged six to eight (most of them from Berkswich Primary School) – has been organised by swim...
read storyINDEPENDENCE FOR CHARLIE
Alton teenager Charlie Stubbs urgently needs a versatile wheelchair so he can enjoy greater independence both in and outside the family home. Charlie has Ataxia Telangiectasia (AT), a rare neurodegenerative condition which affects his motor skills and immune system and means he has a high risk of de...
read storyCHILDREN’S DISABILITY RIGHTS ACTIVIST VISITS NEWLIFE
Midlands disability rights campaigner Jane Raca visited the Staffordshire headquarters of national charity Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children to find out how the organisation helps families around the UK. Jane is mum to 15-year-old James, who was born prematurely and has cerebral palsy, autism...
read storyALL CLUED UP TO TRACK DOWN ‘TREASURE’
Cannock Shopping Centre is offering customers the opportunity to track down some tasty ‘treasure’ as part of its 2013 charity partnership with locally-based national children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation. Fourteen stores in the shopping centre are participating – Brighthouse, Chat...
read storyWEST MIDS KIDS IN DESPERATE NEED OF DISABILITY EQUIPMENT
Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children is calling on local heroes to help raise money for 63 disabled and terminally ill children in the West Midlands who desperately need disability equipment. Newlife needs to raise £42,895 for the urgently needed specialist equipment for all 63 children includ...
read storyNEWLIFE CELEBRATES NATIONAL VOLUNTEERS’ WEEK
Cannock-based national children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation is celebrating Volunteers’ Week (June 1 to 7) by encouraging customers to its ethical recycling superstore in the town to find out how they can help. Volunteers are running a stand within the Newlife SuperStore in Hemlock Wa...
read storyFASHION SHOW FUN TO HELP CHARITIES
Women who have all been diagnosed with breast cancer will once again be taking to the catwalk at a fashion show at the Fairlawns Hotel in Aldridge, near Sutton Coldfield, to raise money for two local charities. The fashion show and subsequent clothes sale is organised by Breast Friends cancer suppor...
read storyAFRICAN CHALLENGE HAS CAROL WANTING MORE
A gruelling 10-day trek up one of the world’s highest mountains, beset by altitude sickness and gastroenteritis, would have most people saying ‘Never again!’. Not so Carol Eland, from Carlisle, who can’t wait to pull on her hiking boots for another challenge. Carol – who is a member of the...
read storySTANDING UP FOR DISABLED POPPY
National charity Newlife Foundation is making a stand for six-year old disabled child Poppy Ferguson. Poppy, who lives with her parents and two sisters in County Down, Northern Ireland, was born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. The little girl also has epilepsy and also has to cope with a trache...
read storyHELP LOGAN TO SLEEP IN SAFETY
Most mothers would be delighted if their six-year-old son was always smiling and laughing. But for Logan McKechnie’s mum, Abby James, his constantly happy nature is a reminder of the difficulties life holds for him. Logan, who lives in Ballywalter, County Down, has Angelman Syndrome, a chromosome ...
read storyBIG-HEARTED JULIE RUNS FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
When Julie Mogey saw first hand how Newlife Foundation helps local children she decided to do something to support the charity. Julie works at Greenhall Nursery in Stafford, a specialist school which accepts children aged from two to five years with physical disabilities and which aims to give child...
read storySPREADING SUNSHINE FOR BABY LILY
Regulars at a pub in Farlington, Portsmouth, have been spreading more than a little sunshine to help disabled and terminally ill children. Pub-goers at appropriately-named The Sunshine were so touched by the plight of baby Lily Brummel when her grandmother Tina Brake told them about her that they al...
read storyGLADIATOR JET TO OPEN NEW GYM AND HELP DISABLED CHARITY
A Gladiator will be jetting in to Cannock and will help Newlife Foundation, the charity which helps disabled and terminally ill children. Diane Youdale, better known as Gladiator ‘Jet’, will officially open a new gym which caters specifically for women. Energie Fitness For Women opens in Hollies...
