DAISY, Age 4"I love my Daddy because he knows all thewords to the songs from In the NightGarden and he loves me more thananything in the world", says Daisy.

ETHAN, Age 3Ethan loves his Dad, Corey because he takessuch good care of him. Ethan’s brothersand sisters love their Dad too – he playscomputer games with Louie, lets Libbywatch Star Wars movies at bedtime andbaby Jonas loves to bounce on his tummy.

SIAN, Age 14Sian loves her Dad, Graham. She says:“He does lots for us and for me – hehelps in the house he is very good! Hecalls me dipstick but I don’t mind – Ithink it’s funny.”

HELEN, Age 18Helen says "I love my Dad... almost asmuch as my Bunny!!" “That's myHelen.” Says her Dad, David.

CHASE supporting Dads

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE

COVER story

• CHASE support for Dads

NEWS from our team

• CHASE welcomes new

Chairman

• CHASE Let’s Lunch

• Legacies and friends:

Emily Baverstock

PEOPLE like you

• Sensory Garden

• National Volunteer Week

• Wildlife Aid

• Celebrity Support

• Trusts

• CHASE Spring Raffle

NEWS from our team

• Sensory Day

• Music Therapy

• SOCKS

CHASE calendar

• Children’s Hospice Week

• Events

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Summer 09

Welcome to this latest edition of CHASE Matters. In this issue we arehighlighting Dads supported by CHASE to coincide with Father’s Day. Lifecan be tough for a Dad coming to terms with the fact that his child orchildren will not reach adulthood.

CHASE ensures Dads get support both at home and at Christopher’s – inwhatever way they need it – ensuring they don’t miss out on some of the thingsmany of us take for granted.

We asked some children supported by CHASE what they think of their Dads...

To support our Father’s Day appeal go to

www.chasecare.org.uk/dads

CHASE new Chairman

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Will Spinney with CHASE Patron Anneka Rice

Legacies and Friends

Let’s Lunch

Jude Milner’s Let’s Lunch in Dorking with friends! Richmondlunch guests Jennie Sears, Nicky Roeser, Geraldine Bennetts

A huge thank you to everyonewho took part in our Let’s Lunchcampaign this year – We are halfway to our target to raise £20,000and the money is still rolling in.

The Richmond and KingstonFriends of CHASE celebrated thegroup’s tenth anniversary with aspecial lunch at PissarroRestaurant in Chiswick whichraised over £6,000.

The annual Richmond andKingston group lunches were theinspiration for the first CHASELet’s Lunch campaign last year.

Lunches were held all over theCHASE area of South WestLondon, Surrey and Sussex, andincluded a birthday lunch andeven a lunch with Llamas!

CHASE is delighted towelcome its new Chairman,Will Spinney to the Board.

Will, who started his career inthe Royal Navy, has spent muchof his career working in finance.specialising in corporate treasury.

He said: “I am delighted to have

the opportunity to help CHASEensure as much support as possiblecan be given to as many families aspossible who need our help.”

CHASE extends thanks toformer chairman Stephen Wallsfor his dedicated and tirelesswork for the charity. Stephen hasnow retired from the Board.

Gifts in Memory – Emily Baverstock

On 1st January this year the life ofEmily Baverstock age 17 was cutshort. Emily had set her sights onbecoming a children’s nurse atCHASE but it was not to be.

Her sudden and untimely deathdevastated her parents Peter and Janetand her older brothers David and Tom.

Emily had completed a course inchildcare at Godalming College and wasintending to do a nursing diploma at theUniversity of Surrey. She was very keenfor one of her practical placementsduring this course to be at CHASE –where she eventually wanted to work.

Peter said: “Emily was besotted withchildren, particularly young children andanimals. She was a real outdoor girl, a bitof a tomboy and she loved ski-ing – shewas a smiley girl and very well liked byall who came into contact with her.”

Emily will not be able to support familiesherself but her parents wanted to dosomething in Emily’s memory to help.

Gifts in Memory of Emily have beenflooding in to CHASE.

