Year: 2019 Newlife News
*STOP PRESS* WHEELCHAIR FUNDED FOR WALSALL GIRL
A four-year-old Walsall girl who spent most of the first two years of her life in hospital after being born without a fully functioning immune system is still facing a daily battle to get outdoors because her current wheelchair doesn’t meet her needs. Macy Adams wears bulky braces to help straight...
read storySPECIALIST BED FIGHT FOR DISABLED BOY
The local community is being asked to make an Aberdale couple’s Christmas by helping to fund a specialist bed to keep their four-year-old disabled son safe – after moving house meant he was no longer entitled to one funded by the NHS and council. An adjustable bed with high padded sides kept Ash...
read story*STOP PRESS* SEAT FUNDED FOR KATIE TO SIT WITHOUT PAIN
A disabled children’s charity is calling on the local community to make Christmas extra special for a teenager in St Leonards-on-Sea by funding a specialist moulded seat with enough support to prevent her choking and to accommodate her painfully curving spine. Born 13 weeks early Katie Histed is 1...
read storyPARALYMPIC SPIRIT COMES TO NEWLIFE
Newlife is all set to open the doors to its brand new Yardley store, giving savvy shoppers from across the region the chance to bag a bargain. Yardley will be the seventh opening in Newlife’s portfolio of popular fashion stores, located on the Yew Tree Retail Park, Birmingham, next to the Central ...
read story*STOP PRESS* SEAT FUNDED TO END HARRY’S AGONY
Sitting in the same position hour after hour causes four-year-old Harry Dodsworth to have painful muscles, which frequently go into agonising and uncontrollable spasms. Unable to walk, sit up or support his own head, Harry needs round the clock care, but without a specialist seat in his Nottinghamsh...
read story**STOP PRESS** EQUIPMENT FUNDED FOR DISABLED GIRL TRAPPED IN FLEET HOME
Rebecca Ford from Poole in Dorset can be a bundle of fun, with lots of happy girly giggles and a diva attitude, but because the six-year-old has Cerebral Palsy which affects both her arms and legs, she spends all of her time in a wheelchair as she is not happy lying down. However, with your help, sh...
read story*STOP PRESS* WHEELCHAIR FUNDED FOR TRAPPED JACK
A six-year-old with Cerebral Palsy urgently needs a specialist wheelchair so he’s not trapped in his Tooting home. The only way Jack Callaby can get around without help is by crawling on the floor because the muscles in his arms and legs are painfully tight, and the rest of his body is so weak. A ...
read story*STOP PRESS* SEAT FUNDED TO STOP IMOGEN’S BONES DEFORMING
Disabled nine-year-old Timothy Dickson has taken the final lap of his spacewalk, completing his mission to raise funds for Newlife the charity for disabled and terminally ill children, raising over £1,800! Timothy, from Tuxford in Nottinghamshire, has Autism and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, which affect...
read storyWHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES .
A year since the launch of a specialist fund to support children with disabilities and terminal illness in Devon – and Sam’s Legacy has raised more than £9,000 and helped fund vital equipment for a dozen children in the county. The most recent fundraiser – by Hemyock resident Chri...
read storyVITAL EQUIPMENT IS ‘LIFE-SAVER’ FOR FAMILY OF DISABLED THREE-YEAR-OLD
The mum of a Bournemouth three-year-old says provision of a specialist bed has been a ‘life-saver’ for the family. Madeleine Moore, from the Winton area of the town, is finally sleeping in safety – thanks to the simple piece of equipment provided by Newlife Foundation for Disabled Chil...
read story*STOP PRESS* SPECIALIST SEAT FUNDED TO STOP SELBY GIRL CHOKING
A five-year-old Selby girl with Cerebral Palsy urgently needs a specialist seat to support her so she doesn’t choke while being cared for at her grandmother’s home. Esmae Robinson was born 12 weeks early and then contracted meningitis and septicaemia which caused Cerebral Palsy. Although her bra...
read story*STOP PRESS* EQUIPMENT FUNDED FOR DISABLED NINE-YEAR-OLD DENIED CHANCE TO WALK
Macy Page is only nine-years-old and has already endured multiple surgeries to repair three holes in her heart and rebuild her hip joints. All she wants now is to be able to walk – but Leicestershire NHS Trust has taken this opportunity away, refusing to provide the walking frame she needs, despit...
