{"id":143123,"date":"2023-11-15T01:29:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T01:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=143123"},"modified":"2023-11-15T01:29:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T01:29:38","slug":"stars-walk-the-red-carpet-at-launch-night-of-jordans-retreat-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/world-news\/stars-walk-the-red-carpet-at-launch-night-of-jordans-retreat-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars walk the red carpet at launch night of Jordan&apos;s Retreat charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Stars shine for Jordan: Celebrities help brave mother fulfil her pledge to dying son, 19, as they walk the red carpet at launch night of Jordan&#8217;s Retreat charity that will help families face the heartbreak of losing a child<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Virna Midgley set up the charity after her son Jordan died from cancer in 2016<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A mother&#8217;s\u00a0promise to her dying teenage son to help other families facing the heart-breaking prospect of losing a child moved a step closer to being fulfilled at a red carpet event tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Stars of the worlds of screen and stage turned out to support the charity set up by Virna Midgley, whose youngest son Jordan died aged 19 in 2016 a year after being diagnosed with synovial sarcoma, a cancer of the soft tissue.<\/p>\n<p>Loose Women&#8217;s Debbie McGee and actress Vicki Michelle, known for roles in &#8216;Allo &#8216;Allo and Emmerdale, were among those at the charity&#8217;s launch night in London tonight, along with actor Patrick Robinson, who played Martin &#8216;Ash&#8217; Ashford in Casualty, and Jane Gurnett, who has been in Casualty, Doctors and Emmerdale.<\/p>\n<p>Also there showing their support were actor, writer and director Tony McHale, who co-created Holby City; actress Debbie Arnold, who has portrayed regular characters in EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Doctors; and Dee Anderson, whose mother Sylvia and stepfather Gerry Anderson created Thunderbirds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/20\/77574159-12727015-image-a-1_1699477108711.jpg\" height=\"588\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Virna Midgley with her youngest son Jordan, who died aged 19 in 2016 a year after being diagnosed with synovial sarcoma, a cancer of the soft tissue<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/20\/77574157-12727015-image-a-2_1699477114840.jpg\" height=\"905\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jordan&#8217;s Retreat founder Virna Midgley (right) with CEO Gillian Robson (left) and Debbie McGee at the launch tonight<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/21\/77574185-12727015-image-a-16_1699477922525.jpg\" height=\"1160\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Actress Vicki Michelle at the launch of Jordan&#8217;s Retreat at the Americana restaurant in Haymarket<\/p>\n<p>The charity, named Jordan&#8217;s Retreat, was set up to provide a haven for families where they can spend precious time together away from hospital or hospice care. An idyllic site with five self-catering cottages has been identified in the Yorkshire Dales and now the race is on to raise the \u00a31.7 million to buy it.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan, a lifelong lover of animals and the outdoors, was too frail to leave his bed after the cancer took hold &#8211; but told his mother he dreamed of feeling the country air on his face.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Midgley, 57, a make-up artist from York, said: &#8216;It was something we never managed to do in that dreadful year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was determined to create Jordan&#8217;s Retreat for his legacy, the legacy of the amazing children I met and also lost along the way, and for the mums and dads I walked this awful path with.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is in helping heal others I find I can heal myself.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of tonight&#8217;s event at the Americana restaurant in Piccadilly, actor Martin Freeman, whose roles have extended from The Office to The Hobbit and beyond, showed his support for the charity in a message, saying: &#8216;Families coming to Jordan&#8217;s Retreat are suffering their worst nightmare.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/21\/77574143-12727015-image-a-8_1699477377258.jpg\" height=\"1131\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Actors Patrick Robinson and Jane Gurnett at the launch of Jordan&#8217;s Retreat in Haymarket<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/21\/77574145-12727015-image-a-7_1699477285186.jpg\" height=\"1148\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/21\/77574149-12727015-image-m-6_1699477275295.jpg\" height=\"1148\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Dee Anderson, of Thunderbirds fame, and actress Debbie Arnold at the charity launch<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/21\/77574199-12727015-image-a-10_1699477630356.jpg\" height=\"831\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Loose Women &#8216;s Debbie McGee and Holby City creator Tony Michale graced the red carpet for the launch<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To have a place to recharge, contemplate and &#8216;just be&#8217; will help people going through the toughest of times. I wish it all the luck in the world.