GoPINK4Libby 2020
GoPINK4Libby 2020 was a bit different to usual, with the country being in lockdown we were amazed still though at the amount of people who took part on wearing pink to remember our angel.
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Libbys Brother raises £3760 in memory of his Sister & Uncle Vish
On the day we marked the NHS’s fallen, 5-year-old Riley Sharratt has paid his own tribute to one very special NHS hero, who sadly lost his life to COVID-19 last week and his sister Libby Mae, by donating the proceeds of his fundraising efforts to charity, Libby Mae’s Little Angels.
Libby Mae’s Little Angels was formed in 2013 by Riley’s parents,Richard and Charlotte Sharratt, who tragically lost their daughter, Libby Mae, at just two weeks old. Since then Charlotte and Richard, together with their team of volunteers and patrons, have worked tirel...
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COVID019 Lockdown - Libby Mae's to the rescue
Lockdown due to Covid-19 meant that hospitals had to put restrictions in place with regards to visiting. These restrictions have a huge impact on Neonatal Units as parents who can usually spend 24 hours a day with their babies are being told in some cases that only one parent can visit their baby for just one hour a day. When Libby Maes heard this we had to step in to help. We contacted all of our units and supplied them with ipad minis to help keep their parents and babies connected during the pandemic.
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Little Angels Big Appeal
We have launched an appeal to raise £500,000 to provide state-of-the-art incubators to all 12 Neonatal units in the West Midlands, to give vulnerable babies the best possible start in life.
Libby Mae's Little Angels was formed in 2013 by Richard and Charlotte Sharratt who tragically lost their daughter, Libby Mae, at just two weeks old. Since then Charlotte and Richard, together with their team of volunteers and patrons, have worked tirelessly to fundraise for and provide the necessary medical equipment needed to look after babies on neonatal units across the Midlands.
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Incubator Donation
Following the huge success of their Caribbean Dreams Ball Libby Maes Little Angels used the money they raised to buy a state of the art incubator for Heartlands Hospital. The Baby Leo incubator was lit up in the charities trademark colour pink for the official presentation. Charlotte & Rich surprised staff with a guest appearance from their celebrity supporter Will Mellor for the handover of the incubator.
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2019 Ball raises over £26k
Family run charity, Libby Mae’s Little Angels, raised £26,348 at their annual ball held at the MacDonald Burlington Hotel in Birmingham on 5th October.
The ball was sponsored by Arbury Motors and this year, all funds from the ball are going towards a Baby Leo Incubator at Heartlands Hospital. The specialised piece of equipment is worth £26,000 and is vital for saving babies’ lives. Libby Mae’s Little Angels managed to raise enough to cover the full cost of the machine.
The ball was hosted by the fabulously talented and funny guy Will Mellor and c...
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Daisy Communications host charity Golf Day
On Friday the 20th of September at the Belfry Hotel and Resort Sutton Coldfield, Daisy Communications hosted their charity golf day on the hotel’s historic Brabazon Course. Raising just over £4,675 for local midland charity Libby Mae’s Little Angels, the money will go towards Libby Mae’s Memory Boxes. An incredible scheme that aims to help grieving parents adjust and recover from the traumatic experience of suffering a loss neonatally. Dave McGinn, Daisy Communication’s Chief Executive Officer had this to say, “I know I can speak for everyone at the com...
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Charity Golf Day 2019
Gaudet Luce Golf & Leisure Complex were the hosts for Libby Mae’s Little Angels Charity Golf Day on 18th June 2019.
14 teams came together to raise money for this fantastic cause. Libby Mae’s Little Angels is a local charity ran by Catshill couple Charlotte & Richard Sharratt. They set up the charity in 2013 following the devastating loss of their 2 week old daughter Libby Mae and have since gone on to raise £350,000.00 for the regions neonatal units.
The golf day was a huge success with the winning team being the charity’s ambassadors; local business JAM Prod...
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Libby Mae’s Little Makeover
Bromsgrove based charity Libby Mae’s Little Angels were on hand to answer the prayers of parents and staff at Hereford County Hospitals Neonatal Unit when they asked for help renovating their parent accommodation rooms.
The charity were contacted by Elaine Evans; Ward Manager who stated they had a vision to update their Parent rooms which were very basic. Libby Maes Little Makeover Team to the rescue!
Charlotte (Charity co-founder) told us how they love this type of project as it’s very close to their hearts. When we were told that there was nothing they could...
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Local Charity spread Festive Cheer
Bromsgrove based charity Libby Maes Little Angels helped spread a whole lot of love and festive cheer by delivering hundreds of presents to Neonatal Units throughout The Midlands. On Friday 21st December founders Charlotte & Rich along with their little boy Riley were joined by Miss Birmingham 2018 Amy Jones and visited City Hospital, Walsall Manor, New Cross in Wolverhampton and Russell’s Hall in Dudley giving a gift bag to every parent and baby on the units. The parents were so grateful and for most babies was their very first visit from Santa.
