| Projects Supported by Generations Charitable Trust since 2008 |
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| Projects That Have Benefited More Than Once |
Me Too & Co
The CrossWay Centre
306 Richmond Road
East Twickenham
TW1 2PD
www.metooandco.org.uk |
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| Me Too & Co is an independent voluntary organisation covering the borough of Richmond Upon Thames and surrounding areas, which aims to help children with additional needs and their families. Generations helped with the purchase of specialised equipment to continue their work for the future. |
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Whizz-kidz
Elliot House
12-14 Allington St
London
SW1E 5EH
www.whizz-kidz.org.uk |
Whizz-kidz is a charity that provides mobility equipment to disabled children and young people in the UK in the aim to give them a chance to lead a more independent life and give them the right equipment, advice and training at the right time. A donation from Generations helped to provide more customised equipment for children.
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Photographer - Michaela Green |
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CHTAF
37 Tennyson Drive
Newport Pagnell
MK16 8PH |
Generations has supported the Children’s Hospital Tsunami Appeal Fund (CHTAF) which has been working to provide essential medical services to the children of Sri Lanka since 2004. This year with Generations’ funding CHTAF has achieved the following:
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a) Sponsored vital life saving heart operations on ten children at Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, Galle, Sri Lanka
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b) Provided all medical and surgical requirements free of charge to sixteen children who needed emergency life saving heart operations. This was in addition to the ten children above.
Generations has committed to support the charity for 5 years to enable it to continue to perform the life saving heart operations. |
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Shooting Star House Children's Hospice,
The Avenue,
Hampton,
Middlesex,
TW12 3RA |
The Shooting Star Children's Hospice provides care, support and advice for children and young people with life-limiting conditions and their families. These care services are offered free of charge to families, 365 days a year across the western half of London and north Surrey.
The care services are based around the needs of the whole family, so as well as caring for the children and young people, there are activities for siblings and support groups for parents and grandparents. This makes a real difference to families who find themselves in unimaginable circumstances - helping them live life to the full by providing opportunities for fun and laughter, as well as helping them through the tougher times.
Families benefit from Shooting Star's care services in the community, in their own homes and at Shooting Star House, the purpose-built facility based in Hampton, Middlesex. These services include Short Breaks, Outreach Care, Day Care, Family Support and Therapies and End of Life Care.
It costs £3.5 million every year (£9,500 a day) to maintain these care services and with no long-term statutory funding, the majority of this comes from voluntary donations. |
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Wimbledon Civic Theatre Trust
c/o New Wimbledon Theatre,
The Broadway,
Wimbledon,
London
SW19 1QG |
 is an independent charitable trust whose primary aim is to help young people in our local community, especially those with some form of disadvantage.
facilitates exciting and innovative theatre education projects for our local community by improving access to performing arts for children and young people, focussing on those of secondary school age, those with special needs and those experiencing economic disadvantage.
projects are designed to reach those in our local community who would not otherwise have the opportunity to experience live theatre. We provide young people with a safe, secure and supportive environment in which they can develop their creativity, grow in confidence and learn how to relate to people from a range of backgrounds. |
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Merton Early Support,
Poly CLinic,
Birches Close,
Mitcham,
CR4 4LQ |
Merton Early Support are part of the Portage, Early Support and Targeted inclusion Team, which are part of the newly formed Integrated Services for children with Disabilities. The Early Support service aims to support parents of children aged 0 – 6 years with disabilities, by providing a keyworker to help provide support, information and co-ordinate services for these families. |
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Target Tuberculosis
Refuge House
49-50 North Street
Brighton
BN1 1RH |
Target TB’s vision is a world free from TB and its mission is to address the health, social and economic impact of the global TB epidemic amongst vulnerable and marginalised groups. They currently work with local partners in 7 countries across Africa and Asia with some of the highest TB burdens in the world.
Despite being considered a disease of the past, tuberculosis, alongside malaria and HIV/AIDS, is one of the world's biggest killers, with 9 million new cases emerging every year.
