Supporters of Newlife can double their donation at no extra cost and change the life of a disabled child this Christmas after the pandemic forced the cancellation of Black Friday, which last year brought in a whopping £118,000 in a single day. Any donation made to...
From Louis Vuitton purses to Chanel shoes – fashion lovers will be able to get their hands on high-end designer brands at bargain prices at a unique online charity auction, all whilst helping support disabled children in need. Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children...
A loving family at ‘breaking point’ are in desperate need of a life-changing specialist bed for their disabled daughter after the five-year-old narrowly escaped a terrifying fall down the stairs in the night. Kimberley Collins, known as Kimmi, from Halesowen, has...
Twelve-year-old Anya Bhatti has a rare life-limiting genetic condition which has seen her lose all her skills, even the ability to hold up her own head and neck, which can cause her to choke if she isn’t in the right position. With nowhere safe to sit at her Stechford...
A leading children’s charity which raises money in a unique way to fund specialist equipment for disabled and terminally ill children has scooped a prestigious award at the Greater Birmingham Chamber of Commerce 2020 Awards. Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children...
Shoppers will be able to snap up clothes and accessories from leading retailers at bargain prices when Newlife re-opens its Market Drayton store after being closed since the start of lockdown. Newlife, which sells brand new items donated by more than 240 leading...
A rallying call has been issued by a leading children’s charity volunteers to help re-stock its stores and help it recover from a £2 million income loss caused by the pandemic. Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children has re-opened its Volunteer Opportunity Centre to...
A charity popular with shoppers for selling goods donated by some of the country’s biggest retailers at a fraction of the price has reopened the doors of its Birmingham store today (June 26th). Newlife’s store at Yew Tree Retail Park in Yardley temporarily closed...
Newlife has announced its flagship SuperStore and HomeStore will reopen to shoppers next week. Social distancing measures will be in place at both stores, off Hemlock Way in Cannock, when they re-open on Monday 15th June to protect customers. The charity’s stores have...
A four-year-old Walsall girl who spent most of the first two years of her life in hospital after being born without a fully functioning immune system is still facing a daily battle to get outdoors because her current wheelchair doesn’t meet her needs. Macy Adams wears...
Newlife is all set to open the doors to its brand new Yardley store, giving savvy shoppers from across the region the chance to bag a bargain. Yardley will be the seventh opening in Newlife’s portfolio of popular fashion stores, located on the Yew Tree Retail Park,...
People with disabilities or long-term health conditions can often feel excluded from the world around them, but having the chance to meet new people and learn new skills can be life changing. Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children’s volunteer programme gets bigger...
Newlife has been awarded a £10,000 National Lottery Community Fund grant to help disabled adults in the region develop the skills needed for employment. Newlife, whose headquarters are in Cannock, aims to help some of the 65,000 disabled people out of work in local...
Some situations require specialist equipment in an emergency – when a child’s condition and associated behaviours put their lives at risk of serious injury or death. Despite most local health and social care services having jointly commissioned integrated equipment...
Ingestre Golf Club in Staffordshire has fundraising for Newlife down to a tee – raising £2,500. Mel Jones President and Kate Robson Lady President of Ingestre Golf Club, Staffordshire, selected Newlife as their chosen charity for 2018/19 because they were inspired to...
Seven-year-old Rhys Thomas, from Albrighton, can have up to 60 seizures a day. Without medication the figure is closer to 150. He has the developmental age of a nine-month-old; each seizure affects his brain, resetting it so he forgets anything he has learned, even...
Staff at Aggreko’s Cannock office have raised over £600 towards Newlife’s Play Therapy Pod service. Aggreko’s fantastic fundraising will help children and families play together, which contributes to children’s physical, social and cognitive development. In the final...
A desperate mum who wakes up to ten times a night to stop her two-year-old son with Autism seriously injuring himself, has praised a disabled children’s charity for the emergency loan of a specialist bed after Stoke and Staffordshire NHS said they couldn’t help. As a...
Twelve-year-old Jessica Collins has a life-limiting condition which means she is in constant agony, bedridden and isolated from the rest of her family. Jessica from Chelmsley Wood has Muscular Dystrophy which affects every single muscle in her body. She’s unable to...
A record breaking partnership between Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children and materials handling supplier Briggs Equipment has raised £60,000 and helped 135 disabled children across the UK. A staff vote at Briggs Equipment saw 30 per cent choose Newlife for...
Seven-year-old Charlie Moore has severe Autism, ADHD and can only say a few words. One of the effects of his condition is he feels the desire to hit his head repeatedly against any hard surface – to such an extent that he’s burst a blood vessel in his face, leaving...
Warwick University students fled across the UK and Europe as they took part in a ‘jailbreak’ to help disabled and terminally ill children. The annual Jailbreak event held by Warwick University students on February 10-11 as part of RAG Week raised more than £5,500 for...
Staff at a Stourport-on-Severn business have been putting the fun into fundraising to help change the lives of disabled children across Worcestershire. OGL Computer, which provides business software, IT solutions and cyber security solutions to UK businesses, raised...
A retired Rugeley couple are putting their best foot forward to complete a marathon this January, all in aid of helping local disabled children receive the life changing equipment they desperately need. Wendy and Dave Barnsley have signed up to Newlife Active, the...
A Christmas Choir Concert at the Forest of Arden Marriott on the 17 December has raised £1,493. Magic Voices from Solihull, Magic Voices from Sutton Coldfield and Venus Voices from Leamington Spa came together to put on a magical evening of show tunes and Christmas...
Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children has given Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity an early Christmas delivery of premature baby clothes for its neonatal unit. Over 600 brand new, pre-term baby clothes were given to Newlife by one of its high-street retail...
A member of staff at Cannock based Briggs Equipment, Rose Langley, has smashed her fundraising target for Newlife with six running challenges in six months. As a new mum, Rose heard about Newlife and recognised that any child and their family might need help from the...
Milton United Football Club’s Youth Squad have been raising vital funds for Newlife. The team, based in Stoke-on-Trent, took part in a sponsored penalty shootout and raised a fantastic £300 every penny of which will be spent on equipment for disabled and terminally...
Briggs Equipment UK Ltd is extending the partnership with its current nominated charity, Cannock-based Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children, into 2018. The national company – which provides materials handling and lifting equipment – has its headquarters in...
Newlife fundraisers visited the Co-op Energy offices in Walsall to engage staff and promote its partnership whilst raising money for Newlife. As well as raising awareness of Newlife to staff at the Hatherton Road and Bloxwich Road sites, the fundraisers held a sparkle...
A specialist buggy is helping a disabled two-year-old from Cannock get to nursery safely – thanks to the fabulous fundraising of Joanne and Daniel Matthews, whose own young son sadly passed away in 2014 at the age of three. Joanne and Daniel, from Pattingham in...
Little Joshua has a degenerative muscular condition. He can’t sit upright on his own and taking him out in a regular pushchair caused him to slouch so much he often choked. The 18-month-old urgently needed a specialist buggy, but local statutory services couldn’t...
Fabulous fundraiser Jagjeet Sohal from Solihull has raised £447 so far for Newlife after getting sponsorship for cutting off 12 inches of her hair to donate to the Little Princess Trust to be used as wigs for cancer patients. Jag is so close to reaching her target of...
The Rotary Club of Walsall Saddlers donated £250 to Newlife after volunteering with collection buckets at the Staffordshire Ironman Triathlon event in June and the Newlife Chasewater 10k in July. This kind donation will go towards providing equipment for disabled and...
For seven-year-old Oscar Minto from Whitecross, in Hereford, having a lightweight wheelchair to help him get around has made a big difference to his life. It means he isn’t in so much pain when he’s exhausted from chemotherapy treatments and can also join...
When Wednesbury nine-year-old Kenzy Jones received a specialist bed from Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children, his family decided to become ‘Newlife Heroes’ themselves and held a fundraising day to help other disabled children’s families through the charity....
A new local 10k event is set to become an annual favourite, after 65 dedicated runners and walkers joined in to support local disabled children through Newlife charity. The inaugural event at beautiful Chasewater was organised by Newlife the Charity for Disabled...
The emergency loan of a specialist bed for six-year-old Benjamin Cameron has been ‘a life-saver’ say his family. And now they are getting a permanent piece of equipment – all thanks to Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Benjamin, from Gosforth in...
The lives of more than 630 disabled and terminally ill babies, children and young people across central England have been transformed, thanks to a five-year charity partnership. Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children became Central England Co-operative’s...
Volunteers from the Lichfield Soroptomist group have made a generous donation of £309 to Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children. The money will go towards funding a Play Therapy Pod for 0-18 month olds. The pods are specialist developmental toys that are loaned to...
Super fundraisers at OGL computer, based in Stourport-on-Severn, have raised £1,000 for the company’s chosen charity, Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children, after holding a quiz night and dress down day. All money raised will go towards providing essential...
Supporter Kyla Carpenter-Jones is organising a fun day on 24 June at the Brunswick pub in Wednesbury in aid of Newlife. Newlife provided Kyla’s son Kenzy with a Safespace bed in 2014 so she wanted to give something back. The event at the pub on Crankhall Lane starts...
The Clinigen Group based in Burton-on-Trent has kindly donated £1000 to Cannock based charity Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. The funds were raised at the company’s annual golf day where every year a certain amount is put aside to be donated to a...
When Samuel Wheatley-Hunt was six weeks old, an MRI scan revealed that the left front lobe of his brain was underdeveloped. This means the six-year-old can’t walk or even stand, which could affect his health. A standing frame could help change his life. A specialist...
On 22 July personal trainer Steve Mead from Sweat gym in Walsall will be taking on a mammoth challenge, consisting of 1000 wall ball shots with a 9kg ball, to raise vital funds for Newlife. Sweat gym have also teamed up with Future Elite Body Builders Club to hold...
Join in the fun at the Newlife Chasewater 10k and your fundraising will help local disabled and terminally ill children receive the vital equipment they need to save and change lives. Joe Westwood, Visual Merchandiser at the Newlife SuperStore in Hemlock Way, Cannock,...
Waitrose in Worcester donated £501 through its Community Matters scheme to Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children. Every month the branch donates £1,000 between three local good causes and recently Newlife was one of the three chosen. At the checkout, customers...
Well done to the 11 super supporters from across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Staffordshire for jumping out of a plane at 10,000 feet at Tilstock Airfield in Shropshire and raising over £7k for Newlife. Regional Fundraising & Awareness Manager at Newlife,...
Waitrose in Wolverhampton donated £421 through its Community Matters scheme to Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children. Every month the branch donates £1,000 between three local good causes and recently Newlife was one of the three chosen. At the checkout, customers...
Fabulous fundraiser Estelle Middleton, from Burntwood, raised over £100 for Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children after taking part in the Great Midlands Fun Run in Sutton Coldfield. All money raised will go towards providing vital equipment that will help support...
Local MP Aidan Burley and Paralympian Sinclair Thomas got competitors under starter’s orders for the Newlife Santa Dash around Cannock on Saturday (15 December). Sixty-one entrants dressed in Santa suits tackled the one-mile course from Chase Leisure Centre to the...
If you love to run, why not follow your passion through the beautiful countryside over Chasewater and help local disabled and terminally children at the same time? The Newlife Chasewater 10k is being held on Sunday, July 16, and begins at 10.30am with runners taking...
Fantastic volunteers from Vodafone, based in the West Midlands, visited the Newlife Opportunity Centre to donate their time for the day. The team spent the day de-labelling items to be sold in Newlife stores and hold various fundraising events to raise vital funds to...
A gala ball at Wolverhampton Racecourse (Saturday 20 May) has raised over £18,500 – to be divided between Cannock-based Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children and Kid’s Intensive Care and Decision Support at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The event was organised...
Staff at Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children and corporate supporters Durapipe UK have been bouncing, boinging and flipping their way to helping children with disabilities and terminal illness – by taking part in The Inflatable 5k Obstacle Run at Wolverhampton...
The family of a Stafford five-year-old who has Downs Syndrome are finding it much easier to go out and about now they have a specialist car seat which helps with transfers in and out of the vehicle and also keeps him safe and supported – all thanks to fabulous...
