<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit&nbsp;our JustGiving page.</p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">At Butterwick House Children's Hospice,&nbsp;I thought I&rsquo;d let you know about how&nbsp;you can help&nbsp;us achieve one of our greatest measures of success - smiles!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify; text-kashida-space: 50%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: #00b0f0; font-size: 12pt; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Your support pays for everything - </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The essential 24 hour nursing care is just one part of our work with our<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>children and their families. We aim to provide much more than just medicine and food, we use our resources to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>create quality days, cherished memories and above all an enhanced quality of life for </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">everyone</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> who we are working with.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify; text-kashida-space: 50%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: #00b0f0; font-size: 12pt; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Creative therapies and special days - </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Your support has allowed us to get everyone messy in our arts and crafts room, where we recently created Valentines hearts and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>pictures to brighten up the walls even more! Our next project will be to create work to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee&mdash;your valued contributions pay for all the materials needed for these fun and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>relaxing sessions, which give the children a chance to have time out from their illness and just be children, not patients.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify; text-kashida-space: 50%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In December, we took the children to Whitworth Park to see the reindeer (before Santa needed them) - this year we&rsquo;d like to take them to Butterfly World, the Children&rsquo;s Farm and also to the seaside. Your support helps pay for all of these<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>brilliant outings, which are so important to our children&rsquo;s happiness and well-being.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify; text-kashida-space: 50%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: #00b0f0; font-size: 12pt; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Brothers and Sisters feel special too! - </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">As well as providing nursing care and support for the children we try to help their siblings too; brothers and sisters often feel &lsquo;left out&rsquo; or isolated when they have a sibling with a serious medical condition..&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify; text-kashida-space: 50%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Last year we took a group of these siblings for an<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>activity weekend at East Barnby, where there were lots of smiles, laughs and a whole lot of fun. We couldn&rsquo;t have done this without your support<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>either.&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify; text-kashida-space: 50%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It costs over &pound;800,000 every year to maintain our services, making sure we have all we need to care for children with life limiting, complex illnesses. We offer as much support as we can to the children&rsquo;s families, and are<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>always at the end of the phone or ready to step in to take over caring responsibilities when needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify; text-kashida-space: 50%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It is so important for Butterwick House staff to be able to add life to days, even though we can&rsquo;t add days to the children&rsquo;s lives. Can you help us to continue creating happy smiles? </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Please donate<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">whatever you can afford to help us keep on providing happiness and fun. It&rsquo;s the best medicine we can offer to all our families.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify; text-kashida-space: 50%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; language: EN-GB; mso-default-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-latin-font-family: Verdana; mso-greek-font-family: Verdana; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Verdana; mso-armenian-font-family: Verdana; mso-hebrew-font-family: Verdana; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-thai-font-family: Verdana; mso-currency-font-family: Verdana; mso-latinext-font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Thank you for your support </span></p> <p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p> </p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p>