Saturday 22nd Charlott...
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STAR STUDDED CIRCUS BALL HAILED A HUGE SUCCESS
As promised, our 2018 CIRCUS Ball was the biggest and best yet!
Star guests included Dancing on Ice Winner and X Factor and I’m a Celebrity contestant Jake Quickenden who performed on the night, Birmingham’s very own Alison Hammond who hosted the event and was supported by Love Island couple Jess and Dom and CBB star Dan Osborne.
Held at the Burlington Hotel, guests enjoyed a four course Circus themed meal under the "big top" whilst enjoying a live auction and entertainment.
Celebrity big brother star Dan, who had previously shown support the charity sa...
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Local Boxer Puts 9 Years of Retirement Behind Him to Help Local Cause
Brum’s very own former World Middleweight Boxing Champion; Wayne Elcock put 9 years of retirement behind him for local cause Libby Mae’s Little Angels.
Wayne first met Charlotte & Rich Sharratt, Libby Mae’s parents a couple of years ago and agreed to help their amazing cause by putting on an amateur boxing show through his Boxing Club Wayne Elcock’s Academy based in Chelmsley Wood. Charlotte tells us ‘Following a few meetings we invited Wayne along to a meeting at Birmingham City F.C which we had chosen as a venue to host the event, in the meeti...
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Skydiving for Local Cause
Local Removals & Storage Company Warren’s Removals have completed a Skydive in memory of Little angel Libby Mae. Owner Warren Leggett contacted the charity and asked their permission to raise money for the cause and advised that his team would love to raise £1000.00.
An online fundraising page was set up and donations flew in, the total raised surpassed the target raising over £1500.00!
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Afternoon Tea for Charity
On 16th August Fairfield Village & Community Association hosted an Afternoon Tea ay the village hall to raise funds for local charity Libby Maes Little Angels.
The event was a sell out and even after being let down by a local restaurant members clubbed together and put on an amazing spread.
The talk and presentation given by Richard moved a lot of people in the room. We know it cannot be easy but your strength has supported many families – Thank you.
The event raised £278.00 for Libby Mae’s Little Angels.
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NURSERY FUN DAY FOR LOCAL CHARITY
Shooting Stars Nursery held a fun day and raffle at their premises on Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove to raise money for local charity Libby Mae’s Little Angels.
A member of staff at the nursery; Lucia Morris had heard about the amazing work that Libby Mae’s carry out to help babies in neonatal care throughout The Midlands and immediately wanted to help. The fun day on 11th August included a hook a duck, tombola, face painting, a BBQ and other fun stalls along with a raffle which ran until Friday 17th at the nursery.
The event was a huge success and raise...
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Revolutionary Equipment Donated by Charity in memory of an Angel
Libby Mae’s Little Angels have teamed together with fellow angel parents Jemma and Simon Phelps to donate revolutionary equipment to Birmingham Womens Hospital in memory of their baby boy Joshua.
Joshua’s Solihull based parents Jemma & Simon Phelps stated : When we lost Joshua, we were so heartbroken but determined to celebrate the time we did share with him and also keen to have something positive come out of such a terrible experience. Joshua was a real fighter, so raising money by completing a Tria...
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A Touch of Sparkle Ball
Miss Birmingham 2017/2018 & Miss Publicity 2018 Niamh Conway organised the A Touch of Sparkle Ball which was held at The Ramada, Sutton Coldfield on 22nd June 2018.
Niamh who met our founders Charlotte & Rich last Christmas when she helped give out gifts on the neonatal units has really become a huge member of the elite group of Libby’s Little Angels after raising over £1900 for the charity at her event.
The event attended by friends and family of Niamh along with local businesses and other Miss England girls and not forgetting Mr Birmingham was a huge suc...
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Fighting it out for Libby
Saturday 24th June, a boxing event was held in the marquee at Bromsgrove Rugby Club to raise money for local charity Libby Libby Mae’s Little Angels. The event organised and run by Bromsgrove man Martin Smith saw 10 well matched bouts. The event was ticket only and raised a whopping £3500 for the charity. Charlotte and Rich (Libby’s Mommy and Daddy) attended along with their Dads and held a raffle which raised an additional £300 on the night. All money raised will go towards supporting the vital world of our regions neonatal units. The even...
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Angels Tee off - Annual Golf Day
Libby Mae’s Little Angels hosted their second annual Golf Day on 31st May 2018 at The Forest Of Arden Golf & Country Club. The day was sponsored by FUN Motor Group and 16 teams turned up despite the forcasted thunder and lightening storms for a day of Golf for this amazing local cause. Golfers Tee off was 12 noon with a shotgun start, the sun was shining brightly and the course was in prestige condition however with the expected storms golfers were given a safety briefing and course evacuation details just incase.The day which was attended by local ex Premiership Football...
