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LORCAN’S LEGACY HELPS KEEP DISABLED THREE-YEAR-OLD SAFE AT NIGHT
February 2015
An appeal launched by a grieving Newry family to help provide specialist equipment for disabled and terminally ill children in Northern Ireland has seen its first success. Grandmother Lorraine McMahon...
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SPECIALIST BUGGY HELPS WITH HOSPITAL DISCHARGE PLAN FOR BABY NOAH
January 2015
As parents Amanda Kane and Robert Francey prepare for their fragile young son’s discharge from hospital, they realised that not all of the specialist equipment they will need to help care for No...
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A SIMPLE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT MEANS THE WORLD TO LITTLE JAMIE AND HIS FAMILY
November 2014
A specialist buggy is ensuring the everyday comfort of a life-limited five-year-old from Northern Ireland, but also means he can safely enjoy a once in a lifetime holiday at the Give Kids the World Ce...
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STANDING UP FOR DISABLED POPPY
September 2014
Seven-year-old Poppy Ferguson from Newtonards in County Down is walking tall at school despite being born with spina bifida. She is able to enjoy school life at the same height as her able bodied frie...
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BELFAST PARENTS SPEAK OUT TO SUPPORT DISABILITY AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
September 2014
Parents of two disabled children in Belfast are backing a new awareness and fundraising campaign to support families in crisis in Northern Ireland. The campaign – Lorcan’s Legacy – has been laun...
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SAFE AT LAST – IN HIS OWN SAFE SPACE
August 2014
When mum Emily Gallagher puts her young son to bed these days, she has peace of mind knowing he can no longer climb out of his bedroom window or rip up the carpets and floorboards. Sleep has returned ...
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CHARITY’S BOX OF TRICKS IS SUMMER BOOST FOR COUNTY ANTRIM FAMILY
August 2014
Mum of two Sandra Armour has had a helping hand to keep her two sons entertained this summer – thanks to Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Sandra’s sons Scott, aged 11, and Joshua, four, b...
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SAFE AT LAST – IN HIS OWN SAFE SPACE
August 2014
Sleep has returned to the Gallagher household in Belfast, thanks to provision of a specialist bed by leading children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation to keep five-year-old Oisin safe at nigh...
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BUGGY BOOST FOR LITTLE JACK
May 2014
When your child needs oxygen 24/7, getting out for even the simplest of things like going to the shop for a pint of milk can be an ordeal. So when Belfast parents Judith and James Bleakney were faced ...
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COUNTY ANTRIM BUSINESS HELPS TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF TEN DISABLED CHILDREN
September 2013
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. Comp...
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