Sarah Thornton

Sarah's fundraiser for The Sick Children's Trust

Fundraising for The Sick Children's Trust
£560
raised of £500 target
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Home to Home Challenge Campaign - The long walk home, 1 June 2024
This June we are asking you to challenge yourself by choosing to either: Cycle 330 miles, Run 100 miles, Walk 50 miles, Swim 25 miles or Toddle 5 miles and help us keep families together

Story

The Sick Children’s Trust is the charity that provides a welcoming ‘Home from Home’ where families with a sick child in hospital can stay. But we’re more than bricks and mortar, our friendly, caring staff are there to support families when they really need it.

Without us families would have to travel long distances, sleep in uncomfortable hospital chairs or pay for expensive hotels just to be by their sick child’s hospital bedside. Not only do we alleviate financial worries but we also help the mental wellbeing of the families we support.

Without the help of the Sick Children's Trust, myself and Andrew would not have not been able to stay and look after our son whilst he was having his treatment at Sheffield Children's Hosptial. Being able to stay 3 minutes away for where our son was gave us peace of mind and a safe space for me and Andrew to rest while Joel was healing. The charity ask for nothing apart from a donation if the family are able to. They saved us and took such a huge weight from our shoulders by giving us a warm roof over our heads and we were able to our heads down for a while so we could be the best we could be for our little man. We can never repay what the trust did for us, but we are forever grateful for them being there when we needed them most.

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About the campaign

This June we are asking you to challenge yourself by choosing to either: Cycle 330 miles, Run 100 miles, Walk 50 miles, Swim 25 miles or Toddle 5 miles and help us keep families together

About the charity

The Sick Children’s Trust is the charity that gives families with a seriously ill child in hospital a comfortable place to stay and a friendly ear to listen in one of our ten ‘Homes from Home’. By providing families with somewhere to stay near their child they have one less thing to worry about.

Donation summary

Total raised
£560.00
+ £131.25 Gift Aid
Online donations
£560.00
Offline donations
£0.00

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