2019 News
We have been busy bringing some Christmas cheer that our website will be updated in the new year - Have a Merry Christmas!
Emily's Star 12 Gifts of giving …
300 Books donated
48 cupcakes purchased
44 Santa sweet cones made
30 Families visiting mead open farm on Sunday
20 Neonatal stockings ready
15 Christmas Volunteers
8 Vegan sweet treats
5 Gift cards given
4 Nurses Hampers
3 Wards visiting
2 Family Christmas arrangements
1 hotel accommodation sorted
we couldn't do al this without all your hard work and volunteering, thank you for continuing to push Emily's star and helping us grow.
Emily's Star 12 Gifts of giving …
300 Books donated
48 cupcakes purchased
44 Santa sweet cones made
30 Families visiting mead open farm on Sunday
20 Neonatal stockings ready
15 Christmas Volunteers
8 Vegan sweet treats
5 Gift cards given
4 Nurses Hampers
3 Wards visiting
2 Family Christmas arrangements
1 hotel accommodation sorted
we couldn't do al this without all your hard work and volunteering, thank you for continuing to push Emily's star and helping us grow.
Win a car for £1
This year we are thrilled to be taking part in the MKCF's Car Raffle...
Would you like to win a car for £1!
Head to the website today to buy your tickets, don't forget to select Emily's Star as your cause to benefit :-)
https://winacar.mkcommunityfoundation.co.uk/#play
Would you like to win a car for £1!
Head to the website today to buy your tickets, don't forget to select Emily's Star as your cause to benefit :-)
https://winacar.mkcommunityfoundation.co.uk/#play
Emily's Garden
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Emily's Grannie, Debbie, kindly donated 20 copies of Emily's Garden to us which have been sponsored by our supporters at £5 per book raising £100 for us.
Thank you to: Bernadette Swift Eddie, The brightest Star Felissity & Theodore Motion Plus Ltd Ollie Calcutt Aged 2 Angela Williams Orla & Elliott Dylan Hunter Russell MK Solid Surfaces Tilford Family Lilly, Cayden & Isla Extra Granny Paula Violet Scriven Christine & Family Teddybear the assistance dog Alessio Riley Bennett-Whitlock |
Great North Run
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We are so pleased to have gained 5 charity places for the 2020 Great North Run.
The ballot for runners to run for us took place on the 24th October, our runners are: Nikki Owen Nicky Peddle Emma Slaney Karen Place Dan Amsbury |
Tickets .com help us make 100 boxes
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Thao Busking to raise money
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Thank you so much to Thao who busked raising money for Emily’s Star on the 5th October
Raising an awesome £70.61! Thank you xx |
Collection Pots October
Thank you top the following supporters for having a collection pot & raising money for us:
Budgens Kents Hill - £43.18
Budgens Stratford Park - £36.22
Jade Hose - £81.31
The Clocktower, Emerson Valley - £39.93
Budgens Kents Hill - £43.18
Budgens Stratford Park - £36.22
Jade Hose - £81.31
The Clocktower, Emerson Valley - £39.93
Mercer & Hole Donation |
September Volunteer of the Month |
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To celebrate Mercer & Hole's 30th Birthday they decided to donate items for our Neonatal boxes to us!
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Volunteer of the month...
This month our volunteer is the wonderful Kelly. Kelly’s daughter was once a registered child with us & amazingly no longer needs the extra support from us but instead of disappearing, Kelly wanted to give something back & joined up to volunteer. She’s hardworking, honest & reliable & this month battled her fears & walked up the O2 to raise money for us. She attends every event she puts her down for & some that she even hasn’t just to provide extra support to the team! Well done Kelly & thank you xx |
Interfaith Event in MK
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29th September we were invited to be the chosen charity at the 2019 Interfaith event.
Katie spoke to the guests of the event about the charity & invited them to come over & see the items we provide. We raised over £120 |
Bingo is back
Bingo was back in September & raised a cool £400
Underwear donation
A few weeks ago while having a blood test at Milton Keynes University Hospital I met a lovely HCA, she noticed my Emily’s Star wristband & she explained she normally works on labour Ward & really appreciates the work we do for babies who require the use of the butterfly suite.
