Edward'S Trust

Who would have thought 30 years ago that we would be where we are today?… Going from providing a home away from home accommodation for up to 5 families (who had a child seriously ill in Birmingham Children’s Hospital) to what it is now – ‘A holistic bereavement support network for parents, children & families,’ supporting over 500 families & 3,000 individuals every year! We are so proud of what Edward’s Trust has achieved over the years & all the families we have been able to help during their grief journey, but we couldn’t have done it without your support. Thank you! Join us on 29th Jan to see how you can get involved with our 30th Anniversary Celebrations. We’d love to see you all there, comment below to let us know if you are planning to attend 💙💕💙 #FlyingTheKite

Great news!
We are registered with ‘Easyfundraising’ it’s a great site where you can help ET raise funds simply by doing your everyday online shopping! Over 3,500 large retailers are included, such as Amazon, Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, eBay, Boden and M&S.
Every time you shop, we receive a small donation to say ‘thank you!’ It’s completely free and over £20M has been raised for causes just like us so far.
... We want to raise as much as possible so please sign up and make a difference, by visiting: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes /edwards-trust/
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Do you shop in any of the Tesco stores around Birmingham? Remember that ET have been chosen to be a part of their ‘Bags of Help’ Grant scheme. You have until 28th February to place a token into the Edward’s Trust box in order to vote for our ‘Dads and Lads Bereavement Service’. The project that gets the most votes wins £4,000 which would make a huge different to our ‘Dads and Lads’ who need support through their grief. To find our all the stores participating please visit; https://goo.gl/UJVv31

As you all know, we officially turn 30 this year!
We are really excited to launch our Events Programme for 2019 and share with you all the exciting things coming up this year that you can get involved in! Join us on Tuesday 29th Jan, 6.30pm at The Binding Site Group, Edgbaston and share a toast with us to mark 30 years of supporting bereaved families.
RSVP to our event, drop an e-mail to grace.mincher@edwardstrust.org.uk or pop a comment below and to let us know you’re pla...nning on coming along, we’d love to see as many of our supporters there as possible. Let’s kick-off the celebrations in style, so we can all be #FlyingTheKite together and be super proud to do so!
https://www.facebook.com/events/175945608 7492816/
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What a day at Edward’s Trust!!!! Not all super heroes wear capes... some wear high vis vests!! Thank you to these amazing guys; Terry, Martin, Shaun & Steven from Western Power Distribution & Doocey Group, who flew in to get us back up & running!!! Special thank you goes to Terry who kindly donated to us before he flew off to his next call out! 💙💕💙

Calling people in Edgbaston... please help!!! Edward’s Trust have an emergency... There is a car blocking access on Highfield Gardens... Black Mini Cooper, Registration ending in **** UJU... please please move it so that Western Power Workers can get in to ET to fix our electrics! Sadly, we have had to turn our bereaved families away today and we cannot run our service! 😕 Trying to #FlyTheKite ... but we need some light!!! 💡💡💡💙💕💙

And he’s off…
Our amazing supporter, Michael Creighton aka ‘The Bearded Bimbler’, will be running an Ultra Marathon throughout 2019 covering every UK National Park, self-supported and carrying all his own gear including his tent! WOW, what a trooper! We’re exhausted even thinking about it. The money raised will go to ET and the Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation.
He kicked off this amazing challenge on 5th Jan starting at the New Forest… That’s 1 down, 10 more to g...o! What an inspiration! If you would like to support Mike’s fundraising efforts and pop him some words of encouragement, then head on over to his Just Giving page; http://ow.ly/GdZS50kdAG3 or text SGVL94 plus your donation to 70070.
Thank you so much for choosing to support ET and helping us to continue to support our bereaved families. A huge good luck to our ‘Bearded Bimbler’ for your next 10 crazy runs!
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A great morning with Nicky & Aaron from ‘Ecl-ips’... sharing the work of ET and discussing ways in which this lovely team can support us! Thank you for choosing Edward’s Trust to be your Charity of the Year 💙💕💙

Join us in kick starting our 30th year celebrations on Tues 29th January, 6.30pm at The Binding Site Group, Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston, B15 1QT. Come along to hear about how your amazing support has helped us to provide our vital services, hear about our events programme for 2019 and how YOU CAN get involved. Let’s make a toast to ET with a glass of fizz and canapes!

Thank you to the lovely ‘Thursday Night Footballers’ from Walsall who arranged a charity match against ‘Available Cars’, Cannock in order to pay tribute to Jordan Voice & support the work of Edward’s Trust. The evening raised a wonderful £120 & parents of Jordan; Karen and Martin Voice would like to thank Mick for organising the event & ET for the support they have received in recent months. What a wonderful gesture, thank you for #FlyingTheKite through football!’ 💙💕💙

We 💚 Bustleholme1975 FC... Especially when families & friends come together in loving memory of No. 11 Aston 💚... Meet family members who all pull together to remember Aston in doing what he loved best, playing Football! Another great tournament organised in his memory and raising a total of £1029.94 for other families very similar to theirs at ET. An incredible tribute 💚💛💚 Thank you!

