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2024
Family Fun Day 2024
Family Fun Day 2024
Free Entry – Family Fun Day
 
Sunday 22nd September 2024 – 11am till 3pm
 
Location: Lower Darwen Primary School, Milking Lane, Lower Darwen, BB3 0RB
 
Lots of Fun Games, Face Painting, Tombola, Crafts and Activities, Raffle, Small Business Stalls, Bouncy Castle and Refreshments
 
With a special appearance from our friendly mascot Oscar!
 
If you are a small business and would like to showcase and sell your goods then please get in touch.
2023
Silly Hat Day – 12th May 2023
Silly Hat Day – 12th May 2023

Join in and celebrate one of our favourite times of the year – Silly Hat Day…

This event is mainly about having fun while raising much needed funds, but most importantly the event is about raising awareness of childhood cancer.

Maddi had cancer all her life and when she lost her hair due to the chemotherapy she would often reach for a hat to wear for protection/comfort and sometimes wear a silly hat.

So why not join in and reach for hat of any kind, then take a selfie and post it to your social media account tagging us in or text/email it to us and we’ll post it for you.

We are so excited for this event and hope you can join in with the fun!!

It’s the 23rd of the Month, which is donate £1 to Maddi’s Butterflies Day
It’s the 23rd of the Month, which is donate £1 to Maddi’s Butterflies Day
All you have top do is text MADDI £1 to 70085, all donations goes towards providing Smile Bags and Holidays for Children with Cancer.
Your support is very much appreciated.
It’s the 23rd of the Month, which is donate £1 to Maddi’s Butterflies Day.
It’s the 23rd of the Month, which is donate £1 to Maddi’s Butterflies Day.
All you have top do is text MADDI £1 to 70085, all donations goes towards providing Smile Bags and Holidays for Children with Cancer.
Your support is very much appreciated.
It’s the 23rd of the Month, which is donate £1 to Maddi’s Butterflies Day.
It’s the 23rd of the Month, which is donate £1 to Maddi’s Butterflies Day.
All you have top do is text MADDI £1 to 70085, all donations goes towards providing Smile Bags and Holidays for Children with Cancer.
Your support is very much appreciated.
2022
🦋Our Annual Pyjama Appeal has arrived!!🦋
🦋Our Annual Pyjama Appeal has arrived!!🦋

Every Christmas we always visit the Oncology Wards at the local hospitals and deliver Christmas presents to all the children on the ward. Alongside their presents we like to to give them a brand new pair of pyjamas as we think that every child should receive a pair pf pyjamas at Christmas.

This year we have chosen to support:-

The Children’s Oncology Wards at:-

⭐️Ward 86 Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
⭐️Ward 3B at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
⭐️Children visiting The Christie’s Proton Centre
⭐️And some local Children’s Hospices

To make it easier for our supporters to continue to help us, we have introduced a number of new ways to take part in our appeal. You can help us by:-

Donating to our Just Giving page at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/samantha-allan5. All donations made to this page will be used to purchase the pyjamas on your behalf.

Purchasing pyjamas through Amazon Smile at smile.amazon.co.uk. By doing this and setting Maddi’s Butterflies as your nominated charity, a further 0.5% of the net price of your purchase will be donated to us at no extra cost to you. Delivery can be set to either of the addresses below.

You will also still be able to drop off or post your pyjamas to:-

Maddi’s Butterflies Charity Shop
446 Bury New Road
Prestwich
M25 1AZ

Maddi’s Butterflies
3 Lords Crescent
Lower Darwen
BB3 0SU

Thank you for your continued support.☺️

🦋Creating Smiles Everyday for Children with Cancer🦋

This year would have been Maddi’s 18th Birthday
This year would have been Maddi’s 18th Birthday

⭐️⭐️ SOLD OUT⭐️⭐️

 

This is an event that we are very excited to announce 🤩

 

This year would have been Maddi’s 18th Birthday and also it’s our 10th year as a charity 🦋.

 

Both events are very special to us as a family and also as a team within the charity and what better way to celebrate these 2 special days than holding a huge charity celebration 🎉

 

We only have 10 tables available at this event with 3 tables already reserved. If you would like to provisionally reserve a table or single tickets then please get in touch.

 

⭐️Please see attached Poster for venue and ticket prices⭐️

 

If you would like a ticket or table then please get in touch 🤩

 

🦋Creating Smiles Everyday for Children with Cancer🦋

Tombolab @ Darwen Fun Day
Tombolab @ Darwen Fun Day

We have a Tombola stall in Darwen for the Darwen Rotary Club’s Fun Day, why don’t you pop down and say hello and try your luck on the Tombola!!

2021
Maddi’s 18th Birthday Dinner Dance
Maddi’s 18th Birthday Dinner Dance

Save the Date!!

We are holding a Dinner Dance to celebrate what would have been Maddi’s 18th Birthday.  We will have a Motown Band, a Charity Casino Table (where you win prizes rather than money), 3 Course Meal, Raffle, Auction and Dancing until the early hours.

We are selling tables of 10/12 or single tickets too.

Don’t miss out on what will be a fantastic night!!

Silly Hat Day 2021
Silly Hat Day 2021

Yippee Silly Hat Day – Something Fun to look forward to!

Last years Silly Hat Day had to be cancelled due to Covid-19 and most of the country being in lockdown. This year, Silly Hat Day will definitely be going ahead, as we can still do this virtually, whether you are at Home, Work, Gardening, Out ‘n’ About or even in the Car and if by miracle the schools are back then maybe you can do this with you classmates and teacher…..lets keep our fingers crossed its back to normal!!

Every year 1600 children in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer, most of these children will suffer hair loss and hats will become part of their everyday attire. Show your support by wearing a Silly Hat to work, school, college or nursery today and donate £1. If you are a school, business or any other organised group that wants to take part in our Silly Hat Day then please get in touch. Why not help us take this viral and take a selfie while wearing a Silly Hat and post it on social media and tag 3 friends and donate by Texting. HATS and the amount to 70085.

Maddi’s Story

Madison Jane Allan was born on 23rd September 2004 at a healthy 7lb 2oz and was absolutely beautiful. The family life which we had craved had just begun…

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