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Charity Profile Scroll down for information about a few charities we have supported See the many Charities that have been supported to nominate a charity please contact Mike or Caroline Mcsean - email: sbmccharitysecs@ntlworld.com ACORNS Children’s HospiceBirmingham 2004 (£6,000 2004 NEC + 2006 £5,000)
Anthony Nolan TrustBarnsley, Yorkshire 2003 (£500 Jan 04) Maintains a register of over 320,000 people, of which nearly 70% are fully tissue typed, to provide correct donors for bone marrow transplants, helping children suffering with leukaemia.
ASBAHPerterborough 2000 (£200 April 02) (£500 2007) Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
Autism Exchange 2007 (£250 in 2007) This website was set up in December 06 to encourage parents, friends etc to exchange ideas and answer questions about coping with this condition every day.
AYMEMilton Keynes, but work nationally 2005 (£600 + £2,000 NEC 2005 Dream Ride for raffle prize) Association of Young People with ME. They provide support, advice and information to children and young people with ME and their families.
Baby Lifeline Coventry 2003 (Not supported to date) Supports maternity and special care baby units.
Baskerville SchoolBirmingham 2000 (Not supported to date)
BENAscot, Berkshire 1996 (£7,000 in 1998 and £100 in 2003) The occupational benevolent fund for employees past and present, and their dependents, from the motor, cycle, motorcycle, commercial vehicle, and agricultural engineering industries. www.ben.org.uk
BIDBirmingham 2000 (£6,400 in 2000) Birmingham Institute for the Deaf.
*Breakespeare School Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire 2006 (£500 2006) Special needs school.
British Dyslexia Association National Group 2005 (£3,000 June 05) The BDA is a registered charity raising awareness of dyslexia and campaigns for change. They play a large part in children’s education and support children and young people who are vulnerable and are more likely to be excluded from school if their condition remains unknown.
CALMSwindon 2005 (£500 June 05) Local charity for Swindon Health Area, supporting children with cancer or leukaemia, and their families.
Cancer Research UKCowley, Oxford 2000 (Kimbolton 05 + 06 + 07) Kimbolton charity nomination.www.cancerresearch.uk.org
Champion Dream MakersAshbourne, Derbyshire 1994 (1995 ?amount) Provide equipment, holidays etc for children with special needs, or for those requiring terminal care.
CHASEdinburgh 1995(£1,000 2005 + £1120 in 06)Children’s Hospice Association Scotland
*CHASEGuildford, Surrey 2006 (£500) Children’s Hospice
Children’s Aid TeamCogenhoe, Nothants 1998 (£250 1998) Support children with learning disabilities and their families.
Children’s TrustTadworth, Surrey (Unknown) (£500 in 2005, and £10,539.30 in total over the years) Residential support for children with complex health needs, including those children who have received severe and permanent disabilities following accidents or medical event.
Chestnut Tree House AppealWorthing, Sussex (Unknown) See St. Barnabas’ Hospice.
Children’s Hospice South WestPlymouth 2001 (£6,000 April 05 NEC) Provide hospice facilities for children in the south west.
Children’s Liver Disease FoundationBirmingham 1999 (2000 £1,000) Support children with liver disease. They raise money by converting foreign coins back into pounds sterling.
Coventry KidsCoventry 1995 (£1,000 July’95) Part of a NSPCC centenary appeal to raise £400,000 to build a new centre in 1995.
CrossroadsDagenham, Essex 2007 (£1,000) This branch of Crossroads provides a variety of services for disabled children. These include a Summer Activity Scheme, which runs for five weeks in July and August.
Cystic Fibrosis TrustNational charity 2002 (2005 via Red Arrows £250) (£6,000 NEC 06) They provide direct financial, practical, and emotional support to families and children with this disease.
Dales SchoolNorthallerton, North Yorkshire 2001 (October 02 £3,337.24)) School for children with special needs.
Deafblind UK(July 05 + £2,000 in 06) Nominated for support from Kimbolton Country Fayre since 2003.