Sixteen-year-old Isaac Hall is in the advanced stages of the rare and debilitating condition Hunters Syndrome. His family need specialist equipment to help care for him at their home in Harvington, Worcestershire – and life has just been made a little bit easier with...
Eight-month-old Isaiah Gordon has a complex condition which makes travelling in the car to his many medical appointments very uncomfortable and distressing. But now the support of fabulous fundraisers in the county means he will soon be getting the specialist car seat...
Night-times were a nightmare for the family of five-year-old Iyla Rose Marsh, from Stourbridge in the West Midlands – until they got the temporary loan of specialist equipment from Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children. Now, thanks to fabulous fundraisers at...
Cannock-based Nova Training has raised £427 for Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children, to help provide specialist equipment for Staffordshire families. Nova runs study programme courses for school leavers aged 16 to 18 as an alternative to college, along with a...
Briggs Equipment employees Rose Langley and Angela Smith raised £406 at a car boot sale in Lichfield as part of their ongoing fundraising efforts for Newlife. The duo sold all sorts of items, including jewellery, books and cards provided by Newlife. Rose also ran the...
Seventeen-year-old Ravneek Singh Kaloti has a worsening condition that means he is increasingly unable to move about on his own. He uses a wheelchair to get around, but needs to be hoisted in and out of it for safety. At home the family has a ceiling track hoist to...
For five-year-old Andrew Cooper, who has Autism, life without a specialist buggy had become very restrictive as his mum couldn’t safely take him outside their home in the Olton area of Solihull. However, thanks to fabulous fundraisers at Central England Co-operative,...
Car journeys are a constant worry for Hayley, mum of four-year-old Charlie. Her son has global developmental delay and no awareness of danger – so he will free his arms from the safety straps of his car seat, putting himself at the risk. Charlie, who lives in...
A charity ball at Wolverhampton Racecourse next month (May) will be a bitter-sweet event for the organisers, as it is being held in memory of little Wilf Matthews who passed away in 2014 at the age of three. Wilf, from Highley in Shropshire, was born with a genetic...
Four-year-old Oliver Smith from Westway in Stafford is getting specialist support to keep him safe and comfortable during journeys to his many medical appointments – thanks to fabulous fundraisers at Central England Co-operative. Oliver has Cerebral Palsy which...
Central England Co-operative Funeralcare has raised £771 with a Bollywood extravaganza for Newlife. The event in Digbeth, Birmingham, included traditional Asian cuisine, a Bhangra DJ and henna art. Kiran Bhogal, Senior Funeral Director at Central England Co-operative...
A glittering spring ball with a 1950s theme will be livening up Kidderminster Town Hall later this month – with all profits supporting disabled and terminally ill children in Worcestershire. The event – from 7pm to midnight on Saturday 22 April – is...
Fabulous fundraisers have ensured a terminally ill ten-year-old will have the specialist seating she needs to use the vertical lift in her Harborne home, so she can easily access her own bedroom. A recent appeal for funds in the Sunday Mercury for Shania Street to...
A lightweight wheelchair has really boosted the confidence of six-year-old Neve Cain Wesson from Telford – and has opened up a world of new experiences for her. Neve was born at just 23 weeks of pregnancy and as a result has Diplegic Cerebral Palsy which affects...
Four Central England Co-operative colleagues are swapping their work boots for running shoes as they get set to take on a mammoth and muddy challenge to raise money for Newlife. Josh Shaw, Jack Bevan, Jamie Joyce and Dan Goodby, who all work at the Brandhall...
Five-year-old Issac Crosdale finds everyday life very stressful. His sensory processing disorder results in him freezing and curling up into a ball whenever he finds himself in unfamiliar surroundings, which makes it difficult for his family to take him out. Issac,...
Cannock-based Briggs Equipment is partnering with Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children for 2017, to help transform young lives. Newlife – which has its headquarters in Hemlock Way, Cannock – is the UK’s largest charity provider of specialist...
Cannock based Briggs Equipment has pledged to match fundraising from one of its employees who is set to take part in six races in six months – clocking up almost 60 kilometres – as she raises money for Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children. Rose...
Staff at OGL Computer, based in Stourport-on-Severn, held their first fundraising event of the year – a Sparkle Party jewellery sale – for the company’s chosen charity, Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children. The Sparkle Party is part of OGL...
Waitrose Four Oaks in Sutton Coldfield donated £560 through its Community Matters scheme to Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children. Every month the branch at Highgate Centre donates £1,000 between three local good causes and recently Newlife was one of the three...
Newlife The Charity for Disabled Children is looking to nurture local talent by offering a number of new apprenticeships at their head office site in Cannock. As the tenth National Apprenticeship Week comes to a close, Newlife – which is the UK’s largest...
Thirteen-year-old Antarjot Matharu will soon be sleeping comfortably thanks to the donation of an essential bed from Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children, working in partnership with Marks and Spencer. Antarjot, from Smethwick in Sandwell, has a complex condition...
A three-hour charity spin challenge involving 30 members of staff from Cannock-based Briggs Equipment has raised more than £640 to help disabled and terminally ill children. The high-performance challenge, at The Village Hotel Leisure Club in Walsall (Friday 24...
A Chelmsley Wood five-year-old who has Autism is now safe and calm when he goes outside, thanks to a specialist buggy. This means is family can now enjoy more fun together as his mum is no longer restricted to where she can take him and his siblings. Due to his autism...
John Lewis in Tamworth have donated £1,100 through its Community Matters scheme to Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children. Every three months, the store donate £3,000 between three local good causes and recently Newlife was one of the three chosen. When customers...
Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children held an award ceremony on Thursday (February 9) – in celebration of the volunteers who have supported Newlife over the years. Guests enjoyed a three course meal along with a presentation of the charity’s 25th...
Nine-year-old Grace Riddell will soon be sleeping in safety thanks to the donation of a specialist bed from Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children working in partnership with Marks and Spencer. Grace, from Castle Vale in Birmingham, has a complex condition...
To celebrate Newlife’s 25th anniversary, the team at the River Island store in Hanley have raised £413.09 for Newlife after holding a raffle in store. Many River Island stores across the country are organising various fundraising activities to celebrate River...
Durapipe UK is helping to transform the lives of disabled and terminally ill children in Staffordshire. The leading manufacturer of high performance thermoplastic pipework systems, which has its UK headquarters in Cannock where it has been established for more than 45...
The UK’s largest charity provider of specialist equipment for children with disabilities and terminal illness – which is based in Cannock – has kicked off the New Year with a new name. Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children and its supporting...
When you are asked to pay five pence for a carrier bag in a store have you ever wondered what happens to the money? Well, in the case of River Island outlets – like the one in Dudley High Street – all profits from sales of carrier bags are donated to...
If 11-year-old Charlotte Griffin is blue-lighted into hospital this Christmas, her parents will at least have peace of mind that she has a specialist sleeping environment to keep her safe on the ward. Charlotte, from Sutton Coldfield, has a complex condition including...
A New Year gift of a specialist car seat will keep three-year-old Leon Thompson, from Codsall near Wolverhampton, safe and comfortable during trips out with his family. (Delivery will be just a couple of days after his fourth birthday on January 3, 2017) Leon has...
Five-year-old Elissa Rossor will soon be getting her ‘big girl’ bed. This is particularly uplifting for her mum Shylah, because for the past eight months Elissa has been sleeping in a specialist bed for her own safety. Elissa, from Kidderminster, has Autistic...
An early Christmas present in the form of a specialist car seat has arrived for a Shropshire five-year-old with a form of Cerebral Palsy, thanks to kind hearted readers of the Shropshire Star. Now Logan can travel without pain and he and his family can enjoy some...
Thanks to volunteers from the 2nd Warwick Sea Scouts and Sainsbury’s in Coten End for raising £325.72 from a collection for Newlife Foundation. All money raised will go towards helping children with disabilities or terminal illness in Warwickshire....
A Coventry eight-year-old who has complex needs, including severe autism which leads him to head bang up to 700 times in 24 hours, wears a helmet to protect him from injury during the day, but he needs a specialist bed to keep him safe at night. Franco Astolfi, from...
Four-year-old Evie Timmis, from Haughton near Stafford, will soon be getting the specialist car seat she needs so she can travel in safety in the family car. Evie has epilepsy and development delay; unable to walk, she uses a specialist buggy to get out and about. The...
Join the Newlife Reindeer Ramble for some festive family fun on Cannock Chase and help support local disabled children. Newlife’s own ‘Roddy the Reindeer’ – seen pictured here with seven-year-old Zach Dunning and charity fundraiser Becky Brooks...
Central England Co-operative colleagues and customers throughout the business are revitalising their fundraising efforts in a bid to hit the retailer’s charity target of £1.5million for Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Support is coming from all areas...
The Payroll team at Dee Set in Stoke-on-Trent have raised £94 for Newlife after holding a Halloween fancy dress event. Every penny raised will make a difference locally and will be spent on providing essential equipment, such as wheelchairs and communication aids, for...
A Newport five-year-old who has a form of Cerebral Palsy urgently needs a specialist car seat so he can travel in the family car without pain, which would allow him and his family the freedom to go about everyday life without restrictions. A car accident a few months...
Three-year-old Daisy Locke from Winchester was the ‘star of the evening’ when she and her parents joined the Secretary of State for Disabled people, Health and Work Penny Mordaunt at a House of Commons celebration to mark the 25th anniversary of Newlife...
Profits from sales of carrier bags at River Island stores throughout the UK are funding vital disability equipment for children. Through Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children, River Island is helping to provide specialist beds and car seats, hi-tech wheelchairs,...
Jerry from the Central England Co-operative did the Great Birmingham Run and raised £1,308 for Newlife Foundation through sponsorship and store collections. All money raised will go towards helping children with disabilities or terminal illness in the West Midlands....
Would you take the plunge to raise money to help local children with disabilities and terminal illness? Newlife Foundation – the UK’s leading charity funder of specialist equipment for children with disabilities and terminal illness – is looking for...
Join the Newlife Reindeer Ramble for some festive family fun on Cannock Chase and help support local disabled children. The Reindeer Ramble is a three kilometre route, setting off from the Marquis Drive visitor centre at 11am on Saturday 10 December. Everyone who...
A four-year-old from Trentham, in Stoke-on-Trent, who has weak and floppy muscles needs a specialist car seat so he is safe, supported and comfortable when he travels with his family, which will allow them to continue with everyday life. Judah Owen is a confident,...
Three-year-old Chael Edwards will soon be sleeping in safety thanks to the donation of a specialist bed from Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children, working in partnership with retail giant Marks and Spencer. Chael, from Kidderminster in Worcestershire, has a...
Newlife is delighted to announce its new partnership with Shoeaholics, which means that items destined for landfill will instead be used to help thousands of disabled and terminally ill children throughout the UK who are in desperate need of life-changing specialist...
Two rotary clubs, the Walsall Saddlers and Burton upon Trent Rotary Club, have donated £1,500 to Newlife after helping out at the Ironman Triathlon event. This kind donation will go towards providing equipment for children with disabilities or terminal illness in...
All students at the University of Birmingham can vote for Newlife to become one of Carnival RAG’s allocated charities. Each year, Carnival RAG members vote for four organisations to be its allocated charities for the year who will benefit from its fundraising...
Newlife is delighted to announce its new partnership with Shoeaholics, which means that items destined for landfill will instead be used to help thousands of disabled and terminally ill children throughout the UK who are in desperate need of life-changing specialist...
Four-year-old Jake Baker from Halesowen (B63 postcode district) has a genetic disorder combined with autism and uncontrolled epilepsy; he urgently needs a specialist comfy seat where he can sit in safety to recover from seizures and be fed through a tube in his...
To celebrate Sainsbury’s in Coten End, Warwick, choosing to support Newlife Foundation as its Charity of the Year, the store held a Sparkle Party sale. The sale raised £80 towards the store’s target of £5,000 to help children with disabilities or terminal...
