Tag: Together for Short Lives

Peninsula Group announces £1m fundraising goal for Together for Short Lives

Stuart Mitchell

Together for Short Lives are pleased to announce the launch of a £1million charity partnership with Peninsula Group, to help support families like Lorna’s across the UK. “What our children’s hospice gave us as a family is memories that will last a lifetime, without them we would have been in a horrifically dark place”. Lorna and her family are one of the thousands across the UK supported by their local children’s hospice. After suffering complications at birth Lorna was told that her daughter, Essie, had a range of life-limiting conditions…

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Morrisons and Together for Short Lives launch charity partnership

Stuart Mitchell

Together for Short Lives and Morrisons are set to raise vital funds for children’s hospices across the country, as part of a flagship three-year-partnership, as well as helping families make precious memories, and reaching even more families caring for a seriously ill child. Families like Lorna’s, who has been supported by her local children’s hospice, Chestnut tree House. Her daughter Essie died at 18 months old. Lorna says: “What Chestnut Tree House Children’s Hospice gave us is memories that will last a lifetime.” Lorna has recorded a special film to…

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Premiere Foods announces Together for Short Lives as new Charity Partner

Stuart Mitchell

Aiming to raise £200,000 over a two year partnership Premiere Foods have announced Together for Short Lives as their new Charity Partner. Premiere Foods has twinned each of their sites with a local hospice to help provide much needed funds to ensure families in our communities are supported and have access to the very best care that is available. To celebrate the start of this special partnership, Premier Foods has delivered food hampers to the children’s hospices we will be supporting which are filled with some of our cupboard essentials…

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Star Wars Commemorative Note raises an astonishing £186,754 for Together for Short Lives

Stuart Mitchell

We posted on this iniative previously so I wanted to do a brief follow up about the amazing response. Together for Short Lives hasv received one of the largest single donations in the history of the organisation after the auction for the official Star Wars: The Last Jedi commemorative note closed at a staggering £186,754. The money raised by the note, created in partnership between Disney, De La Rue and the GREAT Britain Campaign and auctioned exclusively on eBay, will help more children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions receive the…

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Be a “Force for Good” for Barnardo’s by re-enacting favourite Star Wars scenes

Stuart Mitchell

Grab your lightsaber and show off your inner Jedi with Formula 1 champion Jenson Button and Star Wars actor Warwick Davis to raise money for Barnardo’s. As part of a partnership between Santander and the UK’s leading children’s charity, the bank has pledged to be a “Force for Good” and donate up to £250,000 to help Barnardo’s to keep supporting thousands of vulnerable children and Together for Short Lives, which supports children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions. Former F1 World Champion Jenson Button and Star Wars actor and Barnardo’s supporter…

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