£5000 Holiday Donation

Thanks to the generous support of the local businesses, the community and all those who support Sophie's Appeal we have recently donated £5000 to Beyond the Moon.

Beyond the Moon organise carefree holidays for children with life threatening illnesses. They sent Sophie to Disneyland, Paris and the memories and carefree times it gave us will last us a lifetime. That is why Sophie's Appeal are proud to support this organisation.

Pascale Somers, co-founder of Beyond the Moon said "On behalf of Beyond the Moon, I sincerely would like to thank you for the generous donation that we received. It will enable us to offer more British families with a sick child a carefree and memorable Beyond the Moon vacation. We look forward to sending you feedback and to informing you about the families that you will make happy in 2013."

The money that you raise and we donate is used to send local children on a holiday of a lifetime.

New Tesco Express Supports Sophie's Appeal

Sophie's Appeal Founder, Lin Barringer and veteran Saints footballer Francis Benali were the guests of honour when the new Tesco Express store on Bishopstoke Road recently opened and were invited to cut a ribbon and declare the new store officially open.

As part of the opening celebrations, store manager, Darren Wheeler and his team presented Sophie's Appeal with a cheque for £500.

Darren said: "We are delighted to be able to support Sophie's Appeal, as it does such fantastic work for those living in the Eastleigh community. We are so pleased that Lin and Francis came to open the new store and join in the celebrations with us."

The store chose to donate to Sophie's Appeal as part of its commitment to supporting the local community.