In 2003 the World Health Organization declared TB ‘a global emergency’. In the same year Target TB was set up as a direct response. |
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| Velocity Racers |
Velocity Wheelchair Racing Club was formed in 1999 with 3 athletes, 2 coaches and 2 assistants. The aim of the club is to encourage as many people with varying disabilities to take part in physical activities as possible.
Since the club’s first AGM in 1999 it has gone from strength to strength with an increase in athletes to 12. Velocity Wheelchair Racing Club provides children and adults with mobility equipment, training, advice and life skills, we actually give them something much more important; the independence to be themselves. We make an immediate and life changing difference to their lives and their families by giving them the right training to enable them to get fit, strong and increase their confidence.
With the support and help from Generations Charitable Trust we have been able to buy customised sporting equipment for five club members. You can follow their success on our club website http://www.velocityracers.co.uk.
Here is the profile of the most recent people that benefited from support from Generations:-
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Tushar Patel is an elite wheelchair athlete who has represented Great Britain at International Level at major championships and ranks within the top 20 in the world. Generations provided the funding so that Tushar could travel to Australia to take part in an important competition in early 2008 which would count towards to Olympics in Beijing. Tushar Patel has now training for London 2012.
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To all at Generations,
In 2009 Jack Binstead a talented young wheelchair athlete who despite his condition was living his dreams training six days a week so one day he would be able to race for his country in an Olympic Games. Unfortunately Jack’s career was in jeopardy because his racing funds had become so tight it was hard to afford to travel around the country every other week competing in events.
The £3,000 donation from Generations Charitable Trust means Jack can continue his quest for success, with the knowledge there is money to fall back on when times are hard.
At the time of the donation Jack was previously turned down from two other companies due to the recession. At only 12 years old Jack took it to heart thinking they didn’t feel he was worth backing, which left him at a low point. When Jack heard of Generation kind donation Jack was absolutely delighted and straight away put him back on track knowing someone believed in him.
Almost a Year on the funds has contributed to racing in the UK and Switzerland.
2010 has become the most successful year since he started in January 2006 with titles of London Mini Marathon & many new track personal bests.
With the kind donation from Generations Charitable Trust it has provided a better quality of life for Jack. Not many 13 year old kids able or disabled can say they have found a sport they are naturally talented at, who have met many famous people and been to some fantastic places.
Jack has so much determination and he will not give up until he has achieved his goals, he is a true inspiration to us all.
“Thank You” for your support.
Regards
Graham Binstead (father) |
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CHASE hospice care for children
Loseley Park, Guildford, Surrey
GU3 1HS
www.chasecare.org.uk |
CHASE hospice care for children provides nursing, practical and emotional support to families with children who are not expected to reach their 19th birthday across South West London, Surrey and Sussex. CHASE care and support is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at no cost to the families, and is provided at home or at Christopher's, the CHASE children’s hospice.
The life-limited young people CHASE supports suffer from a wide variety of conditions that are sometimes genetic, sometimes sudden, and often progressively degenerative. CHASE offers specialist paediatric palliative care, including planned and emergency short breaks and holistic support, which helps strengthen families and allows them to give their children the best time for living, however long that might be.
This practical and emotional support is provided by a multi-disciplined and specially trained team of professionals. It complements existing services from the NHS, Social Services and other voluntary organisations. |
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Brainwave
Beechen House
Rear of 16 Newland Street
Witham, Essex
CM8 2AQ
www.brainwave.org.uk |
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Since 1982, Brainwave has sought to provide interventions for children with disabilities and special needs which promote greater independence and developmental milestones. It has achieved this by offering a unique package of provision which enables parents to practice a daily routine of exercises and stimulation at home with their disabled child. This not only helps the children achieve their potential, it also brings a great sense of achievement and fulfilment to the parents and carers, who maybe for the first time, are equipped to play an active and informed role in their child’s progress. |
Brainwave is totally reliant on voluntary contributions and relies therefore on the generosity of trusts and other donors to fund its Programmes. The Generations Charitable Trust has supported the purchase of therapy equipment for use in the homes, has funded assessments of the children at the Charity’s three Centres in Essex, Somerset and Cheshire and helped to maintain its hydrotherapy pool, which is such an effective facility for children with severe physical disabilities.
