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Wave 105 Cash for Kids – 1000 Faces Appeal Relaunches for Autumn Have you missed us? This week, Wave 105 Cash for Kids is relaunching its 1000 Faces Appeal for the Autumn - six months after it originally launched! Who We Help - Tom’s Story Imagine being Tom*, he is 12 years old. Your mum relies on your help because she is by herself, recovering from a brain injury that happened over two years ago. You are just about managing and then Covid 19 strikes, a complete Lock Down begins and your world shrinks. You can’t go to school, even though you were invited, because you don’t want to give your mum Covid 19. So you carry on, except this time you don’t have anything else you can do except look after your mum and you struggle with your internet connection and an old computer whilst trying to do your school work. You are still looking after your mum and helping around the house but who is helping you? Then a ray of light shines into your world, the Young Carers Group that you belong to delivers some craft and modelling kits to your doorstep, thanks to a grant from Wave 105 Cash For Kids. This not only gives you something else to think about and do but it also makes you feel a whole lot better and life starts to look brighter. Over 2,000 children helped over the past six months, Wave 105 Cash for Kids, helped 2,046 children, including boys like Tom who are living with financial hardship and have additional caring responsibilities. Money donated meant that Wave 105 Cash for Kids was able to help thousands of local children in need, via charities and social services, who bought basic essentials such as nappies, baby milk and food, and educational / craft packs and delivered them really quickly. Sadly, there are many more children in need and we want to help them too. 1000 Faces Appeal is back – it’s been far too long! Just before Lock Down we had launched our 1000 Faces appeal, where we are inviting 1000 people or companies to support the charity -
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and over 270 people and organisations did just that. Then it went very, very quiet. We are now relaunching for the autumn – and only have 230 places left to get us to the halfway mark. Please help us to continue our work Can you raise a minimum of £35 by the end of November? £35 is the amount that Wave 105 Cash for Kids is giving out per child to help with basic essentials and school uniform and equipment. It is the price of 10 cups of coffee, or money saved on commuting in a week. Please Sign up Today – it takes just 2 minutes of your time. If you would like to support local children in need then please donate £35 by the end of November.
Please sign up at www.wave105com/faces https://bit.ly/3pvtTZZ Your help is very much appreciated We will say thank you to our new ‘Faces’ either on-air on Wave 105, or via our social media and you will receive a fundraising ‘Thank you’ certificate. You can also see your ‘Face’ on the fundraisers map on our website. *this is a true story however the name has been changed to protect his identity.