If you would like to set up a tribute forsomeone contact us on 01483 454213 forinformation on Gifts in Memory or giftsin lieu of presents at anniversaries,weddings, birthdays and other occasions.

People Like You - Sensory garden unveiled

National Volunteers Week – June 1-7

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CHASE welcomed families, supporters and celebrities tothe official opening of itssensory courtyard at thebeginning of April.

Funding to buy the specialisedequipment was generously donatedby the Armitage family, who havebeen supported by the CHASEservice and Leatherhead construction

company Alterspace which not onlyundertook the work free of chargebut also donated additional fundstowards the cost of equipment – thetotal cost being £25,000.

GMTV Presenter Andrew Castle,and Spooks favourites, MatthewMacfadyen and Keeley Hawes, were just some of the guests whoapplauded as Iain Armitage and his

wife, Charis, officially cut the ribbonand dedicated their part in thesensory courtyard to the memory of their son Lachlan, who diedalmost two years ago.

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Sensory courtyard – guests at the opening Iain and Charis cut the ribbon

Horsham Friends of CHASEchairman John Hastings hasdedicated a huge amount of histime since 1996 to fundraising forCHASE and has been the leadinglight in the collection of millions ofpounds for us.

Since his first £80 donation toCHASE, collected at his captain’sdrive-in at Manning’s Heath GolfClub, John has promoted the work ofCHASE far and wide. He has beenchair of the Horsham group since its

first meeting in 1996 and spent fiveyears as Trustee and vice chairman.

He stepped down as the drivingforce behind the CHASE FloraLondon Marathon teams after tenyears, having raised over £1.2million during that decade throughmarathon sponsorship butcontinues to actively fundraise forCHASE. He says the journey withCHASE has been and still is“exciting and rewarding.”

To find out about volunteering for CHASEvisit www.chasecare.org.uk/volunteeringor call Erica Quaile on 01483 230960.

John Hastings

CHASE celebrates NationalVolunteers Week this June. Weput the spotlight on one of ourlongest serving volunteers.

PEOPLE like you

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Celebrity Support

Simon Cowell of the Wildlife SOStelevision programme brought somebaby animals to Christopher’s to showthe children and chat about his WildlifeAid animal rescue centre in Leatherhead.

Simon doesn’t usually take rescued babyanimals on visits, as his philosophy is torelease them back into the wild with aslittle human contact as possible. Butthere is a small window of opportunity,when the animals are very young forthem to be handled without jeopardisingtheir future.

Lucky children at Christopher’s mettwo tiny fox cubs, baby squirrels and ayoung hedgehog.

Expressions on the children’s facesbrought tears to the eyes of care team

members and parents – so a huge thankyou to Simon and Wildlife Aid fundraiser

Denise Burton, who came along tohelp out!

Keeley Hawes and Matthew Macfadyen havebecome firm supporters of CHASE. We firstmet Keeley at a private screening of “Underthe Greenwood Tree” at BAFTA in whichKeeley starred and were delighted to welcomeher and Matthew on a tour of Christopher’searlier this year. They returned recently to the

unveiling of our new Sensory Courtyardgarden and we are looking forward to seeingthem again soon at future events.

To find out more about our celebritysupporters go towww.chasecare.org.uk/celebrities.

Wildlife Aid comes to Christopher’s

Simon Cowell shows Carter and care team member Rachel Weatherley a fox cub

Keeley and Matthew meet Lewis!

CHASE would like to thank:

• The Toy Trust• The Mason le Page

Charitable Trust• Fantasy Charity Fund for

their recent support indonating funds to CHASE.

CHASE Spring RaffleThe CHASE Spring raffledraw takes place on June 30 –make sure you have got yourtickets for the chance to win afirst prize of £1,000; a luxuryhotel break with ClassicBritish Hotels; a NintendoWii or case of wine. Ticketsare available from CHASEfundraising office on01483 454213.

Make sure you return yourticket books to us by June 22!

