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£1,500
raised of £2,018 target by 35 supporters

    Weʼve raised £1,500 to help Parkwood Hall, a truly amazing school for the most challenged, and amazing children

    Swanley, United Kingdom
    Funded on Monday, 31st December 2018

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    Story

    In 2015, I walked from where I work at Zoopla HQ into Southwark council's head offices, after calling an emergency meeting 20 minutes beforehand (afterwards, I remember feeling like I had a new superpower). Our son Iri's profound disabilities and their impact had left us with the council's designation 'family in crisis'. Wow. How did that happen?

    Being asked to leave school was the best possible thing that could have happened to us.

    Iri's first school had done all they could but it was clear that they were unable to accommodate his needs so, under a new head, we were told to look elsewhere. Tara, Iri's teacher followed us.

    After a short time home schooling with Tara, some emergency relief workers walking out on us, and our long search for a new school ... we were left with just three potential options, nationally. We contacted Parkwood Hall , very luckily just 13 miles down the road in Kent.

    I’d been turned away from specialist schools on the spot so, by this point could only be hopeful. After some discussions and special arrangements, Parkwood Hall took on their youngest student as a weekly boarder, Irial Allalouf. Yes!

    Iri joined when he was just 7 years old. Over the past 2 years he and his teachers have made magical progress, overcoming seemingly insurmountable challenges, each and every day. Truly transformative stuff.

    The staff at Parkwood Hall demonstrate an unparalleled level of commitment and belief in the children they devote their days to. You would only need to witness the Christmas play to see that. The school’s curriculum is entirely bespoke and tailored to each child. Students are taken up to the age of 19 and are effectively prepared for life, given the tools and experiences they need to take a meaningful part in society, whether that be at work or play. Everyone is included. Everyone.

    This year the school plans to improve and build new facilities for it’s older students. Here’s what’s at the top of the list:

    The Gatehouse, which is the sixth form building, needs an elevator to make it fully accessible (cost £20k)

    If you ever visited the school you’d see (and feel) how much these children need the school's specialist attention, care and infrastructure to give them the best possible chance in life.

    I’m a parent governor at Parkwood Hall and endeavour to help in any way I can. This year I’m going to run 1000km to raise (at least) £2018 to help pay for the elevator. I calculated I need to earn just under £2.02/km to reach my target. If you could sponsor me for some kms that would be awesome :)

    You can keep track of my progress or wait until the end of the year when I will share some sort of statistics infographic, courtesy of my favorite website Strava ...

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    • Richard Allalouf6 years ago
      Richard Allalouf

      Richard Allalouf

      6 years ago

      OK, running - yep, running a bit late because we are already 6 weeks into 2018! I'm 63km behind pace so, I have some catching up to do ... Anyway, at least this webpage is sorted, isn't it awesome? Time for some promo.

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    6 years ago

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    35

    • Sue

      Sue

      Nov 1, 2018

      Just tidying up the numbers....

      £57.00

    • Volker

      Volker

      Nov 1, 2018

      run Richard run!

    • Patrick Gulliver

      Patrick Gulliver

      Oct 31, 2018

      Good luck

      £110.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Oct 31, 2018

      gogogo

    • John Griffin

      John Griffin

      Oct 31, 2018

      £100.00

    • Serenella Bardeggia

      Serenella Bardeggia

      Mar 21, 2018

      You are great Richard! :)

      £20.00

    • Natalie Pender

      Natalie Pender

      Mar 6, 2018

      Fund matching on behalf of ZPG

      £250.00

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