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CELEBRITIES SHOW THEIR SUPPORT
A host of celebrities at the official Launch Party of GO:PR in Manchester wore our charity bracelet deigned by Terry Terry https://terryterry.co.uk. From Love Island to TOWIE and Hollyoaks to Corrie along with Blue Star Lee Ryan they all gladly posed for photos to show their support. (Images courtesy of Libby’s Little Helper Leanne Brown)
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GO PINK 4 LIBBY 2018
Along with our PR Company GO:PR we wanted Go PINK 4 Libby 2018 to be the biggest and best yet. Celebrating what would have been Libby Mae’s 5th Birthday so many people got involved including Real Housewives of Cheshire Stars Tanya Bardsley and Ester Dee, Comedian Jason Manford, Corrie Stars, Footballers, Friends, Family, Schools, Hospitals, Businesses to name a few.
A time which is always so hard for Libby’s family was made a little easier with all the support they received throughout the day. Seeing so many people GO PINK really makes us as a charity realise just how far ...
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Charity Single Remember Me – a No.1 Hit
Charity Single Remember Me – a No.1 Hit
Libby’s Little Helper and friend Laura Aston very kindly agreed to record a charity single in memory of Libby Mae. Remember Me written by Jeremy Medcalf of Legacy Records https://legacyrecords.co.uk was sang and recorded by Laura and went on pre-order 2 weeks before the launch on 26th April 2018. Upon release the single went straight into the UK Charts and soon hit the prestigious No. 1 spot in the Country Charts. An official single launch party was held to celebrate what would have been Libby Mae’s 5th Birthday at Chung Ying C...
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New Technology Partner
Midshire Business Systems have become our official Technology Partner. Midshire have donated a full colour desktop photocopier for the charity to use and has installed a new 22” tiny table complete with bespoke charity branded surround at Birmingham Women’s Hospital. The Tiny Table which houses a 22” interactive screen will be used for training, parent information and also to keep siblings and babies attending outpatients clinic entertained. They have also provided a screen for the charity to use to help showcase what we’re all about when we are out and about in the com...
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Mother’s Day 2018
Mother’s on Neonatal Units at Good Hope, Heartlands, Worcester and Birmingham Women’s Hospitals received a gift from us for Mother’s Day. The gift bags containing a charity bracelet, pen and a block of chocolate along with a Card were delivered by Libby’s Mommy and Daddy over the weekend, these were then distributed by staff on Mother’s Day morning.
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Bringing Christmas Cheer to Neonatal Units
Christmas 2017 we teamed up with our Patrons EZE Group to deliver gifts to Good Hope, Heartlands, New Cross, Walsall Manor, City, Worcester, Birmingham Children’s and Birmingham Women’s Hospitals. EZE Group launched a Christmas Shoe Box Appeal where they asked their members to send in donations of items ranging from chocolates for parents to toys for the babies. A team of Libby Mae’s Little Helpers, including Santa and his Elf along with Miss Birmingham and EZE Group Director Stephanie O’Reilly delivered the presents to families spending their Christmas on one of the ho...
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Ambassador Role for Former Footballer
Former Birmingham City and Hull City footballer Craig Fagan has been a supporter of the charity from very early on. Bought up in Bromsgrove Fagan was known by Libby’s Daddy and has always attended events in the local area where possible. Craig was getting more and more involved in events and was helping spread the word about our cause. We were honoured when Craig agreed to be an Ambassador.
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WELCOME GO:PR GO:EVENTS
We are pleased to announce that GO:PR and GO:Events formerly Ledigo PR are now our official PR and Events company. GO have several years experience organising events to the highest standard and have an array of celebrity clients who will help spread the word about our charity.
Https://www.go-pr.media
Co-Op Local Community Fund - We’re back!
We are delighted to have been chosen again to receive funding from the Co-Op Membership scheme in our home town of Bromsgrove. This years funding runs for a whole 11 months until the end of October 2018. Plea...
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2017 - A SUMMER OF CARNIVALS & FETES
We love the summer months, as it brings carnivals and fetes galore. From Redditch Scarecrow, Wythall Carnival, Belbroughton Scarecrow Festival and many more our big PINK gazebo (aka the Libby Tent) stood out in the crowds and attracted hundreds of people to our Teddy Tombolas.
However, the one that stood out in 2017 was Bromsgrove Carnival, one because we were one of their chosen charities and secondly it was so amazing with the return of the floats. Our float was Wizard of Oz themed and the whole day was thoroughly enjoyable. We were also one of the beneficiaries of the money raised by the T...