read storyPUTTING DISABILITY ISSUES ON THE CURRICULUM
Leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation and the UK Youth Parliament are looking to work together to address disability issues relating to young people. The Parliament’s Youth Democracy manager Paul Boskett, MBE, visited the charity’s Staffordshire headquarters on Friday 26 ...
read storyDEDICATED STAFF SHOW THEIR CARING SIDE
Staff at West Midland law firm FBC Manby Bowdler LLP have shown their caring side again by raising more funds to help local disabled children. Last year they donated £1,420 to help ten-year-old Josiah Shanks from Seisdon, near Wolverhampton, to get the specialist bed equipment he required to suppor...
read storyDISABLED CHILDREN’S NEEDS SPIRAL IN WEST MIDLANDS
As the needs of disabled children in the West Midlands continues to grow, more and more families are turning to charities for help. And while many charities are struggling to cope with the recession, Newlife Foundation has vowed to keep on fighting for hard-hit families of disabled and terminally il...
read storySTOKE SOUTH MP VISITS COUNTY-BASED CHARITY
Stoke-on-Trent South MP Rob Flello has visited the headquarters of a Staffordshire-based national children’s disability charity, to find out how it is supporting young people in his constituency. During his visit to Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children in Cannock on Friday (April 19), Rob Flel...
read storyCHARITY’S BIG NUMBERS MAKE AN IMPACT
‘Big numbers’ are making an impact, it was revealed at the launch of the Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children 21st anniversary report at a House of Lords reception (last week) hosted by Baron Newby, OBE. The House of Lords’ Deputy Chief Whip introduced Newlife’s ‘Impact Report’ – ...
read storyPASSION FOR FASHION
Sixth formers from Walsall Academy are becoming models for the day to raise much-needed funds for local disabled and terminally ill children. The girls will be modelling the latest in prom, evening and cocktail fashions from Newlife, along with a selection of jewellery, bags and tiaras, in a fashion...
read storyDRIVEN TO RAISE CHARITY FUNDS
When local golfers clubbed together to carry out some fundraising, it was good news for disabled children. A trio of golfers from Chase Golf Club carried out a series of events for charity, and club captain Paul Thacker chose to help Newlife Foundation, leading charity for disabled and terminally il...
read storyTHE SKY’S THE LIMIT TO HELP TAYLOR
Mum Rachel Martin has just one New Year’s wish – to get a specialist bed for her disabled 11-year-old son James. Rachel, from Rhostryfan near Caernarfon in North Wales, said: “James has a rare condition called Angelman Syndrome which means he has epilepsy, learning difficulties and limited mob...
read storyA SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP
The family of a severely disabled little girl in Hull are asking for help in making sure she sleeps safely at night and can join in sleepovers and parties with her younger sister. Eight-year-old Annie-May Hoyle has an undiagnosed condition which means she has severe and uncontrolled epilepsy, global...
read storyCAN YOU HELP GIVE DANIEL A VOICE?
Five-year-old Daniel Jones from Prenton on Merseyside needs a specialist communication aid so he can tell people when he is happy or sad, hungry or in pain. Daniel has Athetoid Cerebral Palsy which means he has no functional use of his limbs and is unable to talk. He currently has to rely on facial ...
read storyHELP SHAUN TO FIND A VOICE
The family of a 13-year-old disabled Yorkshire boy is hoping kind-hearted readers will help to give him a voice. Shaun Powders, of Holmsfirth, was born with a defect which left him brain damaged, suffering epilepsy and with cerebral palsy. He has poor balance and co-ordination, trips and falls easil...
read storyEASTER STORY – GIVE MEGAN A REASON TO LAUGH
When little Megan chuckled for the first time, it was the most special moment ever for her parents Anna and Neil, who found it profoundly moving. For three-year-old Megan, from Belfast, is severely disabled and, after being born with hydrocephalus and a serious heart condition, she was not expected ...
read storyNEWLIFE FOR KIDZ IN THE MIDDLE
Newlife Foundation, the charity for disabled and terminally ill children across the UK, will be at the Kidz In The Middle exhibition on Thursday, March 21st, to give free help and advice to parents, carers and health professionals alike. Kidz in the Middle is at the Ricoh Arena, in Coventry, and is ...
