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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

John Webb, one of our colleagues, and his wife Steph have an 18 month old daughter Maddison, and she has just been diagnosed with childhood cancer. It has affected us all and we wanted to do something to help. Maddison has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, and is being treated at Great Ormond Street.

Registered charity, Be Child Cancer Aware and the Maria Watt Foundation have sponsored the Beads of Courage programme in the UK, and Maddison is enrolled and receiving her beads for each treatment she has.

The Beads of Courage programme is designed to provide an additional treatment and offers support for children and teenagers undergoing serious illness and treatments. The initial reaction to the Beads is “aren’t they pretty” but it is not until you see it in action and talk to children and care-givers that you can see the impact that they have.

Major benefits of the programme are that it helps to decrease illness-related distress, increases the use of positive coping strategies, helps children find meaning in illness and restores a sense of self in children coping with serious illness.

The programme also provides something tangible that a child can use to tell family and care-givers about their experience during treatment.  We are raising money for Be Child Cancer Aware through the Maria Watt Foundation for this wonderful Beads of Courage program, and we are doing it all in Maddison's honour.

If we raise enough money, then Maddison will be the official sponsor of her local hospital (Basildon) to receive this amazing programme. We will also carry some special courage beads which will be forever known as "Maddison's Miles" beads, and will be given out to children in hospitals with cancer who are on the beads of courage program!  

Please watch the short video, below to learn more, and please dig deep! Many thanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzs-wSO1Gw8

 

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Maria Watt Birmingham Foundation for Childhood & Teenage Leukaemia

Maria Watt Birmingham Foundation for Childhood & Teenage Leukaemia

Charity Registration No. 1118733

MWBF aims to raise awareness of Leukaemia and Other Cancers in Children, Teenagers and Young Adults. We also undertake research and provide various means of support. Please visit our websites for more information www.bechildcanceraware.org and www.mariawattfoundation.org

Donations 51

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Finally, the sponsorship money!!! Big well done to everybody again - it was a great achievement!

Donation by Matthew Atkins on 10/06/12

£200.00

+ £50.00 Gift Aid

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Sponser money as requested

Donation by Sarah Conway on 29/05/12

£75.00

+ £18.75 Gift Aid

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Well done Sarah !!

Donation by Emma Coogan on 08/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 07/05/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Very well done to Sarah & Charlie at UK Distribution Personnel and all other staff at Argos who helped raise money for such a good cause!

Donation by Brendan Healy on 06/05/12

£100.00

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so proud of my little brother and all of you for doing this wonderfull thing.

Donation by Michelle Lodge on 05/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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the journey of a million miles starts with just one step

Donation by john tarbard & linda bowen on 01/05/12

£28.00

+ £7.00 Gift Aid

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Well done to the whole team - what a fantastic achievement you should all be really proud of yourselves.

Donation by Mark Reeder on 30/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Well done to Sarah and everyone else that completed this epic task!

Donation by Keane Family on 29/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Well done Matt and to all the other walkers.

Donation by Hannah Bowen on 29/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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welldone for yesterday girls, sorry my donation is a bit late xxxxxxxx

Donation by sian smiles on 29/04/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Hi Lauren saw you walking along the A127 hope you are not aching to much we hope Maddison progresses well with her treatment Sharon & Brian Lawrence

Donation by Sharon Lawrence on 29/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Hi Steph, John, Alfie & Maddison Good luck on the walk! Thinking of you all. Love to you all. Sarah, Gavin, James and Charlotte xx

Donation by Sarah Adams on 29/04/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Hope you still have some feet left! Love from Kelly, Som, Jan and Bob xxx

Donation by Kelly Lovell on 28/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Well done to Ricky and everyone else. Emma and josh

Donation by Emma Draper on 28/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck to Hayley and all the other walkers. xxxx

Donation by Jan Webb on 28/04/12

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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All the best guys. Sorry I couldn't make the sun shine. And a big special Hello for Maddison x x x

Donation by Scott Webb on 28/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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good luck grant dowell today I hope the weather picks up for you, love from, claire, nick and oliver ireland x

Donation by claire ireland on 28/04/12

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Donation by Donna Munn on 28/04/12

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Best of luck to all on the walk for a very worthy cause.... Tracey, Craig and Elias xxx

Donation by Tracey O'Callaghan on 28/04/12

£10.00

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Hi Steph, John, Alfie & Maddison. Thinking of you all. Good luck on the walk John - great idea. Love to you all xxx

Donation by Chris and Keith Mann on 28/04/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck! To you all lots of love from all of us xxxxxxx

Donation by Nicola Gittins on 27/04/12

£10.00

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Good Luck, Dad, and everyone else of course! This is for such a good cause!

Donation by Jordan Smith on 27/04/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Donation by Roger Harding on 27/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck everyone!!

Donation by Justine Lloyd on 27/04/12

£10.00

Donation summary

  • * Online donations$1,872.45
  • Offline donations$0.00
  • Text donations$0.00
  • Total raised$1,872.45
  • Gift Aid$391.87

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