DEBRACrawthorne, Berkshire 2001 ( 2001 £5,400 & May 02 NEC £6,750) Researching cures and providing support for children with ‘Epidermolysis bullosa’ – skin blistering condition. www.debra.org.uk
Demelza House Sittingbourne, Kent 1998 (Jan 05 £500) Children’s Hospice, originally known as James House.
Derby Children’s Friendship GroupDerby 1999 (July 98 £2,000) Organise holidays for children from derby who would otherwise not have a family holiday.
Derbyshire Community FoundationDerby 1998 (Nov 98 £1,000)
Dilston College2007 see under MENCAP
*Dorothy Goodman School Leicestershire(£500 + NEC 06 £5,000) School for disabled children – they attend here after Menphys Nursery.
East Anglia’s Children’s HospicesNorwich 1999 (£2,000 in ’98)
*Elephants Never Forget Shrewsbury (£900 in 2006) A Children and Families Bereavement Service provided by the Social Work Team at Severn Hospice.
ERICBristol 2000 (£80 in 2000) Eneuresis Research and Information Centre provide advice on bed wetting for parents and professionals.
Friends of Margaret Coates School Bath 2007 (£500 in 2007) This is the fundraising arm of a small school in Bath providing a unique primary education environment for 12 children with autism and/or severe communication disorders.
Friends for Young DeafEast Grinstead, Surrey 1996 (£2,000 1999 & £600 in 2002) Provides a unique partnership between deaf and hearing people.
Green Hedges SchoolCambridge 1995 (£1400 1995) School for children with severe learning difficulties.
Haven HouseWoodford Green, Essex 2001 (£500 in 2007) Children’s Hospice and respite care service.
*Helen and Douglas House Oxford (£500 in 2006 Blenheim) Children’s Hospice.
Hinwick Hall CollegeWellingborough, Northants 1999 (£250 in 2000) Part of the Shaftesbury Society, for education through Christian care in action.
Hollybank TrustMirfield, West Yorkshire 2005 (£5,500 2005 NEC) A residential and day school for children with profound learning difficulties.
Home- Start East Herts Ware, Herts 1999 (£250 in 2000) Supports young families under stress including illness of a parent or child, bereavement, special needs children, lone parents, poverty etc.
Hunter’s Hill School Bromsgrove, Worcestershire 2001 (£700 in 2002) School for children with learning, emotional and behavioural difficulties.
ILEAP Stratford upon Avon 2003 (£6,000 2004 NEC) Inclusive Leisure Education Activities Project They aim to create and sustain equal access and inclusion for disabled children to community facilities.
Ivy House School Derby 2001 (NEC 01 &02 £11,800 + £250 in 2004) School for children with special needs.
James House Children’s Hospice See Demelza House Hospice
*Jennifer Trust Stratford Upon Avon 2006 (£5,000 NEC 06) They support children who have Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and their families.
*Julia’s HousePoole, Dorset (£1,500 in 2006) Children’s Hospice.
Kidney KidsCoventry 1993 (£5,000 May 02 NEC) Are the Birmingham Children’s Hospital Renal Unit support group.
KIDSCANSalford, Lancs 2004 (No support given yet) Children’s cancer Research Centre at Salford University.
*Kith & Kids London (£750 in 2006 Ally Pally) Provide support for families with children who have learning difficulties.
Kidz2Gether Bradford 2003 (£500 in 2004) A club for children who, like their parents, joined them in the journey along the way, which the cancer disease took them.
*Leicestershire Downs GroupLoughborough (£750 and NEC in 2006 £5,000) Support group for families with children who have Down’s syndrome.
Lings ForumNorthampton 2004 (£1,900 Feb 05 and NEC 06 £5,000) Sports club for children with learning difficulties.
