Melissa Mostyn
Isobel's 1948 Children's Challenge
Fundraising for The PACE Centre
Story
Thankyou for visiting my JustGiving page, set up in aid of The PACE Centre, a rehabilitation centre that works regularly with children with motor disabilities like my daughter Isobel's.
At 11 1/2 months old, Isobel Mostyn-Thomas was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The brain damage she sustained at birth and symptomatic epilepsy mean that she also has global developmental delay. A MRI scan has since confirmed that she has spastic quadriplegia, which means that all four of her limbs are affected by her condition.
For the last four years Isobel has participated in an unique learning system called Conductive Education at the PACE Centre in Aylesbury, where she has made astonishing progress, including taking her first steps, sitting independently, pulling herself up to standing, doing sit-ups, weight-bearing in a stander coming up to her hips, self-feeding, non-verbal communication, going up the stairs and many more milestones. She has recently acquired a Kaye walker which she uses with growing confidence most days of the week.
As part of the Children's Challenge in 2012, Isobel achieved a Paralympic-style rowing challenge in which she covered the length of a basketball court by pushing a scooterboard forward with her arms while lying on her front. This year, she is practising hard in her Kaye Walker for the 1948 Challenge on Thursday 13th November 2014, where her designated task is to come up to a football and get that into goal!
The Children's Challenge is a regular fundraising initiative organized by PACE to raise its profile as a leading Conductive Education centre in the UK. It showcases new skills gained by the children who attend there regularly and celebrates their achievements with a medal ceremony presented by high-profile Paralympians including Sophie Christensen and Dan Bentley at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, where the first Paralympics took place in 1948 (hence the name of this year's Challenge event). PACE is a non-state-funded specialist educational centre that relies on sponsorship, individual donations and other forms of fundraising to maintain its high standards every year.
Please support Isobel's 1948 Challenge today. Given today's tough austerity measures she is extremely lucky to be able to attend PACE every day, and clearly thrives on it. Even so, we need your donations to maintain the high quality education she is getting more so than ever before, as part of an on-going Justgiving campaign with a new target of £5,000 (nearly half of which has already been reached from previous Challenges, thanks to others' generosity).
Donating through JustGiving is the simplest, most secure and most efficient way to help us fundraise. PACE will receive your money much faster, and if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% will be added to your donation at no cost to you. Your details are safe; JustGiving will never sell them on or send unwanted emails. The quickest way to donate to JustGiving is to text ISSY56 £5 to 70070.
But if you'd rather post a cheque, ask me for my address and other details at themostynthomasjournal@gmail.com
At 11 1/2 months old, Isobel Mostyn-Thomas was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The brain damage she sustained at birth and symptomatic epilepsy mean that she also has global developmental delay. A MRI scan has since confirmed that she has spastic quadriplegia, which means that all four of her limbs are affected by her condition.
For the last four years Isobel has participated in an unique learning system called Conductive Education at the PACE Centre in Aylesbury, where she has made astonishing progress, including taking her first steps, sitting independently, pulling herself up to standing, doing sit-ups, weight-bearing in a stander coming up to her hips, self-feeding, non-verbal communication, going up the stairs and many more milestones. She has recently acquired a Kaye walker which she uses with growing confidence most days of the week.
As part of the Children's Challenge in 2012, Isobel achieved a Paralympic-style rowing challenge in which she covered the length of a basketball court by pushing a scooterboard forward with her arms while lying on her front. This year, she is practising hard in her Kaye Walker for the 1948 Challenge on Thursday 13th November 2014, where her designated task is to come up to a football and get that into goal!
The Children's Challenge is a regular fundraising initiative organized by PACE to raise its profile as a leading Conductive Education centre in the UK. It showcases new skills gained by the children who attend there regularly and celebrates their achievements with a medal ceremony presented by high-profile Paralympians including Sophie Christensen and Dan Bentley at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, where the first Paralympics took place in 1948 (hence the name of this year's Challenge event). PACE is a non-state-funded specialist educational centre that relies on sponsorship, individual donations and other forms of fundraising to maintain its high standards every year.
Please support Isobel's 1948 Challenge today. Given today's tough austerity measures she is extremely lucky to be able to attend PACE every day, and clearly thrives on it. Even so, we need your donations to maintain the high quality education she is getting more so than ever before, as part of an on-going Justgiving campaign with a new target of £5,000 (nearly half of which has already been reached from previous Challenges, thanks to others' generosity).
Donating through JustGiving is the simplest, most secure and most efficient way to help us fundraise. PACE will receive your money much faster, and if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% will be added to your donation at no cost to you. Your details are safe; JustGiving will never sell them on or send unwanted emails. The quickest way to donate to JustGiving is to text ISSY56 £5 to 70070.
But if you'd rather post a cheque, ask me for my address and other details at themostynthomasjournal@gmail.com