“If You Wipe Your Tears, We Will Help You Smile”

Wipe Your Tears Charity is a small charity which has grown from humble beginnings. Our only aim is to help as many

children as possible. Being able to give a child that little bit of hope and courage to get through their difficult times is worth

more than anything to us. Giving a child time to laugh and smile when most days it is difficult to do so is what makes

Wipe Your Tears a worthwhile cause.

Issue 3 Summer 2017 Newsletter

What A Difference A Year Makes

We would like to welcome on board

Mark Foster and Paul Hutchins as

Charity Ambassadors. Their hard

work and dedication to Wipe Your

Tears is invaluable. Their contacts,

skills, knowledge and persistent drive

makes them perfect additions to the

Wipe Your Tears Family.

Our Family is growing

Saira Choudhry

We would like to welcome Saira Choudhry star of Hollyoaks on board as our newest Patron. We are

thrilled to have Saira on board and look forward to working with her in the future.

Saira said about the Charity:

“I am delighted to be supporting a charity with

such an important purpose. Helping children and families in time of need.”

“With thanks to Matthew Lincoln and the team at Northern Monkey Creative Media for all their dedication, support and hard work on producing our fantastic

‘New Look’ Website. Despite the hurdles we gave you, you surpassed each hurdle Olympic style and will always be our Gold Medallists.”

Www.wipeyourtears.org.uk

Look Who’s Swinging By!

Everybody we would like you to meet

Charlie the Chimp who is our official

Mascot. You will be able to read about

Project Charlie further on in our

Newsletter and you will also find him

on our website turning tears in to

smiles which as you know is what we

do best here at Wipe Your Tears.

Wipe Your Tears were thrilled to be nominated for the Heart of

Salford Awards 2016

Thank You!

Thank You!

Turning Tears into Smiles at Christmas

We were thrilled to

have been a beneficiary

once again of

cashforkids in 2016.

The difference this

support helps to make

in enabling many

children to open a gift

on Christmas Day they

otherwise would not

have received is

unimaginable.

Endeavour receiving their Toy donation

Safe Haven Preston receiving their Toy

donation

Fort Alice receiving their Toy donation

The start of our 2016 Toy Appeal

The Donations growing

WYT HQ 2016

Jessica Smith

Scott Tatton

Wayne Barnett

Ryan Yates

£727

£300 To Date

£620

£1400

Personal events are a fantastic

addition to our funding portal

and it also engages people from

all walks of life to achieve on

many occasions life long

ambitions and in some cases

jumping over some very large

hurdles.

JustGiving pages are a safe and

professional way to fundraise and

promote your event.

Wayne Barnett successfully

completed Tougher Mudder

and raised £727.

Jessica Smith along with her

mum, Bev and brother Dylan

have set themselves a target to

loose 10 stone cumulatively and

are still raising funds.

Ryan Yates took on a Boxing

Match challenge and gave himself

just 6 weeks to train. Ryan raised

£620

Scott Tatton achieved his

challenge of a lifetime by

completing the Kilimanjaro Trek

and raised a whopping £1400.

If you would like to do a personal

event via JustGiving please follow

the link below.

www.justgiving.com/wipeyourtears

New Project for 2017

Meet Lewis everyone. Lewis has complex medical needs

and along with his twin Luke, older brother Ryan and

Mum and Dad they were the first beneficiaries of a short

break to be funded through Project Charlie. The whole

family enjoyed a 5 day stay at Marton Mere Caravan Park.

Rest In Peace Sam

L-R Sam & Ollie

We were privileged to be

able to offer support to Sam

and his family via Project

Charlie. A wish to visit to

Harry Potter World was

granted in April 2017, sadly

Sam became too poorly and

so the trip had to be

cancelled. Sam

unfortunately lost his fight

with AML on 19th April

2017. Wipe Your Tears

continues to support Mum

and younger brother Ollie.

Since January 2016 we have sourced funding for 862 Cuddle Bags. Many thanks to individual and corporate sponsorship to help us to reach this amazing number. Our journey continues with Project Cuddle Bags, remember a bag can be sponsored for £60 helping a child to feel all is not lost.

Www.wipeyourtears.org.uk/cuddle-bags/

Katie-Louise

Katie-Louise is a little girl who has

Cerebral Palsy and Dystonia.

Katie-Louise’s condition leaves her

in need of a Paediatric bed which

would assist her with her sleeping

and also grow with her. The bed is

height adjustable and profiling,

meaning this will minimise any

further risk or damage to her

parents backs. Her parents, Derek

and Victoria both suffer with back

injuries through having to lift Katie

-Louise in and out of her current

cot which is not suitable for her

condition. Wipe Your Tears were

thrilled to be able to raise enough

funds to pay for this piece of

medical equipment for home use

which was not available on the

NHS. The funds were raised via

The Spring Flower Dance 2017.

