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'We're going to help 300 children at Christmas with our Wrap for Jak'

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December 02, 2025

The annual Wrap for Jak returns to help disadvantaged children in South Tyneside.

- by Ryan Smith

'We're going to help 300 children at Christmas with our Wrap for Jak'

Tony Fada has officially launched the 2025 Wrap for Jak

Tony Fada has officially launched the 2025 Wrap for Jak as he once again looks to make Christmas morning special for disadvantaged children across South Tyneside.

The event was founded eight years ago after Tony’s ten-year-old son, Jak Fada, died from a ruptured heart artery on November 6, 2017the day after his grandfather, Jimmy Tomlin, had sadly died.

While the official verdict recorded by the Coroner was a ruptured artery, Tony has always stated that Jak “died of a broken heart”, after struggling to come to terms with Jimmy’s passing.

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