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Monday, 14 January 2019 00:00
Over 6,000 bags of donations a week needed to run children’s charity shops
Written by Michael Jarvis
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) has revealed it takes over 6,000 bags of donations a week to run its shops, as the charity launches its Bag It, Bring It, Boost It campaign for 2019. EACH has 35 shops across Cambridgeshire, north Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk that last year generated an impressive profit of over £1.1 million. They can only do that with a regular flow of donations, though, so the good cause is to continue running its successful Bag It, Bring It, Boost It campaign this year. Encouraging individuals, families, community groups, schools and businesses to bag up their unwanted items and drop them off at an EACH shop, the donation drive was a huge success when it launched in 2017, with over 80 companies and colleges getting involved to…
Wednesday, 02 January 2019 00:00
Day of care and support in Stanley McLean’s memory
Written by Michael Jarvis
Parents from Wymondham are marking what would have been the eighth birthday of their beloved little boy by paying for a day of care and support from East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) across Norfolk today. Brad and Debbie McLean received bereavement counselling from EACH after Stanley died in July 2012, following complications with heart surgery. They have since become stalwart fundraisers for EACH and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) - where Stanley spent months of his life - having set up the Stanley McLean Trust that has raised over an incredible £120,000.
Friday, 14 December 2018 00:00
10th Annual Deepdale Christmas Market Raises Over £10,000 For Charity
Written by Jason Borthwick
The crew running the Deepdale Christmas Market are immensely proud to announce that over £10,000 was raised for charity from the 10th annual event. 11 charities were supported with various activities over the weekend. St Mary’s Church Building Fund raised funds with their Christmas stall and café in the church. The Crew of Deepdale Backpackers & Camping ran a charity café in the kitchen of the backpackers hostel, raising funds for St Martin’s Housing Trust and The Peoples’ Picnic, both helping homeless people in the local area.
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So far Tia has raised nearly £500 for Young Epilepsy as well as over £200 for The East of England Ambulance Service via the justgiving page and funded 3 Brio Wrist Alarms, 1 Alert It companion Mattress Alarm and 2 SATs Alarms, not just for Toby but for others battling with Epilepsy.Toby's original diagnosis back in May was Focal Seizures and Focal Motor Seizures which generalise into Tonic Clonics, since then he has been on daily medication but still has various types of seizures, Myclonus, treated for Asthma and now undergoing investigations for food allergies or intollerances but he remains a happy mischievous toddler. As November was National Epilepsy Awareness Month Tia created a flyer with information regarding Epilepsy highlighting the seriousness of it and that there is no cure…
Wednesday, 12 December 2018 00:00
On your bake! Cyclists raise hundreds of pounds for the nook appeal
Written by Michael Jarvis
A group of Norfolk cyclists have raised £308.14 for the nook appeal by treating themselves to cake. The 53-11 Cycling Club was founded in April 2014 and its members, of all ages and abilities, are easy to spot as they wear unmistakeable, bright pink jerseys. The club leads social rides on three evenings of the working week plus during the day on Sundays. The rides often include some sort of café or pub stop, further promoting the social aspect. Recently, cyclists have been indulging in cakes baked by Sally Eggleton, donating £1 to the nook appeal for every slice. Donations have, generously, been doubled by Ian Goody, a member of 53-11 and also CEO of Premier Financial Group that sponsors the club.
Monday, 26 November 2018 00:00
Help East Anglian Air Ambulance keep families together this Christmas
Written by Stacey Harvey
East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) has today launched their ‘Together This Christmas’ campaign. After saving the life of three-year-old Annabel earlier in the year, the charity has asked people to consider giving a little extra over the festive period to bring more patients like Annabel home to their families for Christmas. On 9 February 2018 EAAA’s Anglia Two crew was tasked at 09.49 to a three-year-old girl named Annabel, who had sadly suffered a cardiac arrest at her pre-school. pilots Olly Gates and Gav Blake flew the team of Dr Victor Inyang, Dr Jon Barratt and Critical Care Paramedic Chris Neil directly to her side, arriving just 17 minutes after receiving the call. Despite a successful resuscitation by the fantastic pre-school team, Annabel was deeply unconscious and her airway was…
As Norfolk’s new children’s hospice starts to take shape, the charity behind the building has launched a campaign to help furnish it. Shop for the nook encourages supporters to help fund everything from tea towels and cutlery sets to table lamps and anti-allergy duvets. The list of items East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) would like people to help fund is 21 long, with the cheapest £3 and the most expensive £210. Hannah Bloom, Capital Appeal Project Lead for the nook, said: “Building of the nook is coming along and when we move from our current hospice in Quidenham we’ll need to buy some additional items to make the nook a home from home environment for Norfolk families.
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Tuesday, 30 October 2018 00:00
Friends smash ‘six peaks challenge’ to raise over £3,000 for the nook appeal
Written by Michael Jarvis
A group of seven Norfolk friends have completed both the National Three Peaks Challenge and the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge in an incredible time of just 20 hours and 23 minutes. Andrew Sabberton, Chris Yates, Steve Reed, Tom Hurd, Colin Jones, Kevin Rooney and Elliot Greenleaf conquered Scotland’s Ben Nevis in four hours and 10 minutes, and England’s Scafell Pike in three hours and 30 minutes. Then, alongside their support crew of three, they drove to Yorkshire, scaling Whernside, Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent in 10 hours. Finally, they reached the top of Wales’ Snowdon in just less than three hours. Their efforts saw them walk almost 55 miles (86km), with a bit of downhill running included. The challenge, including travel between peaks, was done in 35 hours.
Saturday, 29 September 2018 00:00
Cromer to Norwich walk raises £1,200 for the nook appeal
Written by Michael Jarvis
A group of Plastic Building Supplies (PBS) colleagues and friends have walked from Cromer Pier to PBS in Norwich to raise £1,200 for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH), specifically the charity’s nook appeal. They were joined on the 25-mile (40km) walk by Grant Peruzzi from DMD Installations. PBS is celebrating its 30th year in business and continues to show fantastic support of EACH, that cares for children with life-threatening conditions across the region and supports their families. The specialist supplier of PVCu building materials, with branches in Norwich, King’s Lynn, Gorleston-on-Sea and Thetford, had raised more than £12,000 for the nook appeal before the Cromer to Norwich walk and over £66,000 for EACH generally.
The nook appeal has now reached £8,278,000 as fundraising to build a new Norfolk children’s hospice continues. A big supporter of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH), particularly since it launched the nook appeal in November 2014, has been Ben Du Brow. Ben was one of three vendors of the land EACH bought for its new building - and he generously donated all his share back to the appeal. Ben spent years with Norwich Union until the early ‘90s. More recently, amongst many other projects, he was responsible for a national, award-winning scheme that converted a group of redundant farm buildings built by his ancestors in Framingham Pigot. The development provides 30,000 sq ft of prestigious office accommodation together with a restaurant, function suite and very popular boutique hotel.
