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youngsters in north Devon will get the chance of one-to-one horse riding lessons thanks to a donation of £3,380 from the Devon and Cornwall region of the Lord’s Taverners.
A cheque was presented by the Taverners’ regional chairman,
Andrew Huckerby, at the North Devon Children’s Society offices in
Barnstaple.
The society provides support to deaf children and their families, providing after-school, weekend and holiday activities
which offer children the opportunity to interact with each other.
The project and activities are all organized with an emphasis on fun, helping to build self-esteem.
Recent projects include developing computer skills and percussion music. The society also runs a Saturday club which
encourages interaction with deaf children and their siblings, and works closely with the police, fire service and lifeboat
crews to provide fun activities which raise awareness of security issues.
This grant from The Lord’s Taverners, the youth sports charity which raises over £1.6 million per year to help give young people in need a sporting chance.
To find out more about the work that they do for people with special needs ... Click or Copy the Link Below
http://www.lordstaverners.org/taverners.cfm?menuid=1&menupos=11
Wiltshire
Centre For Independent Living is currently working in partnership across
Wiltshire to help develop a new way for public services to respond to the
needs of groups with an interest in equalities. The generally accepted definition of strands for equalities is now: Race, Gender, Disability, Age, Sexual Orientation and Faith. You can find out more about this project by visiting www.equalitiesframeworkwiltshire.org.uk where you can also comment or contact us.
In order to hear your views and feed them into this process, over the next 3-4 months we will be asking as many people and groups as possible what changes need to happen to make Wiltshire lead the way in equalities.
Over the next few months we’ll be asking you to help us shape our funding policies from 2009 - 2015.
These will guide how we award funds to the projects that help us make the biggest impact with your Lottery pound. This site contains lots of features for you to get involved and discuss the things that matter to you. To ensure that your views are heard in the formal consultation, please click HERE to go the Consultation Survey.
WHAT IS MUSIC THERAPY ?
Music Therapy is the interactive creative and spontaneous us of music in a therapeutic setting. It provides a process through which people can express themselves, become more aware of their feelings and interact more easily. Sound Waves South West was first formed in January 2000 and obtained charity status in December 2001.
The Charity works with children, some of whom are pre-school age babies, with severe learning disabilities and is providing Music Therapy in the North Cornwall and North Devon areas.
Music Therapy can help children &
adults in areas including:
Autism - Communication disorders - Learning disabilities - Mental health
problems - Dementia
Terminal illness - Sensory impairment - Physical difficulties - -Emotional
problems
Challenging behaviour
• Music Therapy
Sound Waves South West has now developed a team of four
Music Therapists working in both North Cornwall and North Devon and this
year in July we held our first ever Music Therapy Conference in Bude for all
those working in the related fields of Health. We also provide a variety of
Workshops and Seminars both in schools and other venues.
• Instrument Loan Scheme
The highly successful ‘Instrument Loan Scheme’, first introduced in
September 2002 with a pilot scheme using 4 violins and 4 cellos, has, as of
September 2005, expanded to a total of 45 instruments which now also
includes clarinets, flutes and most recently a trombone.
For full information on Sound Waves - SW
Please
contact Judyth Gwynne Chairman Sound Waves South West
8 Ocean View Road Bude Cornwall EX23 8NW OR Tel. 01288 354301
or visit the website -
www.soundwaves-sw.co.uk
"Where
words fail, music speaks" ... Hans Christian Andersen
Leonard
Cheshire will be launching a public campaign on social care in the new year,
focusing on the impact that barriers to this service has on disabled people.I have received an email from Katie Turner asking for our help. She writes ...
"It would be great to have the support of yourself and your organisation when we launch this campaign and I was also wondering whether any of your readers might be interested in acting as case studies and speaking about their own personal experiences of using the social care system. Would it be possible to send out a request for people to contact me if they are interested? I am particularly interested in speaking to any working age disabled people who are fully or partially reliant on social care. "
Katie can
be contacted at ...
Katie.Turner@lcdisability.org