177 - Helping family of terminally ill 5 year old get away on holiday - Oct 2024

We are pleased to be back with news of our latest donation and this week we can tell you about donation 177. 


At the end of August, one of our members sent us an urgent request to help a local family get away on a short break with their incredible 5 year old daughter C.  We know all our donations make a big difference, but this one is particularly moving and one we were so pleased we could help with.


C is on palliative care. In this short life she has endured 53 operations.  


C’s parents are around the clock carers. She has a little brother who is 2 and quite active. C’s mum explained that with her daughter’s health deteriorating each month they want to snatch hold of every opportunity to spend as a whole family. It’s coming up to C’s 6th birthday and they never thought they would make it this far.


The family love visiting the seaside, C especially. Their favourite place is Primrose Valley - a holiday park in Filey and they had a last minute opportunity to go there at the beginning of September.  The site is fully accessible, which is ideal for C, who is non-speaking and immobile so she travels in a manual adapted buggy. 


Their accommodation had been paid for by another charity, but the family really needed our £500 to help with the costs of paying for fuel, food, but most importantly, the extras -  giving C and her brother opportunities while they were there - ensuring they could visit arcades, go to the fair, buy ice creams, join in craft groups and go swimming - which C loves as it helps her relax and helps sooth the pain she lives with.  As well as buying a birthday cake and going out to dinner as a family to celebrate C’s birthday.


It was an honour to be able to help the family to make this holiday special. Thanks to your regular contributions to 500 together we can say yes to these kinds of nominations immediately and get the money out to families without delay - which was so essential in this case, where the family had to arrange things last minute when this special opportunity arose.


We were glad to hear that C and her family had a wonderful trip away and they made some very special memories.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

39 - Support for victims & survivors of Domestic Abuse - Rehouse to Rehome - February 2021

Image
For our latest donation we are sending £500 to Francine at  Rehouse to Rehome , a Sheffield based charity supporting and empowering victims and survivors of Domestic Abuse. Our £500 will go towards buying a cooker/fridge/ washing machine for a family that Francine is helping to rehome.  Francine tells us that she has seen a significant rise in requests for help since the beginning of the pandemic. Our donation has been very gratefully received and Francine has kindly sent us this powerful message explaining why: Not having essential household goods often becomes a real and practical barrier that prevents a survivor from leaving an abusive relationship. Even when individuals gather up the immense courage it takes to flee an abusive relationship and, if they are lucky enough to be re-housed by the authorities, there is a strong possibility that they will not get the financial support required to furnish that property with even the most basic of household goods which are a necessity in or
Read more

156 - Helping a mum & daughter settle into their new home - April 2023

This week we can tell you about donation 156, which has gone to A and her young daughter. After spending some time in a women's refuge, they have been living in temporary accommodation, waiting to be allocated council housing.  This has finally happened, but as is so often the case, the house they are expected to move into is unfurnished and uncarpeted.  We were able to put A in touch with some charities who could help her source some furniture and apply for funds to get carpets and she worked hard to do as much as she could to set up her new home, but asked if we could help her with the cost of getting blinds, as well as some home essentials, like an iron, ironing board and vacuum cleaner.  We were pleased to be able to send her £500 towards these items.   A has asked us to send her thanks to you all for supporting her and helping her and her daughter settle into their new home. We wish them all the best and as always feel very privileged to have been able to help.
Read more

118 - Helping SWWOP set up a 'flexi-pot' to allow them to support women in emergency situations.

We often say how lucky we are to have among our members people who work & volunteer in some of Sheffield’s extraordinary local organisations and charities.     We always welcome nominations from them - they see so much need on a daily basis, so when they ask for our help we know our contribution will make a difference. On this occasion SWWOP (Sheffield Working Women's Opportunities Project) , an organisation which provides intensive support to vulnerable women involved in street prostitution, asked if we could help them. SWWOP’s primary service is making contact with women involved in street prostitution and being a friendly face to offer non-judgmental and confidential support and information.  They provide street based outreach and drop in sessions, with an aim to improve the women’s health and safety.  https://www.swwop.org SWWOP told us that since the start of the cost-of-living crisis, they have seen the number of women they support involved in sex work almost triple.  Wom
Read more