Ralph’s Raffle - 

Last year in May for NEC awareness month we raised over £1600 with “Ralph’s Raffle” (here https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/laura-and-lee-bucknall) so we wanted to do it again this year and we have 20 amazing prizes! 

Why -

Lee and I became first time parents to our little boy Ralph on 27th August 2021. He was born 15 weeks premature due to a placenta abruption and sadly passed away at 4 weeks and 2 days old due to NEC (necrotising enterocolitis). Ralph’s full story is on our previous JustGiving page here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/laura-mcauley1

What is NEC - 

NEC is inflammation of the bowel that can cause damage to a variable extent and is life threatening in babies. It usually causes a temporary intolerance of milk feeds but at its worse the bowel may become so damaged that parts of it die, which is what happened with Ralph.

The charity - 

We will be drawing the winners on 1st May and 100% of the ticket sales will go directly to the charity, NEC UK. NEC UK support families affected by the condition at any stage of their journey. Their objectives are to support research, raise awareness and develop relationships with other organisations to give NEC a platform to be heard and improve the outcomes for babies affected by NEC and their families.

How to enter - 

Tickets are £5 for 5 entries (I will allocate numbers), please donate via this justgiving page.

The prizes - 

• 4 tickets to Peter Kay Tribute Comedy Night with dinner and DJ entertainment at The Village Hotel in Bracknell on 30th June 2023 
• Bills restaurant voucher £50 
• M&S Percy pig gift hamper 
• Longacres garden centre £20 voucher
• Marc Antoni cut and blowdry 
• Beauty by Lindsay luxurious facial 
• Bocketts Farm admission for 2 
• Wellington Country Park admission for 4 
• Hoebridge Family Adventure Golf 
• Jump in trampoline park £30 voucher
• Team Sport indoor go karting entry for 1 adult or child 
• Pirates landing Wokingham entry for up to 3 children and 2 adults 
• Alexa Nail Tech set of  nails
• 2 sleepover tents with Dreamerzz (in summer holidays) 
• 1ml lip filler with Just For You aesthetics
• £25 JoJo maman Bebe gift card 
• Honeysuckle Blush Cakes 12 cupcakes
• Makeover with Yasmine Aline MUA 
• 2 x Freddie's Flowers boxes, worth £50 
• Barons Pubs £20 voucher