MUFG disABILITY WORKS

MUFG's disABILITY Network and CONNECTIONS: Charity Quiz Night

Fundraising for We Are Beams
£1,213
raised
disABILITY Network and CONNECTIONS: Charity Quiz Night, 9 December 2021
We Are Beams

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RCN 1054129
We support disabled children and families to improve the quality of their lives

Story

Beams is a local charity that supports disabled children and their families. The children and young people who access their services will typically have one or more learning difficulties, complex health needs, physical or sensory impairment, challenging behaviour, Autism or severe ADHD.
They offer (amongst other) the following support
1.    Family advice service: telephone advice line, parent support groups, home visits, crisis support, -1 meetings, parenting programmes
The areas they help include: health, education, transport, mobility, financial matters and emotional support for parents.
2.    Short breaks (a range of leisure activities for disabled people up to the age of 25 years) these include: specialist holiday schemes, inclusive play schemes, day trips, after school clubs, family support, family fun events, etc.
3.    Celebratory parties, siblings clubs;
4.    Dragons Retreat Short Break Unit – a residential children’s home providing overnight care as a short break for children and young people up to the age of 18; and
5.    Direct payments service – a country – wide service that helps the parents purchase their disabled child’s assessed support needs.

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About the charity

We Are Beams

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RCN 1054129
We are Beams supports disabled children and their families. We provide four key services: Parents Advice Service, Short Break Service for disabled children, Direct Payments for families and Dragons Retreat Short Break Unit. At any one time we are supporting 350 families in Kent.

Donation summary

Total raised
£1,212.12
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,212.12
Offline donations
£0.00

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