The Millie Wright Children's Charity

The Millie Wright Children's Charity Addressing inequalities in support for children with life threatening conditions.

Millie's Saturday Suppers πŸ•πŸ•Our Co-founder Ceri Wright has won the Outstanding Contribution Award at York Community Prid...
26/09/2026

Millie's Saturday Suppers πŸ•πŸ•

Our Co-founder Ceri Wright has won the Outstanding Contribution Award at York Community Pride.

Millie Wright Children's Charity exists because of her daughter Millie, who died aged 13 after 5 months fighting a rare and devastating illness.

Since then, the charity has funded a family support worker, delivered up to 50 hot meals a week to parents through Saturday Suppers, funded parent kitchens with ambient food across the hospital accessible 24 hours a day/7 days a week, provided family support grants and pushed to address inequalities in hands on support for families with seriously ill children.

Ceri's words say it best: ""The charity means families have the support I never had. That's Millie's legacy.""

Congratulations, Ceri. πŸŽ‰πŸ’œπŸŽ‰

Millie's Saturday Suppers πŸ•πŸ•Trustee Richard and his wife Anne made sure parents/carers received a meal this evening. We ...
19/09/2026

Millie's Saturday Suppers πŸ•πŸ•

Trustee Richard and his wife Anne made sure parents/carers received a meal this evening. We are grateful to them for their time and support.πŸ’œπŸ’œ

Parent/Carers are sitting beside a seriously ill child's bed, sometimes for weeks or months.

Only 15% of UK hospitals provide them a meal.

Saturday Suppers fills that gap. In addition to this we fund ambient food in the parent kitchens across the children's hospital.

This year, we're asking local businesses to fundraise for Saturday Suppers, or make us their charity partner.

Find out how at millieschildrenscharity.org.

Donate - https://givealittle.co/c/3uyq72dlwV4uVGLhVaBp91

πŸŽ„πŸŒŸPlease help us to support our wonderful family support worker Jeanette reach more families this Christmas. πŸŽ„πŸŒŸJeanette,...
16/09/2026

πŸŽ„πŸŒŸPlease help us to support our wonderful family support worker Jeanette reach more families this Christmas. πŸŽ„πŸŒŸ

Jeanette, our family support worker at Leeds Children's Hospital, has an appeal for help this Christmas.

Toy donations pour in every year. Wonderful ones.

But Jeanette sees something else too. Families counting pennies for basic food over the festive period, let alone presents.

So this winter she wants to put together small hampers. Tins. Soup. Pasta. Rice. Cereal. Crackers. The cupboard basics that keep a family going.

And a few treats too. Chocolate biscuits. Hot chocolate. Tea and coffee. Nice crisps. Something sweet.

Each hamper will also carry information on where families can turn for Christmas presents for their children, and which food banks are local to them.

A small token, delivered in the week before Christmas, to children on the wards and to families in the community where Jeanette knows the need is real.

She has done this before, quietly, one hamper at a time, and it has meant a great deal to the families who received one. This year she wants to reach more of them.

If you can help with tins, treats, or a donation towards hampers, follow the link to our Amazon Wishlist https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2MJLC4A51DJ7K?ref_=wl_share β€” every item counts.πŸ’œπŸ™

Thank you for helping Jeanette make this happen.πŸ™πŸŽ„πŸŒŸ
πŸ’œβœ¨

Millie Wright Children's Charity co-founder honoured with award | York Press
11/09/2026

Millie Wright Children's Charity co-founder honoured with award | York Press

The co-founder of the Millie Wright Children's Charity, Ceri Wright, was honoured with an Outstanding Contribution Award at York Community…

Some news that I’m still trying to take in… πŸ’œI’m incredibly honoured to have been recognised with an award for the work ...
11/09/2026

Some news that I’m still trying to take in… πŸ’œ

I’m incredibly honoured to have been recognised with an award for the work we have done through The Millie Wright Children’s Charity.

Being recognised personally feels a little strange, because this has never been about me.

It has always been about Millie. About supporting others through our journey and her experience. About turning the most devastating thing our family has ever lived through into something that can make life just a little easier for other families facing the unimaginable.

I’m so grateful to the for sharing our story and for shining a light on the charity and the reason behind it.

