KIDS Summer newsletter 2015

KIDS Kourier

SUMMER 2015

Established in 1988, KIDS Yorkshire & The Humber support and work with children and young people from birth to the age of 25 who are disabled; that is they have a physical, sensory or mental impairment (including mental health issues).

Our work is also with the individuals who are affected by this situation,

such as families and young carers.

Every year our work makes a major difference to hundreds of people’s

lives by creating opportunities for them to take part in positive play, access

appropriate education, participate fully in leisure services and achieve greater

We currently support over 1000 disabled children, young people and their families in

the area.

independence whilst giving their parents respite,

guidance and support.

Our aim is to empower disabled children and young

people to develop their skills and abilities. Our success

is based upon building a close partnership with parents

and providing real solutions to the difficulties which

disabled children and their families can face.

Charity Night at The Ryder Club, Hull

On Tuesday 26th May Rachel and James Leebetter very kindly organised a fun cabaret evening to raise awareness of autism and funds for KIDS Yorkshire & the Humber.

A packed line up included local acts Fascination, Just4Men, Signature, Ric Owen and the wonderful Rachel’s voices. Highlighting some of the city’s best young talent the audience were up dancing and all having a great time. With raffle, bingo and auction which had lots

PICS c/o Stuart Shepherdson

KIDS Yorkshire and the Humber, Cranswick House, 182 Chanterlands Avenue, Hull HU5 4DJ • Tel: 01482 467540 • E: [email protected]

including Tommy Coyle’s Signed boxing gloves and Tom Huddlestone’s signed match boots the night raised a phenomenal £1430.00A huge thank you to Rachel, James, Gary Wilson, Stuart for the great photographs, Ric and all the acts and volunteers who gave up their time for free to raise money for us.

London Marathon 2015As a fundraising event, there is no race in the world that comes close to the London Marathon.

Thousands of runners take to the streets of London to raise money for charity, many in fancy dress, hoping to stand out as a rhino, football mascot, giant tree, or London Landmark! More than three quarters of competitors now run for a good cause and a third of all entry places are offered by charitable organisations.

On Sunday 26th April 2015 Fay Littleproud, Lee Hawksley, Becky Jane and Andy Reeves all ran to raise funds for KIDS Yorkshire and The Humber.

Raising over

£5400 we cannot

thank you guys enough!

Raisingan amazing

£1430

Rachel’s story . . .“I heard about KIDS from a lady that got served by my mum in the card shop she works in just outside the city centre. This lady had written the number down for us to get some help because we just didn’t know where to go. I rang and went from there.

My son Kyan goes every Thursday morning to the KIDS Play and Development Sessions at Parks Children’s Centre with Louise and Adele. They have been very understanding and the first couple of times I sat and cried as it was difficult because my boy was getting upset with new surroundings and also it is upsetting at first knowing your child needs all this extra help and all the worry of will he ever wave point or talk etc. They have been very supportive. It’s lovely to chat to the other parents and it makes me know I’m not the only one out there going through this and it’s nice to see all their children improving too!

The sessions have been helping Kyan with PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) cards to communicate and to learn structure. Many people with autism communicate with picture cards as they may not yet have the ability to talk or use sign language. We’ve all stuck to it and he now waves and points and talks! Although it’s not clear and a lot of what Kyan says is echoing us it’s still a massive step and achievement and he’s so happy now he can tell me what he needs via PECS.

Cherish from KIDS has been to look around schools with me too and is lovely. They have all been super and answered every question I’ve had and kept reassuring me things get easier.

My sister in law fosters 2 autistic children and KIDS have been great with them too.“

Join team KIDS for the Virgin London Marathon Sunday 17th April 2016KIDS has 35 Golden Bond places available each year. If you feel confident in raising the minimum sponsorship target of £1400 (plus an additional £100 non-refundable registration fee) then we’d love to have you on our team. KIDS Yorkshire & the Humber already has 4 people signed up to run and are already in training. A big thank you goes out to Simon Jones and Holly Marie Bell from Total Supply Chain Solutions, Priory Park East, Hull who are also both running the Humber Bridge Half Marathon with Simon also training for the first ever Hull Marathon on Sunday 13th September 2015.

