Abbies Love Charity News

Abbies Love is pleased to announce a total of £40,113.51 was raised during 2011

This brings the total raised by Abbies Love to over £185,000!

With some of this money, to date we have have distributed and installed over 40 bed alarms, as well as handed over £60,000 to James Cook Hospital through a trust set up in Abbies name.

The Abbie Clarke epilepsy trust fund has so far contributed towards research in SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy) and supplied an E.E.G. machine to the hospital. The E.E.G machine uses discreet portable devices to records the brain's electrical activity while children are doing normal day-to-day activities.

Recently, a plaque dedicated to Abbie (above) has also been placed on the wall in the Neurology department

We would like to thank everybody for their valued support and contributions over the years and we look forward to even more great things in the future!

Saturday 21st April

The Abbies Love sponsored walk is back in it's 6th year for 2012!! The walk is from Captaion Cooks Monument to Roseberry Topping and starts at 11am.

It's guaranteed to be a good time and anyone is welcome to join, last year over 100 people turned out, lets see if we can beat that this year!!!

For a sponsor form just call Tracey on 01642 590765 and we'll arrange to get one out to you.

Hope to see you there!!!

The Evening Gazettes Wish Giveaway!

The wish tokens are starting again and can be found in the evening gazette for four months, starting on Wed 5th October. Click here to read the full article!

Please collect these tokens for Abbies Love, and send them to:

Tracy and Richard Clarke
45 Grange Farm,
Ccoulby Newham
Middlesbrough
TS8 0SB

Saturday 10th March

An Elvis Tribute act has been arranged to help raise funds for Abbies Love.

Starting from 7, at the Parkway Social Club, Coulby Newham, the night will include Pie and Peas, Raffles and plenty of fun!!

Just £5 per ticket, please call Tracey on 01642 590765 to arrange purchase. Please note this is a ticket only event.

Hope to see you there

26th April 2011 @ 9pm on Channel 4

Abbies Love has recently been featured on the Channel 4 programme "The Secret Millionaire".
The people who attended the Elvis Tribute night earlier this year may remember Sean and the camera crew from Channel 4 who were there to film the event.

Thank you to everyone for watching the show, since it has been aired we have been overwhelmed by messages of support on the Abbies Love Facebook page all of which are greatly appreciated. Additionally, a special thank you goes out to all those who have recently donated to Abbies Love through the website.

If you missed the programme it is still available for a limited time on Channel 4's website, simply click here to open a new window to watch it online.

A 140 mile bike ride in August over 2 days with all monies raised going to Abbies Love Charity.

On August 26th 2011 Chris Kirby and his friend Andy Wood will aim to tackle the 140 mile Coast to Coast bike ride from Whitehaven to Sunderland over just 2 days.

Their aim is to raise £10 for each mile they ride, which will hopefully bring a total of £1400.

Following the success of Abbies Love on Channel 4's, The Secret Millionaire there is the added bonus that Sean Gallagher will double the final amount raised.

Money raised from this event will go towards Research, Support groups and equipment to help children with epilepsy.

If you would like to sponsor us for the ride then please leave your details here, Chris and Andy will continue to update their progress as much as possible.

16th April 2011

THE SUN shone down on Captain Cook’s Monument as fundraisers gathered for the fifth annual charity walk in memory of Abbie.

Around 100 people turned out for the event on Saturday and to have support like this for the fifth year is tremendous!

Thank you to everyone who got involved.

The results are in! This year Abbies Love came 3rd in the Evening Gazettes wish token giveaway, and we recieved a massive £1426 donation as a result.

Thanks to everyone who supported us by cutting out tokens from the Gazette newspaper, in total we collected 164,744!

Click here to read the full article on the results from the Gazette website

12th March 2011

A charity darts match took place in aid of Abbies Love on Saturday the 12th March at the North Ormesby Working Mens Club.

A total of 282839 points were scored in a 12 hour marathon of dart throwing and over £1100 was raised.

Thanks to everyone that took part!

In this months Sainsburys magazine a competition has been featured which gives you a chance of winning upto £1500!

All calls to enter cost just £1 and each entry donates 44p to Abbies Love.

To enter you just need to call (UK) 09012925097. You can purchase the magazine in any Sainsburys store and the competition can be found on the back page.

Thanks for all your support love Tracy and Richard xxx

3rd December 2010

Today another £30'000 has been handed over to James Cook hospital, which has brought the total donated to the hospital so far to an amazing £60'000. This money has been used to help fund vital research into epilepsy as well as improve treatment for countless young people who are currently dealing with the condition.

This week also marks the 4th anniversary of Abbies unfortunate death, Richard and Tracy would like to thank everyone for their numerous fund raising activities and helping to ensure Abbies legacy lives on.

Each donation is appreciated, no matter the size. If you would also like to contribute to Abbies love please use the paypal button below, or e-mail info@abbieslove.com for details about alternative dontation methods.

To read the full article that was covered in the Evening Gazette newspaper please click here (Opens a new window)

Evening Gazette Article - 30th June 2010.

A special trust fund set up in memory of a youngster who died aged just 10 has received a boost after it was picked to be Sainsbury’s Yarm’s chosen charity for the second year running.

Abbie’s Love was set up three years ago by parents Richard and Tracy Clarke after they lost their beloved daughter Abbie to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. Tracy and Richard visited the store on Yarm High Street last week where staff handed over £4,000 raised over the past year. Cash raised in Abbie’s name goes towards research into epilepsy, raising awareness of the condition, as well as to a support group and towards medical equipment. Now Sainsbury’s customers have voted for Abbie’s Love to be the charity of the year for a second year.

Richard said: “For such a big store to take on such a small local charity, it’s boosted our profile no end. “Really, it’s not just £4,000 we’ve got through them, it’s £8,000, because Mishy Holt heard about us because of Sainsbury’s.”

The Gazette told earlier this month how Yarm mum Mishy raised £4,000 in memory of her son Josh, who tragically died from the same condition as Abbie, at the age of just 20. She learned about the charity through the store. Sainsbury’s store trainer Julie Scott, who co-ordinates the supermarket’s charity efforts, met with Richard and Tracy along with other staff and manager Steve Topham to hand over the cheque. Julie said: “We give our customers and colleagues the chance to choose a new charity every year. This year when it came to nominations 98% of them voted for Abbie’s Love again.”

Wish token results 2009: This year we managed to collect 120,874, which gave us a £1,182.09 share of the prize money! Thank you to everyone who took part.

Evening Gazette: How Abbie's love is living on.

Northern Echo: James Cook University Hospital given £30,000 donation from Abbie's Love.