Derek and Victoria are thrilled to

know that Katie-Louise will now be

in a safe and comfortable

environment when she sleeps.

The Team Take To The Red Carpet

The Spring Flower

Dance 2017 took place

on the 7th April at The

Novotel, Worsley. 120

guests enjoyed a red

carpet champagne

reception and were

greeted with uplifting

sounds from Salford

Steel. The evening

consisted of a 3 course

meal, entertainment

from the children at TV

Talent & Drama, Zoe

Unsworth and the

award winning

Manhattans, raffle,

both silent and live

auctions. All funds

raised were in aid of

Katie-Louise’s appeal

and her need of a

paediatric bed costing

£4500. The total

amount raised on the

evening was £5400

which meant

Katie-Louise was able

to receive this vital

piece of medical

equipment on 31st May

2017.

Mum and Dad, Derek

and Victoria attended

the evening along with

Katie-Louise after

making the flight over

from Belfast. We would

like to thank HC1

Athletic for

sponsorship of the

families flights and

their sister company

HCS Northwest for the

provision of a beautiful

Rolls Royce to collect

the family from the

airport and for display

and use at The Spring

Flower Dance.

Sponsorship for the

event came from Daniel

Watson, Founder of

Vida Loca in Bolton

and Emma Ridgeway,

Owner of VITA Skills

in Manchester. Without

the support of these 2

sponsors and all of the

guests who attended,

the evening would not

have been the success it

was.

Katie-Louise with Mum & Dad

Emma & Tony

Ridgeway

Daniel Watson (Centre) & Vida Team

Kids of TV Talent & Drama in action

The Award Winning Manhattans

Angel Fundraising

Hook, Line and Sinker

Wipe Your Tears are thrilled to be working with a local Fishing Club ‘Eccles Rod Benders’. We are proud to have sponsored the clubs shirts for the following 2 seasons ‘2017 – 2019’. In return, Wipe Your Tears Charity’s name will be displayed throughout the North West whilst club matches are taking place. The club has also organised a Charity Fishing Match as a Thank You. A word from the Founder of ERB “Feeling overwhelmed and also excited joining in to a partnership with Wipe Your Tears Childrens Charity. All the members are very grateful and proud to be wearing the Wipe Your Tears colours in the form of polo shirts provided. Thanks to all involved in the worthy charity, it’s remarkable how with a little help and a loving heart you can make a big difference in these children’s lives, which they deserve. Keep up the great work you are doing with the charity”. Colin ERB

Eggtastic News

Thanks a

Bunch

Big Thank You to all of the staff at DW Sports & Fitness, Bolton for choosing Wipe Your Tears Charity for the Easter Egg appeal also, a huge Thank You to their members for their amazing generosity in donating so many delicious looking eggs. The recipients of these delicious looking eggs were some very deserving children in one of the local refuges who Wipe Your Tears works closely with on a regular basis.

We would like to say a huge Thank You to the following for their support and generosity: Angel Fundraising Summit LLP Kelly Lopez (Zumbathon) IT Group Cottontown Chorus Rotary of Turton Santander Swinton Innerwheel, Westhoughton John Thorley The Cast of Bat Out of Hell Richard Threlfall Victoria Nicklin William Hill Mark Giblin Guy Richardson Pastor Billy McAree TK Maxx Bolton M&S Walkden All Grants & Foundations

who have awarded donations following our applications

“If You Wipe Your Tears

We Will Help You Smile”

Coming Soon...

Sunday 13th August 2017—Fishing Match

Friday 20th April 2018 — Raising Awareness

How to contact us

Website

Www.wipeyourtears.org.uk www.facebook.co.uk/wipeyourtearscharity www.twitter.com/WYTcharity

Email contacts: wendy@wipeyourtears.org.uk - Chief Executive or genny@wipeyourtears.org.uk - Charity Coordinator

Tel : 07949230007 08433 082 898 Tel: 07960067521

Saturday 14th October 2017—Family Fun Day

Sunday 10th September 2017—Boxing Event Why not take a look

at our up and

coming events,

there is a lot to

choose from. All of

our fundraising

events are

advertised on our

website and social

media sites details

of which are all

below.

Alternatively please

feel free to contact

one of our helpful

team on the contact

numbers or email

addresses provided.

Sunday 13th August 2017—Fishing Match