Page 18 - Federation magazine: October / November 2016

Fund-raising round-up

Appeal nears the
£40,000 mark to
fund life-
changing
operation for
Millie-Bea

Wolverhampton based DC Natalie Natalie with Millie. boxes and a stall at the Stafford Blues
Hughes only needs £2,000 to Festival took £600.
achieve her £40,000 target in an charity events by officers, as well as family Millie is due to have an assessment at
appeal set up so that her two-year-old and friends. the Portland Hospital, London in December/
daughter Millie-Bea (Millie) can receive an In addition, a casino night with a silent January.
operation to help her walk. auction raised £3,000, a group of 15 to Natalie says: “She is progressing well, and
Millie has spastic diplegia cerebral palsy 17-year-olds on the National Citizen Service loving all the attention.”
so cannot walk unaided. Her twin brother, raised £1,600 from bag-packing, sponsored
Evan, is unaffected. walking, baking cakes and making charity
The fund currently stands at £37,888.11
and contributions are still coming thick and
fast with more events planned over the
next few months.
Inspector Steve Malone of the Coventry
neighbourhood police team will undertake
a 15-hour endurance ride on a bike bolted
into a static ‘turbo-trainer’ on 15 October.
Steve says: “I have a young daughter
and after hearing about Millie-Bea I was
desperate to do something to help. I enjoy
cycling and a challenge so this seemed
ideal.”
Meanwhile on 4 November Sgt Charles
James will take part in a boxing event,
‘Between The Pillars of Truth’, with the
proceeds of tickets sold by Charles and
Natalie contributing to the fund-raising.
The money raised will pay for the
operation to help Millie walk. Millie will be
eligible for the operation next year, when
she is three.
The cause has led to numerous
successful fund-raising ventures in the few
months since the appeal was launched with
donations from West Midlands Police
Federation, the Force Benevolent Fund and

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