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ACORNS Children’s Hospice

Birmingham 2004 

(£6,000 2004 NEC + 2006 £5,000)

www.acorns.org.uk

 

Anthony Nolan Trust

Barnsley, 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.

www.anthonynolan.org.uk

 

ASBAH

Perterborough    2000   

(£200  April 02)  (£500 2007)                             

Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus

www.asbah.org

 

Autism Exchange

2007

(£250 in 2007)

www.autism-exchange.co.uk

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.

 

AYME

Milton 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.

www.ayme.org.uk

 

Baby Lifeline

Coventry 2003

(Not supported to date)

Supports maternity and special care baby units.

www.babylifeline.org.uk

 

Baskerville School

Birmingham 2000 

(Not supported to date)

 

BEN

Ascot, 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

 

BID

Birmingham 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.

www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk

 

CALM

Swindon  2005  

(£500 June 05)

Local charity for Swindon Health Area, supporting children with cancer or leukaemia, and their families.

www.calmcharity.org

 

Cancer Research UK

Cowley, Oxford 2000

(Kimbolton 05 + 06 + 07)

Kimbolton charity nomination.

www.cancerresearch.uk.org

 

Champion Dream Makers

Ashbourne, Derbyshire 1994 

(1995 ?amount)

Provide equipment, holidays etc for children with special needs, or for those requiring terminal care.

 

CHAS  

Edinburgh 1995  

(£1,000  2005 + £1120 in 06)                                                                              

Children’s Hospice Association Scotland

 

*CHASE

Guildford, Surrey 2006

(£500)

Children’s Hospice

 

Children’s Aid Team

Cogenhoe, Nothants 1998 

(£250 1998)

Support children with learning disabilities and their families.

 

Children’s Trust

Tadworth, 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 Appeal  

Worthing, Sussex (Unknown)                 

See St. Barnabas’ Hospice.

 

Children’s Hospice South West

Plymouth 2001 

(£6,000 April 05 NEC)

Provide hospice facilities for children in the south west.

www.chsw.org.uk

 

Children’s Liver Disease Foundation

Birmingham 1999

(2000 £1,000)

Support children with liver disease. They raise money by converting foreign coins back into pounds sterling.

www.childliverdisease.org

 

Coventry Kids

Coventry 1995 

(£1,000 July’95)

Part of a NSPCC centenary appeal to raise £400,000 to build a new centre in 1995.

 

Crossroads

Dagenham, 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 Trust                                                                

National 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.

www.cftrust.org.uk

 

Dales School                                                                                      

Northallerton, 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.   

www.deafblind.org.uk

 

DEBRA                                                                                                

Crawthorne, 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.

www.demelzahouse.org

 

Derby Children’s Friendship Group

Derby 1999 

(July 98 £2,000)

Organise holidays for children from derby who would otherwise not have a family holiday.

 

Derbyshire Community Foundation

Derby 1998

(Nov 98  £1,000)

 

Dilston College

2007 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 Hospices

Norwich 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.

 

ERIC

Bristol  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 Deaf

East Grinstead, Surrey 1996 

(£2,000 1999 & £600 in 2002)

Provides a unique partnership between deaf and hearing people.

 

Green Hedges School

Cambridge 1995  

(£1400 1995)

School for children with severe learning difficulties.

 

Haven House

Woodford 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 College

Wellingborough, Northants 1999  

(£250 in 2000)

Part of the Shaftesbury Society, for education through Christian care in action.

www.hinwickhall.ac.uk

 

Hollybank Trust

Mirfield, West Yorkshire 2005  

 (£5,500 2005 NEC)

A residential and day school for children with profound learning difficulties.

www.hollybanktrust.com

 

 

 

 

 

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.

www.jtsma.org.uk

 

*Julia’s House

Poole, Dorset 

(£1,500 in 2006)

Children’s Hospice.

 

Kidney Kids

Coventry 1993

(£5,000 May 02 NEC)

Are the Birmingham Children’s Hospital Renal Unit support group.

