News

Keep up to date with all the CWSNF news, visits, trips and fundraising activities!

Jellybean’s 2021 donation to Children with Special Needs Foundation is granted to Woodlands School, Leatherhead.

A huge Thank You goes to one of our fantastic patrons Fiona and her company Jellybean, whose recent donation has enabled us to support Woodlands School. Charities have been one of the hardest hit sectors throughout the past 18 months both globally and much closer to home.  Over its 35 year history, Jellybean has sponsored…

Panto Tickets On Order!

Thanks to a very generous supporter, we have been able to order our tickets for this years opening night pantomime at Woking Theatre! At a cost of £23,000, its a big bill, but will ensure that over 1300 children and their families, will once again get an evening filled with joy, laughter and lashings of…

Joseph’s New Tomato Chair

Dear Ann and the CWSNF team, Just a few lines to say a very big thank you for purchasing Joe’s ‘special tomato’ floor sitter chair. You can see him sitting in it, in the attached photos. His only other chair is his wheelchair which is much higher, more structured and more formal. This new floor…

Thank you for the SafeSpace bed

To everyone at the Child with Special Needs Foundation, We just wanted to say an enormous THANK YOU for the SafeSpace bed. It is hard to articulate just how many ways this has already benefited both our lives but I’ll try to mention some below. Firstly, they absolutely love it.! They love the sensory feedback…

RIP Tom O’Connor

It’s with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to one of our longest standing Patrons and good friend of our charity, Tom O’Connor. We were so sorry to hear the news, that Sadly Tom has passed away, after struggling with Parkinson’s Disease for a number of years. We were lucky enough to have Tom…

Summer strengthens her muscles on a new Motomed!

Summer is now 16 , but born at 33 weeks and diagnosed with Cerebal Palsy, she has to take regular medication and have lots Physio, to stop her muscles from tightening up ! When she attended summer school she had access to a MOTOmed bike, which is an indoor exercise bike that can be used…

A Safe & Comfortable Pushchair!

Grace is only 4 years old, she has Autism and is non verbal and struggles to understand the dangers of the world around her. Sadly she had outgrown her pushchair, which meant that any outings were just not possible any more! The new Tomato Jogger Pushchair holds her safely for visits to the shops and…

Sunnydown School New Garden

The students at Sunnydown School in Caterham, are so pleased they now have a delightful garden, to enjoy and learn about the world around them! With some funding from CWSNF, they have created an outdoor area full of plants, with a fire pit and seating around it. The students, with the help of a landscape company, prepared…

Jack Enjoys Freedom!

When Jacks family asked us if we could help fund this Tri-Ride attachment for his wheelchair, we were delighted to help! This attachment transforms his manual wheelchair into one with some power, which will help him to navigate the paths that are off road.  A message from Jack’s family- ” Today we took delivery of…