Family Action

The commitment of the mentors for children with autism spectrum disorder is impressive and the holistic support the children and their families receive.

English Touring Opera

Trustees were fascinated to learn about your current production ‘Little Terror’ with interactive characters, an immersive set multisensory props and costumes and Makaton signing. We value the creativity and research that contributes to ETO productions, particularly those with an audience of children and with a wide range of learning difficulties.

Cystic Fibrosis Trust

Trustees have been impressed with the collaborative way in which the Trust approaches the provision of much needed support to young people with Cystic Fibrosis and their parents. The Building Brighter Futures programme is full of energy and excitement.

Create

Trustees were pleased to hear about your art workshops bringing together schoolchildren from special educational needs disabilities (SEND) schools and mainstream schools, tackling prejudice and building understanding and key life skills.

Clear Vision

Trustees note that production of your braille inserts has had to move from the prison braille unit and we are wondering whether there would be mileage in making contact with Living Paintings who do similar work with the production of braille and raised image flongs for insertion into published books. We commend your service and hope that our reduced grant will help to bridge the funding gap.

Children’s Hospice South West

Trustees recognise that current legislation requires all children’s hospices to conform to new build specifications for all their specialist medical beds. We wish our grant this year to be put towards that daunting £119K project.

ERIC (The Children’s Bowel & Bladder Charity)

Trustees very much appreciate the work you are doing with the Family Support Service, helping isolated families with a listening ear, encouragement, practical tips, clinically correct information, advice and educational resources to help manage these complex problems.

Children’s Heart Surgery Fund

Trustees enjoyed hearing about the ways in which you support the wellbeing of children recovering from heart surgery. We particularly appreciated learning about the use of the fishtank to motivate children to walk after surgery and we are pleased to offer a further grant towards this important work.

Chickenshed Theatre

Chickenshed welcomes 650 Young Company members aged 5-21 each week, who take part in participatory Children’s and Youth Theatre activities and can perform in our theatre productions, taking part in inclusive theatre sessions where everyone creates, performs and belongs. We employ experienced mentors to remove any barriers to participation and enable those with additional needs to participate fully.

Chestnut Tree House

Trustees would like to continue to support your Liaison, Engagement, Activities and Families (LEAF) service, which you organise during the summer holidays for children with life-threatening conditions, and their families, so that they can have fun and make memories together.