She said the only other thing she wishes she had to offer mums would be clean underwear...
Sometimes mums come in for a routine check only to discover their baby has sadly passed away, sometimes with everything going on underwear can become spoilt!
I honestly had never even thought of it!
Today I purchased multiple packets of knickers & socks.
If these are used & needed then we would continue to supply the baby bereavement team with this along with our butterfly toiletry bags & butterfly blankets that we already donate! 💖⭐️💖
She said the only other thing she wishes she had to offer mums would be clean underwear...
Sometimes mums come in for a routine check only to discover their baby has sadly passed away, sometimes with everything going on underwear can become spoilt!
I honestly had never even thought of it!
Today I purchased multiple packets of knickers & socks.
If these are used & needed then we would continue to supply the baby bereavement team with this along with our butterfly toiletry bags & butterfly blankets that we already donate! 💖⭐️💖
Funday in Blackburn to fund NNU boxes
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A huge massive thank you to Jake, Natasha & Thea for holding a fun day in Blackburn recently to raise money for us.
The event raised an incredible £1750.64 which will help to fund 43 neonatal boxes. Jake & Natasha received a box from us for Thea, she was born at 29 weeks and weighed 2 pound 14 oz This is her then & now, she is doing amazing, turned 10 months old yesterday and has just started crawling. |
Curry & Quiz Success
Trustees, Darcy & Jodie held a curry & quiz at The Grange on the 23rd September raising an awesome £301
Double Bill of events - 22nd September
A fantastic fundraising day...
The Redway Runners Old money run made us £137.89 through a tuck shop & cake sale.
Pottersbury carboot raised us £242.45 selling a mixture of donations of toys, clothes & more...
The Redway Runners Old money run made us £137.89 through a tuck shop & cake sale.
Pottersbury carboot raised us £242.45 selling a mixture of donations of toys, clothes & more...
Up at the O2 take two...
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This lovely lot, all 13 of them raised an incredible £1154.47 for Emily’s Star on the 14th September by climbing the O2...
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2019 Christmas Appeal
This Christmas we are changing things up...
For our annual Christmas Appeal we will be asking for donations of Children's books :-)
We will be distributing the books to babies & children on the Children's Ward over the Christmas period.
We will be looking for books for babies right up the teenagers.
If you are interested in helping us, if your company would like to hold a collection for us, then please get in touch.
For our annual Christmas Appeal we will be asking for donations of Children's books :-)
We will be distributing the books to babies & children on the Children's Ward over the Christmas period.
We will be looking for books for babies right up the teenagers.
If you are interested in helping us, if your company would like to hold a collection for us, then please get in touch.
MKUH Hospital delivery September
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This afternoon we have delivered all of this to Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust!
* Neonatal boxes to our nnu * Knitted cannula sleeves to the neonatal unit * 15 Butterfly Bags filled with toiletries for parents who use the butterfly suite on labour ward if their baby has been born sleeping * Butterfly Blankets for babies born sleeping * Loads of toiletries to the children’s ward, over 400 sachets of shampoo, 100 dummies, plus items from toothpaste, sanitary towels, shower gel & more...⭐️💖 |
Van Tax sponsors
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A huge big thank you to Oxley Electrical & Air conditioning contractors got agreeing to sponsor our Vehicle Tax on our van for the next 12 months!
Please pop over & give there page a like, let’s support them like they are supporting us xx https://www.facebook.com/Oxleyelectricalcontractors/ |
Box Making 11th September
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185 boxes created today ready to send out to Neonatal units this week
Thank you to volunteers from Network Rail for helping us today xx |
Volunteer of the Month - August
Without a shadow of doubt it has to be our amazing Darcy!
This month she has gone above & beyond her role & has helped & supported numerous families with one to one support during the summer holidays.
From attending hospital appointments, dentists, haircuts to days out at the sealife centres, Tomly hall, thrift farm & more...
