Charles, Rob and Adrian during the static challenge

Charles and Nigel at the finishing post

 The Alfie Appeal

Was set up to help children suffering from cancer follwing the death of Alfie Gough, the cherished and much loved son of Dean and Sarah Gough. Alfie's life was prolonged with the benifit of excellent nutricianal advice which the family want to pass on to other families in a similar situation. Alfie sadly passed away suffering from Neuroblastoma but was not suffering from other infections or respitary problems due to the help from the nutricianal experts and the right equipment.

The charity  is currently supporting 32 other children with cancer. A book is being published in the near future with organic recipies to aid these children and speed up the recovery from chemotherapy. these recipies proved invaluable to Alfie and helped him lead as normal a life as he could with his illness,sadly the funds were not available to send Alfie to America for specialised treatment which may have been benificial to him.

Charles White and colleagues from Canterbury prison took up the challenge to raise the urgently needed funds for this charity in the hope that other children may be able to access the information, equipment or the specialised treatment required to overcome this terrible disease. To raise the funds, Charles rode the distance between Land's End and John-o-Groats on a static excercise bike in the prison gym, no doubt with much encouragement from his colleages.

Not satisfied with that he then undertook the actual road challenge and completed the actual feat with support from his friends and staff.

Charles raised over £8000 with these two challenges and said;  "I am dedicating all of my future fundraising to this appeal in the hope of saving other childrens lives, but primamarily help them fight the terrible side effects of the chemotherapy treatment."

Obviously the PSCF has made a donation to Charles's fundraising and will continue to assist whenever possible and I am sure that he would also be grateful of any assistance that staff throughout prison estate could offer for this amazing cause.

If any one wishes to donate to this cause please contact the fund at bob@pscf.co.uk and we will put you in contact with Charles.

Finally, may I pass on the admiration of the PSCF Committee and say well done to every one involved.

HMP Low Newton

Beverley Plilipo, friends and colleagues ran the Great North Run to raise funds for the

Butterwick Hospice

 Obviously it wasn't to much of a strain, they all look like they could do it again !

Well done to you all

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ellie suffered with meningitis at the age of 3 weeks, which left her brain damaged and partially sighted, she also suffers from epilepsy.

Initially the prognosis from Great Ormond Street hospital was not very encouraging.  She has astounded everybody with the progress she has made.  Ellie is now a lively little girl, who is coping with her handicap in a very positive way.

HMP Frankland Staff contributed some of the funds towards Ellie's new tricycle, enabling her greater mobility.

HMP  FRANKLAND

Special Toys For Very Special Children

 Tabitha’s Legacy – Our beautiful daughter Tabitha was born with Edwards Syndrome. Her life expectancy was extremely short, maybe minutes or hours, but never years. Tabitha however, was so much stronger than anyone expected, and even though at times she was very poorly she grew into a beautiful little girl. Having this Syndrome meant that she had severe physical and learning difficulties to such an extent that she was not able to sit, stand, walk or talk.
When Tabitha was a year old we borrowed a set of fibre optic lights. Tabitha was so excited and stimulated by these that she made an attempt to get hold of the lights and to push the mirror ball round, we were overjoyed at her reaction and this was just the start of the progress she made.
Our very kind friends’, colleagues and neighbours raised enough money to make a sensory room for Tabitha, which became an invaluable resource. At first, Tabitha could only look at the pretty lights, but over the next year she would hold and play with the fibre optic strands, use a touch screen computer, and then she amazed everyone by standing up, laughing, clapping and singing with joy.
We lived every day with the dreadful realisation, that one day, we would no longer have our beautiful daughter. That tragic day came on the 8th of December 2009 when our angel passed away, but she leaves with us her legacy - To make sure that we can help other very special children enjoy sensory equipment, make progress, and be happy and comfortable in their own home.

                       David Turner

A freind of Tabatha's family.and son of a serving officer at HMP Frankland taking part in the Kielda Marathon to raise funds for the Tabatha's toys Appeal

proudly wearing the Prison Service Charity Fund T Shirt

Only Go SLOW if running backwards !!!