Newlife were invited to hold a Sparkle Party sale at a Pamper Day, organised by the Caroline Parkinson Memorial Fund & Sally Painting Memorial Fund. The event raised £115 towards supplying specialist equipment for children with disabilities or terminal illness in...
The Xtreme Training Centre in Norton Canes, Cannock, raised £250 from a boxing event for Newlife. The money raised will go towards supplying specialist equipment for children with disabilities or terminal illness in Staffordshire. If you’re interested in...
Staff at AMES Group, from Blackheath, will be jumping out of a plane at 14,000 feet in the autumn to raise money towards helping children with disabilities or terminal illness in the West Midlands. You can support these adrenaline junkies by...
To celebrate Labels shopping outlet in Ross-on-Wye turning 25 in 2016, it’s chosen to hold a fundraising event over Bank Holiday weekend to support Newlife Foundation – which also turns 25 this year. The shopping outlet will be holding lots of fun...
We’ve placed a collection can at the Toys R Us store in Tamworth, Staffordshire. Any money raised will help children with disabilities or terminal illness and their families in Staffordshire. Grants can be made for a wide range of equipment, from wheelchairs to...
For many five-year-old boys going to school, making new friends and sleeping in a big-boy bed is the start of them experiencing their own independence – but for Viyan Shah, from Burton-on-Trent, this is not possible because he has a life-limiting condition. He...
Three-year-old Riley Allen from Branston, Burton on Trent, has no awareness of danger, and when the world around him becomes too stressful he will run off, putting himself at risk. With Riley having grown out of his standard pushchair and nothing larger available...
We’re looking for volunteers to help run a stall at Lichfield food Festival on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 August. All money raised will go towards helping children with disabilities or terminal illness in Staffordshire. If you would like to volunteer, please...
Full of giggles and smiles, two-year-old Megan ‘Meggie’ Ford from Kidderminster is a happy little girl with a bubbly personality, however a rare life-limiting condition means she isn’t able to sit or stand without specialist equipment. At the moment she...
Business students at Walsall College raised £300 for Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. All money raised will go towards helping children with disabilities or terminal illness in the West Midlands. If you’re interested in volunteering your time to help...
Six-year-old twins Tommy and Nathan Bulloch can undo their car seats and climb into the front of the car while their horrified mum is driving on the motorway, risking not only their own safety, but putting other drivers in peril too! The identical twins from the same...
Six-year-old Alexander McConville gets to spend more time at the heart of family life, now he has a specialist comfy chair to help meet his complex health needs. Alex, from Coleshill in Warwickshire, has Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy combined with chronic lung disease...
We’re looking for volunteers to help run a stall at Cannock Carnival from 9am – 3pm on Saturday 16 July. All money raised will go towards helping children with disabilities or terminal illness in Staffordshire. If you would like to volunteer, please...
Well done to Jamie Sault for jumping out of a plane at 10,000 feet at Tilstock Airfield in Shropshire and raising over £340 for Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. All money raised will go towards helping children with disabilities or terminal illness in...
A nine-year-old Atherstone boy who is only able to walk short distances is now enjoying the freedom to get out and about easily with his family, thanks to a special buggy provided by the UK’s leading children’s disability charity, Newlife Foundation....
Dancing is something 11-year-old Hannah Law from Stoke-on-Trent loves to do, but as her muscles are too weak to bear her own weight, she has been using a special walker to take classes for youngsters with special needs. Sadly, she has now outgrown this and it no...
The arrival of a special bed known as a SafeSpace and a Play Therapy Pod packed with therapeutic toys has transformed life for a Redditch six-year-old with Autism, who is now safe from harm during the night and has also been able to play properly for the first time....
Five-year-old Paige Garrington has a rare genetic condition called Tuberous Sclerosis which causes tumours; this is combined with severe epilepsy and a brain aneurysm. She wears a protective helmet during the day to help prevent potentially catastrophic head injuries...
Eight-year-old Evie Thompson, who has a rare childhood disease, will soon be getting a specialist standing frame to help manage her condition. The equipment is being provided by Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children, with funding support from fabulous fundraisers...
A simple piece of specialist equipment is making a big impact on the lives of ten-year-old George and his family in Eccleshall, Staffordshire. George has Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and sensory dysfunction. He has no awareness of...
Erdington 18-year-old Aaron Ebanks has a degenerative condition which means he needs to use a wheelchair to get around, but without a portable hoist he is still restricted in where he can go. Having this simple piece of equipment would be life changing, enabling him...
A simple piece of specialist equipment has helped transform the home life of six-year-old Libbi-Faith Dudley from Birmingham. Libbi has Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy, is fed through a tube in her stomach and needs oxygen when she is unwell. She was previously...
Congratulations to Jan Share for jumping out of a plane at over 10,000 feet at Tilstock Airfield and raising £700 for Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. All money raised will go towards helping children with disabilities or terminal illness in Staffordshire. If...
Like most five-year-old boys Bobby Allen from Worcester wants to join in games with his friends and try out different sports, but he isn’t able to walk on his own as his muscles are very weak. However, with a special standing frame he could spend time out of his...
Volunteers at Cannock’s Newlife at Home store are hoping more people will take a leaf out of their book . . . and donate unwanted literature lying around the home to help disabled and terminally ill children get the vital equipment they urgently need. Newlife...
When Isla Hufton’s parents were told she was terminally ill, they arranged a special trip to Disneyland Paris, so the 14-month-old and her three-year-old sister could enjoy being treated like fairy tale princesses and make happy memories to treasure forever....
Come and visit Newlife SuperStore in Cannock, where an energy advisor from Co-operative Energy will be in store to explain how switching to Co-operative Energy can save you money whilst helping children with disabilities or terminal illness. An advisor will be in...
Come and visit Newlife SuperStore in Cannock, where an energy advisor from Co-operative Energy will be in store to explain how switching to Co-operative Energy can save you money whilst helping children with disabilities or terminal illness. An advisor will be in...
Four-year-old Haniya Malik, from Ward End in Birmingham, is travelling in safety and comfort, thanks to Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children and fabulous fundraisers at touring show Circus Starr. Haniya has a complex condition including Spina Bifida and...
Mum Nadia Asif from Burslem is full of praise for our Newlife nurses. She contacted the Newlife Nurse Helpline when her son Ibrahim, aged five, needed a specialist car seat. Ibrahim has Autistic Spectrum Disorder and delayed development which can result in some...
Sleepovers with grandparents and breaks away with the family are something many children eagerly look forward to. But this hasn’t been possible for eight-year-old Ryan Boyne, from Wednesbury, because his disability means he has to be hoisted in and out of his...
Come and show your support when two teams from Newlife will battle it out for a charity football match at 1pm on 8 May at Burntwood Rugby Club in Cannock. Staff from Newlife will be made up of two teams; Hemlock and Bridgtown. There will also be various stalls on the...
Volunteer Liz from Staffordshire raised £317 after holding a Sparkle Party sale to raise money for Newlife Foundation. All money raised will go towards helping children with disabilities or terminal illness in Staffordshire. Are you interested in holding a sparkle...
Like many six-year-olds, Jonathan-Kraig Atkins is an active child. But unlike many others his complex condition including ADHD, Global Developmental Delay and Dyspraxia means he struggles to sit still. Mum Mrs Amanda Atkins, from Fenton in Staffordshire, said:...
Kevin Bruerton and Richard Webster, from the Central England Cooperative, organised a Spring Ball in Wolverhampton and raised £2195 for their London Marathon fundraising in aid of Newlife Foundation. All money raised will go towards helping children with disabilities...
BP in Norton Canes has raised £311 from a collection for Newlife Foundation. All money raised will help children with disabilities or terminal illness and their families in Staffordshire. If you’re interested in volunteering your time to help raise money for...
We’re looking for volunteers to help with a collection at Hednesford FC at the Tamworth match from 2pm on Saturday 9th April. All money raised will go towards helping children with disabilities or terminal illness in Staffordshire. If you would like to volunteer...
Barclays in Birmingham raised £503 from a Sparkle Party sale to raise money for Newlife Foundation. All money raised will go towards helping children with disabilities or terminal illness in the West Midlands. Are you interested in holding a sparkle party? Click...
Waitrose Four Oaks in Sutton Coldfield donated £440 through its Community Matters scheme to Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Every month the branch at Highgate Centre donates £1,000 between three local good causes and recently Newlife was one of the three...
Specialist toys are helping mum Lorraine Griffin interact and play with her two young sons, both of whom are on the autistic spectrum. Three-year-old Benjamin Griffin and his four-year-old brother Samuel, from the Saltwells area of Dudley, play in their own little...
Cannock brothers Tom and Jack Kay are tickled to have the support of veteran comedian Ken Dodd as they step up their fundraising efforts ahead of next month’s London Marathon. Tom, 27, and Jack, 24, both work for Cannock-based Newlife Foundation for Disabled...
Thirteen-year-old Jack Felkin from Erdington, West Midlands, needs your help to get specialist seating that will enable him to sit in comfort and spend more time with his family. Jack is a bubbly, happy young boy who has Cerebral Palsy and is unable to support his own...
A dedicated member of staff at Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is going the extra mile and taking part in the Wolf Run on 9 April. Chris Fielding, along with a pack of three other wolves, will be competing in the 10K obstacle race in Warwickshire to help...
A pub in Stone pulled out all the stops to raise an amazing £1,748 to help children with disabilities and terminal illness in Staffordshire. The Swan Inn’s annual charity buffet and auction will help at least one local child get the vital equipment they urgently...
Little Millie Emery is the latest in a long list of local children with disabilities to get the specialist equipment they need with the help of auctioneers Cuttlestones. The Penkridge and Wolverhampton based auction house supports Newlife Foundation for Disabled...
Fabulous fundraisers at Central England Co-operative have hit the £1million mark which, since 2012, has helped hundreds of children with disabilities and terminal illness across their trading area – including 18 in Warwickshire. In May 2012 Central England...
Fabulous fundraisers at Central England Co-operative have hit the £1million mark which, since 2012, has helped hundreds of children with disabilities and terminal illness across their trading area. In May 2012 Central England Co-operative colleagues chose Newlife...
Fabulous fundraisers at Central England Co-operative have hit the £1million mark which, since 2012, has helped hundreds of children with disabilities and terminal illness across their trading area. In May 2012 Central England Co-operative colleagues chose Newlife...
Mash Running is calling on families to take part in its 1K ‘Fun Run’ on Saturday, May 7, on Cannock Chase. All proceeds generated from the fun run will be donated to Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children – the UK’s largest charitable provider of...
Four-year-old Haniya Malik, from Ward End in Birmingham, will soon be travelling in safety and comfort, thanks to fabulous fundraisers and the support of two leading UK charities. Haniya has Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Chiari Type II and Dysplasic Corpus Callosum....
Little Cameron Cuddihy from Yardley will sleep safe and sound now, despite the 40 seizures a day he can have, thanks to the emergency loan of a specialist bed from Newlife Foundation. A rare form of Epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome means five-year-old Cameron has a...
Bargain hunters are invited to come along and bid on some amazing items in the Silent Auction Event at Newlife Market Place from 10am until 4pm on Saturday 12 March. There will be a variety of high quality branded items, including bags, sunglasses, shoes, scarves and...
A special car seat has made a big difference to an Ipstones one-year-old and his family as he can now travel in safety and comfort. Journeys in his standard car seat would often make one-year-old Zach Otter cry as it didn’t give him the level of support he...
For nine-year-old Brandon Punshon a peaceful night’s sleep is something that dreams are made of. He was recently provided with a special bed by Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children, in the hopes that this would help him get a good night’s rest, but...
Erdington seven-year-old Bethany Danbury is now able to sit in comfort and safety enjoying quality time with her family – thanks to ‘fabulous local fundraisers’. Bethany has a rare brain disorder which has left her with no means to communicate her wants or...
Mackenzie Fox-Byrne, centre, joins Newlife fundraisers to meet some of the cast of Circus Starr’s latest show – Pinocchio Joins The Circus – in Telford last night (January 20). Mackenzie, who is 11 years old and lives in Market Drayton, is just one...
