Jake Smedley

Jake's Walk in the Park

Fundraising for Friends of the Mendip School PTA
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Walk in the Park, 27 September 2020
Friends of the Mendip School is raising funds towards a new school swimming pool.

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Thanks for taking the time to visit Jake's fundraising page.

Our son Jake, who is nine, has autism. He's pre-verbal and he has sensory processing disorder which makes his life very chaotic. Jake attends a wonderful new, purpose-built school for children with autism spectrum disorders and speech, language and communication needs. He will probably be there until he is 19. 

Children like Jake benefit hugely from swimming. Jake is in his element in the water, he never seems happier or calmer, his sensory problems seem to melt away. Jake has even found a way to swim and has passed his Ducklings Level 4. His school, more than most, needs to have its own swimming pool, but at the moment it relies on hiring external swimming pools and transporting the children to them. Jake doesn't get to go very often. On one occasion, a group of the kids arrived at the arranged hired swimming pool only to discover it had been double-booked which would be hard for any kids, but was especially hard on these kids.

It will take a lot of fundraising to raise the full sum needed for the swimming pool. The sister school managed to raise the money needed for theirs. We will manage it too, but in the unlikely event we don't, your donations will be used for other priorities at the Mendip School. Thanks for supporting our special boy and his schoolmates.

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About the campaign

Friends of the Mendip School is raising funds towards a new school swimming pool.

About the charity

The Mendip School is for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or speech language communication needs (SLCN) from ages 4-19. The Friends of the Mendip School PTA raises money to provide activities, facilities or equipment which support our children at the school. Charity reg. no. 1190007

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