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Cathryn Cooper and Ruth Evans are currently due to run their first half marathon in June and are already planning lots of fundraising events to lead up to the Marathon next year.Massive effort all round and thank you all for running for #teamKIDS

KIDS Annual Fundraising Dinner and Ball 2015

The Best Western Willerby Manor Hotel was the venue for this year’s event. A successful evening with good food, entertainment from The Ordinary Men, Russ Appleby, casino tables, an envelope raffle and fun auction hosted by the popular Stephen Larard.

So far one of our most successful events yet, we raised a phenomenal £6194!!

held on Friday 17th April 2015

Thank you to . . .• Kevin Greene photography• Beverley Round Table• Napoleons Casino • James Legal • Barclays Bank • Irwin Mitchell• Roach Brothers • Hider Foods

and all who donated raffle and auction prizes

Please contact Claire Crosbie on [email protected] or 01482 467540 on how you could help

Charity Spring Ball

Save the Date - Friday 17th April 2015

Tickets are priced at £37.50 per person, or £360.00 for a table of ten. To reserve please call 01482 467540 or email [email protected]

KIDS Yorkshire & The Humber , Cranswick House, 182 Chanterlands Avenue, Hull. HU5 4DJ Registered Charity No 275936www.kids.org.uk/yorkshire-the-humber

PRESENTING THE 2015

AT THE BEST WESTERN WILLERBY MANOR HOTEL WELL LANE, WILLERBY

Join us to celebrate 27 years of providing vital services to local disabled children, young people and their families whilst raising essential funds to continue.Sponsorship opportunities are available; please contact Claire Crosbie for details on how you could help further!

7pm for 7.30pm until midnight3 course mealCasino tables Entertainment by RaffleLive Auction hosted by Stephen Larard

anamazing£6194raised

Apply for a place by contacting us

[email protected]

467540

‘THE 15K EXPERIENCE’ TANDEM SKYDIVE Hibaldstow Airfield, Lincolnshire - Saturday 27 June 2015

The ultimate adrenalin rush.

Save the Date!Events and Diary Dates 2015

7TH ANNUAL DRAGON BOAT CHALLENGE

Pugneys Country Park, Wakefield

Saturday 11th July 2015

Organised by the Rotary Clubs of Huddersfield and Wakefield Chantry, 2015

JULY

Thank you to Alan Crosbie, Paul Thatcher, Curtis Webster and James Bradley who have already signed up for this ultimate challenge of a lifetime!

The minimum sponsorship is just £300. If you would like to jump or arrange another date to suit please get in touch!

Jump harnessed to the front of a fully qualified parachuting instructor from 15,000ft (the highest tandem skydive in the country) and enjoy one whole adrenaline-fuelled minute of freefall reaching a terminal velocity at 120mph.

‘DOING IT FOR THE KIDS’ FAMILY FUN DAY

MUSIC EVENING and FIRE WALK The Goodfellowship

Sunday 5th July 2015

‘FAMILY FUN DAY’Haworth Park, Hull

Sunday 2nd August 2015

Car Boot, Stalls, 5-a-side football tournament, Modified Car Exhibition plus lots lots more

including ‘I’m a Celebrity’ Challenge– enter if you dare!!

ANNUAL PLAY DAYQueen’s Gardens, Hull

Wednesday 5th August 2015

TREKFEST 2015 ‘THE PEAKS’ Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th September 2015

A great trekking challenge for all levels of trekkers!

KIDS/FREDDIES FRIENDS CHARITY BIKE RIDESunday 30th August 2015

13 miles in 6 hours - 27/29 miles in 12 hours -

54 miles in 24 hours – you choose the distance to suit you!