When Circus Starr rolls into Brierley Hill on Tuesday 19 January (2016), young Ayana Salmon will be at the head of the queue with her family to meet some of the acts. Ayana, who is three years old and lives in Bushbury, Wolverhampton, is just one of thousands of...
When Circus Starr rolls into Telford on Wednesday 20 January (2016), young Mackenzie Fox-Byrne will be at the head of the queue with his family to meet some of the acts. Mackenzie, who is 11 years old and lives in Market Drayton, is just one of thousands of disabled...
Being able to keep your child safe is one of the most important things in the world to a parent – we teach them to look both ways when they are crossing the road and never to talk to strangers – then we tuck them into bed at night and mostly we think that...
Three-year-old Harry Marklew is getting the specialist equipment he needs to sleep safely, thanks to fabulous fundraisers at Central England Co-operative. Harry, from Kings Heath in Birmingham, has a genetic disorder that causes developmental delay and autistic...
Twin brothers from Telford, Shropshire, can look forward to a fun filled Christmas thanks to the loan of an Interactive Play Therapy Pod from Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Nine-year-old Robbie and Fraser Ludlow-Smith enjoyed the toys so much that mum...
Little Hazel Stockill was the dashing star turn at a fundraising event in Cannock. Hazel, who is aged three and has a rare chromosome disorder, took part in the sixth Newlife Santa Dash in Cannock town centre earlier this month (December 12). Yet again, Bank Bar and...
Three-month-old Alex Ellis is being discharged from hospital just in time for Christmas, thanks to provision of a specialist bed by locally-based national charity Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Newlife is the UK’s largest charity provider of...
A life-limited Burton-on-Trent two-year-old will receive an extra special Christmas present after a national children’s disability charity helped his parents discover exactly what he responds to – just in time to tell Santa. Little Harry Annable from...
Little Millie Emery is the latest in a long list of local children with disabilities to get the specialist equipment they need with the help of auctioneers Cuttlestones. The Penkridge and Wolverhampton based auction house supports Newlife Foundation for Disabled...
The Worcestershire Freemasons kindly donated £2,000 to Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children from its Masonic Ladies Night Dinner Dance, which also included a raffle and sparkle party. The £2,000 donation will go towards helping children with disabilities or...
Settling down to watch your favourite film is one of life’s simple pleasures – little Theo Oakley loves nothing more. But rather than relaxing in a comfortable chair, the six-year-old from Southampton, has to sit in his wheelchair – it’s the...
Any parent wants to keep their child safe, but how do you protect your child from themselves?! When 17-year-old Andrew Dicken started self-harming he wasn’t able to tell his parents why – so they made the difficult decision to move Andrew into 24 hour...
Holiday Inn Express in Tamworth has raised £78 from a collection for Newlife Foundation. All money raised will help children with disabilities or terminal illness and their families in Staffordshire. If you’re interested in volunteering your time to help raise...
We’d like to thank volunteers Diane Rochelle and Trist Meacham for holding a collection at Wyevale Garden Centre in Shenstone to help raise funds for children with disabilities or terminal illness and their families in Staffordshire. We’re looking for...
A simple trip to the shops has been a real struggle for five-year-old Maddie Barrow and her mum. But a new special buggy means that Maddie and her mum can enjoy spending quality mother daughter time together. Maddie, from Cannock in Staffordshire, has a rare brain...
Ash End House Children’s Farm in Middleton, near Tamworth, has raised £168 from a collection for Newlife Foundation. All money raised will help children with disabilities or terminal illness and their families in Staffordshire. If you’re interested in...
The Hollybush Garden Centre on Warstone Road in Shareshill is supporting Newlife over the festive period with bucket collections. All money raised will help children with disabilities or terminal illness and their families in the West Midlands. If you’re...
Six-year-old Samuel will be able to sleep in safety – thanks to provision of a simple piece of specialist disability equipment funded by fabulous local fundraisers at Central England Co-operative. Samuel, from Stourbridge, has Autism, ADHD and learning...
Being able to take your child out in safety is something that many of us would consider our right, but for Harrison Brown’s family this right is slipping further and further away. All they need is a simple piece of equipment – a specialist car seat –...
A leading disability charity has helped a Staffordshire toddler find comfort at home, by providing her with an innovative seat called a P-Pod. Two-year-old Holly Shaw has developmental delay, problems with her hearing and Epilepsy as well as low muscle tone –...
A simple piece of specialist equipment means nine-year-old Anya Bhatti has somewhere to sit at home where she can be safe and that helps reduce the risk of choking. Anya, from Stetchford, has a degenerative condition that affects her mobility. In addition she has a...
You may have dreamed of ‘beating The Banker’ on TV game show Deal Or No Deal – but this is your opportunity to ‘Beat The Bank’. More specifically, to beat Bank Bar and Lounge owner Alastair Payne in this year’s Newlife Santa Dash. Alastair has...
Two dedicated members of staff at Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children decided to go that extra mile when they took part in the Morrison’s Great Birmingham Run at the weekend. Chris Fielding, the Deputy Community Fundraising Manager at Newlife Foundation,...
Five-year-old Evie-Anne Peel from Meriden joined her family and hundreds of other guests under the Big Top at Circus Starr in Nuneaton last week (October 9). Mum Michelle Peel said: “Evie-Anne was a little poorly, but we all had a fab night at the circus; they...
At the end of the school day and after many hours in his wheelchair, 13-year-old Haydon Lloyd can now looking forward to stretching out in comfort at home – thanks to provision of a specialist chair. Haydon, from Silverdale in Newcastle under Lyme, has Cerebral...
Do you want to give something back to your local community? Then we are looking for you! Newlife Foundation, the UK’s largest charity funder of specialist equipment for children with disabilities and terminal illness, is searching for six volunteers to help with...
Young Riley Pugh enjoyed all the fun of the circus in Wolverhampton last night (Wednesday) – with his face painted as Spiderman! Riley, who is almost seven and lives in Coseley, was invited along to Circus Starr with his mum Jayne Pugh and brother Taylor to...
Waitrose Four Oaks in Sutton Coldfield donated £293 through its Community Matters scheme to Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Every month the branch at Highgate Centre donates £1,000 between three local good causes and recently Newlife was one of the three...
The Thomas family from Morda near Oswestry enjoyed a great night out at the circus earlier this week, thanks to Newlife working in partnership with Circus Starr. The show, which was in Shrewsbury on Monday, showcases world-class circus acts in a relaxed Big Top...
A trio of fabulous fundraisers will be raising money for Newlife and getting into the festive spirit in the process at the Cannock Christmas light switch on, held on Friday, November 13. Kathryn Davis, Debbie Woodcock and Sue Clark, who all work for the Pendeford...
Newlife Fundraiser Keleigh Tomlinson visited Wyevale Garden Centre in Stratford-upon-Avon to hold a collection and increase awareness of Newlife. The garden centre on Black Hill are working alongside Keleigh to make more people aware of how Newlife can help children...
The Castle Hotel in Tamworth is celebrating choosing Newlife as their Charity of the Year by holding a clothes sale to raise money for children with disabilities or terminal illness in the West Midlands. You can grab some fantastic bargains on Ladieswear, Menswear,...
Massive thank you to Starbucks across the Midlands for placing collection cans in 17 of their stores in aid of Newlife. They are also planning on holding other fun events to raise money, such as guess the name of the teddy. All money raised will help children with...
Waitrose in Lichfield donated £470 through its Community Matters scheme to Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Every month the branch at Darwin Park donates £1,000 between three local good causes and in June one of the three was Newlife. At the checkout,...
A seven-year-old Erdington girl needs your help so she can enjoy sitting in comfort and safety with the rest of her family. A rare brain disorder has left Bethany Danbury with no means to communicate apart from her family understanding her cries. She has limited head...
When Circus Starr rolls into Wolverhampton on Wednesday October 7, young Riley Pugh will be at the head of the queue with his family to meet some of the acts. Riley, who is almost seven and lives in Coseley, is just one of thousands of disabled children around the UK...
When Circus Starr rolls into Nuneaton on Friday October 9, little Evie-Anne Peel will be at the head of the queue with her family to meet some of the acts. Five-year-old Evie-Anne, from Meriden, is just one of thousands of disabled children around the UK who will get...
When Circus Starr rolls into Shrewsbury on Monday October 5, little William Thomas will be at the head of the queue with his family to meet some of the acts. Four-year-old William, from Morda near Oswestry, is just one of thousands of disabled children around the UK...
A six-year-old Cannock boy is now able to get to vital appointments as well as being able to go to school and attend fun family activities away from home, all thanks to a new specialist buggy. On average Charlie Squire has 13 seizures a day, several times each week,...
THREE LADIES used to the more tranquil setting of Frank Innes Property Sales and Lettings in Uttoxeter decided to spice up their weekend by jumping out of a plane at 10,000 feet speeding through the air at up to 120 mph. The “once in a lifetime” skydive...
Five-year-old Libbi-Faith Dudley from Birmingham now has an opportunity for more independence, thanks to the fabulous fundraisers at local Central England Co-operative stores. Libbi, who lives with her parents and 11-year-old brother Joe in Bartley Green, has...
Congratulations to the staff at the Newlife store in Market Drayton for winning the best dressed window competition as part of the town’s Medieval (Damson) Fayre on Saturday 5th September. The Market Drayton store, which decorated its window with medieval themed...
Your help is needed to give a seven-year-old Stoke boy the opportunity to sit independently in comfort and safety in his own home. William Mardling has a number of disorders that have caused development delays. He struggles to get around and is too large to be...
Charlie-Marie needs your help to enable her to use essential medical splints while also being able to integrate with her family and get around out of the house in safety. Eighteen-year-old Charlie-Marie French from Droitwich, has Cerebral Palsy as a result of being...
We’ve placed a collection can at the BP Station in Gailey to help raise money for children with disabilities or terminal illness and their families in Staffordshire. If you’re interested in volunteering your time to help raise money for Newlife...
Hair & Beauty salon Obsessions in Tamworth have raised £157 by holding a sparkle party to raise money for children with disabilities or terminal illness in Staffordshire. If you’re interested in volunteering your time to help raise money for Newlife...
Firefighter Steve Vincent took the plunge at Castle Vale swimming pool at the weekend (Saturday 25 July) to raise money to help a Birmingham boy get the specialist bed he needs so he can sleep in safety. Steve, an Area Commander based at West Midlands Fire Service...
A five-year-old boy from Kingswinford is now able to travel safely and attend important hospital appointments thanks to a new specialist car seat. Weighing just 2lb 5oz Luke Powers was born extremely prematurely at 26 weeks. He spent five months in hospital, had five...
We are looking for friendly and enthusiastic volunteers to help man our stall and sell our beautiful jewellery and crafts on Saturday 11th July from 9am-3pm in Cannock. The craft sale will be taking place at Cannock Shopping Centre, Market Hall Street, Cannock,...
A week of fun was had by all at the Cannock Chase High School CHASEFEST culminating in Chase Rocks out on the school field on a day where staff and pupils raised £401 for specialist equipment for children with disabilities in Staffordshire. “CHASEFEST is a...
A Walsall mum who had to keep watch over her five-year-old son so he would be safe at night is finally able to go back to her own bedroom after Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children provided the special equipment her son so desperately needed. Night-time had turned...
Toys R Us in Tamworth have raised £183 so far through collection cans to help children with disabilities or terminal illness in Staffordshire. Toys R Us Store manager, Julie Nwosu said: “We would like to take this opportunity to thank Newlife for their...
Tamworth Santander held a Sparkle Party Sale at the Castle Hotel to raise money for Newlife Foundation. This sparkle party is part of the ongoing fundraising efforts from Tamworth Santander. So far, it’s raised a total of over £5,000 and with £3,500 of match...
Six cyclists from a Gailey garden centre successfully completed a 105-mile ride to Milton Keynes celebrating a significant company anniversary and raising money for children with disabilities. Dobbies who serve 18 million people across 35 UK stores each year are...