She has given up time with her own family this summer holiday to support those who need her!
She’s off on a well deserved break to Wales with her family this week & we hope she has an amazing time!
Thank you for all you Darcy, and for the difference you make to our families xx
This month she has gone above & beyond her role & has helped & supported numerous families with one to one support during the summer holidays.
From attending hospital appointments, dentists, haircuts to days out at the sealife centres, Tomly hall, thrift farm & more...
She has given up time with her own family this summer holiday to support those who need her!
She’s off on a well deserved break to Wales with her family this week & we hope she has an amazing time!
Thank you for all you Darcy, and for the difference you make to our families xx
In Kind Direct Picnic
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28th August we were invited to In Kind Direct’s community picnic...
Unfortunately not all our families were able to make it but those that did had an incredible day! We enjoyed the arts & crafts, Lego tent, Disney tent & live music from kids Bob! Here are the Hurlock Family with some of the awesome Toy Story mascots on the Disney Stand! Thank you for a great day out, amazing memories were made xxx |
Big Thanks to Big Yellow
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Thank you so much to The Big Yellow Self Storage company in Winterhill Milton Keynes who have agreed to loan us a storage room completely free of charge ⭐️⭐️
We met Joe the manager this morning & secured the space this afternoon... can’t wait to make some room in our office |
A roaring good day...
Absolutely thrilled to announce our Dinosaur hunt raised us as an amazing £489.30
The Galleon Family Fun Day |
The Greyhound Hog Roast |
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Thank you so much to the Galleon Wolverton for holding a super fun day on the 26th August, raising £320 for us & with our Tombola the day raised us over £400!
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Thank you to the Greyhound pub in Haversham for holding a Hog Roast for charity on the 25th August.
Raising us a super £364.77 |
Thanks a latte |
Collection Pots - August |
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Thank you to Starbucks Drive Thru MK for nominating us for a £1000 donation during their "Big Summer Give" campaign
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Thank you to the following supporters for having collection pots & raising the following:
Westfriers - £73.55 Little Emm's - £129.50 |
John Lewis Community Matters
We are thrilled to be one of the chosen charities for John Lewis' Community Matters Scheme for this quarter.
From 1st August to 1st November in the café at John Lewis in Milton Keynes, customers can vote for their chosen charity & £3,000 will be divided up between all 3 charities based on the amount votes!
Thank you so much to John Lewis for their support & fingers crossed
From 1st August to 1st November in the café at John Lewis in Milton Keynes, customers can vote for their chosen charity & £3,000 will be divided up between all 3 charities based on the amount votes!
Thank you so much to John Lewis for their support & fingers crossed
Volunteer of the Month July
This volunteer has been with us for around 3 years, she started off as a helper on box making sessions & now is a full time volunteer!
This month she has worked until late at night making decorations for the Newport carnival, she came up with the idea of our O2 climb which took place this month & raised over £4000, she’s stayed late in the office creating our huge tombolas, she’s held a cake sale which raised over £400!
She volunteers herself for so many events & always turns up willing to help in anyway she can!
By a unanimous vote with our trustees today, our volunteer of the month is Rachel Louise!
Well done & thank you for everything you do!
This month she has worked until late at night making decorations for the Newport carnival, she came up with the idea of our O2 climb which took place this month & raised over £4000, she’s stayed late in the office creating our huge tombolas, she’s held a cake sale which raised over £400!
She volunteers herself for so many events & always turns up willing to help in anyway she can!
By a unanimous vote with our trustees today, our volunteer of the month is Rachel Louise!
Well done & thank you for everything you do!
Shenley Brook End School |
Ice Ice Baby |
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We were thrilled to receive two cheques adding up to an amazing £498.33
Thank you to all the staff & pupils for this amazing donation |
Thank you to everyone who donated on Facebook towards our Ice Lolly appeal, we raised £99 & we were able to buy 270 Ice lollies for staff, patients & parents during the heat wave.
