WILMSLOW mum Gill Tomlinson has thanked everyone for their support in raising £12,000 for type 1 diabetes research charity JDRF.
The money was raised at The One Ball at Hilltop Country House in Prestbury.
JDRF has a special meaning for Gill, as her daughter Ellie, nine, who attends Wilmslow Preparatory School, has type 1 diabetes after being diagnosed with the condition when she was four.
From left, Nick Barton, Lisa Barton-Firbank, Gill Tomlinson, Matt Tomlinson
The fundraising event was held on March 14, and included a sit-down meal, a DJ, Singing Waiters, live and silent auctions and a Wishing Tree raffle.
The evening was organised by Gill, Lisa Barton-Firbank from Adlington and Izzy Hamilton from Bollington.
Gill said: “We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported us with the event, including local businesses and individuals who donated prizes for our raffle and auctions along with family and friends who came or donated.
“The Ball was attended by about 80 people, and many of those who could not make it donated money.
“I was hoping to raise several thousand pounds, and am absolutely stunned by the total.
“People were very generous, and we had more than 100 prizes, including stays at holiday homes and a helicopter flight.”
Hattie Wilson, Milly Baron, Layla McMain and Ellie Tomlinson, who all have type 1 diabetes, and whose parents attended the Ball
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition, and 400,000 people are living with the condition in the UK, 29,000 of them children.
Jude Hughes, JDRF senior regional fundraiser for the north west, said incidence of type 1 was increasing by four per cent a year, particularly in children under five, with a five per cent increase each year in this age group over the past 20 years.
She said: “Type 1 diabetes affects 96 per cent of all children with diabetes in England and Wales.
“Around 85 per cent of people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes have no family history of the condition, and the UK has one of the highest rates of type 1 diabetes in the world, for reasons that are currently unknown.
Clare Baron, Hannah Wilson and Jonny Wilson
“A person with type 1 diabetes will have around 65,000 injections and measure their blood glucose over 80,000 times in their lifetime.
“One day, we will create a world without type 1 diabetes. Until that day, your support is vital for our world-class research, improving treatments until we find the cure.”
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Pictures by Compton Harry
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