
Michelle Pike
- Sep 17, 2018
Home Start Cambridgeshire
I would like to introduce Home-Start, the other local charity we will be supporting on our Christmas challenge, written by their Peri-Natal co-ordinator, Beccy Impey. Home-Start is one of the UK’s leading family support charities, a voluntary organisation offering support to families who have at least one child under five when family life becomes difficult. All round the country, local schemes recruit and train volunteers to support local families with young children at home.

Michelle Pike
- Sep 12, 2018
The Lewis Foundation
This is Lee and Lorraine Lewis. In 2010, Lee’s mum Janice Lewis was diagnosed with cancer. The hospital became their life for the next 4 years. During this time life threw many challenges. In 2012 Lee's Nan passed away in April, then 6 months later Lee’s Dad, Chris Lewis passed away suddenly following a heart attack. In February 2013, their new build home completely flooded due to the builders fitting an incorrect pipe. They lost everything and had to live in a hotel for 3 mo
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