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While 12 year old Noah Jones who has cerebral palsy, was unable to go to school because of COVID-19, he enjoyed time painting. His father reached out to artists on Instagram to ask for their help to finish the paintings. What resulted was an amazing collaboration with 250+ artists from around the world who added their art to Noah's backgrounds. 'Background Bob' as Noah is now known was thrilled to see his paintings exhibited. The family have put the artwork together in a book, Background Bob, with all proceeds going to Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals Charity. Background Bob on Instagram Background Bob Firstsite
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www.bethmoulam.com Beth shares her personal experiences as someone with cerebral palsy, dysarthria and a hearing impairment. The website has loads of great blogs, information (especially around AAC) and lots of useful links. Beth on Twitter Beth on Facebook
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What is dementia? Dementia is caused by a number of diseases that affect the brain. The most common is Alzheimer’s. Most people associate memory loss with dementia, and this is one of the symptoms. Other common symptoms of dementia include changes in mood or behaviour, misplacing things and disorientation to time and place. Different types of dementia affect the brain at different rates and in different ways. Dementia can affect every aspect of a person’s life including dealing with their own property and finances,,. Download the full article here
We love the idea behind this company - the chocolates look pretty amazing too!
Award-winning flavours and positive social change, that’s us at Harry Specters. Mona, Shaz and their son Ash, who has autism, are behind this social enterprise. While visiting a chocolate shop on a holiday in Scotland in 2011, Mona discovered a perfect way of combining her passion for creating positive change for people with autism with her love for chocolate. Ash came up with the name and a year later, Harry Specters was born - dedicated to crafting the most delicious chocolates that create employment for young people with autism... Read the rest of 'Our Story' Harry Specter, Social Cause See the video below showing Ask and others at work at Harry Specters
We were delighted to help support Sharmila Collin's efforts to raise much-needed funds for Cure EB. Shamila's daughter Sohana has Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a genetic skin-blistering condition. 'We beat the £5000 target for my Regents Park Marathon, and with gift aid raised just under £7900 for Cure EB! Storm Alex made it one of the rainiest days I’ve ever run in but it kept me cool enough to complete the 9.7 laps of Regents Park, not just for Sohana but for so many others in need of a treatment for EB. The EB Graft trial has gone well with its first grafting this Autumn, and the funds raised will help us move forward with this and other important projects. So huge thanks from me and all of us at Cure EB' Cure EB Instagram Read more about Cure EB
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