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  • Budget 2020 falls short for children thumbnail

    Budget 2020 falls short for children

    • Date published: 13 Mar 2020 by Sophie Dodgeon
    Sustainable funding for children’s social care was conspicuously missing in this week’s Budget, although emergency funding is being established to help local authorities support vulnerable people affe...
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  • Meet Sharon, Admin Volunteer in Southampton thumbnail

    Meet Sharon, Admin Volunteer in Southampton

    • Date published: 11 Mar 2020 by Louise Shepherd
    Tell us a bit about yourself – interests and hobbies, other work or volunteering My name is Sharon and I am a mother of two grown up children and have three grandchildren. My hobbies include travellin...
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  • Meet Emily, Neonatal Sibling Group Volunteer thumbnail

    Meet Emily, Neonatal Sibling Group Volunteer

    • Date published: 11 Mar 2020 by Louise Shepherd
    Tell us a bit about yourself – interests and hobbies, other work or volunteering I graduated from the University of Surrey around 4 years ago and have been working in the PR and Marketing industry eve...
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  • St James leaps to the rescue thumbnail

    St James leaps to the rescue

    • Date published: 02 Mar 2020 by Tina Blyth
    At Rainbow Trust, the care and support we provide families with a seriously ill child costs £8,709 per day. In a Leap Year, there is an extra day which we need to raise money to fund. Reaching out to ...
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  • A bereaved father’s thoughts on Jack’s Law thumbnail

    A bereaved father’s thoughts on Jack’s Law

    • Date published: 28 Feb 2020 by Adam Proops
    When our daughter Iris was six months old she became quite ill and was diagnosed with a very rare cancer. Over the period of a year she went through surgery and treatment at Great Ormond Street, but v...
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  • Two very special Leap Year Birthdays thumbnail

    Two very special Leap Year Birthdays

    • Date published: 27 Feb 2020 by Clare Youings
    Two families that we support in Essex will be celebrating very special leap year birthdays this weekend. Skye, who has a rare genetic metabolic illness, will turn eight this weekend - defying all the ...
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