Angel Wishes support all children throughout Northern Ireland with cancer related conditions (NI Charity number 104725). Angel Wishes are all volunteers and 100% of all proceeds raised through fundraising and donations goes directly into supporting their families.

All you need to do is

1) donate a minimum of £5 to this Just Giving page

2) comment below on my Instagram picture at: www.instagram.com/all.thats.pretty once donated

The giveaway will end on Saturday 18th December (8pm) and winner announced on www.instagram.com/all.thats.pretty (@all.thats.pretty) on Sunday 19th December. 

This competition is not sponsored or affiliated with Instagram or Mulberry. No cash alternative. Prize is the Mulberry Bayswater in black small grain: www.mulberry.com/gb/shop/women/classics/bayswater-black-small-classic-grain

When your child is diagnosed with a cancer related condition your world is thrown into turmoil. Angel wishes offer:

Financial Support :
Both parents may have to leave work indefinitely with many of them on unpaid leave.  Their families can not apply for any government support ie. PIPS or Carers allowance until twelve weeks after the initial diagnosis. Angel Wishes send all their newly diagnosed families £1500 to help relieve some of the financial pressures they find themselves in. If a child has to go across the water to go through a potentially life saving bone marrow transplant, Angel Wishes donate £500 to every sibling in the household. This helps their siblings with separation anxiety as they are left at home often with family friends...this can be up to 6 months or maybe more. Their parents can sit with the siblings before they leave and prebook flights so they can go and visit their parents, this helps change the children’s whole mind set. It is no longer Mum and Dad leaving them as they are now excited they’ll be going on a plane to visit Mummy and Daddy.

A simple plan like the above can help families so much throughout this journey.

Outings:

A simple trip to the shop with your child is a thing in the past as they are unable to mix with others for fear of catching an infection which they would be unable to fight. Families are kept isolated from extended family and friends. The entire journey leaves the parents fearful of meeting people and being constantly concerned about infection others may carry. Angel Wishes will bring as much normality back to the family as possible with private viewings at the cinema, private bowling nights, private outings to pantomimes and shows ...the list is endless and means so much to the children and their parents to have a little taste of normality without the added risks.

Education :
Angel Wishes is the only charity in Northern Ireland to provide children with AV1 No Isolation educational Robots. The aim is for the robot to be in the classroom, representing the child (the pupil), who is linked to an iPad, (provided by Angel Wishes as a gift to the children). The child is attending class by being linked up to the Robot and can interact by the robot recognising the child logging in and putting their hand up to ask a question or for assistance with a topic being taught.These are incredible devices and have made such a change to children both educationally and socially.

Memories:
Devastatingly we will have children who no longer respond to treatment and are receiving palliative care. At this stage Angel Wishes will endeavour to give the families as many wonderful memories as possible, it may be days out together, private family photo shoots, anything the family would like at this stage of treatment they will endeavour to provide.

Memories live on forever in our hearts

Angel Wishes is registered charity set up in 2016 by Gaye Kerr in memory of two of her children, Helen aged 3 and Brian aged 10, who both sadly passed away with cancer related conditions.