South West Newlife News

FAMILY FUN DAYS OUT ARE JUST A DREAM – FOR NOW

February 2015

A simple piece of specialist equipment is all that stands between the Jackson family and fun days out together. Fifteen-year-old Akira has quadriplegic cerebral palsy, hip dislocation and curvature of...

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SAM’S LEGACY IS HELPING SIX-YEAR-OLD ALEX GET AN EARLY CHRISTMAS BOOST

December 2014

Christmas has come early for six-year-old Alex Hikins from Shiphay in Torquay, who has been given a specialist buggy (Friday 12 December) so his parents can get him out and about to visit family and f...

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SAM’S LEGACY HELPS LITTLE MADDIE

November 2014

An appeal launched by a grieving Devon family to help provide specialist equipment for disabled and terminally ill children in the county has seen its first success. The Allen family – mum and dad N...

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‘SAM’S LEGACY’ COFFEE MORNING

November 2014

A fundraising Hemyock family are holding a coffee morning at their home later this month (November), to raise money to help provide vital specialist equipment for disabled and terminally ill children ...

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GOLF CLUB’S FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES HELP DISABLED CHILDREN

November 2014

A Wimborne golf club has raised a fabulous £6,475 for a leading UK children’s disability charity which will be used to fund vital equipment for seven children in Hampshire. Newlife Foundation for D...

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ALEXA, AGED THREE, CAN NOW SLEEP IN SAFETY

October 2014

Three-year-old Alexa Galloway is able to sleep in safety and get out and about in her local community, thanks to provision of specialist equipment by Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Now Ale...

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BUGGY BOOST FOR INDIA

October 2014

A simple piece of specialist equipment will give six-year-old India Smith more opportunities to get out and about in her Cotswold village. India, from Stow on the Wold, has hyper peripheral vision (wh...

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APPEAL LAUNCHED IN MEMORY OF TEENAGER SAM

October 2014

Devon parents Nicky and Nick Allen are spearheading a fundraising campaign – Sam’s Legacy – in memory of their teenage son who died this summer. Sam’s Legacy will help other disabled and termi...

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SUPER CYCLISTS RAISE £1,300 TO HELP NINE-YEAR-OLD ALICIA

September 2014

Super cyclists Jeremy Collins, Malc Bennett and Vicky Farwig have just completed a 972-mile ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats so a local disabled girl can relax at home in comfort. The intrepi...

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BUGGY BOOST SO ALFIE CAN EXPLORE IN SAFETY

September 2014

Little Alfie Lowday’s parents want him to be able to experience as much of life as possible, despite the fact he has a complex health condition. The Exeter family are being helped by leading UK chil...

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