Yummy Mummy Week, 15 to 23 September, helps to raise money for CLIC Sargent, the UK children's cancer charity
By Anne Coates
Every day in the UK ten families are told their child has cancer. As the UK's leading children's cancer charity, CLIC Sargent is the only organisation to offer these children and their families all round care and support at every step of the way.
This week sees the fourth annual Yummy Mummy Week – a fun week which raises money for CLIC Sargent – and mums all over the country will be joining in to help raise over £600,000 to ensure that every child who is affected with cancer can get the help they need.
At Parenting Without Tears we are delighted to help promote this charity. And to show our support for Yummy Mummy Week we will be donating 25 per cent of the fee when anyone becomes a member from 15 to 23 September to CLIC Sargent.
If you want to help raise money for children with cancer, you can join thousands of mums across the UK by holding your own event - it's not too late to organise a coffee morning or a tea party - or buying some fantastic Yummy Mummy goodies.
Yummy Mummys are campaigning again to raise money for CLIC Sargent, the children and young people's cancer charity. Time to get involved with a fundraising pack or buying from their range of gifts. Plus there's a chance to win a Yummy Mummy celebrity apron.
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