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Up at The O2 - 20th July
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We took 30 fundraisers to London to climb up the O2.
Collectively they raised an amazing £4142.20 |
Network Rail Volunteer Day - 17th July
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We were pleased to welcome a team of volunteers from Network Rail to come into our office & help us create 185 neonatal boxes which will be donated to 12 different units in the UK.
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Cakes & Cookies galore..
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Karen, Rachel & Lou held a double weekender of a cake sale, selling cakes at MK Parkrun & Redway Runners Club run, they managed to make an incredible £473!
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Newport Carnival |
St Pauls In the community |
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We loved taking part in the Newport Pagnell Carnival once again & were thrilled to be with our charity partner Safari MK, we raised an awesome £85.56 through bucket donations.
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We welcomed students & teachers from St Pauls on Friday 28th June to help us create 185 boxes. The students were fantastic, they worked hard, asked lots of questions& a few wish to come back again to volunteer for us - great work - thank you
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Reusable Mugs donated to MK NNU
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We are pleased to be providing Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Neonatal Unit with new reusable mugs!
This will allow parents to have a hot drink on the unit itself as before now this has not been possible! The mugs have been funded by Emily’s Star, they are free for parents however a donation towards more mugs will be appreciated 💖💖 |
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Volunteer of the Month - June
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This month we are celebrating two volunteers of the month...
It just happens that they are husband & wife! Pete & Lisa Cameron!! This month they have gone above & beyond, preparing breakfast, lunch & dinner for everyone at MK24, camping on site to wake up at 4am to get everything ready! Thank you both so much, you are superstars!! |
Collection Pots July
Thank you to the following supports for having collection pots & raising the following:
Thao Singer - Busking - £21.37
Intelligent Talk - £82.67
Ducklings Westcroft - £21.55
Thao Singer - Busking - £21.37
Intelligent Talk - £82.67
Ducklings Westcroft - £21.55
New Trustees
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We are pleased to announce the appointment of three new trustees!
Front Left - Jodie - Treasurer Front Right - Darcy - Vice Chair Back Left - Tricia - Trustee Middles - Katie - Chair Back Right - Jayne - Trustee |
Butterfly Bags
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Today we’ve made up 10 more butterfly bags to pass onto the labour ward to be used by parents who are giving birth to their sleeping baby in the butterfly suite 💖💙⭐️
We love supporting Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 💖💙⭐️ |
Collection Pots - June
Thank you to the following supports for having collection pots & raising the following:
Starbucks Drive Thru - £195.36
Dutson Bakery - Heelands £57.20
Clock Tower - £44.77
Starbucks Drive Thru - £195.36
Dutson Bakery - Heelands £57.20
Clock Tower - £44.77
A Taste of... |
MK24 |
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Thank you to everyone involved in the Bath House presents "A Taste of"
Physio Pilates MK raised us an incredible £164.20 & the event itself raised £396.66 |
Thank you to Redway Runners for hosting an amazing event this weekend & inviting us along!
I hope everyone had a great time & enjoyed the delicious bbq by Lisa & Pete! First indications show the event itself has raised over £1,000 for us! Incredible!! A massive extra thank you must go to Stephen Scott, Dom, Chris & the rest of the team who pulled together the event! |
Training Aids & support to Children with Complex Needs Team - June
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Two months ago, we put some dolls heads on our amazon wish list.
They were to be used by children with complex needs nursing team, to help them with training. They are to help practice tracheostomy training. We thought we would show you what the lovely nursing team have done and how it will help. |
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vCreate
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We are pleased to announce that we are continuing with sponsorship of the vCreate platform at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust until July 2020!
The platform will be costing us £360 per month & we will be continuing to fundraise during this time 💖⭐️💖 https://www.justgiving.com/…/charity/emilys-star/vcreate2018 |
May Volunteer of the Month
This month our volunteer of the month is one of our junior volunteers...
Louie
Louie is Emily’s Cousin, he doesn’t live local but often comes up at weekends to see Nanny & Grampy & always jumps at the chance to help at events.
