Huw Grove
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Many of you will know that our Son, Harrison, is registered blind, and through the help of many services, including the National Blind Childrens Society, he is able to access learning materials and fun activities to help him achieve his full potential, and is making great progress in doing so...!
Through our business, and contributing our time, Jackie and I have actively supported Marie Curie for the last few years, raising and donating literally thousands of pounds, and now it is time to concentrate our efforts elsewhere.
This Trek is an opportunity for me to give something back to the charity and help other children in similar circumstances, and potentially less fortunate, by raising a significant amount of money for the charity.
£8000 seems like a lot of money to raise, but just look at what that can offer from the information below.
If 400 people sponsor me just £20 each I will reach this target and truly make a life changing difference to at least one other family, and probably more.
£20 is equivalent to 1 less bottle of wine or one less packet of cigarettes per month between now and October when I start the trek. Of course, we will be delighted with any contribution, but please dig deep and sponsor me as much as you can. £50 is just one less really good night out. If 10 people or more sponsor me over £100 each they will all be placed into a hat and one lucky person will be drawn to win a brand new iPod.
I’ll be giving up 10 days of work to complete this trek in addition to all the hours training – when you’re self employed that’s a lot of lost opportunity, so please help me make this stretching target of £8000 by digging deep and sacrificing a few small pleasures for the next 3 months.
Take a read of the NBCS blurb below, you’ll be part of this fantastic vision.
The National Blind Children's Society’s objective is to enable children and young people with visual impairment to achieve their educational and recreational goals. Our vision is a world where children with a visual impairment have an equal opportunity to the provision of education, which is adequately supported with sources of information provided in a suitable format for their needs and where there are no barriers to sports and recreational activities. We offer help and support from the moment a child is diagnosed, usually at birth, through each key stage of their education to the age of twenty-five. By working in collaboration with other organisations and professionals associated with visual impairment NBCS offer five ‘Key Services’ which are provided either free or at a nominal charge these are: · Educational Advocacy Advice - to ensure the child receives the best possible education in the correct environment · CustomEyes Books – a large-print book service, tailormade to suit the child’s eye condition · ICT & Sensory Equipment – ensuring the child has the correct equipment at home and at school · Holidays & Activities – a recreational programme offering choices and opportunities to the child and family · Family Support & Information – offering advice and holistic support along with a directory signposting families and careers and children to services and provisions which they can access for further support and information The National Blind Children’s Society relies on voluntary donations from individuals, companies and grant-making trusts. We do not receive any statutory funding at all. Every £ received directly helps us to support children who have a severe visual impairment. £5 could purchase a cup level indicator. £10 could provide a Talking Calculator. £20 could purchase Touch Typing Software. £25 could provide a child with a novel or revision guide, customised to suit their eye condition. £35 could provide a specialist Keyboard. £50 could purchase a selection of sensory toys for a pre-school visually impaired child. £75 could ensure that a newly diagnosed child and their family receive immediate support. £100 could help purchase a specialist item of equipment. £150 could pay for a visual impaired child to take a week’s holiday. £250 could pay for a family to attend one of our specialist Family Weekends. £500 could provide 10 pre-school V.I. children with a selection of sensory toys. £750 could ensure 10 newly diagnosed children and their families receive immediate support. £1,500 could send 10 children who are visual impaired on a weeks holiday. £2,500 could purchase a large print book library for your regions V.I. service. £5,000 could pay for a complete computer and software package for 2 children. Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity. So please dig deep and donate now.
Many of you will know that our Son, Harrison, is registered blind, and through the help of many services, including the National Blind Childrens Society, he is able to access learning materials and fun activities to help him achieve his full potential, and is making great progress in doing so...!
Through our business, and contributing our time, Jackie and I have actively supported Marie Curie for the last few years, raising and donating literally thousands of pounds, and now it is time to concentrate our efforts elsewhere.
This Trek is an opportunity for me to give something back to the charity and help other children in similar circumstances, and potentially less fortunate, by raising a significant amount of money for the charity.
£8000 seems like a lot of money to raise, but just look at what that can offer from the information below.
If 400 people sponsor me just £20 each I will reach this target and truly make a life changing difference to at least one other family, and probably more.
£20 is equivalent to 1 less bottle of wine or one less packet of cigarettes per month between now and October when I start the trek. Of course, we will be delighted with any contribution, but please dig deep and sponsor me as much as you can. £50 is just one less really good night out. If 10 people or more sponsor me over £100 each they will all be placed into a hat and one lucky person will be drawn to win a brand new iPod.
I’ll be giving up 10 days of work to complete this trek in addition to all the hours training – when you’re self employed that’s a lot of lost opportunity, so please help me make this stretching target of £8000 by digging deep and sacrificing a few small pleasures for the next 3 months.
Take a read of the NBCS blurb below, you’ll be part of this fantastic vision.
The National Blind Children's Society’s objective is to enable children and young people with visual impairment to achieve their educational and recreational goals. Our vision is a world where children with a visual impairment have an equal opportunity to the provision of education, which is adequately supported with sources of information provided in a suitable format for their needs and where there are no barriers to sports and recreational activities. We offer help and support from the moment a child is diagnosed, usually at birth, through each key stage of their education to the age of twenty-five. By working in collaboration with other organisations and professionals associated with visual impairment NBCS offer five ‘Key Services’ which are provided either free or at a nominal charge these are: · Educational Advocacy Advice - to ensure the child receives the best possible education in the correct environment · CustomEyes Books – a large-print book service, tailormade to suit the child’s eye condition · ICT & Sensory Equipment – ensuring the child has the correct equipment at home and at school · Holidays & Activities – a recreational programme offering choices and opportunities to the child and family · Family Support & Information – offering advice and holistic support along with a directory signposting families and careers and children to services and provisions which they can access for further support and information The National Blind Children’s Society relies on voluntary donations from individuals, companies and grant-making trusts. We do not receive any statutory funding at all. Every £ received directly helps us to support children who have a severe visual impairment. £5 could purchase a cup level indicator. £10 could provide a Talking Calculator. £20 could purchase Touch Typing Software. £25 could provide a child with a novel or revision guide, customised to suit their eye condition. £35 could provide a specialist Keyboard. £50 could purchase a selection of sensory toys for a pre-school visually impaired child. £75 could ensure that a newly diagnosed child and their family receive immediate support. £100 could help purchase a specialist item of equipment. £150 could pay for a visual impaired child to take a week’s holiday. £250 could pay for a family to attend one of our specialist Family Weekends. £500 could provide 10 pre-school V.I. children with a selection of sensory toys. £750 could ensure 10 newly diagnosed children and their families receive immediate support. £1,500 could send 10 children who are visual impaired on a weeks holiday. £2,500 could purchase a large print book library for your regions V.I. service. £5,000 could pay for a complete computer and software package for 2 children. Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity. So please dig deep and donate now.