A youngster's fundraising efforts for our
work in supporting his brother were
boosted by a Newbury-based business's
effort to help young people with
complex autism.
Banjo Cycles presented Prior's Court with £1,500 worth
of bicycles and helmets for use by our young people.
This £1,500 was raised by Ethan who ran a 5km
challenge event with his family and friends when he
was aged 12. Ethan's brother James is on a residential
placement at Prior's Court and his family wanted the
funds to go towards new bikes.
As well as sourcing the items at trade price, Banjo
Cycles has also donated more bikes, helmets and
other cycling bits after approaching distributors for
donations.
The team from Banjo Cycles also provided training
to Prior's Court staff about correctly sizing and fitting
helmets.
Matt Phelps, one of our Young Person's Wellbeing
leads, said: "Exercise is a key part of our approach with
supporting young people with complex autism and
these bikes and other equipment are perfect for this."
The distributors who made donations are Frog Bikes,
Oxford Products and Giant Bicycles.
Will Lewis, Banjo Cycles Store Manager, said: "There
are so many great benefits to cycling and everyone
should have the opportunity to ride a bike. We feel
privileged in being able to help, and partner with
Prior's Court, in being able to share the joy of cycling
with the young people at Prior's Court."
Overall, Ethan raised £2,500 in his fundraiser. The
remaining £1,000 went to our ongoing Performing
Arts Centre fundraising appeal.
Stepping up a gear with support
Wonderful winter volunteers
Courageous corporate
groups braved icy winds
and torrential rains to
volunteer their time
around our site over the
winter.
Corporate groups from Vodafone,
Edwards Lifesciences, and Kӓrcher
UK braved the unpredictable
winter weather and donated their
time and resources to helping us
around site.
The group from Vodafone made
more progress in clearing our
therapy paddock down in the CLC
in order to make it useable.
A team from Edwards Lifesciences
cleared the garden of one of
our houses, making it far more
suitable for our young people
to play in, as well as removing
symbols and pictures from the
walls of a currently empty house
in preparation for it to be deep
cleaned and painted.
Elsewhere, a big group from
Kӓrcher UK deep cleaned a
currently empty home from top
to bottom to make it ready for
painting and, when the time
comes, for more young people to
move in.
Over the winter, two community
volunteering days were also held
for members of the community
donate their time to help around
our site.
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