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North West Newlife News
WIGAN BAG PACK – SUNDAY 8TH MARCH
February 2015
Our Newlife Volunteers will be doing a bag pack in the Asda store in Wigan on Sunday 8th March. This will be taking place from 10am until 4pm at the Asda supermarket on Soho Street, Wigan, WN5 0XA. Ou...
read moreWIGAN STREET COLLECTION – SATURDAY 28TH FEBRUARY
February 2015
Keep a look out for our Newlife volunteers with their collection cans in Wigan Town Centre on Saturday 28th February, taking place from 10am until 4pm. Our volunteers will be raising money to help dis...
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SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT HELPS WITH HOSPITAL DISCHARGE PLAN FOR BABY NOAH
January 2015
As parents Emily Lewis and Nathan Fitzpatrick prepare for their fragile young son’s discharge from Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, they realised that not all of the specialist equipment the...
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UPHILL STRUGGLE FOR MIA’S FAMILY
November 2014
Pushing a wheelchair around the hilly streets of Dalton in Furness is quite literally an uphill struggle for parents Janice and Max Fong. Their nine-year-old daughter Mia has Quadriplegic Cerebral Pa...
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SPECIALIST BUGGY HELPS EASE THE PAIN FOR LITTLE OSCAR
November 2014
One-year-old Oscar Whiteley has complex medical needs which had left him virtually housebound, except for hospital and clinic appointments. Provision of a specialist buggy changed all that. Oscar, fro...
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FAMILY TAKE ON SPORTING CHALLENGE TO SAY THANK YOU AND HELP OTHER CHILDREN
September 2014
The parents of a Manchester seven-year-old have taken on a 10k sporting challenge to raise money for the charity which has provided their daughter with vital mobility equipment. A couple from Greater ...
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BUGGY BOOST TO KEEP NEAVE SAFE
September 2014
A specialist buggy means little Neave Evans, from Great Harwood, Blackburn, will be able to get out and about with her family in safety and comfort. Her parents need equipment that can be rear facing ...
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SPECIALIST ‘BOX OF TRICKS’ IS HELPING FRANK TO LEARN TO TALK
September 2014
A specialist ‘box of tricks’ has acted as a catalyst in the development of autistic two-year-old Frank Harvey, from Chester. His parents are delighted with the difference the sensory toys have mad...
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WHY SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT WILL BRING A SMILE TO THOMAS’S FACE . . .
September 2014
Spinal surgery so he can sit upright has left Oldham teenager Thomas Gardner unable to lift his arms to carry out the sort of daily tasks we all take for granted. After waiting for 12 months for help ...
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SPECIALIST BED IS SAFETY BOOST FOR THEO
September 2014
Little Theo Murphy from Ashton under Lyne is one of six Lancashire children currently being supported by a charity’s emergency equipment loan services . . . A simple piece of specialist equipment ...
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