| About
Sparks
When you ask any expectant parent if they want a boy
or a girl, the answer is almost always the same –
they don’t mind as long as their baby is healthy.
That’s what Sparks is all about. Sparks is a unique
children’s charity funding medical research into
the prevention, treatment and cure of ALL conditions
and illnesses affecting children, babies and expectant
mothers.
All of our pioneering,
groundbreaking work has a single aim: to give every
child the chance to be born healthy and stay healthy.
Our medical breakthroughs mean that more children who
only a few years ago may not have survived, can now
thrive and grow up to enjoy school, playing with their
friends and sharing the simple joys most of us take
for granted.
The need
In the UK around 700,000 babies are born each year.
Sadly 1 in 30 of these will be born with a health condition
that could affect them and their families for the rest
of their lives. That’s around 70 families a day
that are told their baby has been born with an illness,
disability or that their baby’s life is at risk.
It’s just
as hard to come to terms with your child developing
an illness in the early years of life, for example every
day 10 families have to hear the devastating news that
their child has cancer. This is just one example. Do
you know any children faced with baby brain injury,
childhood cancers, juvenile arthritis, cerebral palsy,
spina bifida, leukaemia, meningitis, premature birth,
cystic fibrosis, pre-eclampsia and cleft lip and palate?
If so, Sparks has touched the lives of these children
and their families.
How we are making
a difference
We work with leading doctors and research teams in the
UK and around the world to ensure we fund the highest
quality research with the greatest chance of saving
and changing lives forever.
Why choose Sparks?
There will be many children in your community who will
never be able to ride a bike, swim or run. You can help
us make a difference to these children by choosing to
raise sponsorship money for Sparks.
Every child who raises
money for Sparks will receive a goody bag and a certificate
as a thank you. We will of course be at the Triathlon
on the day so you can drop your sponsorship money off
at our stand. We will provide every entrant with Sponsorship
Forms and some other tips for fundraising.
If you have any questions
about Sparks, please contact Nia Williams, our Regional
Fundraising Co-ordinator on 07852 451 111 or nia@sparks.org.uk
For further information about Sparks visit our website
at www.sparks.org.
As a small charity the
impact you could have is huge and every penny you raise
really will make a big difference. Thank you on behalf
of the teams of doctors, researchers and the thousands
of children and their families whose hopes of a healthy
life hinge on their discoveries and breakthroughs.
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