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Businesses challenged to help children in crisis this Christmas

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Businesses are being urged to get involved with an initiative to help children who face spending Christmas in emergency accommodation after fleeing domestic violence. The Buddy Bag Foundation is looking for teams to take part in the Challenge Box scheme, to help provide essentials and home comforts to children who often have to flee leaving everything behind. Firms who want to take part should find 30 team members who will be given a shopping bag and list of items to buy. This can include pens and pencils, books, pyjamas, toothbrushes and other items. A team-building exercise can then be arranged […]

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Coast-to-coast trek will raise thousands for Acorns in memory of Tiffany

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A nurse and businesswoman is preparing to walk from coast to coast via Hadrian’s Wall to raise money for Acorns Hospice in memory of a little girl who died aged just three. Michele Ibbs is raising money to pay for five heart and oxygen monitors which will enable children to spend time away from the hospice, either at home or out on day trips. Michele, from Westcroft, near Wolverhampton, said: “Sometimes these children can’t be nursed at home because their oxygen levels need to be monitored. The monitors mean they can spend time at home and on day trips. “As

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Dance teacher’s funds plea to help children with special educational needs

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A Midlands dance teacher has launched an appeal for funds to provide a free online library of tuition videos for children with special educational needs. Charlotte Cooper hopes the videos will be an invaluable resource for parents of youngsters looking for specialist SEN-only activities. She has now launched a Crowdfunder appeal to raise £5,000 by the end of February to help pay for the production costs and hopes to have the videos online by the summer. Charlotte, aged 27, of Kidderminster, said: “Dance helps SEN kids massively, especially with their communication. They may be non-verbal but through dance we see

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