read storyRIVER ISLAND BACKS CHARITY TO HELP NEVE
The family of a disabled seven-year-old from Sandbach have been given a vital piece of specialist equipment thanks to the partnership between Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children and high street retailer, River Island. Neve Cockram has profound brain damage and relies on her parents Liz and San...
read storyBATTLE TO KEEP MAISIE’S SPINE STRAIGHT
For five-year-old Maisie Reynolds from Merseyside, who has Cerebral Palsy and has developed a curvature of her spine, specialist equipment to support her posture is vital. Scoliosis affects around four in 1000 children in the UK. The condition, which causes a prominent curve in the spine, causes p...
read story*STOP PRESS* CAR SEAT FUNDED TO END RUBY’S TRAVEL AGONY
The agony caused by eight-year-old Ruby Carpenter’s twisted and curved spine makes car journeys unbearable. She can only bear to sit for 20 minutes in her standard car seat before the pain becomes excruciating, but Ruby and her four brothers and sisters, who all have disabilities, need to travel t...
read story*STOP PRESS* BED FUNDED TO KEEP ELLIS SAFE FROM SERIOUS INJURY
A terrified Leyland mum spends every night watching over her five-year-old son who has autism and complex health needs because a growth spurt means he can climb the high sides of his specialist bed, risking serious injury. Ellis Gooch was born ten weeks early with sepsis. He was diagnosed with tw...
read storyWHO CARES FOR THE CARER
Every night, Nicky Williams lies awake fraught with stress and anxiety as to what the future holds. Nicky, from Watford, is a single parent and full time carer to her six-year-old son Jenson who has severe Autism, learning disabilities and Hypermobility. Jenson struggles to make sense of the world a...
read story*STOP PRESS* LIGHTWEIGHT WHEELCHAIR FUNDED FOR BARTEK
An amazing community response means just over £900 is now needed to fund a specialist wheelchair for a Bedford nine-year-old with Cerebral Palsy trapped at home. Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children is urgently calling for one last push to raise the necessary funds so Bartloiej Wilczynski, kn...
read storyTIME TO CELEBRATE: OPENING UP VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL
People with disabilities or long-term health conditions can often feel excluded from the world around them, but having the chance to meet new people and learn new skills can be life changing. Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children’s volunteer programme gets bigger and better every year, with th...
read storyBATTLE FOR MAKS TO STAND ON HIS OWN TWO FEET
Seven-year-old Maksymilian Butrym is a fighter. Born at 25 weeks weighing just 660 grams he was completely blind for the first two years of his life and needed oxygen for chronic lung disease until the age of four. He also has Cerebral Palsy and now faces another battle – learning to stand. Ma...
read storySPICY CHARITY NIGHT RAISES MORE THAN £1,000
The Spice Hut Indian Restaurant shared their 5th birthday as a charity night and donated their profits to Newlife! As well as lots of fantastic food the event at the Milton Keynes Reataurant included music by MLC (Midlife Crisis) and a raffle with prizes donated by multiple local businesses and orga...
read storySPICY CHARITY NIGHT RAISES MORE THAN £1,000
The Spice Hut Indian Restaurant shared their 5th birthday as a charity night and donated their profits to Newlife! As well as lots of fantastic food the event at the Milton Keynes Reataurant included music by MLC (Midlife Crisis) and a raffle with prizes donated by multiple local businesses and orga...
read story*STOP PRESS* URGENT PLEA TO STOP TEEN’S SPINE CURVING
A Northampton teen desperately needs a specialist seat to save him from the agony of his spine curving and relieve his painfully stiff muscles. Tom Dadd, aged 13, from Old, has Duchenne muscular dystrophy; a life-limiting condition that is slowly robbing him of the ability to use his muscles. Tom la...
read storyMUM’S DESPERATE PLEA FOR DISABLED SON
Six-year-old Tymon Kwiatkowski from St Helen’s can’t walk, talk and is hooked up to oxygen 24-hours a day to combat chronic lung disease. He is totally dependent on his Mum for his every need – day and night. Tymon also has problems with his heart and kidneys so needs a host of medical equip...
read storyEIGHT MINUTES THAT CHANGED A LIFE FOREVER
When four-year-old Amy Brown was born she had no heartbeat! For eight agonising minutes, Amy battled for life while her mum lay unconscious from anaesthetic and her father was alone in a room unsure whether his partner or child had survived. When Amy’s heart began to beat, she was moved onto a ven...