This month, he’s helped us out at Bingo, he collected up all the cards from our game, helped carry in boxes & helped to move around chairs!
He then came to the galleon on Monday & helped me run the tombola, he was excellent at working out all the maths & how many tickets each person should get, then was awesome at finding the winning prizes too!
At 9 years old you truly are an awesome little dude, well done Louie & thank you for your help 💙💙
Louie
Louie is Emily’s Cousin, he doesn’t live local but often comes up at weekends to see Nanny & Grampy & always jumps at the chance to help at events.
This month, he’s helped us out at Bingo, he collected up all the cards from our game, helped carry in boxes & helped to move around chairs!
He then came to the galleon on Monday & helped me run the tombola, he was excellent at working out all the maths & how many tickets each person should get, then was awesome at finding the winning prizes too!
At 9 years old you truly are an awesome little dude, well done Louie & thank you for your help 💙💙
Thift Farm Stay & Play
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29th May we took our registered families to Thrift Farm as a part of our regularly monthly session we provide for them.
These sessions are crucial for our families. They provide support for them and it’s a chance for all our families to be together. Here’s an adorable boy after enjoying the farm cuddling a little lamb. Thank you for all our supporters far and wide for helping us continue to keep these sessions going. |
Feedback moved to online...
In every Emily's Gift Neonatal box we send out, we include a questionnaire for parents to complete, we understand that having a new born baby is a stressful time with the added worry of your baby being in a neonatal unit however we were saddened to see the figures so low of feedback sent back, after speaking to parents & trustees we decided to also add the questionnaire online so parents can simply spend 2 minutes completing it online rather than sending it back in the post! We hope this will help us to ensure our boxes have in them exactly what parents need.
Galleon Fun Day
Being the chosen charity of The Galleon in Wolverton we were thrilled to be part of the annual bank holiday fun day, we raised an amazing £161.80 on our tombola alone!
Thank you to everyone who came along to support the event
Thank you to everyone who came along to support the event
Masonic Cheque Presentation
Darcy & I were delighted to be invited to the annual meeting of the Freemasons in Aylesbury, this year we have benefited from a number of donations adding up to over £2,000.
The donations have been used to help fund our registered families Christmas presnts, Christmas stay & play & various sensory equipment.
The donations have been used to help fund our registered families Christmas presnts, Christmas stay & play & various sensory equipment.
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Harrison turns 5
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18th May we were thrilled to provide Harrison his birthday wish.
Emily’s Star funded the bouncy castle, soft play, disco & mascots. Mum, Sophie said “THANK YOU SO MUCH 🙏🏼 Harrison’s birthday wish could not have been any better! It was such an amazing afternoon and everyone enjoyed it so much. Thanks for everything you do for us❤️❤️ “ |
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Making wishes
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We received an urgent call regarding a poorly child at Keech Hospice, Mum & Dad had very little time left with their child & wanted to create some memories. With the help of Tracy Simpson Photography we were able to all visit the hospice & create some beautiful photos in the wonderful grounds.
We also since funded for Nikki from Smallprint has been in to create some personalised keepsakes for the family too. |
Bingo 18th May |
The Peppiatt Golf Day |
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Our last bingo evening before our summer break took place on the 18th May, we raised an amazing £345 through the bingo & tombola.
Our next evening is on 28th September. |
A huge thank you to the Peppiatt family for choosing Emily's Star as their charity for their 2019 Golf Day, raising £150 for us in the process.
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Keech Hospice Support
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We were contacted by Keech Hospice care after an inpatient had arrived with one of our Neonatal Boxes.
A nurse from Keech contacted us regarding the boxes & regarding some of their patients with Trisomy 18. We have now decided to support Keech Hospice with both Neonatal Boxes & Sensory Boxes for their patients with Trisomy 18. |
Ducklings Preschool
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Bereavement Support
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.On the 13th May we were thrilled to welcome staff from Ducklings Preschool to help us create 200 neonatal boxes
The boxes were made up in the evening & were heading out to 12 different units in the UK. |
We were honoured to be invited to two events in May regarding Bereavement care in Milton Keynes. Both events were held at MKUH.
