Today we were invited to Nottingham University to the awards ceremony of the Jewsons Trade Hero category. We were in the top 4 for voting and the top 2 on the day. 

David Thomas came in second place and won the charity an amazing £10,000 worth of building materials which will go towards renovating the Walton Hall Academy farm. 

We were so grateful to Jewsons for putting us in the final and for inviting us to celebrate not only our win but also all the other wins on the day. We personally found incredibly motivating to meet other people working hard to selflessly improve other lives, especially since this was at a time when there was a lot of sad things happening in the world. 

We look forward to using this money to create an amazing environment for learning at Walton Hall Academy as well as encouraging the students to learn skills they may use in their careers. 

Creative Stage Productions contacted us and offered to do a Christmas Party style Panto for free with all proceeds going to Little Laura Charity. This was a first for us and when we hired Little Haywood Village Hall we were also put in touch with Santa who attended and gave each child a Cadburys' Selection Box and you had the opportunity to have a keep sake photograph with Santa or your family with a Santa Sleigh Photobooth provided for free of charge by Glenn and Nin Richards whose company Photobooth.co.uk/Birmingham.  Total raised that evening was £531.06 
Thank you to all who attended and Scotty of Creative Stage Productions.

Little Laura hosted its 3 rd annual quiz night, at Little Haywood Village and it was an absolute sell out.  We couldn't have fitted anymore into the hall it was full, amazing turn out.   A big Thank you to Diane Griffiths and Fiona Burton for writing another great quiz.  Thank you to David Robbie our quiz master who read out the questions,  The team work amazing throughout the whole night and recording the scores, and it was wonderful that Dr McWilliams family team won beating two professional quiz teams.  
We had lots of products available including our new additions the re-usable tote bag, also Christmas Decorations and our new packs of Christmas Cards 
Maggie and Rachel held an amazing refreshments and called Wickers World Drop-In Centre. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who supported us.  Total this year raised for the quiz night was £1672.77

Creative Stage Productions have held a summer pantomimes in the Met at The Gatehouse Theatre in Stafford, the last few years and when they heard about our charity they initially dedicated an evenings production shows donations to the Little Laura charity.  Overwhelmed by the generosity of the viewers and their appreciation of the show they continue for a further 4 shows, using collection boxes and collected an amazing £264.23 over all of the 5 shows.   This was amazing from just small collection tubs.  We thank Scott Bagnall and his cast for their support and generosity.

After months of applying, Little Laura has finally become a REGISTERED CHARITY (charity number: 1164678)!! We would like to thank everyone who has supported us so far and look forward to many more years as a registered charity.
We have also come to the end of our second year and have raised a fantastic total of £9863.46 this year!! Totalling £24,176.67 in our first 2 years!!

The 21st of July 2015 marks the second anniversary of the fatal crash. On this day we planted a tree in Great Haywood after a friend of the family donated the money to the family and suggested it was spent on a tree in the village where we live. A cherry blossom tree was planted and we hope to watch it grow and that as people pass it, it reminds them of Laura and helps to keep her sparkle alive. 

The accident occurred on the A5 where there was no hard shoulder in places, to completely pull a vehicle off the dual carriageway.  After recently travelling down this road we observed that the road has been improved and the hard shoulders are being widened and have had gravel added. We hope this prevents any further similar accidents.