Wheelwrights’ Charity – Improving People’s Lives
At its meeting In May the trustees considered a range of requests for support and decided to approve grants totalling £18,600 in respect of the following:
Aspire – (Association for Spinal Injury Research, Rehabilitation and Reintegration) provides practical help to people who have been paralysed by Spinal Cord injury helping them move from injury to independence. A grant to fund a pool wheelchair enabling wheelchair users to safely and with dignity, enter and exit the pool either independently or with assistance from a caregiver.
Douglas Bader Foundation – provides practical support for the pursuance of achievements for those with disabilities. All their projects are designed to give disabled children the same opportunities that able- bodied children enjoy. Funding was agreed to provide a sailing day for about 60 disabled children aged 5-18 years from disability groups, organisations, individuals and SEND schools. Boats used will depend on the child’s particular disability and as many of them are wheelchair bound, they work with venues that have adapted boats with controls which the children can use themselves.
The Bike Experience – This charity was formed in 2011 by Talan Skeels-Piggins who in 2003, following a motorcycle accident became paralysed from the chest down. They provide the opportunity for disabled people, such as paraplegics, and amputees, around the country to experience the thrill of riding an adapted motorcycle in a safe and supported environment at track locations around the UK. The impact of getting on a bike is far reaching with benefits which include improving physical health, balance, co-ordination, strength and stamina, developing a positive attitude, increasing self- confidence and self-belief. The grant is for the purchase of an Aprilia Mana motor bike
Half Moon Young People’s Theatre – a charity based in Tower Hamlets specialising in using drama as a tool for learning and personal development, placing an emphasis on engaging participants who are often excluded from arts activity. A grant was agreed to help provide a music facilitator for their project Performance Works, a week-long holiday project for 12 young people aged 13-25 with complex disabilities.
Happy Days Children’s Charity – Established in 1992 the charity provides respite break holidays, day trips and performing arts experiences for disabled children and young people who live in poor socio economic conditions and who have little opportunity for life and leisure experiences. Our funding will benefit a total of 188 children aged 3-17 with special needs, many in wheelchairs by providing three theatre experiences for three groups of children.
British Disabled Angling Association – the leading disability angling charity in Great Britain founded in 1996 to offer inclusive fishing opportunities to disabled people. BDAA provides equipment, services, information, support and practical advice on all issues encompassing angling for disabled people. Our grant will provide a new access pathway that is wheelchair friendly to their education room at Ladybower fisheries facility. It will benefit on average about 200 people per month of which over 100 are children with special educational needs.
Charity Accounts
The latest version of the Wheelwrights’ Charity Accounts can be found here.