Big shout out to our local supporters; DAC Beachcroft! Meet Liz, who was touched by the work we do and popped over to ET to bring more good news & donated a fab £574.50 for us to continue our hard work of supporting families facing loss and surviving bereavement! 💙💕💙

Thank you to our fab supporters; KeaneBrands who hosted their very own raffle at their office just before Christmas! Lots of amazing prizes that can be simply put together to support a great cause! Could your workplace do something similar this year? A very easy way to #FlyTheKite Contact us for further details:
fundraising@edwardstrust.org.uk 💙💕💙

ET are overwhelmed to come back from the Christmas break with so much goodwill waiting for them... Thank you to our lovely supporter who decided to crochet mini snow flake brooches and sell them at her workplace... donating over £340 from her sales, wow! The simplest things make such a difference! Thank you! 💙💕💙

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY EDWARD’S TRUST… 2019 is an extra special year for Edward’s Trust; it is the year where we officially turn 30! Wow! 30 years of supporting families with a child with a life threatening illness (as we did in the earlier years) and families facing loss and surviving bereavement, (as we do today!). We are thrilled that we have been able to fly Edward’s kite high and proud for all these years, and still do so today to ensure that bereaved families across th...e West Midlands have access to support during their toughest times. 💙💕💙
Join us in kick starting our 30th year celebrations on Tues 29th January, 6.30pm at The Binding Site Group, Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston, B15 1QT. Come along to hear about how your amazing support has helped us to provide our vital services, hear about our events programme for 2019 and how YOU CAN get involved. Let’s make a toast to ET with a glass of fizz and canapes! 💙💕💙
To join us please RSVP to: fundraising@edwardstrust.org.uk
To find out more visit; https://goo.gl/Ur4YXg
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Thinking about all our families through the New Year festivities ... 💙💕💙

Meet Young Ambassadors; Annabelle & Hattie who dropped into ET (after their Daddy brought home an ET Hoodie!) to hear more about what we do to support bereaved families. They were really excited to pay us a visit and will be taking some ideas back to their school in order to help us further and raise awareness of our work! Thank you girls! Could your school help ET too?
Ask the charity coordinators at your school to see if they would like a visit/assembly from us and you cou...ld help to play a big part in making a difference to Bereaved families across the West Midlands!
Contact: lucy.goodway@edwardstrust.org.uk for details! 💙💕💙
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We are delighted to announce that our very own Edward’s Trust patron; Judy Dyke has been awarded an MBE in the New Years Queens Honours list this year, for all her commitment to ET & the community in Birmingham! What a celebration, what an absolute superstar! Judy, this goes to show you really are one in a million! So happy for you & so well deserved... We salute you Judy Dyke! 💙💕💙 This is how patron ‘Judy Dyke flies the kite’ ...

We are so pleased to announce that ET have been chosen to be a part of Tesco’s ‘Bags of Help’ Grant scheme from the 1st January to the 28th February. During these dates if you shop in any Birmingham Tesco store, you will be able to place a 'Bags for Help' token into the Edward’s Trust box in order to vote for our ‘Dads and Lads Bereavement Service’.
The project that gets the most votes will win £4,000. This could make a huge amount of difference to our ‘Dads and Lads’ who generally find talking about their feelings and reaching out for help very tricky.
To find out more about our project and the stores participating please visit; https://goo.gl/UJVv31

Volunteering for years for Edward's Trust has been very enjoyable, rewarding and fulfilling. It's an excellent local charity and one that supports families at a time of their grief.

They have done such amazing job of supporting both myself and my little girl when we lost our little boy in 2010; don't know where we would be without them

They do an amazing job. I wished they had been around 37 years ago when our passed away leaving a very young family. Keep up the good work

They do a brilliant job x

Just saw my old counsellor Chris on Children in Need, she's so amazing and the charity in total is such a life changing thing. It changed my life completely after my Father passed away,

Chris was there for me- and after eventually getting me to talk I was able to relieve so much of the burden I was left with. It's been over 5years since my last session but I attended a memorial service a few years ago and I was welcomed back so greatly. It's so amazing how great it's been and still continues to be! Such a great organisation that willing garantee your life to change for the good!

If I could give a million stars I would xxxx

Have helped my neice a great deal great job by staff and volunteers thank you all

Excellent team of people, highly recommend x

Edwards trust were there for us while our daughter was very ill and when we lost her 9yrs ago. We are invited and go to the memorial every yr.

Edwards trust is an amazing place after loosing my partner and kids step dad on Xmas 2014 they got us thru and helped my children very much

Edwards trust have helped my daughter twice now. The 1st time when her brother was stillborn and the 2nd time when she lost one of her baby twin sisters. They are always on hand to call or email for advice also. They really helped me via email on how to prepare my daughter to face the loss of her baby sister as we knew it was coming. As a family, we can't thank them enough.

Edwards trust has helped me so much since I gave birth to my little boy at 21 weeks. I don't think I'd of got through the last6 months without their help x

Edwards trust did an amazing job with me and my husband and also with our son when we lost our little boy in 2010, don't know what we would have done without their support through a very heartbreaking and emotional journey, thank-you from all of us xx

Edwards Trust is amazing, the help and support is second to none. Thank you.

Counsellor Sue, saved out family from falling apart after our daughter was born sleeping. We thought our son was okay and had grieved until her first anniversary when everything erupted. She listened taught coping strategies and most importantly cared. Thank you for being a part of our lives we are forever in your debt xx

Charity close to my heart x

An amazing, well organised and very well worth charity.

Amazing people so kind and caring