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St Ann’s School
Bordersley Rd
Morden
Surrey
SM4 5LT
stannsschool@merton.gov.uk |
St Ann's is a day school for learners aged between two and nineteen who have severe learning difficulties and associated physical, sensory or development disabilities, including learners with a dual diagnosis of severe learning difficulties and autism. A donation was given by Generations to the school to provide equipment such as switches, musical instruments, PE equipment and books for their library. Another further donation was given to renovate their Multi Sensory room as it had been damaged by flooding. |
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Youth Cancer Trust
Tracy Ann House
5 Studland Road
Alum Chine
Bournemouth
BH4 8HZ |
Generations continues to support the Youth Cancer Trust in their work, funding free holidays for young cancer patients from all over the UK at Tracy Ann House in Bournemouth. More recently Generations have contributed to their current project to extend the house to accommodate more children and re-plumb their antiquated system. |
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Demelza
1 Wensley Close
London
SE9 5AB
www.demelza.org.uk |
Demelza offers children with life-limiting conditions and their families across Kent, London and East Sussex a huge variety of services to make life just that little bit easier. These services include hospice at home care, emergency respite, planned short breaks, symptom control, end of life care and bereavement support. Generations helped towards the funding for extra music therapy sessions for the children and their families and contributed towards a lift installation at the new hospice which, when opened, will be able to serve an additional 380 children with life limiting conditions across London. |
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Action for Kids
Ability House
15A Tottenham Lane
Hornsey
London
N8 9DJ
Tel: 020 8347 8111
Fax: 020 8347 3482 |
AFK's mission is to help physically and learning disabled children and young people and their families find a greater level of independence and opportunity, through the provision of appropriate aid and support. They do this through a programme of services:
- Mobility equipment to help provide independent movement
- Work Related Learning to help provide access to employment, Further Education, and alternative career opportunities
- Family Support Services to provide information, support and advocacy
- Independent Living, teaching domestic and other practical skills
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Smile Train
PO Box 583
Northampton NN3 6UH
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: 0870.1276269
e-mail: ukinfo@smiletrain.org |
Unlike many charities that do many different things, The Smile Train mission is focused on solving a single problem: cleft lip and palate.
Clefts are a major problem in developing countries where there are millions of children who are suffering with unrepaired clefts. Most cannot eat or speak properly. Aren’t allowed to attend school or hold a job. And face very difficult lives filled with shame and isolation, pain and heartache.
The good news is every single child with a cleft can be helped with surgery that costs as little as £150 and takes as little as 45 minutes.
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This is our mission:
- To provide free cleft surgery for millions of poor children in developing countries.
- To provide free cleft-related training for doctors and medical professionals.
Until there are no more children who need help and we have completely
eradicated the problem of clefts.
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FSID
11 Belgrave Road
London
SW1V 1RB
Telephone: 020 7802 3200
e-mail: office@fsid.org.uk |
The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths is the UK's leading baby charity aiming to prevent unexpected deaths in infancy and promote infant health. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), or ‘cot death’ as it is commonly known, is the main cause of death in babies over one month old and claims more lives than meningitis, leukaemia and other forms of cancer combined. Through its work FSID aims to facilitate research; ensure new parents receive life-saving infant care advice; train professionals; provide bereaved families with the specialist support they need; and improve investigations when a baby does die. They deliver a range of specialist support services such as a freephone Helpline, one-to-one Befrienders, Family Days Out and the Care of the Next Infant (CONI) programme. |
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The Child Care Action Trust
P.O. Box 183
St. Leonards-on-Sea
East Sussex
TN38 1ZQ |
Since formation, The Child Care Action Trust has helped more than seven hundred disabled children, living in the United Kingdom (some many times), by the provision of many other forms of equipment and facilities such as Conductive Education, to provide relief for these children, that are not freely available from the health service, social services or affordable by their families.
