Thursday 8 February 2018
NHS Needs to join up its services to support our most vunerable young people and become more cost : ******What a madcap start to the year , some resol...
: ******What a madcap start to the year , some resol...: New Years Resolutions How many of us have actually stuck to the plan we made for January the first , I certainly haven't . H...
Tuesday 6 February 2018
NHS Needs to join up its services to support our most vunerable young people and become more cost : ******What a madcap start to the year , some resol...
NHS Needs to join up its services to support our most vunerable young people and become more cost : ******What a madcap start to the year , some resol...: New Years Resolutions How many of us have actually stuck to the plan we made for January the first , I certainly haven't . H...
******What a madcap start to the year , some resolutuions may actually be restarted for Feb!!!!**** Fundraising and fun is due to start****
New Years Resolutions
How many of us have actually stuck to the plan we made for January the first , I certainly haven't . However I am not going to give up, mine were pretty predictable, loose weight ,move more and stop being scared of emails and telephone calls. I also wanted to start a new hobby , make sure the dogs walked 5 miles a day ,cleaned the house from top to bottom and generally became an organised wonder woman. Need less to say that hasn't happened, so its time to break it down into small manageable steps, baby steps in fact.
I think that I am slowly learning that I am only human and there is only so much that i can achieve without collapsing . It has also been pointed out to me that I need to keep my priorities straight, before trying to help everyone I need to make sure that everyone close to home is OK. This includes my amazing hubby who is my rock
There are very few marriages that can withstand what we have and still love each other to bits .
Family and Friends
We have been helped and supported by the most amazing network of family and friends both old and new , without this support I think that we would have crumbled. It amazes me that people who were complete strangers were willing to step in and help and have become really good friends.
Just a few pictures which show some of the incredible support that we have had to date . I think they also show that we had a bit of fun on the way . I will share more over my coming blogs.
So where are we now
As many of you know when the surveyor came out we had to increase our part of the the fund raising.
So it was time for Team Tyler
to pull out the thinking caps,well actually it was tea and cake with Stuart,Stephen, myself and Tyler (and 2 inappropriately behaving dogs,sorry guys, those of you who know us will know exactly what we mean).
The Plan of Action
The first big challenge to help with the fund raising is the Littlehampton Leap.
This one is particularly scary for me as I am actually going to take part!!!! Not only am I 50, terrified of heights, a size 18, to top it off its going to be freezing cold. But this is my personal challenge for together for Tyler so please come along and show your support.
There will be a team of us jumping in green, the gorgeous Sally Austin, the cheeky Stuart McGinley, a rather competitive Anna, or so I have been told.In addition to this we will be joined by Stephen P from the Obervor fame and Matt one of the Spirit FM local heros.
There may be a couple of others who can be persuaded to join us , thinking of a certain Simon, likes cake, works for Spirit....... Should anymore clues be needed please do let me know .
If anyone else fancies joining us please do let me know .
I am going to find it incredibly hard to jump so if someone wanted to offer sponsorship to push me this could be an option.
I also hope to have my hubby Craig and son Ben jumping with me , I am sure that they will give me a push if needed. Although I do hope that the team can jump together , Sally did promise to hold my hand .
I wont say too much more about this other than it is on Sund 18th Feb, if you would like to jump please do get in touch, if you cant jump please come along and give us a cheer and some sponsorship if you can.
To say that I am terrified is an understatement , it is freezing at present !. Is it really safe for a lumpy 50 yr old to even do this !!!
However this 50 yr old once committed is quite determined, please do come and show us your support . Spirit will be broadcasting from there for the first hour , and there is hot soup in the arun view so it should be lots of fun. At least for those watching !! Just wish my sis and family up north could be there to see me jump. Lisa, fancy a trip to Bognor!
More Exciting Events
Andy from the new Charlie Purley Pub has been in touch with two fab ideas, a quiz night and a Robbie Williams tribute night . Both sound a whole heap of fun and it would be greeat if you could join us , who can resist a bit of Robbie, more details to follow.
Looking forward to meeting up with him tomorrow to chat the events over. Have a look on FB for the event details , I will also post more info in my next blog.
It has been at moment s when I think that we will never get there that inspirational local people get in touch and offer a hand. What this means to us is beyond describable.
The sense of community that has come about through this campaign is just incredible. Spirit and The Observor are working together for the first time and look at what can be achieved .
It feels like something really special has happened and I hope that when Together For Tyler draws to an end, the project can continue to help other local amazing families. I would certainly love to be part of something so special .
Whilst talking about inspirational people I feel that I must mention Mr Bognor himself the late Erick Jacks.
I was overwhelmed when his family said that instead of flowers they wanted money to go to Tylers Trust . An amazing man who thought of others until the end , what a special family .
