Raffle Winners announced!!!
Youtube link available soon:

Winning numbers listed prior to the name of the person and prizes allocated by number

1: Family of 4 Year pass for National Trust - Provided by Sealwise: 367 Dy and David Whitehead
www.sealwise.co.uk

2: Cheltenham Horse Racing Day tickets x 2 - Provided by Cheltenham Race Course 10 Sharon Goulty

3: Chalke Valley Soaps Gift Box - Provided by Chalke Valley Soaps: 336 Rob Taylor
www.chalkevalleysoaps.co.uk

4: Bristol City FC 2 x Home tickets (any game for 2023/24 season - Provided by Bristol City FC 82 Mike Clarke

5: Woodchester Valley Vineyard Vineyard Tour and Wine Tasting Voucher for One - Provided by 104 Stewert Herbert
www.woodchestervalleyvineyard.co.uk

6: Skincare Hamper - Provided by Chuckling Goat (Photo of donation required on receiving Hamper): www.chucklinggoat.co.uk 421 Michael McGowan

7: Gaggle Pass Day entry for 4 people (expiry Jan 2024) - Provided by Cholderton Farm: https://choldertonrarebreedsfarm.com 441 Victor Apopei

8: Swindon Wildcats Ice Hockey: Family Voucher for 1 x Ice Hockey Game (Home) - Provided by Swindon Wildcats: https://swindonwildcats.com 221 Claire Lawson

9: Case of Wine - Provided by Mike Clarke: COO of QES 124 Paul Michael

10: Wallace and Gromit Figurine - Provided by Grand Appeal 347 Rob Taylor

11: Tickets for his upcoming comedy tour - Morgan Rees - Provided by Morgan Rees: 439 Victor Apopei
www.morganreescomedy.com

12: Signed Jamaican Rugby Players Jersey - Provided by Claire Lawson 364 Dy and David Whitehead

13: £100 Amazon Voucher - Provided by Bellway Homes 172 Jen Stannard
www.bellway.co.uk

RAFFLE ALERT:

We are doing an online raffle to raise money for two great charities (more details below). We will use a number randomizer that will be populated with all the raffle numbers sold. The raffle will take place on 21st September 2023. We will post the winners on this page as well as the youtube link of the draw taking place.

**When you make a donation , please email: mattpalmer@qes-online.com and I will send over your raffle tickets***

***Please remember to not select GiftAid as your donation is for a raffle***

Prizes and Costs are detailed below:

Firstly, why we are fundraising?

The reason for the fundraising all centres around our son Isak, aka Iggy. At our 20 week scan we were informed Iggy has a life limiting heart condition. He needs a series of operations to help extend his life (he has had 2 so far) however all hearts are different and the doctors do not know how long his will last. He can go into cardiac arrest at any moment and a large proportion of children who have this condition do not make it to the age of 5. Whilst waiting for his first surgery Iggy unfortunately developed an illness called necrotising enterocolitis (NEC). Iggy's bowel perforated and he had to have his large intestine removed as well as some of his small intestine and a stoma formed. Two days later he developed sepsis and we were informed to prepare ourselves. We were given two options, one, we could do palliative care or two, they could try his heart surgery as a long shot to try and help make him stronger and fight against the sepsis. They did advise that the surgical option had very limited chance of success and if was highly likely he would not make it off the operating table. We chose to go for the surgery in the hope that he may survive and to the amazement of his surgeon and hospital staff he did.

During this time The Grand Appeal provided us with a room in one of their charity accommodations across from the hospital. This makes such a difference to families, it is impossible to quantify how valuable this is. Especially, when you receive the dreaded calls during the night to tell you that your child is extremely ill, you can be there in seconds. Iggy spent his first Christmas in hospital and they made sure every child received presents from Santa, which makes that day a bit brighter for all the children on the wards.

Iggy has profound Global development delay as well as profound hearing loss due to the trauma he went through. He has made lots of progress this year and this has been hugely helped by the team at Stepping Stones. Their aim is to help children like Iggy make progress and have access to services like physio, speech and language etc and to provide support to parents. He is also able to interact with other children and play therapists and his full cheekiness comes out!

He has had an incredibly hard start to life and the charities that we are raising for have been and will continue to be a key part of our lives.

UPDATE - Iggy has just had cochlear implant surgery and we are awaiting for his activation date, exciting and nerve racking at the same time!

You can learn more about the charities by clicking on their logos at the top of the page.

Prizes and winners shown at the top:

Raffle Prices:

£3 for one ticket

£5 for two tickets

£10 for 5 tickets

Good luck and thank you for your donation

Kind regards

Matt and the QES Team
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Here at QES, we have decided to set up a fundraising page for our raffle. We have a variety of events planned, the first part of fundraising is focused on a raffle which is now live!

Thank you for taking the time to read Isak's story and for any support you can give.