Saturday 2 April 2016

We all thought that 2015 had been an amazing year for our charity, we achieved so much and became a much more known about charity.

We had many more people join us to organise or participate in fund raising events, and more businesses were willing to help us out with donations or services. 

We also managed to raise a brilliant amount of money for our funds.

But 2016 has already been an outstanding start to the year and we are only 3 months into it.

It feels like we are definitely being seen as a much more serious charity. 

When new charities start up they are faced with so many hurdles to jump, and in today's society unfortunately people are initially reluctant to donate as there are so many scam charities around. 

2015 helped us conquer many of those hurdles and we are now becoming more known about within the general public and bereavement services. 
People have also realised that we are in it for the long haul, even when things have been really tough and we have felt very deflated we have still carried on with our fight to get improvements to bereavement support.
Whenever we feel like giving up we all just have to look at a picture of Charlie and his mummy and the motivation to carry on kicks in.

The other change that has helped us has been the acceptance of companies to take our HMRC number as proof of our charitable status, allowing us to take part in many more fundraising ventures e.g. bucket shaking at events or bag packing at supermarkets.

So far this year we have managed to secure several events to be held throughout the year and have some that are currently in the pipelines.

Already in 2016 we have had a bucket shaking event at the Leeds Rhinos. We have our evening with 2 Spiritualist Mediums taking place in May and our very first Autumn Charity Ball in September. We also have an event currently in the organisation process taking part in July (as soon as we have all the details we will let you know).
We have also got a friend who is taking part in Gung Ho in Leeds and very kindly decided to choose our charity as the beneficiary of this.

The support we have had so far for all of these events has been phenomenal, most of the events we have organised are being done through the generosity of people donating their services or venues for free. This again shows us that we are now seen as a main stream charity.

What makes us feel the most proud is the amount of people we are now able to support and help. 
With the addition of 5 qualified bereavement counselors providing free counselling we are now able to get parents and their families the help they need without them having to be added to a long waiting list. Our first family were able to access their counselling within a week of contacting us. 

This is how support should be done.

Our community support group is also now established and provides that vital help that is so needed. The website, social media and telephone support are continuing to keep us busy but that is how we like it. It makes us realise that what we are doing is working.

We hope that the rest of 2016 is just as busy and successful as it has been so far and we hope you stay with us on our venture. 
Please go and have a look at our website, there are so many things to see and you can find many ways in which you can become involved to help bereaved families across the UK.
 www.Charlies-Angel-Centre.org.uk 

Thank you for all the support you have given us so far everyone of you has helped us make a difference.







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