Rachel Buckley

30 before 30 Sense

Fundraising for Sense
£3,656
raised of £3,000 target
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Sense

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RCN 289868
We support people with complex disabilities to communicate and experience the world

Story

I have experienced some great things in my life so this is the opposite of a bucket list. I want to give something back so I am attempting to complete 30 charity challenges before I'm 30. I would love you to suggest a challenge or support someone else's by donating on my justgiving page and following my blog http://30before30sense.blogspot.co.uk/ I wear a hearing aid and am a special needs teacher so the work SENSE does is close to my heart. I cannot imagine how difficult it would be to have more than one sense fully impaired and I want to do everything I can to ensure deaf/blind children experience a full life.

While you are thinking of a great challenge for me here's a sense of what the money raised could buy:

£5 – could buy a set of musical bells to help stimulate even the tiniest amount of a deafblind child's hearing in music therapy.
£7.50 – could pay for a deafblind child to experience sailing and feel the wind on their face on their Sense holiday.
£15 – could pay for a tactile book for use at a Sense family centre to develop a child's sense of sight and touch.
£25 – could buy an interactive light tube to help stimulate a deafblind child's remaining sight.
£50 – could help pay for a deafblind child's vital first assessment.
£250 – could kit out a home with sensory 'trails' enabling the deafblind residents to identify specific rooms, stairs etc, enabling them to live in a safe, secure environment.
£500 – could pay for a child to undergo a specialised educational development assessment to establish what their learning abilities are.

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About the charity

Sense

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RCN 289868
For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. Our experts offer support through our centres, holidays, or in people’s own homes. We are here for everyone who needs us, for as long as they need us.

Donation summary

Total raised
£3,655.50
+ £484.28 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,997.11
Offline donations
£1,658.39

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