He has certainly inspired myself and many others as to how local communities can help and support each other.
BRAIN STORMING
I am looking forward to seeing Julie,Kerry,sue.Matt,Mandy and Tony this weekend, for a bit of brain storming , there may well also be a few drinks to hand to hel with this process.
The end is so close now just a few more events and we could be there.I dont have enough words to thank each and every amazing person who has helped us to get to where we are .
Please keep your ideas and positive thoughts coming . Also looking forward to catching up with Rita sen and hearing her thoughts .
My final word has to go to Ben, it was so lovely to see him this weekend and I do hope he is able to join us on the jump, miss him so much but so proud of him x
Please keep sharing and sending on to anyone who may be interested .
https://www.gofundme.com/Tylersaccomodationhttps://janiceell.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.bognor.co.uk/news/video-together-for-tyler-campaign-launched-1-8085080
http://www.bognor.co.uk/news/video-fearne-cotton-backs-our-together-for-tyler-campaign-1-8155240
01243 553280
https://www.spiritfm.net/features/together-for-tyler/full-story.php
janice.ellis2@btinternet.com
Monday 8 January 2018
: ***Upsets ,Stress,Tyler's amazing Angels and Chris...
NHS Needs to join up its services to support our most vunerable young people and become more cost : ***Upsets ,Stress,Tyler's amazing Angels and Chris...: HAPPY NEW YEAR What a month we have had ! The Surveyor finally comes out ! I was so excited when I made the call to the surve...
***Upsets ,Stress,Tyler's amazing Angels and Christmas!*****
HAPPY NEW YEAR
What a month we have had !
The Surveyor finally comes out !
I was so excited when I made the call to the surveyor I was almost jumping up and down . On the day of the visit I finally felt like we were actually going to make Tyler's dream come true. He was great and said that he would have his quote and initial thoughts to us before Christmas.
True to his word the letter came literally just before Christmas, you can imagine my shock when I opened it and his estimate was £10,000 more than the council had estimated . Gutted doesn't come anywhere near covering how I felt, I had to take a day or two to accept it and then give myself a kick and get on with it .
Part of me had hoped that we would be able to start raising funds for a car, that would take Tyler's electric wheelchair so that he could get to college, but with the amazing people that we have in our corner I know that we will get there.
Whilst I was trying to be positive and think of further ways to raise funds , I received a message from the amazing Janet at the Pink Pub. She had collected in all the money that they had raised and would we like to collect it ! What a lovely call to receive just at the right time.
What was even more truly amazing was how much this lovely small local pub had raised , it was over £3500. An absolutely incredible amount , Tyler's angels really are stars , and we cant thank each and everyone of them enough, along with the lovely Janet of course. I also think that it would be fantastic if the Angels could come out for a 2nd appearance , I do have an idea as to what their next mission could be !!! I will have to chat it over with them and Janet but a little stroll along the seafront is in the back of my mind.
Stephen P also raised an incredible £700 by running his first Great South run, what a incredible achievement , thank you .
Christmas
I think that after all the fun and games in the build up to Christmas when it actually came round we all just collapsed . Apart from colds it was a lovely family time , quite quiet but just what was needed . I even learnt how to play poker, well I think I did, we may have got some of the rules a bit wrong .
It was amazing having Ben home as well and being able to spend some quality time with him. The house felt empty when he went back to Uni but I am so proud of his achievements and the amazing young man he has grown into.
The New Year and the Fund Raising Continues .
So we still have a way to go particularly with the works needed that weren't included in the council estimate. If anyone has any idea's on things that we can do please get in touch. One event that is going to happen though, and much to my shock I am taking part in is the Littlehampton Leap.
When the Arun Diver's got in touch about this I promptly sent it over to Stuart at Spirit and Stephen from the Observor for a head to head. I said there was no way on earth that I was doing it as I am terrified of heights and not the slimmest of Ladies! I knew that the lovely Sally at Spirit was also afraid of heights so I felt quite confident in saying that I would only take part if she did , err what a mistake !
So I think that we will have to hold hands shut our eyes and just jump! This is a huge personal challenge for me and nervous isn't the word for it . The more people that get involved the more money that we can raise , if you fancy taking part you can do so for free if you raise sponsorship. If you cant take part please do come along and if you can sponsor me it would be greatly appreciated . For those who take part there is hot soup in the Arun View afterwards .
I haven't even started on New Year's resolutions , I will share these next time , I have a few and its all about doing things differently .
I will be writing lots of thank you letters this afternoon , please do let me know if you don't receive one.
As ever any fund raising ideas please do get in touch .
Janx
janice.ellis2@btinternet.com
01243 553280
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