Sick Children's Trust

During our time at Newcastle RVI (read our story here...part 1 & part 2) we were given a room at Crawford House, a home form home for parents of sick children in the hospital. The house on the hospital grounds and is run by a wonderful charity called "The Sick Children's Trust". Having a room at Crawford house was amazingly helpful for us as it meant we could spend as much time as possible with Olly while he was in the hospital. And we didn't have to drive backwards and forwards from Darlington every day (a 2hr journey there & back).

The Sick Childrens Trust work with the hospitals, supporting them in their role and providing complementary support to families. They help to alleviate some of the emotional and financial strains at a very stressful time, providing an essential service free of charge for up to 108 families every night, 365 days a year. Whilst staying at one of the ‘Homes from Home’ is free of charge, the charity incurs a total cost of £27 per bedroom per night. They are not funded by the Government and in times when resources are scarce, they depend even more on their supporters to help them to provide this essential service.

Please take a few minutes to look at their website and if possible donate, even a small amount, to their cause. Remember "Every Little Helps!"

The Sick Children's Trust Website

During April 2012, The Sick Children's Trust will be having a Big Chocolate Tea Party which we will of course be taking part in! The Big Chocolate Tea Party is about getting together with friends, family, work colleagues and neighbours over a cuppa and your favourite chocolate treat to help raise money for sick children and their families in their time of need. In this economic climate we need your help more than ever! All you need to do is host a tea party filled with chocolate treats during April 2012 and send in any money you raise, no matter how big or small, to The Sick Children’s Trust. They suggest you charge people a minimum of £1 to come to your Big Chocolate Tea Party and maybe just £1 for each chocolatey treat or cup of tea you sell. This way, if you only have 10 guests you can still raise £20 from the party, and if all supporters raised that, they would be well on their way to reaching their fundraising goal and helping more families!