I would like to shine a lot on those others who's generosity makes so much of what we do possible, our trustees, fundraisers, supporters and every single volunteer who gives their time, energy and heart to Millie’s charity. None of this happens without them.

And then there is my family.

Nige. πŸ’œ
My husband, my partner in all of this, and the person who has stood beside me through every single step. We built this from the deepest heartbreak imaginable, and somehow we have kept going.

And my boys, Harry, Charlie and Jake. πŸ’žπŸ’žπŸ’ž

You have had to watch your mum navigate something no family should ever have to face. You have grown into incredible men while carrying your own grief, and I could not be prouder of you. So much of what we do is because of your sister, and I know Millie would be so proud of the men you have become.

This award may have my name on it, but it belongs to all of us.

To everyone who has donated, volunteered, sponsored an event, delivered food, bought a raffle ticket, shared a post, offered encouragement or simply believed in what we are trying to do, thank you. πŸ’œπŸ™

Most importantly, it belongs to a little girl called Millie, whose life was far too short but whose love continues to ripple outwards in ways I could never have imagined.

Forever our girl.
Forever making a difference. πŸ¦‹πŸ’—πŸ’œ
Thank you. πŸ’œπŸ™

Millie's Saturday Suppers πŸ•πŸ•When a child is seriously ill in hospital, their parents don't leave the bedside. But hospit...
05/09/2026

Millie's Saturday Suppers πŸ•πŸ•

When a child is seriously ill in hospital, their parents don't leave the bedside. But hospitals don't provide a meal for them , so Saturday Suppers does, one pizza at a time.

Every Saturday, we deliver hot pizza to parents and carers who are holding on through some of the hardest days of their lives. It's a small thing that means a lot when you haven't eaten properly in days.

We can't do this without people choosing to back us. Could your workplace, school, club or community group fundraise for Saturday Suppers this year or name us as your official charity partner?πŸ™

Get in touch to find out how. Every pizza we deliver starts with someone deciding we're worth backing. [email protected]πŸ™πŸ’œ

To Donate - https://givealittle.co/c/3uyq72dlwV4uVGLhVaBp91

02/09/2026
Jack is 10 years old and taking on 'The Yorkshire 3 Peaks' to raise funds for The Millie Wright Children's Charity. We t...
23/08/2026

Jack is 10 years old and taking on 'The Yorkshire 3 Peaks' to raise funds for The Millie Wright Children's Charity.

We think Jack is truly amazing and inspirational πŸ’œπŸ™

Read his inspiring story and support him here:

https://www.justgiving.com/page/jack-hardwick-1

Help Paul Hardwick raise money to support The Millie Wright Children's Charity

Millie's Saturday Suppers πŸ•πŸ• Tonight's Saturday Supper has been sponsored by my friends from my walking group Yorkie Tal...
22/08/2026

Millie's Saturday Suppers πŸ•πŸ•

Tonight's Saturday Supper has been sponsored by my friends from my walking group Yorkie Talkies Outdoors.

The photo is from last year 🫣 this year they held another fantastic Ceilidh and raised funds to pay for a Saturday Supper... We were so busy dancing that a new photo did not get taken.

I'm really grateful for their friendship and the wonderful memories I have made with them over the last 4 years.

Thank you πŸ’œπŸ™

βœ¨πŸ¦‹πŸ’œ Since Millie passed away 5 years ago : - The Millie Wright Children’s Charity has: ✨ Raised more than Β£500,000 to fu...
21/08/2026

βœ¨πŸ¦‹πŸ’œ Since Millie passed away 5 years ago : -

The Millie Wright Children’s Charity has:

✨ Raised more than £500,000 to fund support at Leeds Children's Hospital

✨Funded 5,600 hours of support from a dedicated Family Support Worker

✨ Delivered β€˜Saturday Suppers’ to over ten thousand families

✨ Funded £35,000 a year of food in parent kitchens across the hospital

✨ Advocated for greater play provision for children in hospital and funded a proof of concept to provide plag at weekends

✨ Supported Leeds Children’s Transplant Team at the British Transplant Games by providing funding for the children's party in memory of Millie

✨ Built a growing community of supporters
.. and lots more.πŸ’œπŸ¦‹βœ¨

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