Shine For Sally

01/09/2026

💛 September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 💛

September is a month that holds a very special meaning for us.

Five years ago, we lost our beautiful Sally to cancer. She was just 14 years old.

Childhood cancer changes the lives of not only the child, but their whole family. Behind every diagnosis is a child with dreams, hopes and a future ahead of them, and a family facing something no family should ever have to go through.

Through Shine for Sally, we try to keep Sally's memory alive by helping others and supporting charities that make a difference to children and their families during the most difficult times.

This September, we remember Sally and all the brave children who are fighting, those who have sadly lost their battles, and the families who continue to carry them in their hearts❤️

Forever 14. Forever loved. Forever our Sally💜

23/04/2026

Thank you Thursday

Here's the second installment of this week's epic ! We absolutely love you lot 😍

💚 Super sibling Jasmine Shaw ran the Manchester Marathon 2026 at the weekend, raising a phenomenal £4,525 for the hospice that cared for her brother, Joel, in the weeks leading to his passing in February 2020.

💚 Derian mum Sarah Merrishaw took the leap, completing a bungee jump and raising a brilliant £700 for us in the process.

💚 Kevin and his friends at Preston Bike Binge completed their 12th annual ride-out last year, raising an exceptional £2,997.25 for the families in our care. Since the Bike Binge began, the crew has raised over £20,000 for us!

💚 Derian parents Richard and Jo - founders of Shine for Sally - presented us with a cheque for an astonishing £4,079, money of which was raised at the charity's annual ball in memory of Sally.

💚 In celebration of Alex's 19th birthday, House of Little Things sent us a wonderful book called 'Rain Before Rainbows' as a reminder that rainbows always follow the rain.

TY 🫶

22/04/2026

Very proud to present Derian House and Milly’s Smiles with their cheques from the money raised at Shine for Sally 5 💜

Each year we come together to celebrate & remember Sally & raise money for these two truly amazing charities. It is a rollercoaster of emotions - there are smiles, laughter, tears & sadness. But days like today make it all worthwhile.

Thank you so much to everyone who supported, contributed & made this possible- we are so grateful💜