The Day Fred Sines & James Crickmore, of Brighter Sines met Chas Hodges
Thursday, 27 February 2014
' Great worthy cause', said Fred Sines
Fred Sines and James Crickmore would like to encourage more people to become involved it whats happening around them. In all parts of the World. James Crickmore says-' Charity starts at home'. Fred Sines says- ' This is a charity we give our full support to'
Welcome to our website, we live in Essex and have a passion for animals. We want to share our passion for animals with you. Our animals are used as therapy animals with the sick, needy and terminally ill. We have an understanding of the needs of the autistic child and know how important sensory experiences with animals are, so if you have an autistic child and would like to come visit please contact us.
We do therapy trips to special needs school's, hospices, charity events and also for single family visits. We are a non profit making charity and therefore only asked for donations towards are costs. We are extremely proud of our animals and the difference they make wherever they go. Applause our tiny white American Miniature horse has been doing these indoor therapy trips since the Autumn of 2007 - and he is a total hit wherever he goes.
We also breed stunning Bengal cats to help us fund our work. Our menagerie includes also a Leonberger dog, 2 miniature horses, 1 larger pony,1 donkey 2 mini Rex rabbits and 4 pet fancy rats as well as a very special cat. Our animals are our passion but they are also very much part of our family and the first thing we consider is what their temperament is and how they will fit in.
http://brightersines.co.uk/
Welcome to our website, we live in Essex and have a passion for animals. We want to share our passion for animals with you. Our animals are used as therapy animals with the sick, needy and terminally ill. We have an understanding of the needs of the autistic child and know how important sensory experiences with animals are, so if you have an autistic child and would like to come visit please contact us.
We do therapy trips to special needs school's, hospices, charity events and also for single family visits. We are a non profit making charity and therefore only asked for donations towards are costs. We are extremely proud of our animals and the difference they make wherever they go. Applause our tiny white American Miniature horse has been doing these indoor therapy trips since the Autumn of 2007 - and he is a total hit wherever he goes.
We also breed stunning Bengal cats to help us fund our work. Our menagerie includes also a Leonberger dog, 2 miniature horses, 1 larger pony,1 donkey 2 mini Rex rabbits and 4 pet fancy rats as well as a very special cat. Our animals are our passion but they are also very much part of our family and the first thing we consider is what their temperament is and how they will fit in.
http://brightersines.co.uk/
Maurice Fred Sines & James Robert Crickmore Host funday in aid of Charity
On Saturday 28th September from 11am, Brighter Sines will be holding a Family Fun Day at Hayes Country Park. There will be a hog roast, bouncy castle, face painting and lots of games. Cakes/ Sweet cones. Big balloon release at 4pm. We have a fire engine, with a real fireman arriving. The day will be full of cheer so, do come and join the fun.
A total of £1200 was raised from this event, which was split between 3 local causes.
- Alamanda Therapy Animals
- Rettendon Primary School
- Finley Ranson.
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A total of £1200 was raised from this event, which was split between 3 local causes.
- Alamanda Therapy Animals
- Rettendon Primary School
- Finley Ranson.
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Monday, 24 February 2014
Soft toys
brighten a trip to hospital
Children who
need to visit the accident and emergency department at Basildon University
Hospital will now have something soft to cuddle while they are being treated,
thanks to a kind donation by local fundraisers, Brighter
Sines.
Brighter
Sines, who organise events to raise money for a variety of local children’s
charities, hosted a coffee morning and raffle to raise money to buy 400 soft
toys for the children’s emergency department. Children will be given a soft toy
when they are being treated, which they can then take home with
them.
Helen
Mattock, from the hospital’s fundraising team, said: “We are really grateful to
everybody who has given up their free time and been so generous. Having toys
around really helps to improve the experience of a trip to hospital for
children.”
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Fred Sines,
from Brighter Sines, said: “Coming to the hospital today we have seen first-hand
how children’s faces light up when they are given a cuddly toy to hold, and we
have already decided that we will continue to raise money to go towards toys for
children at the hospital.”
Photo
back row, left to right: Sarah Barton, Children’s emergency care practitioner; Fred Sines, Sue Gough and James Crickmore, Brighter Sines; Laura Ryan, Hospital play specialist
back row, left to right: Sarah Barton, Children’s emergency care practitioner; Fred Sines, Sue Gough and James Crickmore, Brighter Sines; Laura Ryan, Hospital play specialist
Front row:
Samuel Amamoo, patient
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Brighter Sines- Finley Ranson
Brighter Sines- One of the first people we were able to help- his story told by Daily Mail.
Maurice Sines, " We were delighted to be able to help Finley, and are glad he is able to tell people his story to get awareness for his condition".
The little boy who can only eat BOILED SWEETS: Three-year-old suffers extreme allergic reaction to all foods except Glacier Mints
- Finley Ranson suffers from rare eating disorder eosinophilic enterocolitis
- His body fights food as if it were a virus, causing him to bleed internally
- The Fox's boiled sweets are the only food he can eat without becoming ill
- Finley has to be tube fed up to six times a day and has had 10 operations
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A little boy with an extreme allergy to all food survives on a diet of just boiled sweets.
Finley Ranson suffers from a rare eating disorder which means he is unable to eat normal food without having an extreme allergic reaction.
The three-year-old's body fights food as if it were a virus, causing him to bleed internally.
Sweet tooth: Finley Ranson suffers an extreme allergy to all food and the only thing his body can tolerate is a diet of boiled sweets
He has undergone a series of genetic tests at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London in a bid to identify what is causing his rare form of eosinophilic enterocolitis.
