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Neston Charity Boss Collects Her MBE from the Queen

Karen Jones, Chair of Northern Lights Children's Charity based in Neston, collected her well deserved MBE from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace last week.

(l-r) Wendy Reilly, Karen Jones MBE, Becca Jones and Brian Jones at the Palace.

Accompanied into the Palace by her husband, Brian Jones, daughter Becca Jones and the charity's treasurer, Wendy Reilly, Karen says it's a day she will never forget.  "It was one of those really special days, I will never, ever forget it.

"I was delighted to be accompanied by family and colleagues, including Alan Johnson, who gallantly offered to wait for us outside as I could only take three people in with me.

"We all thoroughly enjoyed the day, which included lunch at Rubens at the Palace afterwards.  Truly memorable."

Brian and Karen with her MBE.

Look who we bumped into!  Karen and Becca with Ruth Langsford and Eammon Holmes - he was there to collect his OBE from the Queen.

Northern Lights Children's Charity organises and raises funds for a trip to Lapland each December, for children with life-limiting conditions.  Their next big fundraiser is in July, with Parkgate Carnival taking place on Sunday July 8th at Neston Cricket Club.

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sarno1966

At 13:01 on 6th June 2018, sarno1966 commented:

What a fantastic honour for the work they do.

I'm surprised there's a big fundraiser though with so much money sitting in the bank.

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Karen

At 19:15 on 7th June 2018, Karen commented:

We are a small charity that continuously needs to fundraise and publicise our name within the area, not just for fundraising but for building a relationship with the community who also provide us with nominations for the children to go on the trips.

Parkgate Carnival was a successful event last year, which was organised as a thank you to the community for their help over the previous 30 years. It is back this year due to the overwhelming positive feedback from all those that attended, especially around the price of entry which we have kept to an absolute minimum to cover our costs, this year at just £2.

We hope you can support this local community event.

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sarno1966

At 13:24 on 11th June 2018, sarno1966 commented:

All charities, large or small, can only fundraise for enough money to carry out their work. Fundraising isnt an outcome its a means to an end. If you are asking people for money that isnt going to be spent for years then this isnt reasonable.

In terms of engagement, there is nothing wrong with that but it doesnt have to raise money when you have more than enough to do the things you want to do.

Im sure we'll pop down to the carnival and i hope it goes well

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