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SIMPLE PIECE OF SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT COULD OPEN UP A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES
October 2014
A simple piece of specialist equipment could open up a world of opportunities for teenager Jack Baird. Jack, who is 14 and lives with his parents and twin sister in Edinburgh, has Hypertonic Quadriple...
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EMERGENCY BUGGY LOAN HELPED ONE-YEAR-OLD KIAN LEAVE HOSPITAL
October 2014
Little Kian Bailey is one of two children in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, currently being supported by a charity’s emergency equipment loan services . . . The emergency loan of a specialist buggy means...
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TAKING THE PLUNGE
September 2014
Throwing yourself into fundraising took on a whole new meaning for 14 fearless individuals who took part in a tandem skydive to raise money for Newlife Foundation The daredevils, many of which work fo...
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PANTO PUSS WILL HELP MAKE A LOCAL FAMILY’S WISH COME TRUE
September 2014
A special panto performance of Puss In Boots at the Old Rep Theatre in Birmingham next month (October) will help to make a family’s Christmas wish come true. The performance – on Thursday 30 Octob...
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ELVIS EXPERIENCE COMES TO THE AID OF DISABLED CHILDREN IN BIRMINGHAM
September 2014
If you want to be ‘All Shook Up’, then ‘C’mon Everybody’ and head over to Tyseley and District Working Men’s Club for an Elvis Experience – and help provide essential disability equipmen...
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CITY’S BUSINESS GIANT HELPS LITTLE DANIEL TRAVEL IN SAFETY
September 2014
Lichfield four-year-old Daniel Fernyhough will soon be able to travel in safety, thanks to fabulous fundraisers at Central England Co-operative which has its headquarters in the city. Over the past tw...
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GORDON, AGED 82, POUNDS THE PAVEMENTS TO HELP DISABLED CHILDREN
August 2014
Eighty-two year old running enthusiast Gordon Woodlands is the oldest entrant in this year’s Great Birmingham Run; he has a unique training regime – all to support disabled and terminally ill chil...
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SIX-YEAR-OLD STACIE HELPS CELEBRATE £500,000 ACHIEVEMENT OF CHARITY PARTNERSHIP
August 2014
Celebrating Newlife Foundation and Central England Co-operative’s charity partnership topping £500,000 is Birmingham mum Michelle Poole. Michelle lives with her two young sons in Kings Heath; t...
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SAFETY BOOST FOR CODY, AGED SEVEN
August 2014
A simple piece of specialist equipment means seven-year-old Cody Pelham and his brothers and sisters can travel in safety. Cody, from Tamworth, has Downs Syndrome, a heart defect and epilepsy. He expe...
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SHOPPERS ‘STEP TO IT’ TO HELP DISABLED CHILDREN
July 2014
When fashion footwear giants Schuh open their latest stores – in The Fort shopping centre, Birmingham, and Bexleytheath in London – next month (August 8), they will be inviting customers to ‘sel...
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