Our families

We asked our families (in January 2020) to share how we have helped them, through wishes, days out, stay & play sessions and more...
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Below is some of the wonderful responses we received.

All our registered children are based in Milton Keynes, they all have a life limiting or life threatening condition & are under the care of the Children with Complex needs nursing team.

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Loraya

One of the biggest was enabling us with your help to be together at Christmas with Loraya being in Southampton, that meant the world to us! Thank you x
Letitia Emery, December 2019

Loraya had been admitted to Southampton Hospital for a highly complex operation, unfortunately there was not enough room for all her family to stay over & be together, Christmas 2019 we paid for Loraya's dad to stay in a nearby hotel, we brought presents for all of the children & also a £100 Tesco voucher to help with the extra food expenses.
We are so pleased that we were able to help Loraya & her family!

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Edward

Thank you so much Emily’s star for Edwards wish of specialised vests, your continued support for us as a family means so much to us as well as the events that give us so many precious memories. Thank you for everything!
Gabby York, December 2019

Edward's wish was for some specialised vests, these are perfect for Edward who is fed via tube & also has limited movement.
The vests are made in Australia & cost over £100 a time, as we know how expensive specialised clothing is we were thrilled to be able to grant this wish. 

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Noah

Emily’s Star has done so much to support our family.
From the very first moments of our son being admitted onto the children’s wards regularly we received visits,
Christmas presents and a sensory box for Noah as a warm and friendly welcome from Emily’s star. Since those early days for us Emily’s Star charity has grown and it’s support is incredible for families like mine both at the forefront of their operations and behind closed doors too!
Emily’s Star has granted us support of someone to talk to supportively, knowing a vast background of children with complex needs like my son, we’ve received more lovely Christmas presents we could do together as a family, support days together which for us was an inclusive ‘changing places’ swimming pool which we may not have braved to do without their support, hand made blankets for my son and the best yet - family days out for the whole family with other complex needs families in Milton Keynes, our favourite of all!
Thank you so much Emily’s Star.
We are so excited for many more adventures with you which we otherwise wouldn’t have had.
​Bethany Underwood Thornton - January 2020

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Joshua

We have had so many wonderful experiences with Emily's Star from monthly stay and plays, annual summer parties and Christmas trip.
We have had support on an outing in the summer hols to Thomley Hall ,
I was feeling quite sad as Joshua was coming up to 19years old as we would not be able to attend events anymore but no, Emily's star worked there magic like they always do and have raised the age gap to 25 this is the best news ever as there support is so valuable to us as a family,
Looking forward to more memories next year
Claire Wootton - December 2019