Colleagues at 17 Central England Co-operative stores across Birmingham have been ‘taking steps’ to help raise £1million to support children with disabilities and terminal illness. Central England Co-operative is supporting Cannock-based charity Newlife...
A local charity for children with disabilities has been chosen by Waitrose in Lichfield as one of three charities to receive donations from the store as part of the supermarkets Community Matters scheme. Every month the branch at Darwin Park donates £1000 between...
“Battling for equipment and support is something many families of children with disabilities or terminal illness know all too well” – Stephen Morgan, Newlife Foundation Main Head of Operations. Families with children who have disabilities or terminal...
A group of employees at Frank Innes Estate Agents in Uttoxeter are holding various fundraising events, including cake sales, to help raise money for their tandem skydive in aid of Newlife. The team of daredevils; Emma Watkinson, Gemma French and Emma Roden, will be...
Tamworth Lions have kindly given Newlife a cheque for £75 to be spent on specialist equipment for children with disabilities or terminal illness and their families in Staffordshire. Midlands Regional Fundraising and Awareness Manager, Keleigh Tomlinson, said:...
As part of his fundraising for the London Marathon, Jonathan Green from Fallings Park, Wolverhampton, sold a space on his buttock to be tattooed. The winning bidder Dave Anson, who inspired Jon to run, bought the space for £200 and his name was tattooed on...
Taking a family holiday is the highlight of the year for many – but for Helen and David Hogan from Birmingham it hasn’t been possible, as their middle child, Henry, has severe autism and needs a specialist travel bed to stay safe through the night. Because...
Newlife Fundraiser Keleigh Tomlinson visited Dobbies Garden Centre in Gailey to hold a collection and increase awareness of Newlife. The garden centre on Watling Street is working alongside Keleigh to make more people aware of how Newlife can help children with...
We’d like to thank Newlife volunteers who helped organisers of the Morrisons Great Birmingham 10k. They volunteered their time to ensure runners and spectators got to the start and viewing points safely. If you are interested in volunteering to support Newlife...
A WOLVERHAMPTON man who ran the London Marathon to raise money for children with disabilities revealed he has sold the space on his buttocks for a permanent tattoo to boost charity funds. Jonathan Green was 21 stone and decided to do something about it and was...
Newlife supporter Rachel, from Coventry, has handmade some knitted animals to be sold in aid of Newlife Foundation. These knitted animals, along with other knitted items from our supporters, will be sold at various fundraising events and craft fairs throughout the...
We’ve placed a collection can at Toby Carvery, Shawbirch Cross Roads, Telford, TF1 3QA. Any money raised will help UK children with disabilities or terminal illness and their families in Shropshire. If you’re interested in volunteering your time to help...
Have you ever dreamed of taking a bird’s eye view from almost two miles in the air before watching the landscape unfold from a viewpoint previously unavailable? The Newlife Skydive at Tilstock Airfield, near Whitchurch takes place on September 12, 2015. Not only...
Newlife volunteers are holding a beach-themed Mid-Summer Madness disco, in aid of Newlife Foundation. All are welcome to attend and beachwear fancy dress, such as grass skirts and Hawaiian shirts, is optional. Venue: Burntwood Rugby Club, The Sportsway, Northshore,...
Entry one students at the City of Wolverhampton College will be exhibiting their work at Bilston Craft Gallery from the 25th April until the 23rd May 2015, in aid of Newlife Foundation. Their art work involves abstract images in the colours purple and teal,...
Four-year-old Codi Wild, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, has a complex condition that includes Hydrocephalus, with a shunt in situ, visual impairment and learning disabilities. Combined with the fact that he is already four feet tall and weighs five stone, he needs care...
When Birmingham mum Denise Egerton desperately needed a specialist bed to keep her young daughter safe at night, Cannock-based UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation stepped in to help. Laura, aged eight and from East Birmingham, has a complex...
Some people just love dressing up. But for staff at the busy BP service station at Norton Canes services who donned tutus and bunny ears – it was all in a good cause. The team collected a total of £329 from generous customers on what turned out to be a busy...
Children with disabilities or terminal illness in Staffordshire will benefit from the generosity of colleagues at Tamworth’s John Lewis store. Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children, based in Cannock, was one of three charities to gain from John Lewis’...
Parents of a three-year-old Rugeley girl with Autism, Anxiety, Sensory Processing Disorder and behavioural issues were at a loss trying to get a desperately needed specialist car seat. Statutory funding was not available, so the family turned to Cannock-based Newlife...
Fundraiser Ellie Deffley raised £450 in aid of Newlife Foundation by holding a sparkle party for Mothers Day at the Kents Moat Co-operative in Birmingham. The event was held at the Birmingham store to raise money to continue our vital services to children with...
It is not always a case of going, going, gone at Cuttlestones – the big hearted auctioneers just cannot stop giving to local children with disabilities and terminal illness. Since April 1, 2014, Cuttlestones’ Penkridge and Wolverhampton auction houses have...
The family of Newcastle-under-Lyme boy William Kirk-Bradshaw are backing the launch of an appeal to provide specialist equipment for children with disabilities in Staffordshire. William’s mum is so pleased with the car seat that gets him to and from school in...
The family of Birmingham teen Jack Byrne are encouraging local people to support a newly launched fund to provide specialist equipment for children with disabilities and terminal illness in the West Midlands. Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children has already helped...
Keep a look out for our Newlife volunteers with their collection cans at Tamworth FC during the local derby with Hednesford FC on Saturday 21st March. Our volunteers will be manning the collection during the afternoon to help raise money to continue our vital services...
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children has been chosen as the official charity partner for the 2015 Chase Challenge in June. The 10k event – on Saturday 6 June – is organised by Mash Running and more information is available by going...
Newlife Services Manager Carrick Brown took part in a debate about waiting times for condition diagnoses on the BBC Radio WM breakfast show on Wednesday 18 February. The programme highlighted a recent report by Dr Karen Horridge, chair of the British Academy of...
March is Memory Month at Burton-on-Trent based solicitors Else. The firm is offering reduced-priced will-making services and asking clients to make a donation to Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. During Memory Month, clients taking up the will-making service...
A panto performance of Puss In Boots at the Old Rep Theatre in Birmingham is bringing extra joy to the family of a four-year-old girl in Sutton Coldfield. Fabulous fundraisers at Central England Co-operative’s Repertory Company raised £371 with a special...
A Warwickshire teenager has the independence he needs for his future, thanks to a specialist piece of equipment from a leading UK children’s disability charity. George Bastow, aged 17, from Atherstone, has been given a riser by Newlife Foundation, which is to be...
Carrick Brown, services manager for Newlife’s equipment loan services, is showing his commitment to the cause by running the London Marathon on Sunday, April 26, to raise money for the charity which helps disabled, terminally ill and life-limited children across...
Thirty-year-old Sarah Brookes is taking a leap of faith – to raise vital funds to help disabled and terminally ill children. Sarah’s own son Harley – aged ten, and one of twins – has heart and lung conditions so she knows the difficulties that...
Cheeky fundraiser Jonathan Green is selling permanent advertising space on his buttock to the highest bidder – all to help disabled and terminally ill children. Jonathan, aged 35 and from Fallings Park in Wolverhampton, is in training for this year’s...
Local people are being asked to give two hours of their time and use their hands to help a Cannock-based charity meet the growing needs of disabled and terminally ill children. Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children creates income by managing fashions and other...
Take the lead in a sponsored dog walk to raise vital funds for disabled and terminally ill children in Staffordshire. Cannock-based national children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation is organising Walkies In The Woods over Cannock Chase on Sunday 22...
New Year, new challenge for award-winning law firm Else Solicitors which will be supporting disabled and terminally ill children in the Midlands throughout 2015. The Birmingham and Burton-on-Trent based firm – which was crowned Leading Advisor at the 2014...
A hair-raising ‘Pounds for Ponytails’ event at the Central England Co-operative convenience store in Marsh Hill, Erdington, on Saturday (December 13) has raised more than £300 to help disabled children in the West Midlands. Duty manager Marie Brant, her...
Cannock strength and conditioning coaches Craig Owen, Conor Murphy and Jon Aldridge will be getting runners for the Newlife Santa Dash warmed up and ready for their festive frolic through the town centre on Saturday 13 December. Craig, Conor and Jon, co-owner of...
The Newlife Opportunity Centre has relocated and opened its doors for the first time this week, to the acclaim of volunteers of all backgrounds, abilities and ages. The centre has moved from the original main site in Hemlock Way to live within the brand new Newlife...
A meeting of Burton Professional Network this week (Wednesday 26 November, 12pm-2pm) will be supporting Newlife in our work with families of disabled and terminally ill children. The event – at The Waterfront, Burton Marina – is being hosted by Else Solicitors LLP,...
Listeners to Cannock’s new radio station will be able to keep up with all the Newlife Santa Dash news on Saturday 13 December. Cannock Radio – which was officially launched on Saturday 15 November – will be hosting the morning’s lead-up to the annual event in the town...
The simple donation of a pack of batteries will help power-up play opportunities for disabled and terminally ill children. Local people, clubs and businesses are being called on to donate batteries to leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation, to...
More than 70 fabulous fundraisers lined up for Newlife Foundation at the Great Birmingham Run on Sunday (October 19) – and between them have raised more than £5,000 to support disabled and terminally ill children. Among the 70 Newlife runners were the event’s oldest...
Out of work or thinking about a change of career? Then get along to a Jobs Fair at the Newlife SuperStore in Hemlock Way, Cannock, on Saturday 25 October. Members of the Newlife Personnel Management Team will be on hand from 10am to 1pm to talk about full and...
Newlife is set to open its third store in Cannock, bringing up to 20 new jobs to the town. Newlife Market Place will open in Hemlock Way in early November and be the trading company’s clearance store, with bags of bargains for canny shoppers. Newlife Market Place is...
The fifth annual Newlife Santa Dash will be spreading pre-Christmas cheer through Cannock town centre on Saturday 13 December. You can be part of the festive fun and walk or jog the one-mile route from Chase Leisure Centre to the Bank Bar and Lounge. It’s £5 to enter,...
A simple piece of specialist equipment will help keep three-year-old James Smith from Uttoxeter safe and comfortable. James has Downs Syndrome with associated heart defects and learning disabilities in conjunction with a genetic disorder affecting the breakdown of...
Do you know someone in Birmingham and the Black Country with a disabled child who struggles to get the specialist equipment support they need? If so, a new community outreach project could provide a helping hand and make a real difference to their everyday lives....
When Dan Deans took part in a tandem parachute jump to raise money for Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children, he decided to take the plunge in more ways than one and propose to his girlfriend when he landed safely back on solid ground. For Dan, who lives in...
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 Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy. This means he has limited mobility and needs to...
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 Nuneaton mum Claire Bailey can get one-year-old Kian – and all his...
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 for Newlife or are related to employees, took part in the event at...
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 October – is in aid of Midlands-based children’s disability charity Newlife...
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 equipment for children in Birmingham. The Elvis Experience will ‘Rip It Up’ on Saturday 27...
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 two years, Central England Co-operative colleagues and customers...
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 children. Gordon, from Walsall, is a former milkman and postman so is...
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; the youngest – Stacie, aged six – has just received a new lightweight...
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 experiences panic attacks during which he undoes his and his siblings’...
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 ‘sell their soles’ to help Newlife Foundation support disabled and terminally...
Friends of devoted dad Charisma Agbonlahor are rallying to his fundraising call – by joining him in the Great Birmingham Run to raise money for the charity which is supporting his disabled daughter. Half a dozen friends will be joining him on Sunday 19 October for the...
A 13-year-old girl with Cerebral Palsy has been given a new lease of life thanks to a portable hoist. Jodie Martinez, who lives in Coventry, was diagnosed with Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy after contracting meningitis at just three-weeks-old. The youngster also has...
Volunteers are needed to help out at the Leamington Wolf Run at Welsh Road Farm in September. Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children – chosen as official charity partner by the event’s organisers – is recruiting car park marshals and volunteers to man the bag drop...
