I AM writing to ask your readers in Wiltshire to lend their support to CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, by getting behind Yummy Mummy Week 2011, which runs from Saturday, March 26 to Sunday, April 3 (Mother’s Day).

The week is all abut mums having fun hosting their own fundraising events and spending quality time with their children, family and friends. All the money raised will help CLIC Sargent continue to provide clinical, practical and emotional support for children and young people with cancer.

There are lots of ways you can support Yummy Mummy Week so why not organise your own fundraiser such as a pamper night, a coffee morning or hold your own sponsored walk in your wellies?

Last year Wiltshire mums pulled out all the stops as part of Yummy Mummy Week.Fundraising events ranged from pamper evenings, coffee mornings and cake sales to sponsored walks and aerobic events helping to raise £10,000 through the South West. That money, could for example, be enough to pay for the running and site fees of our holiday caravans for half a year.

What could be better than spending some quality time with friends and family while raising money for families affected by childhood cancer at the same time?

If fundraising is not for you then why not support the campaign by purchasing gifts from the fantastic Yummy Mummy product range.

Getting involved is easy, just visit www.yummymummy.org.uk or call 08451 206 658 to register for your fundraising pack.

LOUISE OAKLEY

Event Fundraising Manager for South West and Wales CLIC Sargent