Please help!
Following the outbreak of COVID-19, I am compelled to appeal to your readers for urgent help during this difficult and uncertain time for WellChild and the families we support.
We are living through an unprecedented crisis that is already affecting families caring for children with serious and complex health needs more profoundly than most people can comprehend.
Organisations like WellChild, our team of children’s nurses and
“I pick up litter in my village two or three times a week.”
dedicated staff are tirelessly doing everything we can to support these families and alleviate the immense anxiety that many of them are suffering.
However, we are not immune to the effects of this outbreak.
We are already seeing our income suffer as fundraising events, collections and essential projects are cancelled across the country.
As a charity totally reliant on voluntary fundraising support, and with almost 60% of our income generated from fundraising events alone, we urgently need your help.
As chief executive, my goal is to ensure that once this crisis has passed, WellChild is able to continue our work to give these vulnerable families the vital support that otherwise would not exist.
Therefore, in response to events that are unfolding, we have set up a “resilience fund” to ensure our organisation’s ability to continue our essential work.
I appeal to everyone to please do what they can to help us ensure our future stability.
Please donate to the WellChild resilience fund here: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/WellChildResilienceFund
Correspondents are reminded that all letters must be accompanied by the name and full postal address of the author, which may be withheld by request. Letters which do not have contact details cannot be printed.