HOPE Tameside Hope fOr Paediatric Epilepsy

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Support & grants

Together we can all make a difference. Thank you to everyone who has supported HOPE.

Grants

Thank you to our funders

  • Greater Manchester Community Foundation & RBS£1,000 grants which gave Hope the funds to start our private monthly sessions for our families at Slide and Seek.
  • Forever ManchesterOur start up grant from the seed fund, and – with Comic Relief – our speech and language therapy sessions.
  • Hilton & MEN MediaHilton Hotel Deansgate, Hilton Manchester Airport and Manchester Evening News – our grant for sensory equipment.
  • Dukinfield District Assembly£3,000 from the You Choose project and Tameside Council for a wheelchair/able bodied roundabout for Oakdale Special School.
  • Co-operative GroupA grant which has contributed to supplying anti-suffocation pillows.
  • Merlin's Magic Wand30 free tickets for a trip to Alton Towers in summer 2011.
  • Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's CharityFunding for our sister support group, “HOPE” London.
  • Tameside Council / ISCANThe team at Jubilee Gardens, Droylsden, who initially funded our support group.

Community

Fundraising heroes

ASDA Community Fund

Hope for Paediatric Epilepsy won the most nominations in the Hyde area and therefore ASDA will be working together with Hope in fundraising for the next year. Thank you to everyone that voted for Hope for Paediatric Epilepsy – it's going to make all the difference for the future.

RBS Community Fund

Hope for Paediatric Epilepsy was one of three charities shortlisted in the area – and we came second in both the Tameside and Oldham areas. We would also like to say a massive thank-you to everyone who voted for us.

Dowson Primary School

Hope would like to thank Dowson Primary School for their support and raising £428.01.

St Georges Primary School

Thank you to Mrs P Walker, Headteacher of St Georges Primary School, Hyde, for her support and raising £100.00.

The Park Cafe

Thank you to Alison Shockledge, manager of the Park Cafe, and her fantastic team for their Christmas fundraising event which raised £106.00. For anyone who has not visited The Park Cafe in Hyde Park then it's well worth a visit!

Grace & Joseph

Grace, 11, and her big brother Joseph, 14, from Dukinfield, raised £150 to help Luke in his campaign to raise funds for epilepsy seizure bed alarms.

Corporate support

People who have helped us with events & fundraising

  • JFC SportsSupply of Hope T-shirts
  • JalmacDonated bouncy castles
  • Booker StockportDonated food and drinks for our Funday
  • Crafty KidsDonated mascot of Bob the Builder
  • R&P PrintersFor the great design and print of leaflets, posters and HOPE's 2011 calendar
  • Victoria TaylorFor the photography for Hope leaflets
  • White Studio PhotographyFor donating their time for the Hope 2011 calendar
  • Paul & MartinMany thanks for their donations
Wrays Cabinet Makers, Dukinfield treatme.net – Experience Days & Gifts

Thank you

HOPE's thank you list

  • T.A.S.C.A – Val & Neil, for the support and guidance
  • The Children with Disabilities Forum, for the help setting up Hope
  • The ISCAN team – Bev Connolly, Sheena Wooding and Lynne Barnett
  • Our Kids Eyes – Elaine, Wendy & Cheryl, for arranging initial funding through parent participation and their continued support in managing this
  • Tameside Advertiser and their great reporters Sue Carr and Jessica, for helping to promote “Hope” and our events/calendar 2011
  • Ashton/Hyde Iceland, for their donation of party food
  • Wayne, Sharon, Ian & Josh, for their sponsored walk up Ben Nevis on the 30th July 2011