 

KIDSCAN

Salford, 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 Group

Loughborough 

(£750 and NEC in 2006 £5,000)

Support group for families with children who have Down’s syndrome.

 

Lings Forum

Northampton 2004 

(£1,900 Feb 05 and NEC 06  £5,000)

Sports club for children with learning difficulties.

 

Little Faces

Cramlington, Northumberland 1999 

(£250 in 1999)

A charity for children who look different.

 

Little Haven

Westcliffe on Sea, Essex 2000

(£250 in ‘99)

Children’s Hospice

 

Marfan Trust

Orpington, 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 School                                                                      

Whitehaven, 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 Unit

Burbage, Leics.  2005 

(£5,500 2005 NEC)

Special school for children with physical disabilities and learning difficulties.

 

MAGPAS

Mid Anglia General Practitioner Accident Service 1995 

(£500 1995)

 

MENCAP Dilston College

Corbridge, Northumberland 2007

Students are aged between 16 –25 years and have moderate to severe learning difficulties, often with associated difficulties such as Asperger’s.

 

MIRA

Motor Industry Research Association 1996 

(1996 ?amount)

 

Muscular Dystrophy Campaign

Contacted in 2003 after request from Geoff Moore. Particular emphasis on children with Duchenne Syndrome. No reply. Re-contacted Feb 06 no reply.

 

 

 

Naomi House                                                                                      

 Winchester 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.

 

NPFA

National Playing Fields Association

London 1993 

(£2903 1993)

 

Noah’s Ark Trust

Worcester  2005

(2005 Balloons, Boats and Bears £500 + 2006)

They support bereaved children, young people and their families in Worcestershire.

 

Norman Laud Association

Sutton 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.

www.normanlaud.org.uk

 

Norton Hall                                                                                                     

Birmingham 2002  

(£500 2003)

Women and Children’s Centre.

 

NoRSACA

Nottingham 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’

 

PACE

Aylesbury, Bucks  2005

(£500 in 2007)

The centre provides intensive programmes for children with motor disorders.

 

PARITY

Farnborough 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 Hospital

Via the Heritage Motor Centre     2002    

(£2,515 2002)

 

Queensbury School

Birmingham  1997

(£1,000 in 2000)

 

Queen’s Hall Women’s Hostel

Littleover – 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 School

Liverpool 2003  

(£1,000 in 03)

Provides education for children with severe learning disabilities.

 

Richard House                                                            

Beckton, 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 Deaf

Manchester 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’ Hospice

Worthing, West Sussex  2003  

(£500 Feb 05)

Chestnut Tree House will be a dedicated children’s hospice in the group.

www.stbarnabas-hospice.org.uk

 

 

 

 

 

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)

www.st-marys-hospice.org.uk

 

*St Oswald’s Hospice

Newcastle upon Tyne

(£500 2006) (£750 in 2007)

Children’s hospice.

 

St. Rose’s School

Stroud, Glos 2003  

(£2,369.50 for computer for Alex Lawton – Kimbolton 03)

 

Samuel Pepys School

St. 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.

 

SACHD

Edinburgh 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.

www.starlight.org.uk

 

Stoke Mandeville                                                                                

Ayelsbury,Buckinghamshire 2000

(£250 2002)

Support for paediatric ward. John Surtees is their patron.

 

Swindon Downes Syndrome Group

Swindon  2005 

(£2,000 2005 NEC)

Support group for children with Downs syndrome and their families.

 

Teddy Charity

Saffron 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.

www.teddycharity.co.uk

 

Theraplay

Huntingdon, 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.

www.rarechromo.org

 

Upside Down Sports Club

Hail Weston, Cambs  2000  

(£650 2000)

The club provides sporting facilities and activity holidays for physically disadvantaged children.

 

Victoria Education Centre

Poole, 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.

 

VISYON

Congleton, 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.

www.williams-syndrome.org.uk

 

Whizz-Kidz

London 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 Place

Middlesbrough

 

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.