Akky’s Story

  Akky with girlfriend Jen 22 year old Akky from Oldham was recently referred to Young Heroes, through his social worker at Christies Hospital in Manchester. Since his diagnosis back in 2008, Akky has undergone intensive treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) which is a cancer of the white blood cells, the cells in the […]

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Newsletter Sept 2009

Introduction Welcome to the September edition of the Impact Young Heroes newsletter from impactliving.org. In each monthly edition you can read about forthcoming and past Young Heroes events, up to date news and real life stories, plus much more. Firstly like many others around the globe I was so saddened to hear about the passing […]

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Newsletter August 2009

Welcome to the August edition of the makeabigdifference newsletter; your one stop shop for all Young Heroes news and updates. Half way through the year already! Where does time go? It’s been a really good and busy couple of months for both fundraising teams at Young Heroes.  Sharon Brown and myself being part of the […]

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Newsletter July 2009

Introduction from our editor Welcome to the July edition of the makeabigdifference newsletter, Young Heroes’ very own fundraising and awareness newsletter. Last month saw Heather Irvine, her team and the Young Heroes fundraising team putting the finishing touches to the eagerly awaited charity ball. Everyone’s commitment and hard work paid off to what has to […]

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Newsletter June 2009

I would like to welcome any new readers to the makeabigdifference newsletter and take this opportunity to thank regular readers for your kind comments and feedback, as always it is much appreciated. May and June has been such a busy period for the team with preparations for the forthcoming Charity Ball (which we are very […]

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Newsletter March 2009

Welcome to the March edition of the make a big difference newsletter. Since the last edition, the team at Young Heroes have been working tirelessly, organising some exciting fundraising events; including a corporate summer ball!!  A first in the history of both Impact and Young Heroes and I’m sure it will be a great success.  […]

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Newsletter Jan 2009

Introduction from our editor Welcome to 2009 and the latest make a big difference newsletter. I hope that the New Year brings much health, happiness and prosperity to everyone. As you know, last December we re-launched the website making improvements to its look, feel and usability.  Since then we have made some further changes to […]

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Newsletter December 2008

Introduction from our editor Welcome to our Christmas edition of the Make a Big Difference newsletter. Firstly Impact would like thank everyone for your most valuable feedback regarding the new Make a Big Difference website and the newsletter.  It is very much appreciated and we continue to welcome your thoughts. We invite you to take […]

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Newsletter November 08

Welcome to the first edition of the ‘Make a Big Difference’ newsletter, the fundraising newsletter brought to you by Impact Living and Impact Young Heroes. Impact was set up twelve years ago to house and support vulnerable young people with an array of complex issues. The support we provide covers many potentially problematic areas including […]

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