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The past few weeks have been challenging. We have had 3 new families over the Summer holidays (plus our usual visits) and lots of fundraising events. We learned last week that our Children In Need Application was rejected. This, of course, was a huge disappointment to us as it was to be used to pur... Read More

 

Tags: Donations,  Help,  Donate,  Equipment,  Crowdfunding, 

 

 

After attending the Butterfly Ball last year and hearing some of the stories of what people had done to raise money for the Ally Cadence Trust, I decided I wanted to do something to raise money myself. I had recently got in to cycling with some friends from work so this seemed to be the perfect cho... Read More

 

Tags: Fundraising,  Cycling, 

 

 

How would I describe my first year as an ACTSMA Trustee? The first thought that pops into my head when I ask myself this question is, rewarding.  Over the past year I have gotten heavily involved in the charity and fundraising.  Things I have done include emailing Companies for donations ... Read More

 

Tags: Rewarding,  Trustee, 

 

 

This year my mum entered Tough Mudder for the 4th time, I told her I really want to do it with her as soon as I'm old enough!  She said "Why don't you enter Mini Mudder?" I really wanted to do Mini Mudder last year but we didn't have time so this was a great idea.  My mum entered on Saturd... Read More

 

Tags: Fundraising,  Tough Mudder,  Mini Mudder, 

 

 

That picture up there... it was lie ;)  I'm back for my 4th Tough Mudder!  With just 6 weeks to go it really is time to concentrate on the fitness levels. We will be completing a 12 mile course of around 20 + obstacles. These obstacles are extremely challenging and many are more mind over... Read More

 

Tags: Fundraising,  Training,  Tough Mudder,  Mini Mudder, 

 

 

It's that time of year again that we start the long preparation for our ball!  We're doing pretty well so far and have already booked the hotel, singer, disco and auctioneer and had a think about the decorations... that's without the huge amount of time and effort that has been going into makin... Read More

 

Tags: Fundraising,  Butterfly Ball,  Donations, 

 

 

It's been 2,531 days (the equivalent of 60,744 hours or 3,644,640 minutes) since we said goodbye to Ally. Compare that to the short 190 days that she was here and it really does feel like a lifetime ago. We've been sat this afternoon looking through the footage that Martin at Focused Producti... Read More

 

Tags: Reflection,  Diagnosis,  Filming, 

 

 

A new year can always be a particularly hard time for those that have lost loved ones, and the thought of entering a new year without them can be both daunting and upsetting.  We have just entered our 7th year without Ally, and although yes it does get easier with time, it can still ... Read More

 

Tags: New Year,  Awareness,  Fundraising,  Thanks, 

 

 

We decided to set this blog up to give a little more insight into the work we do on a more personal basis.    We first started fundraising at the end of March 2009, just 2 weeks after Ally passed away (you can find her full story on our home page).  When we started this fundrais... Read More

 

Tags: Reflection,  Ally,  Charity,  History,  Journey,