West Yorkshire Windows

West Yorkshire Windows in Wakefield & Leeds were approached by Sky 1 to donate a conservatory for a lady called Val Lepedat for the Noel Edmonds Christmas Present TV show.

The Story
Valerie Lepedat, 66 was diagnosed with breast cancer ten years ago and she has been courageously fighting the disease ever since. After Val’s first cancer surgery at Doncaster Royal infirmary she joined the Patient Focus Group. Val thought her medical and nursing treatment was excellent but the compassion and added support that she felt she needed at such a time was missing.  This inspired Val and a fellow member of the Patient Focus Group, Lynne Rothwell to do something to help all cancer patients. Val and Lynne came up with the concept of The Aurora Center a dedicated unit offering free treatments to improve the quality of life for cancer patients.

The Aurora Centre’s aim is to boost the self esteem and self confidence of patients whilst undergoing and recovering from related treatments of cancer. The Centre offers a wide range of professional beauty therapy treatments to improve body image for female and male patients suffering from the effects of cancer and the side effects of its treatment. Patents can book pamper days, therapeutic massage, skin care and make-up advice, reflexology and advice on hair loss by one full time and two part time therapists that are specially trained to deal with the effects of cancer treatment.

Aurora Centre, Doncaster

Often a patient will not only lose their hair as a result of radio therapy but also their eyebrows, eyelashes and the skin can often change colour. The Aurora Center offers free therapies that resolve all these side effects. It has been recognised that improving a person’s sense of well-being will dramatically improve their chances of overcoming their illness. The center also offers its services for free to the patient’s family and carers as they also need a little more care during the patient’s treatment. The Centre employs 5 full and part time staff everyone else involved is a volunteer.

Val is a co-founder and the leading volunteer of Aurora and has built the center over the past 7 years to the point where it now gives its services free to over 500 patients a year. The Centre is totally funded by donation but the premises are owned by the NHS and are on hospital sites as the NHS fully endorse what Aurora is doing. Val is involved not only in the day to day running of the Centre but also with its three major fundraising events each year, a large fashion show (all the models are Aurora patents often wearing clothes that don’t hide the physical damage of cancer and its treatment) a golf tournament and a fun run along with a constant itinerary of small fund raising tasks.

The Aurora Centre at the Doncaster Infirmary has been so successful that Val and the Aurora team have opened a second Centre at the Mexborough Montague Hospital about 10 miles from Doncaster. The team also has plans to open a Centre in Manchester next year.

Jayne, Val’s nominator said “I cannot quantify the number of hours Val puts into the charity each and every week or the many compromises she must have made to her own family life in order to support Aurora, but Val does this very quietly and humbly avoiding recognition and reward when in reality she is to many ‘the face of Aurora’”

Aurora Centre in Doncaster, Orangery

West Yorkshire Windows Donation
West Yorkshire Windows in Wakefield & Leeds supplied, built and fitted a new Orangery for the Aurora Centre that was finished at the end of November.  The Orangery will be used as a Reception area for the cancer sufferers and an area to relax.  On Sunday, Val got to see it for the first time.  Through out the entire build, she didn’t know anything about it.  The other part of her present was a trip to Tenerife with her family, including her son that flew over from Australia to see her.

As you can imagine, Val and everyone at the Aurora Centre were over the moon with their new Orangery installed by West Yorkshire Windows.

To view the Orangery designed and built by West Yorkshire Windows – you can watch the show on Sky 1 on December the 20th.

About West Yorkshire Windows
West Yorkshire Windows is the leading home improvement company operating throughout Yorkshire. Installing the latest range of Conservatory & Orangery designs accompanied with a range of energy efficient Double Glazing Windows & UPVC Doors.

To find out more about West Yorkshire Windows you can visit their fabulous showrooms in Wakefield or Leeds or if you prefer, call free on 0800 026 4455.

At West Yorkshire Windows, we don’t just define value by price. Though our prices are some of the most competitive in the home improvement market, we also offer incredible value in the quality of our products, as well as our expert, highly professional service.

We keep a close eye on our competitors to ensure we always offer great quality at fair prices, supported by excellent service and, as a result, we believe we provide value that’s unrivalled in the market.

Our Promise
We’re so confident of the value of our products that we are offering a ‘Price Promise Challenge’ to our local competitors. Find an equivalent quality UPVC product for less within 7 days and we’ll match or refund the difference.

This applies to any of the following products:
> Double Glazing Windows
> Conservatories
> Orangeries

If you discover a product that includes as standard features and benefits comparable to those offered by West Yorkshire Windows, we promise to match or refund the difference.

On Price
We regularly check prices in the local area. If we find a competitor offering a better price for the same product sold with the same service conditions, even if it’s in a sale or as part of a promotion, we’ll reduce our prices to match.

We don’t expect you to be able to buy the same item for less at any other local home improvement company but if you can we’ll match the price when you purchase, or refund the difference for up to 7 days after you have bought from us. Simply let us know the competitor and product details (accompanied with a copy of the quotation you have received) – we’ll then verify the price and, if the competitor’s service conditions are the same as ours, we’ll match the price or refund the difference as appropriate.

On Service
West Yorkshire Windows staff are all highly trained to offer impartial, expert advice on all our products. Our service doesn’t end with your purchase – we provide excellent after-sales and a great choice of expert services to help you, from delivery to installation.

What is my local area?
We define our local area as an thirty-mile radius from our showrooms, details of the exact area this covers are available from customer services at Wakefield.

What if a competitor is offering products either at a discounted price or with a free item?
We will match the total price for the bundle of products if the price of the bundle is publicly available to all customers and the products in the competitor’s bundle are identical to products we sell, including any free items.

Call West Yorkshire Windows free on 0800 026 4455 or request a FREE Quote online today!