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The latest news from the charity providing technology for children’s hospice services.
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Lifelites Fundraising Wall of Fame unveiled
Jordon Samuel – the next Spielberg
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Welcome to our 2016 Highlites newsletter. We hope you enjoy reading this and that you’ll pass our news on to family, friends and colleagues as we’re always looking for more people to join the ever-growing community of #TeamLifelites. As you’ll see, 2015 was an incredible year for us with lots of installations, the development of new partnerships, fantastic fundraising activity and so much more. We’re committed to supporting those who are most in need so please read on to find out how you can help us spread more of our magic for children using hospice services near you.
We’re delighted to announce that Lifelites has won the 2015 Nominet Trust 100 award – an annual celebration of the 100 most inspiring uses of technology for good from around the world!
The NT100 is compiled from nominations and in house research and the final list was selected by a panel of technology experts and organisations and we made it!
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Simone Enefer-DoyChief Executive
“ This prestigious award will give us the opportunity to promote how we harness the power of life-changing technologies to enhance the lives of the young people we help. ”
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Simone Enefer-Doy Chief Executive of Lifelites
Lifelites is a member of Together for Short Lives
Lifelites awarded in the Nominet Trust 100
In other newsA message from our Chief Executive
Chairman of Trustees Mike Woodcock christened Lifelites “the small charity with a big heart” and thanked members of The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists and our generous donors for their valued support, concluding: “Without you, we wouldn’t be here today.”
We ended 2015 on a high with a celebration of 15 years of Lifelites with our trustees and patrons Peter Bowles and Anita Dobson, as well as many supporters from down the years.
From our humble beginnings donating computers for children in hospices in England and Wales, we now support over 9,000 life limited children with the most magical technologies in every children’s hospice across the British Isles.
Capco Owners of iconic London venues Covent Garden and Olympia have chosen Lifelites to benefit from their corporate support. A golf day netted over £8,500 and staff voted for Lifelites as one of their Christmas charities raising a fantastic £30,000. Thank you everyone!
Christmas Appeal Our patron Rick Wakeman spearheaded a fundraising appeal amongst London Freemasons raising well over £20,000 in just a few weeks.This will support the work we do for children using hospice services across London. We are very grateful to Rick for his support.
GamesAid Once again GamesAid members voted for Lifelites as one of their eight charities to receive an incredible £70,500. Thanks to you all, to GamesAid trustees and the teams at Supermassive Games and Future Games of London.
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T3 The UK’s leading printed and online gadget magazine has chosen Lifelites as the beneficiary of their new ‘Life’s Better with T3’ charity initiative.
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We’ve struggled to keep this a secret and we’re pleased to say that if you’re reading our newsletter, you’re one of the first to know.
We’re delighted to welcome Dame Esther Rantzen to #TeamLifelites as our newest patron. She’s a great supporter of projects dedicated to improving young people’s
quality of life in the same way we do at Lifelites so she’s a perfect fit for our charity.
Esther is also the face of our new fundraising video, filmed at children’s hospices last year.
Amazingly, within this page you can watch a sneak preview of our new video which introduces Lifelites and showcases our magical technology. All you have to do is download the FREE Blippar app which enables you to have your very own private screening from your smartphone or tablet.
See for yourself…there really is such a thing as magic!
Dame Esther Rantzen stars in new Lifelites video
Three year old Rio was born prematurely with multiple conditions including Down’s Syndrome, chronic lung disease, partial deafness and two holes in his heart. Rio regularly visits St Andrew’s Children’s Hospice in Lincolnshire and was one of the first to try out the Lifelites mobile Magic Carpet.
The Magic Carpet is an interactive projection system that brings the outside world to children by giving them opportunities they may not otherwise have; now they can splash in the sea, fly a plane or play football with their brothers and sisters – irrespective of their disabilities.
Rio’s mum, Nicola, says: “Rio loves the Magic Carpet. He can’t walk yet so he bum-shuffles and rolls over and interacts with the features on the mat. He plays on it for long periods of time and loves everything about it - from splatting the beetles, waving his hands over and moving the water and playing with the fish.”