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80s Night At The Full Moon Pub & Restaurant
What a night we had at the Full Moon Pub & Resturant .. Lots of fun and money raised for our amazing charity. looking to organise a charity night please contact us via email charlotte@libbymaeslittleangels.com
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We went to London to visit the Queen
Back in December we told you about our invitation to The Queens Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, well what a day!
1st June 2017, we got the train from Birmingham International to London Euston with huge thanks to Virgin Trains for providing us with complimentary tickets for our travel. We travelled to London with Libby's Nanny Sue and Grandad Cliff and Libby's brother Riley who was going on a trip round London with his Nanny and Grandad while we went to visit The Queen. We arrived at Euston and got a Black Cab to Buckingham Palace where we got in the queue wi...
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Brave Isabelle has the chop in aid of 2 amazing causes
8 year old Isabelle Dawson decided to have her long locks cut and pledged to donate her hair to The Princess Trust who make wigs for children with Cancer. Isabelle heard abut our charity and decided that she wanted to raise money for us at the same time.
Online sponsorship far surpassed the £100.00 target by riaisng £859.00 online which was split between the 2 charities and we received an addiitonal £20.00 from offline donations.
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Libby Mae gets her own identity with the launch of a new bracelet
Libby Mae has finally got her own identity with the launch of our new charity bracelet. The idea was by Birmingham Jeweller Terry Terry to make a new bracelet. As a charity we decided to stop making the Pink and white bracelets and replace these with a lovely new Black and Pink, the pink bead being 'the bright light that shone out of the darkness'.
Terry Terry has made a limited number of high quality bracalets made from real lava stones, these are available directly from the charity and we ask for a £12.00 donation plus P&P to cover our costs.
We have also sourc...
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Go Pink 4 Libby 2017
Lots of companies got involved in Go PINK 4 Libby to help raise awareness of our cause and lots of money was raised too. This event is held every year on Libby Mae's Birthday 26th April. We celebrated this year with a 3 course dinner at Hotel Du Vin in Birmingham where 50 guests joined us, we released 75 balloons into the skies above the city with tags on, to date we have had one returned being the one released by Libby Mae's little brother Riley.
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£3775.30 received from Co-Op
on 19th April Libby Mae's Mommy & Daddy were invited along to our local Co-Op Store for the local fundraising presentation awards. The charity was nominated and supported by Co-Op Stores in Bromsgrove for 6 months following the launch of their new membership scheme. Each member was able to select which cause they would like to support and Libby Mae's Little Angels received a staggering £3775.30.
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Golf Day
5th April 2017 was our very first Charity Golf Day. The event sponsored by International Wifi provider Global Connect was a huge success. Attended by Celebrity Big Brother star Jamee O'Hara and ex Professional footballers we had 16 teams playing and the overall winners were MTGS.
The dinner was hosted by Free Radio DJ's Jo & Sparky, and there was an auction. The event raised £4000.00.
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Making New Mommies Smile on Mother's Day
Mother's Day saw Libby Mae's Little Angels take to the roads for a Libby Mae hospital tour. Two groups of Charity members and volunteers visited hospitals to deliver chocolates and cards to Mommies with babies on neonatal Units at Worcester Royal, Heartlands, Birmingham Womens, Russells Hall, City and Walsall Manor Hospitals. The choclolates which were bought from Thorntons in Solihull at a heavily discounted price and cards supplied by Small Prints, Bromsgrove were given out to every Mom on the units and were left at the bedside for any Moms who were not present when we visited. &...
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Check out our new Van
Well everybody I would like to introduce you to the vital part of our charity.... we have a van ... !!!
If you see us out and about, don't forget to give us a beep or a wave! You won't be able to miss us.
A huge thank you for the massive support given to us by Birmingham Nissan and the sign writing completed by Andesign!
Love you allCharlotte and Rich (Libby's mommy and daddy)
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Any One For Golf?
We're delighted to announce our next event, our Charity Golf Day sponsored by Global Connect Jordan Belfort Hurley please get in touch to book your place and to help support our amazing cause. Please also give our sponsor a follow and check out their amazing new app giving you access to over 57 million wifi hotspots in 120 countries worldwide!
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We have been invited to The Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace
Over the course of each year, The Queen welcomes over 30,000 guests to spend a relaxed summer afternoon in the beautiful gardens of Buckingham Palace or the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
At each Garden Party, around 27,000 cups of tea, 20,000 sandwiches and 20,000 slices of cake are consumed!
Garden Parties are an important way for The Queen to speak to a broad range of people from all walks of life, all of whom have made a positive impact in their community.
On the day of the Garden Party, the Palace gates are open from around 3pm. The Party officially begins when The Queen and The Duke of Edin...
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New Year, New Sponsor - Irwin Mitchell
We can proudly announce we are being supported by Irwin Mitchell -the biggest law firm in the country!
More details to follow.
Take a look at their website - http://www.irwinmitchell.com/
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