Fabulous fundraisers at The White Hart pub in Cannock have raised £366 to help provide a specialist buggy for a disabled child in Staffordshire. Stephanie Wood and Robert Campbell took over the Wolverhampton Road pub at the end of last year and were keen to work with...
A fabulous Flowers and Fashions fundraising event at Staffordshire stately home Sandon Hall has kick-started an appeal to provide specialist equipment for a disabled 11-year-old in the county. The event – ‘Follow Your Dream, A Tribute To Children’ – featured a...
Dad Charisma Agbonlahor, brother of Aston Villa striker Gabby, is taking on the 13.1-mile challenge of the Great Birmingham Run to raise money for the charity that is helping his daughter. Charisma, aged 29, will be joining thousands of runners for the event on Sunday...
Daredevils are being encouraged to take part in a charity parachute jump to raise funds for disabled and terminally ill children. Staff at Tilstock Airfield, in Tilstock, near Whitchurch, have teamed up with Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children to hold a sky dive...
When a 13-year-old Broadway girl’s health deteriorated rapidly – and she urgently needed a specialist wheelchair – her family turned to a Midlands charity for help. The equipment was delivered to their home just days later. Aliki Vlachos – a pupil at Vale of Evesham...
Take part in the Leamington Spa Wolf Run on Sunday 7 September and raise money to help children like local one-year-old Edward Jakes. Edward, who lives in Warwick, has Global Developmental Delay as a result of a rare chromosome abnormality and has recently been...
Take part in a sponsored abseil down the New Art Gallery in Walsall on Sunday 5 October and raise money to help local children and young people like British Paralympic hopeful Tully Kearney. Tully, who lives in Aldridge, has a progressive neurological condition that...
Take part in the Great Birmingham Run on Sunday 19 October and raise money to help children like local toddler Jayla Agbonlahor. Shortly after her first birthday, little Jayla – from Erdington in Birmingham – suddenly stopped breathing. She was in hospital for the...
Family holidays and sleepovers with grandparents are normal for many children. But for nine-year-old Zak Macefield these activities pose a constant safety risk. Zak, from Sedgley, is one of only 30 people in the UK to be diagnosed with Kabuki syndrome, a rare...
Employees from a popular convenience store put their work to one side to raise money for Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Staff from the head office of One Stop, in Brownhills, held an Easter fun day on April 17 to raise funds for the leading children’s...
A funding boost of £25,000 by Central England Co-operative means more disabled and terminally ill children with complex needs living in the Midlands can benefit from specialist sensory toys and developmental aids. The money has been raised by colleagues and customers...
Celebration, fun and laughter were on the menu when Cannock-based national charity Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children celebrated the amazing work of its volunteers, who have helped to transform the lives of thousands of disabled and terminally ill children....
Telford Lions Club has donated more than £1,200 to help the family of a disabled local girl. With its donation of £1,277, the club is helping to fund a specialist car seat for a four-year-old in Shrewsbury, through leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife...
A revolutionary harness which allows disabled children to walk goes on sale today, with Cannock-based charity Newlife Foundation already receiving its first application for the equipment. The ‘Upsee’ was created by mother Debby Elnatan to help her son Rotem, who...
Katie Battle used to work as part of a children’s disability team. So, when her daughter Elsie was born with sensory driven apnoea and requiring oxygen 24 hours a day, she knew where to turn for help. Katie, from Tile Cross in Birmingham, said: “I used to refer people...
Five-year-old Walsall boy Kenzy Jones is sleeping in safety, thanks to provision of specialist SafeSpace equipment by locally-based children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation. Parents Kyla and Kiy Jones said: “We would like to say a massive thank you for the...
A charity partnership between local auctioneers Cuttlestones and Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is set to help Bloxwich four-year-old Alex Oliver. Alex has Quadriplegic Dystonic Cerebral Palsy, which means she has very limited independent movement, and...
‘Walking With Angels’ is the title of an inspirational and hugely popular blog by Walsall mum Sara Meredith, who experienced the early death of her disabled daughter and now fosters children with severe special needs. Sara and husband Alan lost daughter Olivia in 2008...
Two Tamworth teenagers are getting specialist disability equipment which will help improve their health – thanks to the fabulous fundraising activities of Central England Co-operative colleagues in Staffordshire. Thirteen-year-old Luke Taylor and 14-year-old Matthew...
A fabulous fundraising evening at The Brunswick pub in Crankhall Lane, Wednesbury, last Friday (February 7) has raised more than £400 to help fund a specialist bed for a local disabled boy. The event – organised by the parents of Walsall five-year-old Kenzy Jones, who...
One of Worcester’s oldest established businesses is holding a fundraising day to help disabled and terminally ill children in the county. Knowles Sports (established in 1884), in Broad Street, will be donating a percentage of its takings on Saturday 8 March to Newlife...
Are you fanatical about films, sensational on sport, potty for pictures, hot on history or just a general knowledge know-it-all? Then why not take part in the Newlife Big Quiz – and help support local disabled and terminally ill children. The Newlife Big Quiz is being...
‘Walkies In The Woods’ will see man’s best friend helping to raise money for county-based national children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation. The sponsored dog walk – along trails of either three or six kilometres – takes place on Sunday 16 March, starting at...
Love is in the air as Newlife colleagues husband-and-wife Alex and Carrie John prepare to snuggle up in a ‘twosie’ to celebrate Valentine’s Day next month. Carrie John said: “This would be a great way for couples to cosy up together for a night in on the sofa on...
Wednesbury pub The Brunswick is supporting a local couple’s fundraising bid to help provide a specialist bed for their disabled son. Kyla and Kiy Jones are organising a fundraising evening of entertainment at the Crankhall Lane pub on Friday 7 February, with proceeds...
Cannock Shopping Centre is extending its charity partnership with Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children for a further year. In 2013, the shopping centre set out to raise £3,467 to fund a specialist bed for a local disabled child. To date they have raised £2,557 so...
A panto performance of Snow White at the Old Rep Theatre in Birmingham has brought New Year joy to the family of local disabled boy Jude Grainger-Southall. The performance – on Thursday 31 October – raised £581 for Staffordshire-based charity Newlife Foundation for...
Festive fancy dress fun at the BP Connect Norton Canes service station on the M6 toll road in the run up to Christmas has helped bring New Year joy to a Staffordshire family. Sixteen members of staff got into the festive spirit to fundraise for Cannock-based national...
Five-year-old Walsall boy Kenzy Jones needs a specialist bed for Christmas so he can sleep in safety. Kenzy – whose twin sister has no health issues – was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at the age of three; more recently he has experienced seizures and is...
Festive fancy dress fun at the BP Connect Norton Canes service station on the M6 toll road will help bring Christmas joy to disabled children in Staffordshire. Sixteen members of staff will be getting into the festive spirit to fundraise for Cannock-based national...
Droitwich teenager Harrison Morris has been given an early Christmas present – thanks in part to the fabulous fundraising efforts of Midlands Co-operative colleagues in Worcestershire. Harrison, aged 13, has the degenerative condition Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy which...
Dozens of charity supporters pulled on their Santa suits on Saturday 14 December to dash a mile around Cannock town centre – and raise vital funds to help disabled and terminally ill children. Getting into the Christmas spirit for the fourth annual Newlife Santa Dash...
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children took its car seats campaign to Parliament this week, for a meeting with Secretary of State for Transport the Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP. Leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation is lobbying for specialist...
Six-year-old Max Phillips from Nuneaton will be cutting a dash in his brand new wheelchair on Saturday (14 December) to raise vital funding for the charity helping him. Max has Spina Bifida, which means has limited mobility and relies on a wheelchair to get around....
The family of a disabled Worcester boy are going the extra mile to support the Midlands charity which is helping to provide them with a much needed specialist bed. William Blackshaw – who will be four in January – has an undiagnosed developmental condition which means...
It’s the final call to sign up for the Newlife Santa Dash through Cannock town centre on Saturday 14 December, to help raise vital funds for disabled children in the county. Organisers Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children have extended the closing date for entries...
The Foceac family from Rugeley in Staffordshire will now be able to take daughter Alisha out and about, thanks to county-based charity Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children providing a specialist pushchair. Alisha, aged four, has Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy which...
Cannock-based charity Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is appealing for volunteers to help with its Santa Dash on Saturday 14 December. ‘Santa’s helpers’ are needed to assist with registering participants – who will include Cannock Chase MP Aidan Burley –...
Midlands Co-operative Society chief executive Martyn Cheatle yesterday (Wednesday 6 November) celebrated his colleagues’ landmark fundraising figure of £300,000 to help disabled and terminally ill children. Mr Cheatle was joined by Mrs Sheila Brown, OBE, CEO of...
Cannock Chase MP Aidan Burley cut a dashing figure in his Santa hat this week (Monday 7 October) to launch a local festive fundraising challenge. The fourth annual Newlife Santa Dash returns to Cannock town centre on Saturday 14 December, with runners, joggers and...
Christine Billington, from Worcestershire, has been busy knitting a range of collectables which will be sold, along with other knitted items from our supporters, at various fundraising events and craft fairs throughout the year in aid of Newlife. Any money raised will...
Five-year-old Charlie Blunt is the 100th child to be provided with specialist equipment thanks to the charity partnership between Midlands Co-operative Society and Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Charlie, from Dosthill in Staffordshire, has Cerebellar...
Fifteen colleagues from the Midlands Co-operative headquarters in Lichfield will be taking part in the Great Birmingham Run on Sunday 20 October, to help support disabled and terminally ill children in their trading area. Leading the team will be Information Solutions...
Newlife Foundation Lead Nurse Karen Dobson will be discussing disability ‘hot topics’ during today’s Mother and Baby magazine Wednesday Lunch Club Facebook chat. Karen – who is a Registered General Nurse with experience in paediatrics, midwifery, neonatal baby care...
Twenty-two-year-old Stephen Turner, from Dudley, sacrificed his beloved shoulder-length locks on Saturday (September 21) to raise much needed funds to help local disabled and terminally ill children. Stephen is a customer services adviser at the Midlands Co-operative...
Nine-year-old Hannah Hadley is looking forward to more family days out in the Staffordshire countryside, thanks to the fundraising efforts of Midlands Co-operative Society colleagues in support of Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Hannah, who has a diagnosis...
A leading children’s disability charity has stepped in to help a Kidderminster family, providing a specialist portable hoist so mum Julia Markova can take her ten-year-old daughter Arina on holiday this summer. Arina, who is a pupil at Heronswood Primary School in...
Newlife SuperStore will be closed for re-stocking Monday 15th July and due to re-open around 1pm the same day. We will remain open until 10pm and normal hours will resume. Be sure to come by and take a look… Newlife at Home and Newlife Uttoxeter will be open as...
A junior Swimathon at Stafford Leisure Centre (Saturday 29 June) has raised more than £1,600 to help disabled and terminally ill children in the county. The event involved 33 children, aged six to eight (most of them from Years 1 to 3 at Berkswich Primary School). It...
Calling all runners in the Birmingham area! The 2013 Great Birmingham Run is taking place in the city on Sunday 20 October and Midlands-based children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation is looking for enthusiastic fundraisers who would like to take part. It is...
A junior Swimathon at Stafford Leisure Centre on Saturday 29 June is set to raise hundreds of pounds to help disabled and terminally ill children in the county. The event – which will involve 33 children, aged six to eight (most of them from Berkswich Primary School)...
Midlands disability rights campaigner Jane Raca visited the Staffordshire headquarters of national charity Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children to find out how the organisation helps families around the UK. Jane is mum to 15-year-old James, who was born...
Cannock Shopping Centre is offering customers the opportunity to track down some tasty ‘treasure’ as part of its 2013 charity partnership with locally-based national children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation. Fourteen stores in the shopping centre are...
Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children is calling on local heroes to help raise money for 63 disabled and terminally ill children in the West Midlands who desperately need disability equipment. Newlife needs to raise £42,895 for the urgently needed specialist...
Cannock-based national children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation is celebrating Volunteers’ Week (June 1 to 7) by encouraging customers to its ethical recycling superstore in the town to find out how they can help. Volunteers are running a stand within the...