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https://www.facebook.com/BrighterSinesNow Finley, from Battlesbridge, Essex, has adapted to living on a diet of eating 10 Fox's Glacier sweets every day.
His mother, Rhys, 27, has even taken to melting down the boiled sweets into 'ice lollies' to make them more appetising for her little boy.
Despite his heartbreaking condition, she says Finley is always smiling and, surprisingly, his favourite places to go to are pubs and Nando's chicken restaurants.
Brave: Finley with his mother, Rhys. She says despite his condition, her son is always smiling - even when his Christmas dinner was a cup of ice
WHAT IS EOSINOPHILIC ENTEROCOLITIS?
Eosinophilic enteropathy is a complicated digestive system disorder in which eosinophils, a type of white blood cell, are found in above-normal amounts in one or more specific places in the digestive system and/or the blood.
Eosinophilic enteritis affects the small intestine in particular.
When the body wants to attack a substance, such as an allergy-triggering food or airborne allergen, eosinophils respond by moving into the area and releasing a variety of toxins.
However, when the body produces too many eosinophils, they can cause chronic inflammation, resulting in tissue damage.
Common symptoms may include pain, swelling, skin rash, hives, reflux, choking, difficulty swallowing, nausea, vomitting, loss of appetite, stools containing blood and/or mucus and abdominal cramping.
Many people also experience nutritional deficiencies and/or side effects from medications, such as neuropathy (nerve damage) or osteoporosis (decrease in bone mass).
But instead of gorging on chicken, he sits with a cup of crushed ice while watching his parents eat.
And a Happy Meal from McDonalds for Finley means he can only enjoy the toy.
Finley, who has to be fed six times per day through his tube, has already undergone 10 operations during his young life to replace or re-locate his feeding tube as well as exploratory procedures.
Rhys only discovered her son was able to eat the Glacier sweets after a tip from another mother at a support group.
Up until then, she had tried hundreds of different foods in the desperate search for something Finley might be able to eat without getting seriously ill.
It is currently a mystery why his body is able to tolerate the sweets but no other foods.
Rhys, 27, has been amazed by her son's positive nature despite the hardships he has faced since he was born.
The qualified nursery nurse said: 'Finley cannot eat anything other than boiled sweets.
'We realised they were the one thing he could eat that he did not have a reaction to and he gets through 10 of them every day.
'I have even melted them down and made them into lollies for him, so he's got something a bit different to eat.'
His older sister, Georgia, five, also has the same illness which causes a serious allergic reaction to dairy, eggs and soya.
Battle: Finley has to be fed through a tube several times a day and has has already undergone 10 operations involving his feeding tube, plus other exploratory procedures
But while she is able to eat other foods, Finley's case is so rare, he cannot eat anything.
Instead, he gets his nutrients by having a highly nutritional liquid food formula placed into his stomach through a specialist feeding tube every two-and-a-half hours.
Curious: It is currently a mystery why Finley's body is able to tolerate the sweets but no other foods
Rhys, who is now a full time carer to her son, added: 'I am of course biased but he is amazing - he still loved Christmas even though his three-course dinner was just crushed ice, a water lolly and some of his favourite sweets.
'He has to undergo weekly blood tests and he never gets down.
'Because I can't treat him to food it does end up costing me a fortune in other treats - if he sees a magazine he'll end up being bought it - he's totally spoiled.
'Despite his food allergy, he still loves going out and he says his favourite place is the pub.
'He'll sit there with a cup of ice and be quite happy - he's such an inspiration.'
Finley's friends and family have helped raise more than £10,000 for more research to be carried out.
Rhys, whose husband Brett, 31, is a builder, added: 'There weren't any warning signs before we had the children.
'A few members of our families have mild food allergies but nothing like what Finley has.
'It can be tough at times for me because, as a mum, I blame myself, wondering if I was carrying a faulty gene but you just have to get on and deal with it, there is no point dwelling upon it.
'If the research being done does not help Finley, hopefully it will make difference to another family who are going through what we have been through.'
Rhys has to always be on full-alert in case Finley's feeding tube breaks as she then only has 20 minutes to get him to hospital to put a replacement in before an operation is needed again to insert one.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2561970/The-little-boy-eat-SWEETS-Three-year-old-suffers-rare-allergic-reaction-foods.html#ixzz2uEonIlyA
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Brighter Sines Hospital Visit
On 19th December, Fred Sines and James Crickmore founders of BrighterSines were able to visit Basildon hospital. They were able to deliver hundreds of gifts to be given out to all the children on Christmas Morning. Which included toys with lights, selection boxes and board games. Fred said " We love coming here to see all the boys and girls, it's terrible being in hospital at any age. Especially on Christmas day, we are just helping out Father Christmas." After seeing all the children, a delighted 2 year old girl called Isla and her mum handed us this lovely card. Always so nice to receive a lovely card from the children.
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Wednesday, 19 February 2014
About Brighter Sines
We are a local charity helping to support the children of the South East.
We focus on giving help, support and comfort to our children when it is most needed. Maurice Sines and James Crickmore, set up the charity in July 2013 in order to help look after the local children of our communities.
Our aim is to raise money for local hospitals, hospices, children’s charities and other groups where it is most needed. From buying toys for a hospital ward to buying equipment for children’s hospices. Something so small like a teddy can give a child great comfort, whilst in hospital.
In order to do so, we need your help. Help us, to help our children. Donate today.
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