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Riley needs a new Spotty Pillow
This cute lil dude is our new buddy Riley. He is 4 years old and lives with his family in South Wales. Riley has Autism he was diagnosed on his 3rd Birthday. Riley is obsessed with all sea animals he can name near enough all of them. He attends a special school which...
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Riley needs a new Spotty Pillow
This cute lil dude is our new buddy Riley. He is 4 years old and lives with his family in South Wales. Riley has Autism he was diagnosed on his 3rd Birthday. Riley is obsessed with all sea animals he can name near enough all of them. He attends a special school which...
Can YOU help Lewis have a Happy Birthday?
This is our new friend Lewis. He is 10 but will be 11 in a few weeks. Lewis has an awesome personality and finds the most unusual things funny, normally retrieved from YouTube! He lives with his family in Preston, Lancashire. Lewis has complex needs he has severe...
Help Robbie find some beakers
This is our new buddy, Robbie, and he really needs your help to track down some blue ‘Tommee Tippee Big Swig’ beakers. Robbie has Dravet Syndrome, an SCN2A gene mutation. This means he has profound learning difficulties (he functions at roughly only...
Can you help Kira find a mixer?
This is our friend Kira, she is 20 and lives in Wiltshire. Kira has a profound learning disability, severe autism, unmanaged epilepsy, is non-verbal and has extremely challenging behaviours. Kira tries to use PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) but likes to...
Can we find George’s scooter?
This is our buddy, George. He is 9 years old and lives with his family in Manchester and has Autism, he is obsessed with In The Night Garden, it’s his only interest and has been since he was very young. George has almost everything from the merchandise range,...
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My new project
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working on a new brand. as much as I like being the ‘Grumpy Carer’ it isn’t working out as I wanted as a brand ID and I’ve found it fairly limiting and restrictive – I can’t really talk...
Points of Light Award
I was very surprised to hear I had been given a Points of Light Award by the Prime Minister on Boxing Day. For those of you who, like myself, had no idea what the award was about it is given to people for volunteering, every day somebody else is awarded. My day is...
Wonder why we do what we do?
Some of you may remember 10-year-old Kye from Staffordshire. He had lost his special friend – Doggy Woof-Woof – a green dog made by Tommee Tippee many years ago. Tommee Tippee had forgotten they even made soft toys so couldn’t help us, and we...
One year on from the tweet that changed my life
Monday 14th November 2016, 9:14 am. I sent a tweet. Then I carried on with my day. Slowly I got messages from people saying they had the exact cup I so badly needed for my son, Ben. More often then not it wasn’t the right cup, but a few were the same, and...
No Lights, Camera, Action
In January 2018 I plan to start filming with families who have Autistic children. I will be filming whatever they want, it’s their story. These films will be edited and shared with the public to raise acceptance and understanding of Autism. The plan is to...
Support Us
We have helped 159 families find 1597 items. Not bad going eh! Just think what we could do if we were bigger…. Now, we really need a little help ourselves. The Project is run by volunteers, the Page itself basically costs nothing to run other than a lot of time, but...
Thank You Tommee Tippee
#CupForBen Journey We’re celebrating the hashtag’s 10th birthday by thanking you all for getting involved in the worldwide search to find a #CupForBen and changing Ben’s life. Marc and the LittleBlueCup crew have managed to help 200 families find precious treasures...
Listed in Top 10 Hashtags by BBC!
For those of you who don’t know, this project was all started by my son, Ben. The Name and design is all based on Ben’s sippy cup, and it all started with a #Hashtag. Today is ten years since the hashtag was first used, and BBC are celebrating by running...
Can YOU Help Us?
You know how we help so many families? And so many people say we are doing amazing work and how wonderful it is? We would really appreciate a little help ourselves. We have grown from a tiny page that started as a thank you, to over 10k Followers, and helping dozens...
About LittleBlueCup
The home of LittleBlueCup, created by Marc – @GrumpyCarer as a simple project to help parents and carers of children and adults with Autism, special needs, and disabilities. This project is about empowering, sharing and caring. He shares his life as a full-time...
Can You Help Kearyn Find Some Bottles?
This is Kearyn, known to his family and friends as ‘Kicky’. Kicky is 5 years old and just started big school, and he could really do with your help. You may have seen Kicky on a search before as we have tried a few times, but we are going to try again. And keep going,...
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