Hi, I hope you enjoyed the recent sunny weather – before the chill set back in! It was lovely to see everyone out and about. I took my daughter’s puppy Boo for a walk along the seafront at Tynemouth. He enjoyed all the attention but decided he...
SPECIALIST equipment bought by the Sunshine Fund can improve life in all sorts of ways, as the smiling face of Jamie Johnson Smith shows. The teenager recently received a new trike thanks to our charity and he is already making the most of the independence it...
With only two weeks to go until Easter and lots of daffodils popping up, here’s to springtime and the lighter nights. We have been making plans for both Easter and our upcoming GoBananas campaign. It’s exciting to come up with new ways to raise money, plus we...
FUNDRAISERS had a ball in raising money for The Chronicle’s Sunshine Fund – and have helped to make life more enjoyable for a three-year-old disabled boy at the same time. Thomas Majer, who has cerebral palsy, has been bought a new trike with proceeds made from...
Hi there! So March has arrived, with lots of spring flowers popping up and Easter around the corner; let’s hope the temperature heats up soon. Wow, our Glass Slipper awards last Friday were absolutely amazing. What a lovely lady former Emmerdale actress Charlie Hardwick is. Our guest speaker...
AN opening offer at Newcastle’s newest restaurant paid off for disabled children across the North East to the tune of £3,200. Caribbean eatery Turtle Bay invited first-time diners to ignore menu prices and pay what they liked on its first day of opening. And it decided to...
Hi, I’ve been enjoying the unexpected sunshine this February. It’s been lovely to get out and blow away the winter cobwebs and to see some flowers popping up – it really shows spring is just around the corner. Julieanne and I are organising a night at Grosvenor Casino...
OUR charity the Sunshine Fund is to benefit from a new restaurant opening. Caribbean restaurant Turtle Bay opens its doors today inside the Co-operative building in Newcastle’s Newgate Street. And it has teamed up with the Chronicle’s charity, which helps disabled children across the region, on a...
Sunshine Run 2016 Join us in this years Sunshine Run on Wednesday 22nd June 2016! Registration is £17, to register email [email protected] You can also pay your registration at - https://www.justgiving.com/Sunshine-Fund2016/ A huge thanks to our sponsors: intu Eldon Square & intu Metrocentre ...
HELLO February – where did January go? I love this little month with Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day, Shrove Tuesday and our Glass Slipper Awards to look forward to. It should be a fun one. Julieanne from the Sunshine Fund visited Hadrian School in Newcastle this...