Women who have all been diagnosed with breast cancer will once again be taking to the catwalk at a fashion show at the Fairlawns Hotel in Aldridge, near Sutton Coldfield, to raise money for two local charities. The fashion show and subsequent clothes sale is organised...
When Julie Mogey saw first hand how Newlife Foundation helps local children she decided to do something to support the charity. Julie works at Greenhall Nursery in Stafford, a specialist school which accepts children aged from two to five years with physical...
A Gladiator will be jetting in to Cannock and will help Newlife Foundation, the charity which helps disabled and terminally ill children. Diane Youdale, better known as Gladiator ‘Jet’, will officially open a new gym which caters specifically for women. Energie...
Leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation and the UK Youth Parliament are looking to work together to address disability issues relating to young people. The Parliament’s Youth Democracy manager Paul Boskett, MBE, visited the charity’s Staffordshire...
Staff at West Midland law firm FBC Manby Bowdler LLP have shown their caring side again by raising more funds to help local disabled children. Last year they donated £1,420 to help ten-year-old Josiah Shanks from Seisdon, near Wolverhampton, to get the specialist bed...
As the needs of disabled children in the West Midlands continues to grow, more and more families are turning to charities for help. And while many charities are struggling to cope with the recession, Newlife Foundation has vowed to keep on fighting for hard-hit...
Stoke-on-Trent South MP Rob Flello has visited the headquarters of a Staffordshire-based national children’s disability charity, to find out how it is supporting young people in his constituency. During his visit to Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children in Cannock...
Sixth formers from Walsall Academy are becoming models for the day to raise much-needed funds for local disabled and terminally ill children. The girls will be modelling the latest in prom, evening and cocktail fashions from Newlife, along with a selection of...
When local golfers clubbed together to carry out some fundraising, it was good news for disabled children. A trio of golfers from Chase Golf Club carried out a series of events for charity, and club captain Paul Thacker chose to help Newlife Foundation, leading...
Newlife Foundation, the charity for disabled and terminally ill children across the UK, will be at the Kidz In The Middle exhibition on Thursday, March 21st, to give free help and advice to parents, carers and health professionals alike. Kidz in the Middle is at the...
Six-year-old Elise Kelly is getting help to walk – thanks to the marathon efforts of a group of Staffordshire-based soldiers. Elise, from Lightwood in Stoke on Trent, has a diagnosis of Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy and learning difficulties; she desperately...
The Mayor of Rugby, Councillor Kathryn Lawrence, will be opening a special event designed to help the people of Rugby and surrounding areas keep fit and healthy and raise money for disabled children at the same time. The Your Body, Your Health event is being held on...
A charity quiz evening at The Peace Memorial Hall in Penkridge later this month (March) is being organised to raise money to help disabled and terminally ill children. Cuttlestones Auctioneers & Valuers will be hosting the event from 7pm on Wednesday 27 March....
Cannock Shopping Centre is hosting two charity events this month, to help disabled and terminally ill children. Locally based Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is the centre’s nominated charity for 2013; volunteers will be helping with a bucket collection on...
Sports fans could be in for a treat at a charity auction in Stone, Staffordshire, in March. The auction night – at the Crown and Anchor pub in Station Road from 7pm on Thursday 7 March – is being organised by a group of soldiers from Stafford’s Beacon Barracks in...
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is marking worldwide Rare Disease Day www.rarediseaseday.org (February 28) with the announcement of £800,000 of funding for medical research into rare and disabling conditions. To date, the UK’s leading children’s disability...
A charity partnership between Staffordshire auctioneers Cuttlestones and Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is helping Stoke-on-Trent 12-year-old Ashleigh Bird get around more easily. Ashleigh has Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy which means the use of her limbs is...
A Burton on Trent teenager is getting the specialist powered wheelchair he needs in preparation for college life in September – thanks to the fundraising efforts of Midlands Co-operative. Eighteen-year-old Shaun Waters – who has secured a place at Beaumont College in...
Seven-year-old Tamworth boy Liam Dalton is getting specialist disability seating thanks to the fundraising efforts of Midlands Co-operative staff member Linda Piper and her colleagues. Linda – who works in the Tame Valley Post Office within the Midlands Co-operative...
Minister for Disabled People Esther McVey has visited Newlife Foundation’s charity headquarters in Cannock (Thursday 17 January). Her visit followed on from a recent meeting at the House of Commons between Ms McVey and Newlife CEO Sheila Brown, OBE. Ms McVey toured...
“My name is Thomas Bolton – changing lives for disabled children of the United Kingdom!” So says 18-year-old Thomas, from Burntwood, who has become the first official teenage Ambassador for leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation. Thomas, who has...
Warwickshire-area Western Power Distribution staff decided to forgo office Christmas cards and instead pooled their saved cash to help disabled and terminally ill children in the county. They raised £400 for leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation...
West Midlands MEP Michael Cashman visited Staffordshire-based charity Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children on Friday (November 15), as the organisation announced its first foray into Europe. The charity is funded through Newlife Trading Ltd, which offers a unique...
Members of the Staffordshire branch of the British Korean Veterans Association have been buffing up their medals and stepping out in style to collect charitable donations on behalf of county-based Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. The small but indomitable...
A local volunteer who passed away earlier this year was honoured at the opening of the refurbished rest area in the Newlife Opportunity Centre on Monday 22 Oct. The Opportunity Centre – based at the head office of Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children in Hemlock...
Newlife Foundation Head of Operations Stephen Morgan represented the charity at a prestigious healthcare conference in Birmingham on Wednesday 10 October. He had been invited to address the NRS Healthcare event, held at Edgbaston Cricket Ground. Among the key speakers...
Article date: 09/10/12 These thrones are now not available. Can you give a Santa throne a special home? If so, leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation would like to hear from you. The Staffordshire-based charity has received a secret email from...
Two intrepid Midlands Co-operative Society employees are taking the plunge – quite literally – to raise vital funds to support disabled and terminally ill children in the Midlands. Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is the staff-elected charity for Midlands...
Calling all budding Santas to put their best boot forward to help disabled children with Newlife Foundation at Cannock’s annual Santa Dash. Starting from Cannock Leisure Centre and finishing at Bank Bar & lounge. Come along and walk or jog the route in a...
Midlands Co-operative foodstore manager Mark Green completed last week’s five-day sporting challenge a day early – and raised over £1,400 to help disabled and terminally ill children in the Midlands. Mark, aged 48, is manager of the Midlands Co-operative Society...
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is appealing for enthusiastic local sportsmen and women to take part in this autumn’s Great Birmingham Run – to raise money to help fund vital sensory equipment. Newlife has 15 places up for grabs in the October 21 event, which...
Bride-to-be Lucy Webster will be smiling all the way up the aisle, having bagged the wedding dress of her dreams – at an amazing bargain price. Student pharmacist Lucy, aged 23 and from Shelton near Hanley, had been looking for the perfect wedding dress by browsing...
Newlife Foundation yesterday (August 2) played host to the chairman of Cannock Chase District Council) – who declared the visit a real “eye-opener”. Councillor Bob Todd toured the national children’s disability charity’s Hemlock Way HQ to find out more about the...
halesowen 11-year-old to climb ben nevis to raise money for local disabled child Eleven-year-old Halesowen schoolboy Harry Vincent is climbing the UK’s highest mountain next month (August 7) in a bid to raise money to help buy a wheelchair for a local disabled child....
A local success story sees former Great Wyrley High School pupil Stephen Morgan, from Cannock, take on a leading role in national charity Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Aged 29, he is believed to be the youngest person in such a leading role, which CEO Mrs...
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children scooped the ‘notable charity’ accolade in the Cannock Chase Business Awards earlier this month. Now money raised at the awards ceremony will help the charity fund a manual wheelchair for local teenager Samuel Asbury. Samuel,...
Year two pupils at Five Ways Primary School in Heath Hayes have been getting crafty and designing ways to collect money to help a local teenager. The children were set a challenge by their teachers to design and create their own money boxes, which they have been...
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children has scooped the accolade for ‘Notable Charity’ in the inaugural Cannock Chase Business Awards. The awards were launched by Cannock Chase MP Aidan Burley and local entrepreneur Steve Mallows, who runs thebestofcannock. Newlife...
Tamworth MP Christopher Pincher visited the Staffordshire headquarters of national children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation on Friday (June 29, 2012). His visit, to find out more about the ways in which Newlife supports vulnerable families in his constituency,...
Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children co-founder and CEO Sheila Brown, OBE, has won the 2012 Ernst & Young Midlands region Social Enterprise Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Sheila, who established the Cannock-based charity 21 years ago and its unique trading...
Ten-year-old Robert Corbett, from Staffordshire, is keeping his family on their toes since he was provided with a powered wheelchair, courtesy of locally-based national children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation. Robert needed a powered wheelchair so he could...
Television star pauline quirke launches charity partnership Actress Pauline Quirke was in Great Barr,Birmingham, yesterday (May 14, 2012) to launch a partnership between Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children and Midlands Co-operative Society Ltd, which will help...
Transport Minister Norman Baker met Cannock Chase MP Aidan Burley and representatives of Staffordshire-based children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation earlier today (Thursday) to discuss possible changes to the law which could potentially benefit thousands of...
A Rugeley snooker club is launching an annual competition to raise money to help support disabled and terminally ill children across Staffordshire. Pot Black Snooker Club, in Brewery Street, is holding the opening night of its inaugural Newlife Open Snooker...
Leading children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation is providing five-year-old Faith Solomon, from the West Midlands, with a specialist buggy so she can enjoy more family activities. Faith, who has profound developmental delay and epilepsy, relies on a wheelchair...
Five primary care trusts have failed to acknowledge the existence of disabled children in their catchment areas. This unbelievable situation has been revealed in a damning recently-published report by the Care Quality Commission, based on data from 151 PCTs and is...
Burton MP Andrew Griffiths has praised the Newlife retail outlet in Uttoxeter. Mr Griffiths MP said: “I was bowled over by the innovative work of Newlife. Not only is it raising thousands of pounds to help seriously and terminally-ill children, it is also helping the...
Children at a Heath Hayes nursery will be using their creative skills to help support a disabled children’s charity. Pupils of Stepping Stones Day Nursery will be decorating cardboard Easter Eggs as part Easter celebrations and staff will donate real chocolate...
Three Midlands teenagers will be taking up the Olympic torch during its journey across theUKin preparation for this summer’s London Games, thanks to the provision of powered and lightweight wheelchairs by leading children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation. Alex...
Leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation has welcomed Cannock Chase MP Aidan Burley’s Parliamentary support for its campaign to amend an outdated piece of “nonsensical legislation” which affects disabled teenagers throughout the UK....
Newlife Foundation is supporting Samaritan’s Purse International Relief, which runs ‘Operation Christmas Child’. Newlife has donated clothing and accessories to the Walsall branch for its ‘shoe box’ project. The Cannock-based national children’s disability charity is...
Concerned that families are missing out on the opportunity to access its comprehensive range of services, Newlife has launched a pilot outreach project. Faisal Rashid – a former neighbourhood manager in the West Midlands’ Dudley borough – will be shaping the...
Cannock Bank Bar owner Alastair Payne is running in the 2012 London Marathon to help support disabled and terminally ill children and their families in Staffordshire. Alastair is working with leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation to raise...
Leela Hanson, ‘Miss Teen Staffs Galaxy 2011/12′, is organising a fashion show to raise money for local disabled and terminally ill children, donating proceeds to Newlife Foundation in Cannock. The Fashion Show will be held on Tuesday, 31 January at 7pm at Chase...
Cannock company Newlife Trading Ltd has today announced exciting new expansion plans, bucking national business trends. The unique trading operation, based in Hemlock Way, generates millions of pounds to help disabled and terminally ill children and their families...
Mill Farm pub in Lichfield Road, Cannock, which is part of the Crown Carveries chain, has asked Newlife CEO Sheila Brown, OBE, to judge its festive ‘Three Crowns’ competition. Children from three local schools – Moathall in Great Wyrley, St Peter’s...