The first event was the Bereavement Training day, I was invited to speak to the staff attending the session regarding Emily's diagnosis, communication from MKUH & what we do now with Emily's Star. We also had a small stand during the Palliative Care event where staff members were invited to come & speak to various charities in MK about they work they do for different areas of the community. Both were arranged by Tracy Rae. |
Concrete Pint & Beer Festival 2019
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We had a fantastic time at the Concrete Pint Festival which was hosted by Barworx.
Ollie & Danielle the owners received a box for their son when he was born & they wanted to give something back so they chose us as their charity for the event. Final figures to be announced soon :-) |
MK Marathon Weekend
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Today this awesome chap set out to complete the MK marathon, unfortunately he picked up an injury in training but decided to give it his best shot!
Raising an incredible £610 for us, Hateley smashed out 14 miles before he had to retire! We will be forever grateful to him for the hours & hours of training sessions & all the miles ran leading up to today! Thank you for being so incredible & trying your best for us, you are a superstar!! |
Redway Runners Charity of the YearWe are super pleased to announce that this week we were chosen as the Redway Runners charity of the year 2019/20!
As a member of the club myself I felt very humbled that so many people came to the AGM to vote for us! I’m looking forward to working alongside the club & raising lots of money for families in Milton Keynes 💚💚💚💚 April's BingoThank you to everyone who supported our bingo night on the 27th April, we raised an amazing £498!
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Volunteer of the monthWe rely so much on our volunteers, we have an amazing team who work so hard all of the time that we thought we would start a volunteer of the month going forward!
This month our volunteer of the month for April is a new volunteer but one that is now an essential part of the team! This month she has helped out at events, taken home items for selling on Facebook, managed the office on her own twice, alongside her own fundraising efforts for her O2 climb in July! She is such a kind hearted lady with time for everyone & anyone! Well done Karen Place for being our first official volunteer of the month! Collection Pots in MayThank you to the following supports for having collection pots & raising the following:
Wonderful Nails - £95 Budgens Kents Hill - £57.07 Little Emm's - £99.28 |
EGGcelent Success
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Our annual Egg Hunt saw over 400 children take to the Secret Garden to hunt for clues, those who managed to find the hidden letters were able to take home a prize :-)
We made a huge £1385.81 profit! Thank you so much :-) |
Bowled Over...
We took over 14 lanes at Hollywood Bowl on the 17th April for our monthly Stay & Play session, all of our families had a great time & we especially love this message & photo from Sam, one of our families.
Network Rail Box Making
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We were once again pleased to have team members from Network Rail help us create 180 boxes for our April's Box Making session.
Thank you to Acorn Early Years for loaning us the use of a training room for the day. |
Quiz Night Success |
Collection Pots April 2019 |
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Thank you to everyone who attended our Curry & Quiz night on the 2nd April, we raised an amazing £332.40. A great big thank you to The Spice Village for hosting the evening once again.
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Thank you to the following supports for having collection pots & raising the following:
Starbucks Drive Thru - £340.04 Budgens Stratford Park - £52.84 |
For tiny fingers & tiny toes...
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From April 2019 we are pleased to announce that our neonatal boxes will contain these awesome sets...
An ink-less wipe to capture all those small fingers & toes onto paper with information included on how to turn them into jewellery or key rings... A huge big thank you to Nikki from Smallprint Silver Fingerprint Jewellery Beds, Bucks & Herts for your support!💖⭐️💖 |
New Donation Points have landed
Our new bespoke donation point boxes have arrived...
The first 3 boxes are heading out to:
Sainsburys Shenley Church End
Morrisons Westcroft
Dobbies Garden Centre
We cannot thank Heslops Removals enough for their sponsorship of our new boxes
The first 3 boxes are heading out to:
Sainsburys Shenley Church End
Morrisons Westcroft
Dobbies Garden Centre
We cannot thank Heslops Removals enough for their sponsorship of our new boxes
Music Time...