Little FacesCramlington, Northumberland 1999 (£250 in 1999) A charity for children who look different. Little HavenWestcliffe on Sea, Essex 2000 (£250 in ‘99) Children’s Hospice
Marfan TrustOrpington, Kent 2000 (£250 May 2000 + £4,100 @ Gaydon 06))
Market Field School 2007 Colchester 2007 (£500 in 2007) School for special needs children.
Martin House Wetherby, Yorkshire 2003 (£500 March 04) Children’s Hospice
Mayfield SchoolWhitehaven, Cumbria 2001 (£6,000 NEC 2004 + £500 in 06) School for children with profound learning difficulties.
Meldreth Manor Royston, Hertfordshire 1995 (£55 Aug 01 & £525 in 02) A special school for children suffering from cerebral palsy. Part of SCOPE.
Menphys Nursery UnitBurbage, Leics. 2005 (£5,500 2005 NEC) Special school for children with physical disabilities and learning difficulties.
MAGPASMid Anglia General Practitioner Accident Service 1995 (£500 1995)
MENCAP Dilston CollegeCorbridge, Northumberland 2007 Students are aged between 16 –25 years and have moderate to severe learning difficulties, often with associated difficulties such as Asperger’s.
MIRAMotor Industry Research Association 1996 (1996 ?amount)
Muscular Dystrophy CampaignContacted in 2003 after request from Geoff Moore. Particular emphasis on children with Duchenne Syndrome. No reply. Re-contacted Feb 06 no reply.
Naomi HouseWinchester 2001 (£250 in 2002) Children’s hospice.
National Holiday Fund (NHF) 2007 Has been established since 1987 by a group of like-minded professionals (or the Met police!). They take terminally ill and temporarily or permanently disabled children on a two-week holiday, primarily to Florida.
NCYPE National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy Lingfield, Surrey 1999 (£2,000 in 1999) Formally known as ‘St Piers’. They aim to deliver specialist education, treatment and care for children and young people with epilepsy and other special needs.
NPFANational Playing Fields Association London 1993 (£2903 1993)
Noah’s Ark TrustWorcester 2005 (2005 Balloons, Boats and Bears £500 + 2006) They support bereaved children, young people and their families in Worcestershire.
Norman Laud AssociationSutton Coldfield, West Midlands 2005 (£5,500 2006 NEC) They offer support to children with disabilities through their respite care home, nursery, and after school club.
Norton Hall Birmingham 2002 (£500 2003) Women and Children’s Centre.
NoRSACANottingham Regional Society for Autistic Children and Adults Nottingham 1993 (No support to date)
Open Doors Chingford, East London/Southend on Sea 1995 (£6,750 NEC 2002) ‘Creating access for those with special needs’
PACEAylesbury, Bucks 2005 (£500 in 2007) The centre provides intensive programmes for children with motor disorders.
PARITYFarnborough and Camberley 2007 For people with multiple disabilities – Parity devotes its’ time and resources to people of school leaving age primarily with cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus, brain damage etc.
Princess Diana Birmingham Children’s HospitalVia the Heritage Motor Centre 2002(£2,515 2002)
Queensbury SchoolBirmingham 1997 (£1,000 in 2000)
Queen’s Hall Women’s HostelLittleover – Derby 2002 (£500 June 03) (£500 in 2007) Hostel for single mothers and their children.
Rainbow Trust Leatherhead, Surrey 1994 (£13,950 since ‘98) ‘Provide a special service to families who have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness’.
‘Reach’Chard, Somerset 1994 (No support as yet) The Association for children with hand or arm deficiency.
React Various national branches 2002 (£1,000 Jan 06 for Edinburgh branch) (£3,000 in 2007) Providing practical help for terminally ill children.
Redbridge High SchoolLiverpool 2003 (£1,000 in 03) Provides education for children with severe learning disabilities.
Richard HouseBeckton, East London 2002 (£2,000 2005) Children’s hospice.
Rose Road Children’s Appeal Southampton, Hampshire 1999 (£250 1999) Provide` education and respite care for children with profound disabilities.