read storyELISE IS WALKING TALL THANKS TO SOLDIERS’ MARATHON EFFORTS
Six-year-old Elise Kelly is getting help to walk – thanks to the marathon efforts of a group of Staffordshire-based soldiers. Elise, from Lightwood in Stoke on Trent, has a diagnosis of Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy and learning difficulties; she desperately needs a specialist walking fram...
read storyCHARITY CHUCKLES RAISE MORE THAN £1,800 TO HELP DISABLED CHILDREN
An Islington comedy night featuring top British comedian Adam Bloom has raised £1,885 to help support disabled and terminally ill children in London. Adam headlined the ‘Chuckles for Charity’ bill at the Arc in Angel on Tuesday 26 February, an event organised by local comedy fans David Benaim a...
read storyHELP YOURSELF TO HEALTH
The Mayor of Rugby, Councillor Kathryn Lawrence, will be opening a special event designed to help the people of Rugby and surrounding areas keep fit and healthy and raise money for disabled children at the same time. The Your Body, Your Health event is being held on April 18 and will feature 26 prof...
read storyDANCING SHOES ON TO HELP DISABLED CHILDREN
Student Megan Gamble is inviting people to put their dancing shoes for a night of fun to raise funds for disabled children. Megan, aged 19, is studying at Liverpool’s Hope University to be a special needs teacher, is organising ‘Let’s Dance’ for Newlife Foundation charity for disabled and te...
read storyCUTTLESTONES QUIZ NIGHT
A charity quiz evening at The Peace Memorial Hall in Penkridge later this month (March) is being organised to raise money to help disabled and terminally ill children. Cuttlestones Auctioneers & Valuers will be hosting the event from 7pm on Wednesday 27 March. With questions designed to test gen...
read storyCANNOCK SHOPPING CENTRE SUPPORTS DISABLED CHILDREN
Cannock Shopping Centre is hosting two charity events this month, to help disabled and terminally ill children. Locally based Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is the centre’s nominated charity for 2013; volunteers will be helping with a bucket collection on Saturday 23 March, with an Easte...
read storySCHUH SHOPPERS HELPING DISABLED CHILDREN
Twenty lucky shoppers bagged themselves a £75 pair of shoes at the opening of a new Schuh store in Kingston – and dozens more are set to benefit during a campaign which will also help disabled and terminally ill children. The new store, at Clarence Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, attracted huge cro...
read storySTONE PUB HOSTS CHARITY AUCTION
Sports fans could be in for a treat at a charity auction in Stone, Staffordshire, in March. The auction night – at the Crown and Anchor pub in Station Road from 7pm on Thursday 7 March – is being organised by a group of soldiers from Stafford’s Beacon Barracks in support of their London Marath...
read storyRARE DISEASE DAY: PIONEERING MEDICAL RESEARCH BREAKS DOWN BORDERS
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is marking worldwide Rare Disease Day www.rarediseaseday.org (February 28) with the announcement of £800,000 of funding for medical research into rare and disabling conditions. To date, the UK’s leading children’s disability charity has funded around ...
read storyAUCTIONEERS’ ACTION AIDS ASHLEIGH
A charity partnership between Staffordshire auctioneers Cuttlestones and Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is helping Stoke-on-Trent 12-year-old Ashleigh Bird get around more easily. Ashleigh has Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy which means the use of her limbs is impaired. She needed a lightweigh...
read storyDISABLED BURTON TEENAGER GETS COLLEGE BOOST
A Burton on Trent teenager is getting the specialist powered wheelchair he needs in preparation for college life in September – thanks to the fundraising efforts of Midlands Co-operative. Eighteen-year-old Shaun Waters – who has secured a place at Beaumont College in Lancaster – will be studyi...
read storyIN THE RUNNING TO HELP LIAM, AGED SEVEN
Seven-year-old Tamworth boy Liam Dalton is getting specialist disability seating thanks to the fundraising efforts of Midlands Co-operative staff member Linda Piper and her colleagues. Linda – who works in the Tame Valley Post Office within the Midlands Co-operative foodstore in Wilnecote, Tamwort...
read storyNEWLIFE HITS THE ROAD . . .