Our March stay & Play session was a music & sensory session!
We enjoyed an hour of our own creative play before we were joined by Holly & Paul who entertained us with songs & dance for everyone to enjoy!
We enjoyed an hour of our own creative play before we were joined by Holly & Paul who entertained us with songs & dance for everyone to enjoy!
Collection Pots in MarchSafari MK - £167.92
Budgens Stratford Park - £47.51 Budgens Kents Hill - £21 |
In memory of JensonWe were honoured to be chosen as one of Jenson’s favourite charities & we cannot thank his family & friends enough for their amazing donation to us in his memory of £523.10 💙💙
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Nearly New Sucess |
Mediumship Night Huge Hit |
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Our first nearly new sale took place on the 2nd March , raising a total of £254.19
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We had a great night with Bec's once again, raising £757.59
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Dress down raises over £1000
We were absolutely thrilled to be chosen as the charity for the Bromsgrove School Dress Down Day which raised an incredible £1020.
Eleanor Rea kindly put us forward as the charity as it close to her families heart as her brother, Bill, was born with Trisomy 18. Thank you Eleanor, the money will be used to help many families.
Eleanor Rea kindly put us forward as the charity as it close to her families heart as her brother, Bill, was born with Trisomy 18. Thank you Eleanor, the money will be used to help many families.
Walton MK support Emily's Star
"Walton MK U11's Hawks are delighted to have linked up with Emily's Star having purchased a new away kit and with no sponsorship forthcoming the Hawks have donated the space on the front of the shirts to the local charity to help raise awareness of Trisomy 18”
Manager, David Ellis
We cannot thank David enough for thinking of us & we absolutely love the new kit!
Good luck for the rest of the season lads!!
Manager, David Ellis
We cannot thank David enough for thinking of us & we absolutely love the new kit!
Good luck for the rest of the season lads!!
Sad news, our wonderful Myra |
Toiletries for all at MK Children's Ward |
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Absolutely heartbroken to share the news that the amazing Myra has passed away peacefully after a battle with cancer!
Myra the head of the incredible Knight Family has been supporting us for a number of years with their incredible Christmas lights in Marston Moretaine! Myra will be missed by everyone who knew her, she was an amazing lady who helped & supported so many! Her support & love for Emily’s Star was outstanding! We are thinking of John, Carl, David & their family at this difficult time! Sleep tight Myra ⭐️💖⭐️ |
Every month we take a huge delivery of toiletries to Ward 5 our local Children's Ward, the toiletries are there for anyone who has an emergency stay on the ward or for someone who has forgotten something, from shampoo to nappies, we cover it all!
99% of these are donated to us through our collection points across MK |
NNU Delivery
We were asked if we could look into some small handheld mirrors for Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Neonatal Unit to help mums & dad see baby when doing kangaroo care, we were also asked if we could provide some small baby brushes...
We delivered 10 handheld unbreakable mirrors & 20 sets of baby brushes to the unit for their tiny visitors & their parents in January 💖⭐️
We delivered 10 handheld unbreakable mirrors & 20 sets of baby brushes to the unit for their tiny visitors & their parents in January 💖⭐️
Facebook Fundraisers |
Foreign Coins |
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Thank you to the following people who have had Facebook Fundraisers for us celebrating their birthdays in January:
Kevin Melville - Raising £44 John Grage - Raising £247 Colleen Place - Raising £91 |
Our charity partner The Galleon is collecting all foreign coins which they will turn into sterling & split between us & Hula their second charity of the year
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Sweet Support
Emma’s Little House Of Sweets is a new home run business located in Milton Keynes.
They have a variety of sweet treats available including:
Sweet cones 🍭
Chocolate cones
Hot chocolate cones
Milkshake cones 🥛
Pick n mix boxes
Chocolate bags
Luxury chocolate box 🍫
Chocolate Explosion 💥
They are also happy to make customised orders upon request.
10% profit from all sales comes to Emily's Star.
