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July 2010
Small Steps School for Parents helps parents to help their own children who have cerebral palsy or other forms of motor and sensory impairment. For more information go to www.smallstepssfp.org.uk or to make a donation, please click here. On behalf of all of Small Steps children, families and staff, thank you for your ongoing support.
Welcome to our Late Summer e-news
Summer term is almost over and it will soon be time to kick back and enjoy the holidays, but before then, see below for exciting news about funding, updates on events and key dates for your diaries.
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Exciting new partnership with Virgin Management!
 We are delighted to announce that Small Steps has been selected as Virgin Managements Local Charity Partner 2010!!! The staff at Virgin Management will be taking on various fundraising initiatives over the coming year for Small Steps, with the highlight being a team of runners taking on the Virgin London Marathon on 17th April 2011! Anita has been invited to present at the official launch of this partnership, which will take place at Virgin Management, Brook Green, London, in September. Three cheers for Virgin Management!
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Mulsanne Partnership takes on the 3 Peaks Challenge
The Mulsanne Partnership is a dynamic, young search firm based in the City of London, working for financial services clients. Twelve optimists (some might say masochists) will attempt to climb the three highest mountains in the United Kingdom (Ben Nevis in Scotland, Scafell in England and Snowdon in Wales) within 24 hours in aid of Small Steps. Many have tried and failed before, but these brave lads and lasses are undaunted and set off on their quest early on 21st July to begin their challenge at 9am on 23rd July. Please show your support for Adam Saunders, Andrew Hall, Hazel Dowd, Henry Spence, Richard Pallister, David Hall, Jim Brownwood, Damien Patel, Mat Hull, Simon Bragg, Anthony Barry, Stephen Faulkes (unless his injury plays up) & reserves Alex Willcoks & Ross Jones by sponsoring their mission at Just Giving (http://www.justgiving.com/mulsannepartnership).
Subsequent to Mulsanne Partnership finding out about the charity and planning this venture, 22 of the 26 employees have been to visit Small Steps. They have observed some of the sessions, met some of the children, parents, staff and trustees … and consequently they too have selected Small Steps as their Charity of the Year. Three Cheers for the Mulsanne Partnership (www.mulsannepartnership.com) we’ve really enjoyed your interest and support so far!
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A big thank you!
* to Michael Kidwell (Eva’s Godfather) who raised £220 doing the BHF London to Brighton bike ride on 20th June.
* to Coloma Convent Girls' School in Croydon who raised £554.60 for Small Steps doing their fun run recently! Well done girls!
* thanks and congratulations to Abbie and Mike; their generous cheque of £197.35 presented to Small Steps in honour of their joint 40th birthdays is much appreciated.
* to Rachel Pain (Joe’s Mum and Small Steps Trustee) who ran the Regents Park 10k on Saturday 5th June, raising a massive £5940 for Small Steps!!!
* to Shoe Station for supporting Small Steps at their recent fashion show; a fantastic £144 was collected in donations on the day!
* to Putney Park School - Small Steps is the School’s nominated charity for the year and they will very generously donate half of the proceeds from their Summer fair to Small Steps.
Do let us know if you, your office or your school would like to raise money for Small Steps and we will feature the event in our next e-news.
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Summer Party & AGM
A total of 79 children & grown ups picnicked & mingled in the Small Steps classroom & foyer & spilled out to under the gazebo’s … fortunately a lovely, warm dry day. It was wonderful that Charlotte Grobien (www.give-it-away.co.uk) was able to join us as special guest. Dimitris entertained everyone with lovely classical guitar. Sally presented the Trustee Report & Accounts for year ending 31st May 2010. You’ll be able to download these from the website shortly.
A Charity Night for Georgii
Georgii used to attend Small Steps and his Mum has organised a special event on Saturday 24th July at the Kingstonian Football Club, Kingston. |
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It will be a fun packed evening with buffet, DJ, live music and raffle that will be raising money for Small Steps, Chase Hospice and Sutton Opportunity Pre-school Group. Please show your support by attending this event. We’ve got tickets for sale at Small Steps (email us) which are £15 a head, and raffle tickets too. Contact Small Steps or Lynn Jacobs on 07737 588063 or email lynn.jacobs@blueyonder.co.uk for more information. |
Trip to the Science Museum
Edie’s Mum is the Education Officer at the Science Museum and is hoping as many Small Steps children & families will join her at the museum on 16th October for a bubble show extravaganza! Put the date in your diary!
Kew Midsummer Fair
We sold 720 Krispy Kreme donuts on 19th June & made more than £500 for Small Steps!
Small Steps Charity Wristbands Now Available! get them from Small Steps at £2 each.
And Finally....
The Summer holidays are nearly upon us and this is our last e-news for a while. We'll be back in September so if you'd like to contribute an article please contact us - we'd love to hear from you! Don't forget you can also visit Small Steps on Facebook or our website. Have a great Summer!
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