Dr Michelle Barber is a Trustee for Sparkle and works in the Serennu Centre as a Consultant paediatrician and also a trainer in paediatric neurodisability . Michelle is passionate about enabling children and young people through leisure activities, promoting their independence and psychological well being. She trained in South Wales where she has lived for over 30 years. Her motivation for working to improve the lives of the children with additional needs began in childhood when she helped as a volunteer with a Riding for The Disabled group.

The guiding principle for Sparkle is to ensure that children and young people with disabilities and/or developmental difficulties and their families are fully supported and able to participate in valued childhood experiences, with access to the same range of opportunities, life experiences, activities and community services as any other child and their family.

Your support and generosity will allow Sparkle to continue helping the hundreds of children and families that use the Serennu Childrens Centre and Nevill Hall Children's Centre every week. More than 300 children with a disability and/or developmental difficulty visit the Children's Centre each week. Life isnt always easy for some of these children or their families, but Sparkle helps by making sure they get the support and care they need. We have to raise more than £600,000 every year to fund the vital services that help these special children. This is only possible thanks to the generosity and donations of the general public, which is why we need your help. Please, be a star & help a child sparkle.