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Would you consider organising an event?Many of the opportunities we provide, which are delivered free to families, rely purely on voluntary income and so only remain possible with the support of the local community.

Fundraising events throughout the year go a long way to help towards the £130k we need to raise to cover these services.

Hull Bondholders SchemeKIDS have recently joined the Hull Bondholders Scheme and we are very much looking for the support of the local business community to add to our network of corporate supporters

Your support really will make a differenceFor every £1 we spend, 92 pence goes directly to the families we are supportingThere are many ways that people can get involved and support us – from coming to an event, having one of our collection tubs on your premises, volunteering or making a donation.

How you can make a difference If you would like to host an event or have an idea for something a little different we are always looking for new ideas!

Please drop us a line! We would love to hear from you.

Text KDYH04 £5 (or any amount you wish to give) to 70070 and help to provide vital services to local disabled children, young people and their families.

DONATE NOW!

text KDYH04 £5

to 70070

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Please contact Claire Crosbie on [email protected]

or tel: 01482 467540 on how you could help

Time 4

ChangeEach year, thousands of families and individuals travel abroad on holiday or business. We all arrive home with

loose foreign currency in our pockets. The banks or exchange bureau’s will not accept it below a certain

amount. So where does it go?

In a kitchen drawer or around the house, left to collect dust?

Now you can donate it to KIDS We will convert any currency, and use it to help those

children and families that need our help

www.kids.org.uk KIDS Yorkshire and The Humber,

Cranswick House, 182 Chanterlands Avenue, Hull. HU5 4DJ 01482 467540 KIDScharity

Registered Charity No. 275936

Donations can be made at our office or alternatively the HSBC, Merit House, Priory Park West, Saxon Way, Hessle house one of our collection tubs.

KIDS Yorkshire & The Humber would like to thank all our valued families, friends and local businesses for your continued support as we run into our 27th year.

• All who have kindly taken one of our charity tubs for your home/office/shop premises

• A special mention must go to Nice Party on Hessle Road as our star collectors!

• Geoff Brown and the community team at ASDA and also for housing our KIDS Collection Bears at Hessle Road and Mount Pleasant

• Tom and Charlie McKnight, Kiran and Yesaya who raised £112.50 through the 2014 Lifestyle Awards as part of ‘The Fab Five’

• Janet Newton• Anna Kirk• Jean Garton• Mona Crozier and all the artists who performed

at their charity concert; raising £100 • Mrs Lam and Patrick who raised £100 making

loom bands• Hull Corn & Feed Traders Association• Gill Ward and team at Kingspan for raising a

fantastic £2291.50 as their charity of the year for 2014

• Cranswick Country Foods• Michael Oughtred• Oriel Printing Company Limited• Suzie Morris and Vivergo Fuels • Andy Dickerson• Nick and the team at City Office Furniture• The Hull Anti-Bullying Team • Carl Denton for organising the 5-a-side Charity

Football match at Dene Park on 1 March and raising £105

• Staci Liversedge and team at SJP Law• Gary Fenton and Phil Heseltine • Ciara Hanstock and Hull University Union who

continue to raise monies for KIDS. Their first event for 2015 was a charity football

match with the University’s Drama Society on the 1st March.

• Karl Beard at Haworth Park Sports Facility • Anne Stewart at The Goodfellowship• Craig Smith at The Wawne Ferry• Craig Garner at The Railway Inn, Cottingham• Greg Harman and WHFM• Bob Guard from Wakefield Chantry Rotary Club• The Three Guineas Trust

Thank you

Claire CrosbieFull time Regional Fundraiser

Janice HopkinsP/T Regional Fundraiser

Claire PearsonP/T Fundraiser

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KIDS Yorkshire and the Humber Cranswick House, 182 Chanterlands Avenue, Hull HU5 4DJ • Tel: 01482 467540 • E: [email protected] • www.kids.org.uk/yorkshire-the-humber

Registered Charity Number 275936

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