







Hooray for Afternoon Tea!
It’s the quintessentially British treat that everyone loves and the perfect excuse for catching up with somebody special.
We don’t want to boast but we think we’ve got the perfect afternoon tea planned and we would love for you to join us for a few hours where you can relax and enjoy being looked after.
Event Date:-
Saturday 21st March 2020, 2pm
Venue:-
Great Harwood Golf Club, Whalley Road, Great Harwood, BB6 7TE
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Event Date: Saturday 21st March 2020
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Can’t quite believe that this will be our 5th Annual Walk this year. As always the walk is to celebrate Milly’s Birthday and this year it will be her 16th Birthday.
The walk will take place on Sunday 3rd November 2019 at 12 noon.
We will be leaving from The Royal, Station Road, Great Harwood. BB6 7BA, and the route will remain the same as last year and is approximately 5 miles long. The walk is child and dog friendly, although wellies may be required!
Food is provided after the walk for a small donation, and we would love it if you could raise sponsorship for us, although this is not essential.
We would love to see you there at what is one of our more popular events.
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Event Date: Nov 24th 2018
Event Details
Saturday 24th November 2018, 7pm to Midnight
Freemasons Hall, Corn Mill Yard, Whalley Road, Clayton-le-Moors BB5 5HX
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Our 4th Annual Walk for Milly, to celebrate her 15th birthday and raise money for this great charity will take place on Sunday 4th November at 12 noon. We have decided to keep the route the same as last year, its child and dog family and is approximately 5 miles. Food is provided after the walk for a small donation, there will also be a firework display once the sun has gone down! Sponsorship is optional, if you would like a form please drop us a message and we will send on out to you. We are really looking forward to seeing you all again on what is one of our most successful family events. The event will start at The Royal Pub, 2 Station Road, Great Harwood, Blackburn. BB6 7BA.
On Saturday 17 June 2017 at The Foxfields Hotel we are proud to be hosting our first Rainbow Ball. It promises to be a great evening with live entertainment from Lewis Birtwell, there will be an auction, a raffle and lots of other surprises. The cost of a ticket is £35 which includes all entertainment, and a three course meal with coffee. Rooms are available for the evening but need to be booked with the hotel, when booking please quote Milly’s Smiles Ball. We would love to see you all there, for tickets please contact Kath Thomas on 07703 322997 or contact us via our facebook page.
March 20th 2017 will be 2 years since Milly had her stem cell transplant. To honour her daughter’s bravery and to raise awareness of the charity and all the children who are diagnosed with a cancer related illness, Milly’s mum will be undertaking a Tandem Sky Dive on 19th March. Milly was so brave throughout her whole cancer journey, not least during her transplant and so to recognise and honour her daughter, Lorraine has decided that every year she will undertake some kind of personal challenge. This challenge will see her jumping 11,000 feet from an aeroplane and reaching speeds of up to 120mph! Lorraine will be joined by a good friend of Milly’s from Ward 84, Melissa Sutton. Melissa was being treated for a rare form of bone cancer at the same time as Milly was being treated and the 2 became good friends keeping each other smiling through the difficult days. Melissa wanted to do something to raise money for Milly’s Smiles and what could be better than jumping from a plane at 11,000 feet!
On Saturday 11 March 2017, we are hosting a fantastic event that’s not to be missed. We are lucky enough to have secured the talents of Magician to the Stars and Fellow of Infinite Jest, Mr Barrington Powell. Barrington is well known in the world of magic and has entertained and thrilled people all around the world with his magical shows. The evening takes place at 7.30pm at Great Harwood Golf Club, Whalley Road, Great Harwood. BB6 7TE and includes entertainment, including live music, a disco and a potatoe pie supper. Adult tickets are £6 and child tickets £4, for families comprising of more than 2 children family tickets will be available at £20. For tickets please contact Lorraine on 07555541987, Kath on 07703322997, John on 07821856716 or Helen on 07801031198. Or you can message us via our facebook page. We look forward to seeing you there.
One year ago, the worst thing that could ever happen to a parent, happened to me. On September 20th 2015 at 9.26am my daughter took her last breath and her heart stopped beating, my heart broke but it carried on beating.
Unless you have lost a child no-one can ever understand the deep soul searing pain that envelops you, your child that you brought into this world has gone, not in this lifetime will you ever again hear their laughter, comfort them and smother them in kisses, wave them off to school, college, watch them fall in love, get married and have their own children. The loss of your child is also the loss of your past, your present and your future.
Since losing Milly, I have learnt the real true value of family and friends, I have seen friends become family, friends who I least expected have been there for me through some very dark heart wrenching times. People surprise you during times when you almost..almost don’t think your going to make it through to the next hour, because the pain is so all consuming and you cannot imagine how life can continue without your child.
Losing a child changes you forever, changes your life forever. I am slowly learning to live a different life.
I don’t post personal feelings often on this page but today is different …the charity to me is personal. Its about Milly. It’s entire ethos is about love, my love for Milly and Milly’s love for life. Milly is the reason the charity is here, and that makes it very personal. The charity, whilst helping families who have been given the devastating news that their child has cancer, also allows me to honour Milly’s life. I can tell her story, speak about how amazing she was and how much love she brought into people’s lives, especially mine. It is truly a privilege to be Milly’s mum, and if given the chance and knowing the painful outcome I would do it all again in a heartbeat.
So today it’s personal…it’s about my daughter Milly
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