Take a look at their page - https://www.facebook.com/emmaslittlehouseofsweets
They have a variety of sweet treats available including:
Sweet cones 🍭
Chocolate cones
Hot chocolate cones
Milkshake cones 🥛
Pick n mix boxes
Chocolate bags
Luxury chocolate box 🍫
Chocolate Explosion 💥
They are also happy to make customised orders upon request.
10% profit from all sales comes to Emily's Star.
Take a look at their page - https://www.facebook.com/emmaslittlehouseofsweets
Neonatal Box cost update
Due to price increases & the use of different suppliers for clothing due to the poor availability unfortunately the price of our boxes is now risen...
Each standard box we create is now costing us £40
Each micro box we create is costing £19.93
Each box with no clothes for MK hospital only is costing £25.23
Therefore our monthly spend on neonatal boxes before shopping costs is £6844.47
We 100% rely on your support & donations, so thank you for continuing to support us.
We have a campaign running for 2019 to help fund 50% of the cost of the boxes this year:
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/EmilysGiftNeonatalBoxes2019
Each standard box we create is now costing us £40
Each micro box we create is costing £19.93
Each box with no clothes for MK hospital only is costing £25.23
Therefore our monthly spend on neonatal boxes before shopping costs is £6844.47
We 100% rely on your support & donations, so thank you for continuing to support us.
We have a campaign running for 2019 to help fund 50% of the cost of the boxes this year:
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/EmilysGiftNeonatalBoxes2019
162 Boxes down 1850 to go
Our goal in 2019 is to donate 2012 boxes to the units we support.
We started the year by inviting a team from Accenture MK into help us & we created 162 boxes which were shipped out to 12 different units on the 17th January.
A huge thank you once again to the staff at Acorn Training for allowing us to use the space free of charge for the session.
We started the year by inviting a team from Accenture MK into help us & we created 162 boxes which were shipped out to 12 different units on the 17th January.
A huge thank you once again to the staff at Acorn Training for allowing us to use the space free of charge for the session.
F J Morris Donation
Massive thank you to F J Morris Contracting Limited just before Christmas they donated two cheques to the sum of £1030.00.
We can’t thank all the colleagues enough for their hard work and contribution.
We can’t thank all the colleagues enough for their hard work and contribution.
Growing the charity
As a charity we are super pleased & excited to continue to grow...
To grow we need lots of help & support from our volunteers but also paid members of staff...
From January, Darcy is increasing her hours to concentrate on building up relationships with our families by offering home visits, trips out & support where needed.
We are also delighted to offer a part time paid position to Rachel who has been a volunteer for a number of years & is now a paid member of our office team ensuring smooth running of the office along with event preparation & more...
Growth is an important part of our dream!
The futures bright, its full of stars....⭐️⭐️⭐️
To grow we need lots of help & support from our volunteers but also paid members of staff...
From January, Darcy is increasing her hours to concentrate on building up relationships with our families by offering home visits, trips out & support where needed.
We are also delighted to offer a part time paid position to Rachel who has been a volunteer for a number of years & is now a paid member of our office team ensuring smooth running of the office along with event preparation & more...
Growth is an important part of our dream!
The futures bright, its full of stars....⭐️⭐️⭐️
Collection Pots in January |
Charity of the year at The Galleon |
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A Huge thank you to the following companies for your donations form your collection pots in January:
Starbucks Drive Thru - MK - £187.57 Little Emm's - £145.01 Westfriers Fish & Chip Shop - £95.72 Starbucks Silbury - £293.24 Vom Fass - £46.29 Starbucks Kingston - £29.58 Total Raised - £797.41 |
We are all so pleased to have been chosen as the charity of the year alongside Hula Animal Rescue at The Galleon in Wolverton Milton Keynes - we cant wait to start fundraising & holding events with them.
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Lightning Start to 2019
We were pleased to be able to take a number of our registered families to watch MK Lightning at Planet Ice on Saturday 5th January.
We thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere, the noise but not so much the score line...
We thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere, the noise but not so much the score line...
