Three Runs, Three Days, One Challenge: Chris Cookson MBE Takes on the Great North Weekend for Charlie and Carter Foundation
Three Runs, Three Days, One Challenge: Chris Cookson MBE Takes on the Great North Weekend for Charlie and Carter Foundation This September, Charlie and Carter Foundation Co-Founder Chris Cookson MBE is setting himself a challenge in support of the charity and the families it helps. Over the course of just three days, from 11th to…
Newest CCF Family – Daisy
We love sharing with our supporters the stories of our CCF Families, who they have all helped financially support, taking away their financial burdens to allow them to focus fully on caring for their sick child who is suffering a life limiting condition. Allowing that heavy worry to become a little lighter and make special…
Social + Golf Day for The Charlie and Carter Foundation
Social + Golf Day for The Charlie and Carter Foundation Friday 10th July | Wearside Golf Club We’re delighted to be hosting our upcoming Social + Golf Day at Wearside Golf Club on Friday 10th July, and the excitement is already building! A huge thank you to all the teams who have entered so far…
A day in the park
A day in the park Sounds like a lovely activity doesn’t it? But what does it mean for our CCF families? For a lot of the families we support this is not even possible as their child is hooked up to a machine that is keeping them alive. All they can do is look out of the window and pray…
Happy Birthday Charlie, from Mammy
Happy Birthday Charlie, from Mammy. 13th April 2011 6:35AM 15 years ago and I remember every minute just like it was yesterday Watching all the other expectant Mothers going to delivery… me… still pacing almost 24 hours after medication, the pain, the no sleep, but at 635am my waters broke and it was time, time…
Cheryl’s Arctic Challenge part 2!
Part 2 of Cheryls Arctic Challenge – The weeks that changed everything! So… the deposit was paid. And then reality hit. In a matter of weeks, I’d be doing a trek. In the Arctic. With no one else I knew. And what better time of year to start training than dark mornings and darker nights?…
Cheryl’s Arctic Challenge!
Read about Cheryl’s Arctic Challenge! “You might be wondering… why the Arctic? I mean the basic answer is I’d rather be cold than hot. The honest answer? Because life changed us. And I knew I needed to do something. Something to shake my life up. I was in a rut. My health was shocking. My…
UW Partner Debbi McCulla Sponsors Trek for Charlie and Carter in Support of The Charlie and Carter Foundation
UW Partner Debbi McCulla Sponsors Trek for Charlie and Carter in Support of The Charlie and Carter Foundation. Debbi McCulla of UW has announced her sponsorship of the upcoming Trek for Charlie and Carter, raising vital funds and awareness for The Charlie and Carter Foundation, a charity dedicated to supporting families of children with life…
19th January 2019
The day we said goodbye to our second blessing, our beautiful Carter John Cookson He fought so hard to stay with us, we did everything we could to try and save him, pleaing with our all our heart for a gift of life. Along with so many of you the support you all showed us…
Remembering Ben Hawkins
We financially support the parents who care 24/7 for their sick child who is suffering a life limiting condition, and we also financially support our CCF Families when their world collapses and they lose their sick child. At this point they lose the support they were in receipt of when their child was alive, their…