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Saturday, 05 September 2020 00:00
20 years together – East Anglian Air Ambulance
Written by Kat Lawson-Phillips
20 years ago, on 6 September 2000, a new charity was formed to help save lives across East Anglia: the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA). Operating initially just one day a week, on a Friday from Norwich Airport, with one paramedic, this was the start of an important lifeline for many local people. Monday, the start of National Air Ambulance Week, EAAA can reveal that over the last 20 years it has flown almost 30,000 missions and helped almost 20,000 patients, all thanks to the generosity of local people. At a time of so much uncertainty, the charity, which needs to raise £13 million a year to develop and deliver its service, and is aiming to start flying 24/7 for the first time next year, is deeply grateful for the…
The Tia's Treasures Team are well known not only for fundraising but for participating in Random Acts of Kindness.With the imminent return to College, School and Toby due to start Nursery the past couple of weeks has been spent making sure all uniforms are ready for the return after almost 6 months due to the Corona Virus.Whilst unable to attend or organise any fundraising events other than Lisa braving the shave for Young Epilepsy Random Acts of Kindness have still been something we've continued with as we believe they are needed more than ever right now.
Friday, 28 August 2020 00:00
Purple Picnics to bring people back together in September
Written by Simon Wright
Nelson’s Journey, a Norfolk charity that supports bereaved children and young people, is bringing people back together this September through a ‘Purple Picnic’ community event. Schools, businesses, families and local communities are all encouraged to get involved by registering and hosting a fundraising picnic during the week of September 21st – 27th. Since 2015 nearly £35,000 has been raised through Purple Picnics in Norfolk in support of the charity’s work with bereaved children and young people in Norfolk. Many of those who’ve hosted a Purple Picnic have remembered and talked about their memories of someone special who has died during their event. Simon Wright, Chief Executive of Nelson’s Journey, said: “Anyone can organise a Purple Picnic. Schools, employers and families can all organise a picnic to bring people back together…
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Friday, 28 August 2020 00:00
Miss Junior Teen Norfolk 2020 fundraising for Together For Short Lives
Written by Maria
Local girl Summer Lois has just won Miss Junior Teen Norfolk 2020. Summer is now competing for the national pageant competition in Miss Teen Great Britain in Junior category this coming October. Summer is asking everyone's help as she bids to win the crown and bring it home to Norfolk. She is currently fundraising for the charity chosen by MTGB organizers Together For Short Lives, which is a leading UK charity for children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions. We all can help her by donating to her fundraising page which can be found by clicking through to www.justgiving.com/fundraising/summer-lois-hawkes . Please visit her dedicated page in MTGB website
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Tuesday, 25 August 2020 00:00
Phil Gormley joins EACH as new Chief Executive
Written by Michael Jarvis
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) is delighted to announce Phil Gormley has joined as its new Chief Executive. Phil started his tenure at EACH on Monday 3 August, joining from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) where he was responsible for inspecting and reporting on the efficiency and effectiveness of police forces and fire services in the north of England. During the COVID-19 pandemic Phil has also provided advice and support to the Norfolk Resilience Forum. He has worked at board level for the last 17 years and is best known to people in East Anglia for being Norfolk Constabulary’s Chief Constable between 2010 and 2013. During this time he helped develop one of the most advanced programmes of collaboration with Suffolk Constabulary.
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Friday, 07 August 2020 00:00
Air ambulance call on Norfolk to help them run 2,000 miles next month
Written by Katherine Lawson-Phillips
Together We Run is a new fundraising challenge from East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) which is encouraging local people to pledge their miles towards a collective 2,000 mile target. EAAA normally organises several mass participation challenge events throughout the year, raising hundreds of thousands of pounds to help keep its yellow helicopters flying and saving lives. These events cannot go ahead this year, so the charity is asking its supporters to take part in Together We Run instead, a virtual fundraising challenge from 14 – 20 September, to run (or walk) a combined 2,000 miles, wherever and whenever suits them. If successful, this virtual running event could become a regular addition to the charity’s event calendar, along with its Only the Brave muddy obstacle run and Trek 24 walking challenges.
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Tuesday, 28 July 2020 00:00
Become an EACH Star Maker and help provide ‘star’ nurses for vulnerable families
Written by Michael Jarvis
A Mundesley family have described how care from East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) “feels like a big hug when you really need it most”, as the organisation launches a fundraising campaign to provide two ‘star’ nurses. EACH is asking supporters to do 100 star jumps a day over five days and raise at least £50, as part of Star Makers. The charity hopes its campaign will raise £64,000 in total, enough to provide two of the nurses whose help is so greatly valued by families like the Palmers. Ellie, six, lives with sister Eva, nine, mum Laura and her mum, Ellie’s grandmother, Heather. Laura is full-time carer to her girls, who are both home-educated, and Heather helps with care, too. Ellie has Down’s syndrome, Ollier’s disease (a very rare bone…
Saturday, 13 June 2020 00:00
Tia's Treasures Just Giving Page has just reached our £1000 target.
Written by Lisa Hutchinson
Tia's Treasures Young Epilepsy JustGiving Page has reached our £1000 target yesterday evening.As previously mentioned we had planned to hold a Fundraising event of some kind to celebrate Tia's Treasures 9th Birthday on 21st May to hopefully achieve our target but due to the current situation with Covid 19/Corona Virus this unfortunately wasn't possible.We had been thinking of ways of how we could raise the last £200 to achieve our £1000 target from the comfort of our home and as I (Lisa) was long overdue a hair cut (last one was just before Christmas)I decided to brave the shave as part of the Cov Head-19 Challenge.The Covhead-19 Challenge was launched last month by William Bull from Oxfordshire who wanted to "get people making the most of a bad situation".
Thursday, 11 June 2020 00:00
EACH receives £5,000 donation from Tom and Anna Trybull
Written by Michael Jarvis
Norwich City footballer Tom Trybull and his wife Anna have donated £5,000 to East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH), plus a bag of clothes as the charity gears up to reopen five of its shops. The money comes from sales of children’s book The Story of Tommy T. Tommy T is a pigeon trying to make his name in football. The story is written by Anna, based on the exploits of her husband and encourages young people to follow their dreams. It will go towards EACH’s fundraising appeal set up at the start of lockdown to address a forecasted income gap of £1.8m over 12 weeks, caused by the cancellation and postponement of fundraising events, and the closure of the charity’s 43 shops. Following the government announcement that non-essential shops can…
Tia's Treasures Young Epilepsy JustGiving Page is currently at 80% of our £1000 target.We had planned to hold a Fundraising event of some kind to celebrate Tia's Treasures 9th Birthday on 21st May to hopefully reach our target but due to the current situation with Covid 19/Corona Virus this unfortunately wasn't possible.We have been thinking of ways how we could raise the last £200 to achieve our £1000 target from the comfort of our home and I have decided to brave the shave, I've dyed my hair purple many times since 2018 for Epilepsy Awareness so why not go that step further to raise funds?
