1. 31st May 2016Registered Charity Number: 1103897
Welcome to Wipe Your Tears Charity Newsletter
Wipe Your Tears Charity is a small charity which has grown from humble beginnings. Our
only aim is to help as many children as possible. Being able to give a child that little bit of
hope and courage to get through their difficult times is worth more than anything to us.
Giving a child time to laugh and smile when most days it is difficult to do so is what makes
Wipe Your Tears a worthwhile cause.
“If you Wipe Your Tears, we will help you smile”
Trustee : Mr Kevin McCoy Patrons : Natasha Hamilton & I Am Titch
“Kai WILL Walk”
You may remember Kai from our last Newsletter, Kai is 5 Years old and was awaiting SDR surgery. We are
thrilled to be able to announce that Kai’s original target of £24,000 was smashed and his surgery took
place on Friday 27th May 2016 at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Kai and his mum are clearly thrilled that
he has now been given the opportunity of a lifetime and a chance to be able to walk unaided. Continued
funding is required to assist Kai with his post-operative physio sessions, we look forward to continuing
to work with Kai and his mum to ensure he receives the best treatment possible. Thank You to everyone
who fundraised, donated and attended events which were held on Kai’s behalf, everyone has had a great
time and really put the ‘FUN’ into fundraising. We will keep you updated on Kai’s progress over the
coming months.

2. Got a Fundraising idea
and not sure where to
start?
Looking for ideas on
how to organise a
fundraising event?
If you are an individual
or belong to a group or
organisation or a
business and would like
more information on
supporting Wipe Your
Tears then please
contact Wendy Hutchins
on 07949230007 where
she will be happy to
answer any of your
questions and have an
informal discussion with
you.
Putting the ‘FUN’ in to Fundraising
A big Thank You and well done to everyone who organised, attended and donated to all of our Fundraising
events. Without your support these events could never be the success they are, enabling Wipe Your Tears to
continue the work we do. Please keep a look out for up and coming events on our Facebook page.

3. Friday October 14th, tickets
available for a night of live Soul
music and dancing with the
amazing ‘Soul Searchers’.
Tickets available from Wendy
or Genny. Check out our
Facebook Page for full details
Keep a lookout for the
date of our very first
Pageant, details to be
announced soon
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us
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us
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And keep in the loop with what we have going on, coming up
and how to get involved.
Thinking of
Supporting Wipe
Your Tears?
Time on your
hands?
Would you like to
help?
Have you
considered
volunteering?
We have a wide
range of
volunteering
opportunities
and would love
to hear from you.
No experience
necessary just a
willingness to be
part of a great
team and to help
others.
For more
information
contact Wendy
or Genny on the
details provided.
We would love to
hear from you.
Got some spare time? Like to
meet people and keep busy?
Make new friends whilst
helping and supporting a
local Charity. We would love
to hear from you if you can
spare a few hours to help bag
pack at one of our events

4. Thank You for your Continued
Support
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A Huge Thank You to all of the girls
@models_for who have collected an
amazing £3720.74 since the 1st of January
2016 and continue to support Wipe Your
Tears each week.
Thank You to our Partners, Impression (Bolton) Ltd for their kind
donation of our wall art and motto for the new office. Not only are
they designing and printing free of charge, installation has been
Included also. Great work!
A big Thank You to Andrew Jackson and
the rest of the team at summ.it LLP,
Rochdale. They continue to support Wipe
Your Tears for a 3rd consecutive year.
Supporting WYT with our Toy Appeal at
Christmas as well as fundraising events.
They raised an amazing £1095 in March
by taking part in the Mighty Deerstalker
challenge. Well done to you all.
Following their signing of a 3 Year contract
with Wipe Your Tears in January 2016 Angel
have raised a whopping £25,460 so far. Simone
and the team collect all over the country at
Shopping centres. If you ever see them out and
about please feel free to stop and have a chat
with them. Thank You so much.

5. Since the 1st of January 2016 we have secured funding for 240 Cuddle Bags, which has
enabled WYT to begin turning tears in to smiles for some very deserving children. We
would like to thank the following people for their support so far with Project Cuddle Bags:
For information on how to sponsor a Cuddle Bag,
please contact Wendy or Genny
A huge Thank You to Dominic Orange and all at CorpAcq who
agreed to support Wipe Your Tears and Project Cuddle Bags by
sponsoring 100 bags in March. £6000 was a huge boost.
Thank you once again!
Well done and Thank You to all who fundraised at Bolton Golf
Cot. Wipe Your Tears were proud to receive a cheque for £2400
in support of Project Cuddle Bags on 1st April at Regent Park
Golf Club, Bolton. This money will fund 40 bags.
Many Thanks to Steve Price of Price Accounting for financial advice on our
Cuddle Bag flyer as well as sponsorship of 1 bag. Great work Steve.
Thank You to Andrew Charlton of Hashtag Events for the
sponsorship of 1 Bag along with the donation of 2 free stands for
WYT at Turf Moor, Burnley for Expo Northwest 2016.
We would like to thank all at the Rotary Club, Worsley
for selecting Wipe Your Tears to take part in this years
‘Dragons Den’. Wipe Your Tears pitched Project
Cuddle Bags and were allocated £480 as requested to
be able to fund 8 bags. Thanks again, this was an
inspirational evening.

6. Look at this fantastic delivery of
toys, donated from Bargain Buys for
Busy Mums. Thank You so much!
How to contact us
Website
Www.wipeyourtears.org.uk www.facebook.co.uk/wipeyourtearscharity www.twitter.com/WYTcharity
Email contacts: wendy@wipeyourtears.org.uk - Chief Executive or genny@wipeyourtears.org.uk - Grants Administrator
Tel : 07949230007 Tel: 07960067521
https://www.giveasyoulive.com/join/wipeyourtears
On the 1st of May we moved into our new office.
Our new address is
170 Bolton Road, Walkden, Manchester, M28 3BN.
Many thanks to Jeff Bridge of Window Creations Ltd
for the provision of our new premises.
“We are on the move”
Grant Applications
For anyone who understands this
process, you may appreciate how
time consuming sourcing and
applying for the correct grants can
be. This is why we are thrilled to
have secured since January 1st
2016 an amazing £5400 from Trusts
and Foundations who agreed that
Project Cuddle Bags was a worthy
cause. These funds will supply a
total of 90 bags for some children
who are going through a very
distressing time.
Referrals
Wipe Your Tears are here 365 days a year. If you are
a family with a serious or terminally ill child and feel
we may be able to offer you some support, please
feel free to contact one of our team on either our
Facebook page or via our website or on the contact
details supplied below.
Alternatively, if you know of a family who may
benefit from any of our services please feel free to
pass on our details to them.