Royal Schools for the DeafManchester 2001
Royal School for the Deaf and Communication Disorders Cheadle Hume, Cheshire 2007 (£500 in 2007) Provide education and residential care for deaf and deafblind young people with the most profound and multiple additional disabilities from all over the UK.
St. Barnabas’ HospiceWorthing, West Sussex 2003 (£500 Feb 05) Chestnut Tree House will be a dedicated children’s hospice in the group.
St. John’s School Wanstead, East London 2001 (£250 2003) (£500 in 2007) A special school for children, with learning difficulties, due to a chromosome disorder, or congenital defect.
St. Mary’s Hospice Birmingham 1999 (£2,000 in ’99 and raffle prize donated via Hurlstone & Partners Nov 04)
*St Oswald’s HospiceNewcastle upon Tyne (£500 2006) (£750 in 2007) Children’s hospice.
St. Rose’s SchoolStroud, Glos 2003 (£2,369.50 for computer for Alex Lawton – Kimbolton 03)
Samuel Pepys SchoolSt. Neots 2005 (£2,500 Nov 05 and £2,000 in 06 via Kimbolton) School for children with special needs and learning difficulties.
Saplings Horsham, West Sussex 2000 (£1,100 in 2001) They raise funds for Holly Lodge, a facility providing invaluable respite care for children with severe learning difficulties, and health needs.
SACHDEdinburgh 2005 (£1000 April 05 + £1750 in 06) A support group run by families of cardiac children, for families with, or who have had, children with heart disorders.
*SENSE London (£650 in 06) Organise holiday programmes for deafblind children in the UK.
*SOLVE IT Kettering, Northants. (£500 in 06) Support and help children with volatile substance abuse.
Starlight Children’s Foundation National group 2000 (No record of any support) They ‘brighten the lives of critically, chronically and terminally ill children by granting their wishes and entertaining them when they are in hospital.
Stoke Mandeville Ayelsbury,Buckinghamshire 2000 (£250 2002) Support for paediatric ward. John Surtees is their patron.
Swindon Downes Syndrome GroupSwindon 2005 (£2,000 2005 NEC) Support group for children with Downs syndrome and their families.
Teddy CharitySaffron Waldon, Essex 2005 (£500 + £2,000 2005 NEC) The charity raises money to buy medical equipment for children suffering from life threatening illnesses enabling them to be nursed at home rather than in hospital.
TheraplayHuntingdon, Cambs 2005 (Not yet supported) A play group for children aged 0-4 years who need physiotherapy.
Time of Their Lives Kettering, Northamptonshire 2002 (£250 2002) Provides day trips and holdays for disabled children.
Unique(UK) 2002 (£6,750 2002 NEC) (£750 in 2007) Supporting families of children with rare chromosome disorders.
Upside Down Sports ClubHail Weston, Cambs 2000 (£650 2000) The club provides sporting facilities and activity holidays for physically disadvantaged children.
Victoria Education CentrePoole, Dorset 2003 (£19,343 since ‘99) Part of The Shaftesbury group of Christian care in action. Providing a special and individual approach to care and education for students with physical disabilities and mild sensory impairment between the ages of 3 and 19 years.
VISYONCongleton, Cheshire 2000 (£250 2000) They are a team of counsellors working with young people who are distressed for whatever reason, be it exams, parents or bullying.
William’s Syndrome Foundation Tonbridge, Kent 2002 (£4,205 since 2001) Research into WS, but also supports ‘Regional Roadshows and Conventions’ for families with WS children.
Whizz-KidzLondon based, but work nationally 1998 (£3,650 since ’99 usually via Heritage Motor Centre) They provide tailor made wheelchairs, tricycles and walking aids for children.
*You Can Do It Foundation Guernsey (£500 in 06) Provide activity holidays for disabled children off the island.
Zoe’s PlaceMiddlesbrough
2007 (£500 in 2007) Zoe’s is a dedicated Baby Hospice caring for babies who have multiple special needs. They offer respite and palliative terminal care for babies and their parents from birth.
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