RSBC (Royal Society for Blind Children)

To work with 8-11 year olds at a purposeful club promoting health equality and independence among RSBC’s blind and visually impaired members and enabling them to gain an AQA accreditation in so doing.

Rosie’s Rainbow  Fund

Provision of music therapy for very sick children in hospitals in Berks, Bucks and Oxon. A grant to pay for 40 hours of sessional fees for the music teacher.

Richard House Children’s Charity

Funding for a palliative care nurse for at least another month to provide specialist care for children with life-limiting illnesses from some of the most deprived boroughs in the UK.

Rainbow Trust

Funding for employment of a Family Support Worker in the Cumbria and North Lancashire team.

Partnership for Children

To provide Teaching Packs for 4 special Needs Schools giving skills for life. The work has been endorsed by the World Health Organisation for its content covering Mental Well-Being and coping with difficulties.

Pace Centre

Towards the effective construction of bespoke PODD (Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display) communication books for use with some of their non-verbal children. Each PODD book is created by the learning support staff and is tailored to the needs of an individual child and is designed to increase the child’s vocabulary and help them to build up their communication skills.

OKMT (Otakar Kraus Music Trust)

Funding for music therapy for 7 children aged 5-14 years with brain damage, living in Twickenham and Richmond enabling them to access the OKMT music school for 1 year.

Movement Centre

To provide Targeted Training for children with cerebral palsy, Targeted Training mimics the natural development of control, using a specially designed standing frame which is made in the hospital workshop. Each frame is tailored and adjusted to the child’s specific requirements. The frame goes home with the child so they can repeat their exercises daily, taught by the physiotherapists, which the parents commit to.

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Support towards the ‘Sound Journeys’ project which enables children with significant Hearing Impairments and some on the Autistic Spectrum to participate in music activities which provide them with an additional means of communication. The members of the orchestra give of their time and also provide Continuing Professional Development to others.

Lake District Calvert Trust

To provide bursaries for young disabled children to attend activity courses.