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DESPERATE BED PLEA FOR DISABLED SON
September 2018
The only time six-year-old Jacob Walker has ever been able to stay away from home overnight is when he’s admitted to hospital with life-threatening seizures. Having epilepsy and significant brain da...
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EARLY YEARS DISABLED CHILDREN NEED OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY
April 2018
A Newry mum who says “more needs to be done to support early year’s disabled children,” has been amazed at the difference specialist toys have made to her three-year-old daughter. Patrycja Teszb...
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NEWLIFE HELPS DEXTER SLEEP SAFELY
November 2017
A specialist bed will give Autistic four-year-old Dexter Gilmore from Donaghadee, a safe place to rest and sleep and allow his exhausted parents some peace of mind. For Dexter, bed time is not relaxin...
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CHANGING LIVES THROUGH CAKE
October 2017
Autoline Insurance Group’s Enniskillen branch have been raising vital funds for Newlife this year with a variety of fundraising activities. A weekend of feverish baking has helped them prepare for t...
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MOLLY WAS IN TOO MUCH PAIN TO BE MOVED
October 2017
Four-year-old Molly McCotter from Rathfriland was in severe pain every day. She is unable to walk, talk or lift her head and finds the slightest touch unbearable, even cuddles from her mum. Molly has ...
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FUNDRAISING BRIDGE NIGHT TURNS UP £825 TO HELP DISABLED CHILDREN
February 2017
A bridge tournament at The Star of the Sea church hall in Portstewart on Wednesday (February 22) has raised an amazing £825 to help disabled and terminally ill children in Northern Ireland. The event...
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FUNDRAISING STAFF SET TO GIVE DISABLED CHILDREN A LIFT
February 2017
Briggs Equipment, headquarters based in Cannock, has chosen to support Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children as its charity beneficiary for 2017. Briggs’ staff will be supporting Newlife thr...
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SPECIALIST CAR SEAT KEEPS NATHAN SAFE AND SECURE – AND GIVES HIS PARENTS PEACE OF MIND
February 2017
A specialist car seat was urgently delivered to a County Down family after five-year-old Nathan Shek, who has Autism, began undoing his seatbelt and leaving his car seat, causing a potentially dangero...
read moreFUNDRAISING BRIDGE NIGHT IS ON THE CARDS . . .
January 2017
Bridge buffs are getting the chance to go head to head with a tournament challenge next month – and raise vital funding for local charity work at the same time. The event, organised by Portstewa...
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CAN YOU HELP KEEP FIVE-YEAR-OLD OISIN SAFE AT NIGHT?
December 2016
A Downpatrick couple are desperate to keep their five-year-old son safe at night as the youngster, who wakes frequently, has no awareness of danger, climbs everywhere and constantly tries to escape th...
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