This equipment, that makes such a difference, includes walking frames, special needs garden swings, electric wheelchairs, special needs beds, text communication aids for children unable to speak, special support "second skin" suits and visual activity equipment to help children with learning disabilities. |
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Tree Aid
Brunswick Court
Brunswick Square
Bristol
BS2 8PE
Tel: 0117 9096363 |
Enterprise (VTE) programme, to help villagers make money from the many products that grow on trees. At Tominian, 49 groups in 19 communities have developed business plans based on tree products such as forest honey, shea nuts and tamarind fruit.
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This project is providing training and equipment for these village entrepreneurs to plant, manage and protect their trees and forests as an integral part of their business plans. The project villages and 30 neighbouring communities will also be trained in bush fire management. Finally it will help villagers engage in local planning to negotiate fair rights of access to forest resources.
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Save the Children
1 St John's Lane, London EC1M 4AR
Tel: 020 7012 6400 |
Save the Children work with children in the UK and across the world. Their vital work saves and improves children's lives in more than 50 countries. Over the last year they've reached almost 6 million children.
Generations made a donation to Save the Children following the terrible earthquake in Haiti in January 2010 to help with its work there.
Save the Children have reached many children and families, delivering lifesaving help and setting up child-friendly spaces and temporary schools.
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They have set up 16 special “baby tents” to meet critical needs of infants and their mothers in the quake-affected zone.
"We are reaching mothers both in Port-au-Prince and remote rural and mountainous regions, where thousands are without access to any health services."
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Macmillan Cancer Support
89 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7UQ |
Generations made a donation to Macmillan Cancer Support in Midhurst in recognition of the help they gave to a friend of the family.
Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people affected by cancer. We provide practical, medical and financial support and push for better cancer care. Cancer affects us all. We can all help. We are Macmillan.
We've set ourselves an impressive ambition. Our primary goal is to reach and improve the lives of everyone living with cancer. |
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St. Wilfrid’s Hospice, Chichester
Grosvenor Road
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 8FP |
Generations made a donation to St Wilfrid’s Hospice in Chichester in recognition of the help they gave to a friend of the family.
St Wilfrid's Hospice has been in Chichester since 1987 and over the years has grown in size developing the services provided. It is now a 14 bed (with en-suites) inpatient unit with day care facilities, an education unit, a hospice at home service, and nurse specialist based in the community. It relies on the generosity and support of volunteers and donors alike with only 15% of its income coming from the NHS. The other 85% of the income is generated from fundraising and retail. |
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| Street Action |
As a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) based in the UK and the USA, we work with local partners to tackle the complex needs of children living on the streets. We are committed to supporting the development of street child organisations in Africa, building connections and links with our Street Action community of supporters around the world. |
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The Jennifer Trust
Elta House
Birmingham Road
STRATFORD upon AVON
Warwickshire
CV37 0AQ |
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The Jennifer Trust for Spinal Muscular Atrophy is the only national charity in the UK dedicated both to supporting people affected by SMA, and investing in essential research into causes, treatments and eventually a cure for the condition.
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a condition that affects the nerves in an area of the spinal cord called the anterior horn. These nerve cells become damaged, breaking the link between the brain and the muscles. As a result, the muscles can't be used and become wasted or atrophied.
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| Global Hospital and Research Centre |
Global Hospital and Research Centre is located in Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India, and opened in 1991. Built to take advantage of a beautiful, clean and quiet mountain top setting, this 102-bed hospital is a haven of peace in an area where there is an acute shortage of health care.
Key health problems that previously went untreated include obstetric problems, pre-natal, post-natal and infant care, blindness, malaria, tuberculosis, cancer, diabetes and heart disease.
The hospital is pioneering a new model of health care in which spirituality, modern medicine and complementary approaches are brought together in a truly holistic approach.
Its work is based on the philosophy that lasting solutions to health problems require healing of mind, body and spirit. Many of the staff are trained to create an environment of peace and healing through positive thinking, meditation and spiritual awareness.