read story*STOP PRESS* UNBREAKABLE BED PLEA FOR AUTISTIC TEEN
A Norwich teen with Autism and learning difficulties is forced to sleep in a specialist bed that’s so small his feet hang off the end. Just £774 would give him a new, larger version, but the local authority don’t fund the type of bed he needs. Despite being 5ft 10ins and 16 stone, 17-year-old C...
read storyWHEELCHAIR PLEA FOR WILLIAM
William Ryder has defied the odds and the doctors to become the miracle child his parents, Michelle and Paul, always longed for. Seven-year-old William, from Goldthorpe in Rotherham, spent the first two years of his life in hospital. Conceived after seven failed IVF attempts, he suffered a stroke ...
read storyLITTLE GIRL WHO BEAT THE ODDS JUST WANTS TO BE COMFORTABLE
In her short life, three-year-old Emelia McDonough from Fife has already defied the odds – born prematurely at 25 weeks, she contracted a life threatening infection and needed emergency surgery to remove part of her bowel when she was just six weeks old – she weighed just 2lbs at the time. Such ...
read storyLOTTERY BOOST FOR DISABLED TO GAIN JOB SKILLS
Newlife has been awarded a £10,000 National Lottery Community Fund grant to help disabled adults in the region develop the skills needed for employment. Newlife, whose headquarters are in Cannock, aims to help some of the 65,000 disabled people out of work in local community, including the Staffor...
read storyFABULOUS FUNDRAISERS GO MAD FOR NEWLIFE
Over a hundred ladies who lunch kept a very important date this week to attend a marvellous Mad Hatter’s Tea Party on Monday 11th March at the Hilton Hotel, Cobham, in aid of Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children. The afternoon kicked off with a delicious performance by members of local Rock ...
read storyCHARITY PLEA TO SAVE EVAN FROM SURGERY
A disabled five-year-old from Chelmsford could be forced to have painful and costly hip surgery because the local health service won’t provide the specialist sleep system that could prevent it – despite it costing just £800. Now Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children is calling on the loca...
read storyRADIO 4 LISTENERS HELP FOUR-YEAR-OLD ARCHIE
Four-year-old Archie Harding, from Alton in Hampshire, can now get out and about in safety, thanks to the generous listeners at BBC Radio 4. TV presenter Jon Bentley was the voice of a BBC Radio 4 charity appeal in December (2015) on behalf of Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children – and now...
read storyCELEAUTISTIC EIGHT-YEAR-OLD COULD BE LEFT HOUSEBOUNDBRATING 30 YEARS OF CARE AND ACTION
A profoundly Autistic eight-year-old from Undy will be left housebound unless his family can raise £2,725 for a specialist buggy. Coby Stafford’s parents, Ian and Tracy have fundraised tirelessly for a local Autism activity club, and are now in desperate need themselves, having been told by an Oc...
read storyTRAVEL TERROR FOR DISABLED TWO-YEAR-OLD
Two-year-old Rhys Deans from Oxley Park in Milton Keynes, was at risk of choking to death every time he travelled by car. A service providing emergency equipment to disabled children in Buckinghamshire is under threat because of a lack of funding and needs urgent donations to survive. The Emergency ...
read storyMUM’S URGENT PLEA TO KEEP KAI SAFE
The mum of a Pocklington eight-year-old with a rare form of epilepsy resistant to medication spends every night in fear her son will be seriously injured. Kai King has up to 15 seizures a day. He only sleeps for a few hours each night and can’t be left alone, not even for a few minutes – leaving...
read storyFUNDING PLEA FOR SEAT TO STOP MILO CHOKING
Disabled nine-year-old Timothy Dickson has taken the final lap of his spacewalk, completing his mission to raise funds for Newlife the charity for disabled and terminally ill children, raising over £1,800! Timothy, from Tuxford in Nottinghamshire, has Autism and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, which affect...
read storySPECIALIST BUGGY PLEA FOR JUDE
Jude Houseman needs a £2,765 specialist buggy with extra support for his weak muscles and space to accommodate emergency intervention equipment as well as the ventilator, oxygen cylinder and suction machine needed to keep him alive – which takes up to an hour to load onto a buggy. A rare hear...
read storyCOUNCIL DELAY PUSHES FAMILY TO THE BRINK
Newlife is urgently calling on support from the local community to raise £7,000 for a Winchester family pushed to the brink because of an 18 month wait for an equipment assessment by Hampshire County Council for their nine-year-old disabled son. Finley Collyer has Down Syndrome, Autism and is also ...
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