Rebecca Whalley

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Fundraising for SPACE

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I am looking to raise money for a charity called SPACE. It was started by a family friend called Jemma Gregory. Jemma has a beautiful daughter called Isabelle who was diagnosed with mitochondrial disease which is a life limiting condition that brings with it many complex health needs.

SPACE is a parent led support group for families that have children with additional needs. The aim of SPACE is to provide a safe and accessible play opportunities for children with additional needs and also support their families through peer support and providing information.

SPACE started in January 2015 running a regular stay and play drop in session at the Live! youth club in Chester. In our first year we have had more than 80 children attend the sessions and supported over 60 families.

We have since expanded and started a weekly preschool group in Kingsway childrens centre and a monthly parent/carer coffee morning.

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SPACE

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www.spacecheshire.org

The aim of SPACE is to provide a local, fun, safe and accessible environment in which children with disabilities and additional needs can play. Also opportunities for parents and carers to meet and provide mutual support. The charity has been founded by mums who have children with disabilities and additional needs. Through our own experience we have found that there is very little support for families with young children with disabilities/additional needs and locally there are no accessible play areas. Our goal is to increase the support and opportunities through continuing to provide our 'stay and play', 'little stars' and parent support sessions. We aim to raise enough money to open our own centre so that we can support more children and their families.