TrustSupport

Sensory day

S.O.C.K.S –(Siblings Of CHASE KidS)therapy for siblings

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NEWS from our team

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S.O.C.K.S is the sibling support groupwhich offers fun times and excursions withother siblings as well as counseling andtherapy. We recently took a group along to the Spectrum Bowl at Guildford where –as you can see – they had a great time!

The children CHASE supports have been enjoying lots of different activities with their families which have beenmade possible thanks to your generosity. Special days together are really important in making memories for familiesto treasure forever.

CHASE is proud to have the mostcomprehensive therapy team of allthe children’s hospices in the UK.

CHASE Occupational Therapist,Fiona Armitage says: “Having a rangeof traditional and alternativetherapies is so important at CHASEbecause many of the childrensupported by us have multiplelearning difficulties and complexmedical needs and we can offersomething to suit every childincluding music therapy, arts andcrafts, hydrotherapy, sessions in ourwonderful sensory room and outdooractivities too. The therapies alsoextend to the wider family - a Mumcan have an Indian head massage atChristopher’s or siblings can come totheir own special support group foractivities and counseling.”

In addition we have many popularvisitors including PAT (Pets AsTherapy) dogs, friendly donkeys andeven Llamas!

Twoprofessionalmusiciansfrom Music inHospitalsthrilledyoungsters atChristopher’son a recent visit.

Anne Allen whoplays the flute andMelanie Jones whoplays the harp,entertainedchildren and gavethem percussioninstruments to playso they could joinin the music.

Ciara and her Dad Jim from Dorking atSensory Day

Sophie enjoying Music in Hospitals with her mum Annette(right) and carer Eileen Stevens

Caleb, sister Scarlet and their DadMatthew from New Malden enjoy atreasure hunt in the grounds atChristopher’s, as part of the sensoryday activities

Fred Norris enjoys the bowling

Music therapy

CHASE calendar

CHASE will be kick-starting Children’sHospice Week activities with the LondonBridges Walk on Sunday 13thSeptember. This will be the fourthCHASE London Bridges Walk and is apopular attraction on the London eventscalendar! The walk will start from theTower of London, walking over theThames bridges, doing a quiz along theway. Join us for this great family day out– find out more on our websitewww.chasecare.org.uk/londonbridgeswalkor phone our fundraising team on01483 454213

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Children’s Hospice Week takes place thisyear between 19 and 26 September andCHASE will be among children’s hospicesup and down the country calling onpeople to make time for fundraising

during this special charity week. Keep aneye on our website for special activitieswww.chasecare.org.uk/childrenshospiceweek

CHASE activities for Children’sHospice Week 2009

The CHASE Chelsea Friends of CHASEGroup reaches a milestone this year,presenting the tenth CHASEContemporary Art Show which will beheld on Thursday November 12th at theprestigious Henry Moore Galleries,Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore.

This event has raised hundreds ofthousands of pounds for CHASE sinceit began.

Anyone interested in supporting thisevent, either personally or corporatelyshould contact CHASE on 01483 454213or email community@chasecare.org.uk

CHASE Contemporary Art Show – 12th Nov

London Bridges Walk – 13th September

Christmas CarolConcert The Christmas Carol concert organisedby Surrey Life magazine for CHASE is aseasonal must! This promises to be areally exciting event this year with a widevariety of music and some special guests.Watch our website for details of the dateand venue www.chasecare.org.uk/events

Loseley 10K & 4K – 1st NovemberJoin us on November 1st at 9.30am forthe fourth Loseley 10K and 4K Fun Runsin the beautiful grounds of Loseley Park,near Guildford, Surrey.

There are two distances, 10K and 4K forrunners of all ages and standards. Youcan run it, jog it or walk it! It’s a greatfamily day out.

There is easy registration online, a freetee shirt, medals, prizes and caférefreshment.

All runners will receive a free fundraisingpack and fundraising advice.

Find out more on our websitewww.chasecare.org.uk/loseley10kor phone our fundraising office on 01483 454213.

Paul and Lizzie Bartlett who took partin the 2008 Loseley 10K.Members of the Chelsea Friends group

at last year’s art show.