Appeal for children's club; Cash push in aid of disabled youngsters.Byline: Dan Warburton THE organisers of a vital Saturday Club designed to accommodate severely disabled children are launching a fundraising
It was one of a number of special needs charities in Newcastle that lost out after administration of the Children's Fund was handed over to local authorities from the Government. The city council had decided that only schemes which worked to increase attendance at schools were eligible for funding. After the Children's Fund pulled the plug on its pounds 27,000 annual donation to the Saturday Club run by the Edward Lloyd Notable people with the name Edward Lloyd:
Newcastle Children's Services have agreed to continue funding the other 12 places for severely disabled children. Sally Young The Sally Young LM-1500 Pairs bridge event is held at the Summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship. It is open to all players who have earned Life Master status up to 1,500 masterpoints. , chief executive of the Edward Lloyd Trust, said there had been a lot of confusion among parents who were unsure if their child would be losing their place at the Saturday Club. And last night she announced they are launching a huge appeal to generate revenue and save the scheme. She said: "We will be approaching charitable trusts The arrangement by which real or Personal Property given by one person is held by another to be used for the benefit of a class of persons or the general public. to try to get more money in to allow all those children who need it to attend. "We have been in discussion with the Children's Services with no luck, so we've started to look at other forms of fundraising. "I've had a lot of very worried parents who were unsure about what was happening. "At the moment we are losing the ability to provide for a group of children with severe special needs and a lot of people are upset about it." Meanwhile, a six-week summer school programme is also being slashed slash v. slashed, slash·ing, slash·es v.tr. 1. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes: slash a path through the underbrush. 2. in half after losing 50% of its funding from social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales . It was originally thought the entire scheme would be axed after the council refused to continue providing revenue. But after a mass outcry, they agreed to provide half the funding, meaning three weeks will now go ahead. The scheme provides a specialist environment for disabled children to take part in a wide range of activities. CAPTION(S): CAMPAIGN Jennifer Merrit, Adam Turnbull, Margaret and Arthur Vane Vane , John Robert 1927-2004. British pharmacologist. He shared a 1982 Nobel Prize for research on prostaglandins. vane the membranous or main part of the contour feather in birds as distinct from the shaft. , Ben Freeth; front, Nick Baucutt and Oliver. Picture: Lewis Arnold www.journallive.co.uk/buyaphoto ref: 01128777 |
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