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another supporter of the charity actress Caroline Quentin, known for her numerous TV roles including in Mean Behaving Badly and Jonathan Creek said: &#8216;My heart is with everybody involved in this extraordinary endeavour.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Each of the cottages is fully-accessible and will have its own alpacas and pygmy goats, as well as free-range chickens from which families can collect fresh eggs every morning.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of the retreat will be a state-of-the-art wellness centre, offering hands-on therapies, yoga, meditation, massage, Reiki and reflexology, as well as counselling and beauty sessions, and a pool and sauna.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/21\/77574165-12727015-image-a-17_1699477984684.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mrs Midgley&#8217;s with Jordan and her other sons, Max, now 31, and Oliver, now 33, in 2015<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/21\/77574161-12727015-image-a-12_1699477711947.jpg\" height=\"1012\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jordan and his brothers Max (left) and Oliver (top) at home with their greyhound Willow in 2015<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/21\/77574151-12727015-image-a-13_1699477749798.jpg\" height=\"405\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Collect picture shows Jordan, aged 4. His mother promised him to help other families facing the heart-breaking prospect of losing a child after he was diagnosed with cancer in his teens<\/p>\n<p>Guests will also find the &#8216;Garden of Love&#8217;, a petting zoo area for younger children, where the retreat&#8217;s three Rs &#8211; rest, recharge and reconnect &#8211; will be put into action.<\/p>\n<p>For those who have lost a loved one, there will be bereavement support, as well as tailored programmes for men &#8211; such as dry stone-walling, animal husbandry and military survival skills &#8211; who may find it harder to share their experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Every week, there will be a planned schedule of events and activities for children, young people and their families, providing a much-needed escape from the stresses of everyday life, demanding schedules of hospital appointments and draining hospice care \u2013 the need for which Mrs Midgley, a mother-of-three, understands only too well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/21\/77574171-12727015-image-a-11_1699477698574.jpg\" height=\"800\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/21\/77574169-12727015-image-a-9_1699477501774.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Collect picture shows Jordan enjoying a Ferrari driving experience for his 16 birthday &#8211; before his tragic diagnosis<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/21\/77574147-12727015-image-m-15_1699477865755.jpg\" height=\"861\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The retreat has been set up in Jordan&#8217;s memory after his tragic loss aged 19. Pictured aged 4<\/p>\n<p>With an estimated 86,265 children under the age of 19 in England living with life-limited conditions, there is a desperate need for places like Jordan&#8217;s Retreat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Midgley and her husband Simon Midgley, 53, a former Royal Marine, will manage the centre themselves, working with experienced staff.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan and Mrs Midgley&#8217;s other sons, Oliver, 33, and Max, 31, are from a previous marriage.<\/p>\n<p>The charity&#8217;s chief executive is businesswoman and philanthropist Gillian Robson, a Dragon&#8217;s Den success story with her own skincare business &#8216;TANCREAM&#8217; that she launched following her own diagnosis with skin cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The charity&#8217;s patron is the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday&#8217;s Sarah Vine, who attended tonight&#8217;s launch with fellow Mail columnist Andrew Pierce.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Less, who owns Americana restaurant, donated the food and venue for the launch evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Visit www.jordansretreat.org.uk and\u00a0 https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/crowdfunding\/Jordans-retreat<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12727015\/Celebrities-help-brave-mother-fulfil-pledge-dying-son-walk-red-carpet-launch-Jordans-Retreat-charity-help-families-heartbreak-losing-child.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stars shine for Jordan: Celebrities help brave mother fulfil her pledge to dying son, 19, as they walk the red carpet at launch night of Jordan&#8217;s Retreat charity that will help families face the heartbreak of losing a child Virna Midgley set up the charity after her son Jordan died from cancer in 2016 A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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