Most patients receive the hospital’s services free of charge. |
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Azafady UK
Studio 7
1a Beethoven Street
London
W10 4LG
Tel: 020 89606629 |
Azafady aims to eradicate poverty, suffering and environmental damage in Madagascar.
Its mission is to fight extreme poverty and protect unique, biologically rich but greatly endangered forest environments in Madagascar by empowering some of the poorest people to establish for themselves sustainable livelihoods and improve their health and wellbeing. |
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Scope
6 Market Road
London
N7 9PW
Tel : 0808 800 3333 |
Scope is a charity that supports disabled people and their families.
Its vision is a world where disabled people have the same opportunities as everyone else.
They work with disabled people on the issues that are most important to them and aim to raise awareness, change attitudes and influence government policy.
They support disabled people and their families through practical information and support, particularly at the time of diagnosis and in a child’s early years.
They offer a range of services for disabled children and adults, which are primarily focused on those whose complex support needs are not met elsewhere. |
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Mercy Ships UK Ltd
The Lighthouse
12 Meadway Court
Stevenage
SG1 2EF
Tel: 01438 727800 |
Mercy Ships is a global charity operating the world’s largest hospital ship providing free medical care, relief aid, community assistance and long term sustainable development in some of the world’s poorest countries. Every day on board our hospital ship, the volunteer crew of doctors, surgeons, nurses, water engineers and others are changing lives by delivering free, world class medical care services with integrity and compassion; and by partnering with local communities health care training and advice is also delivered. Since 1978 we served in more than 150 ports in developing countries and are dedicated to transforming lives and making a real difference. |
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The Infant Trust
CLB Gatwick LLP
Imperial Buildings
Victoria Road
Horley
Surrey
RH6 7PZ
www.infant-trust.org.uk
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Together in partnership with organisations in South Africa, The Infant Trust works to protect small children and help break the continuing cycle of violence against the most vulnerable.
Its main focus of work is to:
Work with pre-schools:
- To to train the women to recognise and act on suspicions of abuse;
- To provide a safe place for children;
- To to provide a knowledgeable place for people in the communities.
- To empower women and men, working in community services, through training and awareness programmes.
- To set-up diversion programmes for vulnerable or potentially violent young men and/or young women, they:
- To encourage and promote a different pattern to their lives through development programmes;
- To work with children whose lives are disrupted by poverty, abuse, malnutrition, illness or abandonment.
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3H Fund
B2, Speldhurst Business Park
Langton Road
Speldhurst
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN3 0AQ |
3H Fund is a charity that makes it possible for disabled people, children and adults, to have memorable and fulfilling holidays. Thanks to valued and continuous contributions from grant giving trusts, the business community and individuals, they are able to subsidise a range of group holidays for physically disabled people accompanied by volunteer carers.
Not only are they able to give the disabled person a chance to have a unique and enjoyable experience, the carer or family of that person also gets a break from the routine of caring. This is what makes 3H Fund such a popular charity and why their guests come back year after year.
In addition, when funds are available, they provide grants to families on low income with a physically or mentally disabled dependant to have a modest holiday in the UK. |
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Alstrom Syndrome UK
49 Southfield Avenue
Paignton
S. Devon
TQ3 1LH |
Alström Syndrome is a rare, heretable disorder described by CH Alström in Sweden in 1959.
Eye and heart problems are often the first symptoms to appear. During the first few weeks of life a number of babies collapse with congenital heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy. Early treatment is often successful and babies appear to recover.
Babies and young children gain weight quickly despite healthy diets and obesity is a great problem. A large percentage of children develop Diabetes Type Two. Hearing loss can occur at any age.Urological problems can develop in the teenage years. Alström Syndrome is wide ranging and also can cause a number of other problems affecting the liver, kidneys and cause gastrointestinal problems.
The charity has 3 key aims:
- To help people with Alström Syndrome to provide support for them, their carers and the professionals who are working with them
- To raise awareness amongst both the public and medical professions of Alström Syndrome
- To raise funds to promote research into Alström Syndrome
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Network 81
1-7 Woodfield Terrace
Stansted
Essex
CM24 8AJ |
Network 81 is a national network of parents working towards properly resourced inclusive education for children with special educational needs.