Midlands Co-operative Society is helping to spread the Newlife message by branding up two of its chilled foods distribution lorries with the charity’s logo. The vehicles, based at the organisation’s Leicester distribution centre, will be criss-crossing the Midlands on a daily basis so don’t be...
read storyCHUCKLES FOR CHARITY
Top British comedian Adam Bloom will be headlining the bill at a charity comedy night in Islington in February – to raise money to support disabled and terminally ill children in London. The Arc in Angel is the venue for the event on Tuesday 26 February, which is being organised by local comedy fa...
read storyCHARITY SHOE EXCHANGE AT BRENT CROSS SHOPPING CENTRE
Footwear retailer schuh wants customers at its Brent Cross store to step lively to help support disabled and terminally ill children across the UK. ‘Kind soles’ who donate their old shoes to the Brent Cross store will be rewarded with a £10 voucher for every pair they hand over. The shoes are d...
read storySIMPLE PIECE OF SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT MEANS THREE-YEAR-OLD CAN TRAVEL IN SAFETY
Three-year-old Freddie Kowalski will soon be travelling in safety thanks to the donation of a specialist car seat from Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children, working in partnership with Marks and Spencer. Freddie, from Newbury in Berkshire, has a complex condition including Cerebral Palsy, epile...
read storyBED BOOST APPEAL FOR TAYLOR, AGED EIGHT
A children’s disability charity is appealing for help in funding an urgently needed specialist bed so eight-year-old Taylor Higgs doesn’t have to sleep on the floor. Taylor, from Pentreath on the Isle of Anglesey, has Cerebral Palsy, Microcephaly and Developmental Delay; she is dependant on her ...
read storyMINISTER FOR DISABLED VISITS ‘INSPIRATIONAL’ NEWLIFE CHARITY
Minister for Disabled People Esther McVey has visited Newlife Foundation’s charity headquarters in Cannock (Thursday 17 January). Her visit followed on from a recent meeting at the House of Commons between Ms McVey and Newlife CEO Sheila Brown, OBE. Ms McVey toured Newlife’s charity offices to...
read storyHELP MIA, AGED FIVE, STAND TALL
Five-year-old Mia Cristofoli urgently needs a specialist standing frame so she can take part in more group activities at school and play with her twin sister Ella at home. Mia, from Christchurch in Dorset, has Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy and relies on supportive specialist equipment including a bugg...
read storyTEENAGER THOMAS BECOMES CHARITY AMBASSADOR
“My name is Thomas Bolton – changing lives for disabled children of the United Kingdom!” So says 18-year-old Thomas, from Burntwood, who has become the first official teenage Ambassador for leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation. Thomas, who has Quadriplegic Cerebral Pal...
read storyPOWERFUL GIFT FOR DISABLED WARWICKSHIRE CHILDREN
Warwickshire-area Western Power Distribution staff decided to forgo office Christmas cards and instead pooled their saved cash to help disabled and terminally ill children in the county. They raised £400 for leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children; this m...
read storyWORTHING GOLDSMITHS HAVE DESIGNS ON HELPING LOCAL CHILDREN
Husband and wife goldsmiths Ross Cutting and Jana Reinhardt from Worthing in West Sussex are donating part of the proceeds from their jewellery sales to raise £500 to help disabled and terminally ill children in the county. Online customers to their business – Jana Reinhardt Jewellery – are bei...
read storyCAROL TAKES ON AFRICAN CHALLENGE
Newlife supporter Carol Eland, from Carlisle in Cumbria, is pulling on her walking boots and tackling the gruelling challenge of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money to help disabled and terminally ill children supported by the charity. Carol will be heading off to Tanzania in Africa on March 14 for the...
read storyLIGHTWEIGHT WHEELCHAIR FOR JESS
Teenager Jess Brown is hoping to get a new wheelchair to help her find the independence she craves. Jess, aged 18, needs a lightweight wheelchair to help her manoeuvre her way around Alton College in Hampshire where she is studying a BTEC in media studies. It would replace her current, heavier wheel...
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