Autism Bedfordshire

Trustees continue supporting your child and family support groups across Bedfordshire, including the‘LOAF’ (Loads of Autistic Fun) project for children up to 12 years old, their siblings, and parents.

Armonico Consort

In this project, musicians will support children with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities in four schools to write their own music and perform in a local arts centre. This will increase opportunities for music-making and lead to improved confidence and interpersonal skills.

Arts Depot

Trustees are pleased to support the vibrant and inclusive community-based activities, particularly the thoughtfully designed programme of work experience preparation and placements for participants referred by local SEN schools and inclusion units in mainstream schools. Trustees also note with pleasure the involvement of ‘Chickenshed’, another charity supported by JHCT.

Yellow Submarine Holidays

Trustees are pleased to continue supporting the work of the charity in providing residential holidays for children with learning disabilities at Hill End or Ufton Court.

Whoopsadaisy

We are pleased to continue supporting the holiday clubs for 5-12 year olds suffering from cerebral palsy. These are vital to help the children keep up their skills and to give parents respite. There will be 2 hour group sessions for 3-4 children, 1 to 1 sessions, and some trial sessions for the 12+ year olds.

Whizz-Kidz

We have seen the strategic priorities of Whizz-Kidz – to ensure that wheelchair users are ‘mobile, enabled and included’ and are pleased to continue to support the valuable work in ensuring that these priorities are fulfilled with young wheelchair users.

Transforming Autism

For the ‘First Steps’ programme trustees award a modest grant this year.

Tiny Tim’s Children Centre

Trustees applaud the survival of the charity and its achievements during these troubled Covid years. Although we have to limit our grant funding this year, we trust that our award will help towards its- recovery and intentions for 2023.

Theodora Children’s Charity

Trustees are pleased to award £3,000 towards the costs of the Giggle Doctor programme in Sheffield Children’s Hospital. We know how much the children enjoy the visits and how valuable humour is in promoting well being.

Speech & Language UK

Trustees thank the charity for its clear explanation of what the planned refurbishment of the communal dining room at Dawn House, will achieve. It is not only a necessary update of the physical space but expands the service and provision that can be offered to children, young people and families. We have to limit our awards this year, but know that our grant will help towards the charity’s target.