Special Educational Needs are not new challenges, neither are the labels that accompany them such as autism, dyslexia, chromosomal deletions, genetic mutations, Down’s syndrome and ADHD. Specialised education is not a new idea. The current UK model of educating children with special educational needs is broken. In turn, it is breaking and marginalising vulnerable children, and their parents, families and carers.  

No child should be anxious, depressed and suffering from panic attacks at 5, excluded from education at 7, friendless at 9. No child should be invisible to society and damaged by school.

Gesher was set-up to change the way that children with special needs are educated in the UK and give them a brighter future.  I am fundraising to help Gesher develop and build a wellbeing framework and curriculum, that will have a huge impact on each and every child at the school.