Marking 10 Years of TMD

The 8th of August 2024 marks Taylor-Made Dreams’ 10th anniversary and we are proud that, with the help of our local community, we have been able to support so many families, providing over 2,000 bucket list wishes, over 1,300 Counselling and holistic therapy sessions, as well as many more support services since 2014. Over the 10 years, those TMD services have helped to provide smiles and create wonderful lasting memories in times when it all felt too dark:

“In our lives – before, during and after our beautiful 12 year old Josh’s illness and passing, Taylor-Made Dreams have given our whole family smiles, laughter and love – a haven from tears, pain and desperate sadness – enough to carry enduring positive memories for the rest of our lives.

It sounds simple…to give support and create lifelong memories for children with life-limiting illnesses and their families …and the best ideas are normally that simple - but to do it with such diligence and understanding – Taylor-Made Dreams is not just a charity – it is a way of looking at the world, a way of finding positivity when everything feels so negative – and you helped our family do that at exactly the right time and continue to do so for so many families in the South East.

Thank you Taylor-Made Dreams and your fantastic team, your impact on our family is more than words can convey.” - Josh’s parents.

There are still so many families in Sussex, Kent, Surrey and Essex who would like our help, so many children that could use our services but don’t know we’re here. We are here for them, and we want to spread that message further and further so we can help more families create beautiful memories. To further our reach, we need your support! Both to spread TMD’s name and to help us fundraise to provide even more services.

How do we do that? Well, in recognition of our tenth year, we have developed the idea of 10 for TMD to accompany our other TMD events to help make this our biggest fundraising year yet!

We wanted to create a campaign that could encompass the whole year and allow people to fundraise the way they want to, when they want to.? “10 for TMD” encourages supporters to be creative in the ways they can fundraise for Taylor-Made Dreams, by doing things in tens. This could be 10 runs throughout the year, Donate ￡10 a month, 10 days without social media, 10 weeks without caffeine, a challenge over 10 months like learning an instrument or training for an event. No matter how big or small your fundraiser is, as long as 10’s involved we’d love to hear about it! Your campaign also doesn’t have to be a fundraiser, it can just be an awareness raising campaign, 10 for TMD is really up to you, and each supporting voice matters.

Once you’ve decided what your chosen campaign will be, we’d love to have videos of you committing to your challenge so that we can promote your wonderful fundraising and make a 10th anniversary video of everyone that takes part. Simply start your video with the words “I am doing 10 for TMD by…” and tell us your plans, you can send to us via direct message on socials or via the email below.

If you think you’d be up for?a challenge and want to create a?‘10 for TMD’ campaign this year, please email us at: [email protected]