Whoopsadaisy Newsletter - Spring 2011 A charity for the benefit of children with cerebral palsy and other motor disorders Registered charity 1083024 Hop House, 41 Church Road, Hove, E Sussex BN3 2BE ……..Tel 07588 555761 News...News...News...News… Whoopsadaisy has had an exciting, very busy, colourful, and eventful couple of months since our last newsletter of Summer 2010. Whoopsadaisy has never been this vibrant before! There is lots of news we would like to share with you this Spring regarding our extended operations, our exciting past and future events, and fundraising activities. Let‟s start with our most recent and very successful event. Auction Party Whoopsadaisy was selected from a number of local charities to take part in the new ITV1 Auction Party series hosted by Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen. A team of four people, “The Avengers”, represented our charity: Julie- Anne Gilburt (a famous local artist supporting Whoopsadaisy), Elliot Maurice (friend of Whoopsadaisy), Nina Holland (founder) and Caroline Matanle (executive administrator). With the help of Julie-Anne‟s group of artists at JAG the team were able to „up-cycle‟ artefacts, and along with donations of artwork from Barry Surtees, Faye Whittaker, Eddie Kidd, Julie-Anne Gilburt and Lester McGoogan, the event made over £4,000 for Whoopsadaisy. Thank you to all the volunteers who made this event so successful. Please watch out for the programme being aired mid-March on ITV1.
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Whoopsadaisy Newsletter - Spring 2011
A charity for the benefit of children with cerebral palsy and
other motor disorders
Registered charity 1083024 Hop House, 41 Church Road, Hove, E Sussex BN3 2BE
……..Tel 07588 555761
News...News...News...News…
Whoopsadaisy has had an exciting, very busy, colourful, and eventful couple of
months since our last newsletter of Summer 2010. Whoopsadaisy has never
been this vibrant before! There is lots of news we would like to share with you
this Spring regarding our extended operations, our exciting past and future
events, and fundraising activities.
Let‟s start with our most recent and very successful event.
Auction Party
Whoopsadaisy was selected from a number of local charities to take part in the
new ITV1 Auction Party series hosted by Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen.
A team of four people, “The Avengers”, represented our charity: Julie- Anne
Gilburt (a famous local artist supporting Whoopsadaisy), Elliot Maurice (friend
of Whoopsadaisy), Nina Holland (founder) and Caroline Matanle (executive
administrator). With the help of Julie-Anne‟s group of artists at JAG the team
were able to „up-cycle‟ artefacts, and along with donations of artwork from
Barry Surtees, Faye Whittaker, Eddie Kidd, Julie-Anne Gilburt and Lester
McGoogan, the
event made over
£4,000 for
Whoopsadaisy.
Thank you to all
the volunteers
who made this
event so
successful. Please
watch out for the
programme being
aired mid-March
on ITV1.
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Our Services School for Parents for 0-5 year olds
Our two well established groups on Mondays have been
working hard and progressing steadily.
Oliver‟s mum says: “His balance is getting better and he is
communicating more. He also responds better generally.”
Ferris‟s mum says: “Ferris has really benefited from
attending Whoopsadaisy. We are able to practice what we
have learnt at home, especially all the songs - which Ferris
really enjoys!”
Let us share with you the progress of Carys, a delightful
little girl with a range of difficulties who has been
attending Whoopsadaisy‟s School for Parents with her mum since November
2008. At that time, aged two, she was able to sit on the floor and had just
started to crawl - the developmental age of a nine month old baby. She was not
able to put weight on her feet or walk as her legs were lacking tone and
strength, her feet were turning inwards and her co-ordination was poor. She
could only say a few short words, and these were only understood by those who
knew her well.
Within two months, she learnt to be on her feet more readily. She also
started to join words together when communicating and started to identify
colours. After six months, her parents said: “Carys really benefits from coming
to Whoopsadaisy in a very holistic way. She also loves it! Her confidence and
ability to move about has increased - both with the walking frame and within
the parallel bars – and her knowledge and vocabulary have greatly improved.”
And 14 months into her work with us, Carys learnt to walk independently.
She is currently learning to tackle obstacles and uneven surfaces when walking.
In addition to the two Monday groups in January 2011 we have launched a new