“ This Magic Carpet is a great sensory tool for Rio. It relaxes him when he lays on the carpet moving his arms and legs and hears the sound of the water. The number of different programs means he never gets bored. I can see how excited he gets and it makes me feel so happy watching him play. ”
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During the Lifelites training session, staff at Acorns for the Three Counties in Worcestershire learned they could use the Magic Carpet to project the image onto a sheet to give a better experience for a child who is lying down or immobile. Blipp to see Sam having fun
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We are very grateful to all those who raise the funds we need to continue providing magical technology for the children who need it most. Here are just a few of our 2015 star players:
Fundraising Wall of Fame
Orsett Golf Club Captain (2014/15), Graham Button, chose us at his charity. Through fundraising activities and golf
days, they raised £3295 which will support children who use hospice
services in Essex.
#TEAMLIFELITES
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We once again benefited from Ivor and Wendy Macklin’s Open
Garden Weekend at their beautiful thatched cottage in Hever, Kent. They raised a staggering £1,000!Jersey ladies lunch for Lifelites - £400An appeal is being run on the Island to help Lifelites provide magical technology for the children who use Oakwell children’s respite centre.
The first ever Capco company golf day chose Lifelites to benefit from their fundraising and raised
an incredible £8,500!
West Kent
Masonic Clay
Pigeon Shooting
Club raised
£160 at a
pre-Christmas
shoot
We received a brilliant £7000 from Welling Roundtable to fund a Magic
Carpet at Ellenor in Dartford.Marathon Man
Ewan Gordon - £2,500Dressed as Forrest Gump
he ran an epic 42 day, 1050
mile John O’Groats to Land’s
End run for us. Ewan will be
running the London Marathon for Lifelites this year.
Keith Reynard from Jersey shaved his beard off and raised over £400. As his friends say –
he is Gandalf no more.
The Dizzy Rascals ArcelorMittal Orbit abseil - £3327This total included employer matched funding – great work Rascals!
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2016 is another big year for us with lots of new installations for children who use hospice services across the British Isles. Do you live locally to any of the sites we’re hoping to visit in 2016? If so, why not help us fundraise to provide a new package of our vital assistive technologies for children in hospices.
April July October
May
August
November
September
Entry: £70, min sponsorship: £395
Entry: £19.50, min sponsorship: £150
Entry: £35, min sponsorship: £125
Places are available from Lifelites.
Entry: £28, min sponsorship: £150
Entry: £35, min sponsorship: £125
Registration: £499, min sponsorship: £3950
Registration: £349, min sponsorship: £3860
Entry: £70, min sponsorship: £360
Entry: £50, min sponsorship: £150
Entry: £30, min sponsorship: £150
JULY (all year round)
AUGUST (all year round)
13 AUGUST
24 JULY
Static Line Square Parachute Jump
Vitality Run Hackney — London
Leeds Half Marathon
Spartan Race — UK Wide
Northampton Half Marathon
Kilimanjaro Trek
Zombie Evacuation Run — London
Peru Trek
Sky Dive for Lifelites
Hold a Ladies that Lunch for Lifelites
Mudificent Seven — Warwickshire
Color Vibe 5K — London
APRIL (all year round)
8 MAY
8 MAY
SEPTEMBER
4 SEPTEMBER
5 - 15 OCTOBER
31 OCTOBER
2 - 11 NOVEMBER
June
Entry: £10, min sponsorship: £100
Entry: £50, min sponsorship: £150
Born to Ride: motorbike ride – Southern England
Master’s Ride London to Brighton
25 JUNE
25 JUNE
Entry: £50, min sponsorship: £150
Chester Marathon
2 OCTOBER
There are lots of events and activities that you could take part in to help raise funds for our ambitious programme of installations this year.
