The Hall Triathlon Team
Tour de Godwin 2024
Fundraising for Support SEND Kids Limited
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JOIN US - FOR THE LAST EVER TOUR DE GODWIN! A grand finale to Chris Godwin's time at The Hall School.
What is the Tour De Godwin
We're thrilled to invite you to be part of the Tour de Godwin, a cycling challenge that this year will say farewell to our headmaster - Chris Godwin - who is retiring. Our route stretches 115km from The Hall School in Belsize Park, through the busy streets of central London, over the Chiltern Hills, and through picturesque countryside to the majestic Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.
The Tour de Godwin was set up to show support for The Hall Triathlon Team. We head to Blenheim Palace where the triathlon team will be swimming, cycling, running on 2 June 2024. More about them here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/hall-triathlon-team-2024
How you can be part of the journey
What makes the Tour de Godwin special is its inclusivity. This ride isn't just for elite athletes or seasoned cyclists - it's for everyone. Our team includes experienced cyclists pushing themselves to new limits and those that have more recently embraced the joy of riding. Or have you ever considered trying a tandem? Now's your chance! All abilities are welcomed on this incredible journey for a worthy cause.
If you can't join us on the day, please participate as a sponsor and be part of something truly special. Your vital support will not only help make the TDG a success but will also contribute to our mission of raising funds for Support SEND Kids (SSK).
Every penny counts and together we can go a long way towards helping children with special educational needs or disabilities.
Introducing Support SEND Kids
SEND defines a wide range of Special Educational Needs or Disabilities. These can be physical challenges but over 70% are 'invisible'. This includes neurodiverse children, those with ADHD, Autism, dyslexia and other, often combined, learning difficulties.
Support SEND Kids believes passionately in the right of every child to get the right education. Yet, there are 1 million school age children with SEND, including a number at the Hall, who face desperate and often invisible struggles to access learning, navigate friendships, or just survive the school day. Support SEND Kids works hard so SEND children don't get left behind, or left out of, education.
Imagine if all children facing the race to literacy and numeracy, stand in a row at the start of a running track, those with SEND face a long line of invisible hurdles which they must jump before they reach the finish line. The hurdles leave them exhausted, often demoralised with so many more ahead, and worst of all, most people can’t see them and assume the child is lazy or naughty.
How heart-breaking if this is your child, imagine the stress and anxiety of not knowing where to turn and what to do. The stories of families whose children have SEND are desperately moving, because, despite the laws that are in place to protect these most vulnerable children and protect their right to education, the system is hard to access, chaotic and unnecessarily adversarial. For many parents, the barriers can feel insurmountable: confidence in navigating the system, confusion about their rights, cost of advice. Without the right support children can struggle to survive in school.
“The challenge of assisting children, young people and adults with an often oppressive disability and other related challenges [such as neurodiversity] they face is huge and we are proud to be supporting the Support SEND Kids efforts to bring greater transparency and availability of clear and accurate answers to the SEND community of parents, practitioners and educators. As parents of SEND children ourselves, we know how important this is.” Learning Disability Today, Nov 2022, Mandy Aulak and Sean Kennedy, Talem Law
Every donation you make will make a huge difference in helping SEND children be the best version of themselves they can.
READ MORE Support SEND Kids website