Newlife’s second Santa Dash last Saturday, 17 December has raised over £2,000 to help local disabled and terminally ill children. A total of 48 got involved – 20 per cent up on last year’s figure and pledges are still coming in. Sheila Brown,...
When Christian Simmons, from Worcestershire, was four years old his father was told he would never be able to walk. Now, a decade later, he is taking his first faltering steps. Christian – who has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and a learning disability – now...
In the run up to Christmas and on Christmas Day itself, BRMB Radio will be working with Newlife to ‘fix it’ for disabled Midlands children to get the essential equipment they need. Foxy’s BRMB programme runs weekdays from 6am to 9am, and Newlife is set to...
Local volunteers who support Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children were given special awards to honour their hard work, at an event held on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 at The Barns, Cannock. The awards were presented by one of the country’s leading child health...
A unique new store will bring fashion at irresistible prices and new stock daily to local people in Uttoxeter. That’s the promise from Newlife, which aims to open the shop on Friday, 9 December. The new store in Uttoxeter’s High Street, formerly a kitchen...
Schools in the Cannock area can pick up a free pack of goodies for their pupils, thanks to the Newlife Foundation recycling operation in the town’s Hemlock Way. Newlife Trading Operations Director Mr Colin Brown says: “We have been offered a large...
A recent fashion show and clothes sale at the CancerPartners UK Radiotherapy Centre in partnership with Spire Little Aston Hospital, Sutton Coldfield, has raised much-needed funds for Newlife Foundation and several breast cancer charities. Around £700 was raised for...
ARE YOU A COMMITTED CHRISTMAS-AHOLIC? If you love Christmas, and enjoy the fun it brings, there’s no better way to celebrate than becoming a ‘Dashing Santa’ for the day. Join in with other Santas to take part in Newlife’s second annual Santa Dash...
The exclusive Chase Golf, Health Club & Spa on Cannock Chase is opening its doors to the public for the first time in aid of charity. All money raised will be split between Cannock-based charity for disabled children, Newlife, and Cannock Lions who do good work in...
Buy a hat and be in with a chance of winning a winter wardrobe of goodies at the Newlife SuperStore in Cannock. Thanks to generous retail donors, Newlife has received a bumper batch of new hats and is now offering the opportunity for anyone buying a hat, next week, to...
Leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation and Marks & Spencer celebrated the first anniversary of their grants partnership with the presentation of a £20,000 powered wheelchair to a teenager in Worcester. Since the first ‘M&S...
A team from the Marriott Forest of Arden Hotel in Meriden is gearing up for a sponsored cycle ride for children’s disability charity, Newlife, on Monday, 19 September. Fifteen members of Marriott staff will be setting off at 9am from the main gates of the hotel....
Newlife will be introducing Peel2Save fundraising cards for the Cannock area which will soon be available in the Newlife Foundation trading store in Hemlock Way. The cards will offer fantastic local savings whilst helping raise money for disabled and terminally ill...
Halesowen primary school pupil Harry Vincent has raised £275 for leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation by completing a climb of England’s highest mountain, Scafell Pike. Harry, aged ten, who attends Hurst Green Primary School in...
Families of more and more disabled children across Staffordshire are increasingly turning to leading UK children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation for grants to fund essential pieces of specialist equipment. Newlife CEO Sheila Brown, OBE, said: “Our...
Volunteers’ Week (June 1st to 7th) is an annual national event which celebrates the fantastic contribution that millions of people make throughout the UK, regularly contributing to society while inspiring others to get involved too. In Staffordshire, the leading UK...
A group of local ‘super volunteers’ have raised more than £32,000 for Staffordshire-based children’s disability charity Newlife Foundation. Mike and Trish Mellor and Janette Arrowsmith co-ordinated the group’s activities as they worked together over...
The organisers of Lichfield Folk Festival have nominated Staffordshire-based Newlife Foundation as its chosen charity for next month’s annual event. The festival – a weekend of dance and music from Friday June 17 to Sunday June 19 – will be taking to the streets and...
From Friday, 22 April, while stocks last, local Cannock-based charity, Newlife, will be giving away bottles of mixed flavour tea drinks in store to help people celebrate the Royal Wedding in the very English tradition of an iced tea. 13,000 bottles of bottled iced tea...
Since launching their Book Trade-In Scheme, Newlife has received donations of over 2,000 books from local supporters. The scheme, operating from the Newlife at Home store on Hemlock Way, Cannock, gives a shopping voucher in return for every book donated. The scheme is...
Maria Miller, the Minister for Disabled People, has opened ‘Leanne’s Lift’ at Cannock-based Newlife’s Opportunity Centre, opening up work opportunities to disabled and elderly volunteers who could not have easily accessed the centre before. The Opportunity Centre...
Newlife Foundation’s “Up Close and Acoustic” concert has raised almost £3,000. Over 150 people packed into the Robin 2 arena in Bilston to see a host of the Midland’s finest musical acts take the stage. Wolverhampton’s Scott Matthews topped the bill, performing his...
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is seeking help from volunteers as it saw an unprecedented 300% increase in calls to its Nurse Helpline last year. This continues to rise as cuts in statutory services are causing families with disabled children to reach out...
Enterprising students at City of Wolverhampton College have set up their own business to help raise cash for charity. The group of media students have created their own company, Funky Fashion Fix, in aid of New Life, a charity that helps disabled children. Their...
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children will be attending The National Child Health Care Conference taking place on 25-26 March 2011 at the Telford International Centre. The conference will offer an invaluable means of communicating on face to face basis with...
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is proud to announce that E.ON has raised £2,000 towards sensory equipment, equipment grants and medical research. This is an amazing total instigated by E.ON employee Harry Harper. Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is...
As the festive season approaches a group of kind-hearted choral singers will be bringing Christmas cheer to Cannock to raise funds for disabled children. Chadsmoor Choral Society and their orchestra will be hosting the Newlife Christmas Cracker concert in aid of...
Do you have a few hours to spare? Would you like to help raise funds for the UK’s leading children’s disability charity? Well, Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is appealing for volunteers to help with a collection in Cannock Town Centre. The...
Santas who are willing to put their best wellies forward to help disabled children are sought to take place in the inaugural Cannock Santa Dash. The popular fun concept of the Santa Dash already takes place in many towns around the UK and is now coming to Cannock. The...
Trading at one of Cannock’s newest retail outlets reached record heights during its first weekend of trading. Newlife at Home, which is the dedicated home wares outlet of Newlife SuperStore, generated more than £15,000 of sales during its opening weekend. The outlet,...
One of Cannock’s most thriving businesses is bucking the national recessional trend by opening a new outlet. Newlife, in Hemlock Way, Cannock will launch its dedicated home wares outlet called ‘Newlife at Home’ on Saturday 23rd October. The new site will also sell a...
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is proud to announce that the Marriot Forest of Arden in Meriden has raised £3,028 to pay for essential equipment for Birmingham child Jack Byrne. This is an amazing total from a combined effort of staff at the hotel. Newlife...
Cannock cup cake lovers are being invited to a fundraising event in aid of Newlife Foundation. Honey ‘n’ Love Bakery will be hosting a cupcake decorating event on Saturday 30th October, from 11am to 1pm, at St Luke’s Church Hall, in Church Street, Cannock. Cupcakes...
A children’s disability charity has raised almost £19,000 in one weekend after hosting a £1 Weekend Sale. Newlife Foundation, in Cannock, Staffordshire, attracted thousands of shoppers who were looking for a bargain at the event where jeans, underwear, men’s, women...
TV star of The Inbetweeners and BBC’s The Invisibles, Emily Head is backing a £1 Weekend Sale aimed at raising thousands of pounds for disabled children. Emily, who plays Carli D’Amato in the E4 show, is supporting Newlife’s event on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th...
A thriving Cannock charity has attracted celebrity backing after offering local people the chance to bag a bargain and raise funds for disabled children. Newlife is hosting a £1 Weekend Sale where jeans, underwear, men’s suit style trousers and jackets, women and...
A prolific fundraiser has raised £21,000 to help disabled children through mending and selling jewellery. Former Social Worker Carol Edwards and her team of volunteers raised the staggering sum for Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Carol, who lives in...
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is proud to announce that students at Keele University have raised £2,000 towards the funding of a piece of equipment for a Staffordshire child. This is an amazing total from a combined effort by Oliver Cotterill and his team....
Are you ready for the Scalextric Event of the Year? Visitors to the Newlife SuperStore will have a chance to prove how good they are on the track during a two-day event. Competitors will be able to test their racing skills to raise funds for disabled children. There...
A leading children’s disability charity is appealing for volunteers to help breathe new life into retail stock this summer. Staffordshire-based charity Newlife is offering valuable voluntary experience at its Opportunity Centre, in Cannock. The charity has found that...
Kind hearted Soroptimists have donated £500 to help change the life of a disabled child. Fundraisers have pledged £500 towards funding essential equipment for six-year-old Hednesford child Jake Parker, who has a condition that impacts his learning ability, speech and...
A leading children’s disability charity has received £500 to help a local disabled child. Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children, in Cannock, Staffordshire was given the money by dedicated supporter and local businesses woman Sue Gibbons, manager of Mill Farm Pub,...
Paramedics will be using peddle power to raise money for disabled children. Members of West Midlands Ambulance Service will cycle 130 miles to seven ambulance bases across Shropshire in a two-day fundraising event. The challenge is set to raise money for the leading...
Local school pupils got suited and booted to raise funds at a fashion show aimed at raising funds for disabled children. Children at Norton Canes High School, in Burntwood Road, Cannock helped raise £500 for the Newlife Foundation, a leading children’s disability...
The Newlife Foundation is calling on runners and walkers to help raise funds for disabled children across the country. Athletes are needed to take part in the Great Midlands Fun Run which will be held in Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, on Sunday June 6. Newlife...
Kind-hearted members of the local Lions Club have teamed up with the Newlife Foundation to raise more than £2,800 to help a local disabled child. The Cannock Branch of the Lions held a handbag and clothing sale of Newlife stock at St Lukes School, in New Prenkridge...
A thriving retail business will be acquiring new premises after experiencing record growth and employing more part time staff after securing new contracts. Newlife Trading Limited, in Cannock is set to take over the former Maymies building, in Hemlock Way, Cannock....
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is proud to announce that the Holy Trinity Parish Church’s annual fair has raised £1,439.12 towards the funding of a specialist buggy for local child Shannon Smith. This is an amazing total from a combined effort by Reverend...
Ex social worker and retiree, Carol Edwards, has rounded up the help of her local community in Checkley to raise a staggering total of £2,500 in just five months, for leading children’s disability charity, Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Last year Carol put...
The prestigious Barclays Premier League Trophy is to make a very special appearance in Cannock next week. The famous Newlife superstore will play host to a football spectacular to raise money for disabled children. From 3pm to 9pm on Friday 13 February, luck is set to...
Local volunteer, Chris Johnson, has been awarded the v award for his hard work and dedication to leading charity, Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Chris, 23, has been volunteering at Newlife’s Opportunity Centre since it opened to complete the 15 Hour Award...
Staff at E.ON’s Central Networks have raised over £4,000 for leading children’s disability charity, Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children. Dennis Stanton from E.ON handed over a cheque for £4,280 to Newlife’s CEO Mrs Sheila Brown, OBE, at the head office ceremony...
Local children’s charity, Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children, is giving away hundreds of items of continence wear free to individuals and families with sick and disabled children this weekend. The charity recently undertook a large donation of continence...
Newlife Foundation, the disabled children’s charity, will open a special ‘Opportunity Centre’ on Wednesday 1st October, 2008. Based at Newlife’s main site on Hemlock Way, Cannock, the ‘Opportunity Centre’ is a purpose built location that will welcome individuals and...
Cannock-based charity Newlife donates 250 books to Acorns Children’s Hospice in the Black Country. Life limited children who use Acorns Children’s Hospice in the Black Country, located in Walsall, are being thrilled by tales of Ballerina’s, Dinosaurs, Fairies,...