Network 81 Aims:
- To advance the education of children with special needs
- To educate the parents of such children about all matters relating to the education of their children
- To link up and support groups and individual parents of children with special educational needs
- To raise awareness and publicise good practice in inclusive education
- To encourage parents to take their rightful place in education policy-making
- To promote parent-professional partnership
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Swanage Hospital
Queens Road
Swanage,
Dorset
BH19 2ES |
Swanage Hospital in Dorset is a busy environment with twenty-one out-patient clinics, radiography, minor injuries, theatre, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and the ward. Improvements were badly needed for their ward office, where the senior sister sees all visitors and discusses the needs of the patients with their family or carer. With the help of Generations, this project can move further and the ward office enlarged and made a more comfortable and welcoming area. |
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Cherished Memories
The Tiled Cottage
6/8 Chichester Road
Horns Cross
Greenhithe
Kent DA9 9JS
www.cherished-memories.co.uk |
Cherished Memories, a local charity, organises special events for children who are terminally ill or severely disabled in the south-east of the UK. These special days could be anything from a limousine ride to meeting their favourite football team. These events are recorded on camera and by photograph, so the family can look back and recall their own cherished memories. Generations provided funding towards a family’s special day. |
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St Raphael’s Hospice
London Road
North Cheam, Sutton, Surrey
SM3 9DX
www.straphaels.org.uk |
| St Raphael’s Hospice in Sutton, Surrey delivers ‘end of life’ care to over 300 in-patients, and in the last year alone, 3,700 home visits and 1550 day care attendances were recorded. Along with providing symptom control, respite and terminal care, there is a ten -strong palliative care team who visit the patients‘ homes and provide a huge variety of services. Generations’ donation helped to ensure their invaluable work can continue. |
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Clic Sargent Cancer Care for Children
www.clicsargent.org.uk |
Clic Sargent reaches out to and helps hundreds of children and their families who are affected by cancer. Not only by offering clinical care, but offering families financial help, housing so the families can stay near to their child during treatment, help-lines for constant advice, and employ play specialists to distract the children from the often frightening procedures and to create a sense of normality on the ward through activities and fun. A donation from Generations helped the staff to continue to deliver this excellent service to the children and their families. |
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FEISA – Teacher Training College
Paraguay |
“Formacion en Educacion Inicial San Andres” in Paraguay are an organisation that offers scholarships to students for teacher training who do not have the means to pay for the tuition themselves. Although steps are being taken by the Paraguayan Ministry of Education and Culture to improve the curriculum and teaching methods in schools, due to the teachers lacking adequate training and a limited educational background, the children are taught in a passive and non-stimulating way, making the drop -out rate high and the majority not continuing on to secondary school. By giving gifted students the opportunity to become qualified teachers not only gives these students a brighter future but also the children they teach. A grant from Generations ensured a group of gifted students scholarships at the college to train to be qualified teachers. |
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| Smaller Donations |
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| Generations have been working with local charities and social services and borough councils in the South-West of London. Through these links, Generations were able to help families with children who have special needs or life-limiting illnesses by providing funding for specialised equipment and school trips and play schemes with their friends. |
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| Young and Free |
International Refugee Trust |
Colour House Children’s Theatre |
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| Break |
Footsteps for Africa |
King’s College Hospital Charity |
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| The David Lewis Centre |
Royal Hospital of Neuro-Disability |
Malmesbury Primary School |
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| Douglas Bader Foundation |
Alzheimer Society |
Jay Cubbins Appeal Fund |
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| Independent Age |
Carers’ Support Merton |
Kingsley Primary School |
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| Mission Cycles |
Children in Crisis |
Kids Company |
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| UNICEF |
Plan UK |
The Rainbow Centre |
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| Children First Foundation |
War Child |
The Children's Trust |
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| Smaller Donations Prior to 2008 |
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| The Tusk Trust |
Get Kids Going |
National Blind Children's Society |
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| Clic Sargent |
Jack Brown Appeal |
RNLI |
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| Children In Need |
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