Do it for Lifelites
Events Calendar Get involved !2016Project map 2016
1. NICH HORIZON HOUSE (Belfast)
2. ZOË’S PLACE (Liverpool)
3. CHARLTON FARM (North Somerset)
4. NICH HORIZON WEST (County Fermanagh)
5. CLAIRE HOUSE (The Wirral)
6. CHESTNUT TREE HOUSE (West Sussex)
7. DONNA LOUISE TRUST (Stoke-on-Trent)
13. ZOË’S PLACE (Coventry)
14. BLUEBELL WOOD (South Yorkshire)
15. ZOË’S PLACE (Middlesbrough)
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JERSEY
8. MARTIN HOUSE (West Yorkshire)
12. ST OSWALD’S (Newcastle)
11. ALEXANDER DEVINE (Berkshire)
10. DEMELZA (South East London)
9. OAKWELL (Jersey)
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You can also visit our website: http://www.lifelites.org/get-involved or call 0207 440 4200.
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Jordon Samuel – the next Spielberg
2015 annual Oscars event where Jordon and other film club
members showcased their work.
Lights, Camera, Action!
The Lifelites training team has racked up the miles delivering a range of training events to support hospice staff with their special Lifelites technologies. Their goal is to ensure the children get the full benefit of the magical technology your donations are helping to provide.
Richard House played host to a red carpet event last year when we delivered an ‘A List’ package of new equipment for their young people.
The top of the range touchscreen PCs, professional camcorders, large projector and 8ft screen enable the Living Films club enthusiasts to develop their passion for filmmaking.
Living Films is the brainchild of care worker Bernie Wighton who saw the benefit filmmaking could have:
“ Now the young people have a social life and can work with their brothers and sisters on their films. And it gives them a voice they never had before. ”
Jordon, 19, has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and attends the weekly club. When it comes to movies and film making, Jordon comes alive. He is passionate about film and over the years has produced and starred in a number of short films with the help of the Lifelites
technology. Even though Jordan uses a wheelchair and has limited mobility in his hands, he can use all the specially adapted equipment to develop his film editing skills and produce his masterpieces.
When Jordan is in his creative element there’s no stopping him. Shahina Haque, Family Support Services Manager says:
“ This is where he can break all boundaries and go beyond limitations; it gives him a chance to escape from reality to where the impossible is made possible. Our young people would not be able to achieve such a high quality of work if we did not have the equipment donated by Lifelites. The projector and screen was put straight to use at our annual Oscars event where the families get to see the fruits of their labour and every child gets an Oscar. ”
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Sue, Occupational Therapist Christopher’s – Shooting Star Chase
We have published a wide range of new resources for staff on our hospice staff section on the Lifelites website. Plus we are planning webinars and more topic specific training days on BEAMZ, Magic Carpet, Eyegaze and more.
“ The training has got us all so excited about the different possibilities we can explore to maximise the potential and experiences for the children who come here. ”
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
From Wi-Fi queries, resolving network issues, advice on how to set up Eyegaze to discussing new packages, our team is only a phone call away for children’s hospice staff so they can make the most of their magical technology for the children they work with.
And if an issue can’t be solved over the phone, our tech team will attend the site to get everything up and running asap. This service is also backed up by local techie volunteers.
Last year our tech support team took a whopping 82 calls from hospice staff in need of help with their Lifelites equipment.
In 2015 we provided14 New equipment training days
10 Eyegaze training days
9 Refresher training days
3 iPad training days
2 Residential Soundbeam training courses
Of course Lifelites doesn’t just give the equipment and walk away.
We’re the experts, so while we look after the complex equipment, the staff can concentrate on what they do best: caring for children and their families.
Hospice staff training
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Please treat all qualifying gifts of money made to Lifelites (charity no. 1115655) today, in the past four years and the future as Gift Aid donations until I notify you otherwise. I confirm I have paid or will pay an amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax each tax year that is at least equal to the amount of tax that all charities and amateur sports clubs that I donate to will reclaim on my gifts for that year. I understand that other taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do not qualify and the charity will reclaim 25p of tax on every £1 that I have given. I will notify you should I choose to cancel this declaration change my name or home address, or if I no longer pay sufficient tax on my income and/or capital gains.
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