Project calendar
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2011

January

  • Provided transport to hospital for a family

  • Provided beauty therapy as a boost for an 11-year-old patient
  • Arranged for a magician to teach a child magic tricks during a hospital stay

February

  • Arranged a holiday for a family with a sick child

  • Launched our Therapies at Home/ in Hospital Service to promote stress relief and wellbeing for parents with a seriously-ill child; a qualified beauty therapist visits families at Wexham Park and Upton Hospital, in Slough, or at home
  • Provided specialist equipment to meet the changing needs of a child
  • Arranged for  a young patient to fulfill her ambition of completing a cookery course

March

  • Worked with the family of a sick child to secure more suitable accommodation

  • Provided transport for a sick child and parent to and from hospital to attend treatment and check-up appointments

  • Supported the siblings of a sick child and providing activities for them

April

  • Provided transport to hospital for children on treatment and their carers

May

  • Provided wellbeing therapy sessions for parents and carers each week

June

  • Provided wellbeing therapy sessions for parents and carers each week

  • Provided transport for a sick child and parent to appointments at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London

  • Helped a family with household chores following their child's transplant
  • Provided weekly transport to Wexham Park Hospital for a child whose rare condition means he needs treatment four times a week

July

  • Provided ongoing bereavement support to two families

  • Provided wellbeing therapy sessions for parents and carers each week

  • Provided transport for a sick child and parent to appointments at Wexham Park and various London hospitals

  • Started providing holidays for families with a sick child at The Bluebells

August

  • Provided help in the home to a family struggling to cope with their child's illness

  • Introduced psycho-social support through jointly funding the appointment of a psychologist at Wexham Park Hospital

  • Provided weekly transport to hospitals

  • Provided weekly wellbeing support to families
  • Provided respite breaks to families through stays at The Bluebells
  • Provided games and activities for a child in isolation for a long period at Wexham Park Hospital
  • Held a drop-in meeting for bereaved parents at The Bluebells

September

  • Held a Sibling Activity Day for children on treatment and their siblings taking 26 children to Paulton's Family Theme Park and then to The Bluebells

  • Provided weekly transport to hospitals

  • Provided weekly wellbeing support to families
  • Provided respite breaks to families through stays at The Bluebells

  • Funded psycho-social support for families at Wexham Park Hospital

October

  • Arrange for a child and his parents to attend the Pride of Britain Awards and enjoy an overnight stay in London

  • Sibling Sleepover at The Bluebells for children undergoing treatment for a life-limiting or life-threatening condition and their siblings

  • Planned social for the dads of seriously-ill children

November

  • We will be holding a drop-in session for bereaved families at The Bluebells

  • We are introducing use of The Bluebells for single day visits to seriously-ill children from the Basingstoke area

December

  • We will be holding a Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving at Dorchester Abbey for families who have lost a child

  • Holding a Sibling Activity Day for sick children and their brothers and sisters from the Wexham Park Hospital area
  • Holding a Sibling Activity Day at The Bluebells for sick children and siblings from the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital area

 

2010

January

  • Arranged a get together for a group of bereaved mums

February

  • Invited some of our sick children and their families to join us at the Groundbreaking Ceremony at The Bluebells

March

  • Provided transport for a sick child and parent to and from hospital to attend treatment and check-up appointments

  • Purchased a car seat, pushchair and other equipment for a sick child

  • Purchased a mobile phone to allow a parent of a sick child to contact hospital

April

  • Purchased a Christening gown and provided transport to a Christening for a sick child

  • Arranged for a photographer to take pictures at the Christening of a sick child providing lasting memories

  • Provided transport to and from a hospice for a sick child and parent

May

  • Held a Reflections weekend for bereaved families

  • Acted as an advocate and secured a house move for the family of a sick child to more suitable accommodation

  • Facilitated the visit of a sick child to the FA Cup Final at Wembley

 

June

  • Arranged the funeral for a sick baby and provided her family with support on the day

July

  • Arranged for a group of bereaved families to holiday in France

August

  • Planned Reflections Activity Day at Go Ape for bereaved families

  • Planned Sibling Activity Day for brothers and sisters of sick children

 

September

  • Planned project to refurbish the Children’s Day Chemotherapy and Complex Treatment Room at Wexham Park Hospital

October

  • Planned Pampering Day for bereaved mums

November

  • Planned Go-Karting event for bereaved dads

December

  • Reflections Service of Remembrance

  • Planned Sibling Activity Day out and other Christmas treats

  • Provided transport to hospital for sick children and their families
 
2009

January
  • Provided transport to hospital for sick child and his parents

February
  • Held a pampering afternoon for tired parents and primary carers at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough
  • Held a Sibling Activity Day for bereaved siblings
  • Provided transport to hospital for sick child and his parents


April
  • First stage of project to redecorate and refurbish isolation rooms in the children’s ward at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough – including two bedrooms, one en-suite bathroom, corridor and communal bathroom

May
  • Second stage of project to redecorate and furnish isolation rooms in the children’s ward at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough – including two bedrooms

June
  • Final stage of project to redecorate and furnish isolation rooms in the children’s ward at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough – including two bedrooms and one en-suite
  • Secured a car for a family who desperately needed reliable transport to get their child to hospital
  • Organised a special treat for a 10-year-old with leukaemia and his dad, by securing two free tickets to see England vs. Andorra at Wembley.

August
  • Held a Sibling Activity Day for the brothers and sisters of children who are undergoing treatment at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, for life-limiting or life-threatening illnesses

November
  • Reflections’ Candlelight Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance at Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester on Thames

December
  • Pampering afternoon planned for tired parents and carers with children undergoing treatment at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough