The Movement Centre needs your support and just a little could help us go a long way.

We can no longer access funds from the NHS for any of the children who come to The Movement Centre. This has put increased pressure on us to raise more funds to help support towards the cost of Targeted Training for the children who come to The Movement Centre. Our Chair of Trustees, David, who volunteers his time, has set up an appeal and has shared his story about what The Movement Centre means to him, his family and his son Stan. Stan’s life has been transformed since coming to The Movement Centre, where he took his first steps. Now there is no stopping him!

We now need to raise even more from kind supporters and donors, like you. There are many, many more children, like Stan, who we can help. As a charity, we can only continue to do this with your support. Please read David’s story and help support The Movement Centre to enable us to help children with movement disabilities to gain independence and a better quality of life. If everyone could give just a little it could go a long way to helping us achieve our goal.

David will be running the Lake Vyrnwy half marathon and there will be lots of other activities happening to help us boost our fundraising. Everyone at The Movement Centre would really appreciate your support. To help us continue our vital work and to read David’s story, please visit this Just Giving page:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/davidvicary

Students from Moreton Hall, near Oswestry, showed off their artistic flair when it was taken beyond the classroom and into the community with an invitation to create a mural for The Movement Centre.

The art students were tasked with painting an image to brighten up the outside of the building, making it inviting for children arriving for treatment.

Moreton Hall Art Teacher Jan Miller was delighted with the challenge.

She said: “Working to a real brief was an exciting challenge and one that I was keen to involve all pupils in, from Year 3 to Year 9.

“We were keen to incorporate the centre’s kite logo and flying high motto as well as feature figures within a bright, bold design and to be all inclusive and welcoming to all families.

“Fitting the design around the windows was the biggest challenge, apart from the weather! Year 9 students painted in the rain and in the baking sun, encouraged by the stream of lovely comments from people working at the hospital and the patients visiting.

“We are just a little bit proud too, that our little drawings can have such a big audience and have an

impact for many years.”

Student Isabella Morris added: “We thoroughly enjoyed painting on such a large scale and delighted with the abstract nature of the mural.”

The end of May saw our annual Awards Party being held at The Venue, Park Hall, and many achievements were celebrated. Families shared stories, children collected certificates and most importantly everyone had lots of fun.

It was a great day, and it started with the most important bit- one by one the children were called up to collect their certificates for the achievements that they had gained throughout their course of Targeted Training. Being able to control their head, sitting unaided and even taking their first steps. Some of them even showed us their new found skills on the day, while others were a little shy!

Our Awards Party is all about celebrating the children’s achievements but it is also a time where families can share stories, meet other families, meet the staff and trustees of The Movement Centre, and meet some of our awesome supporters.

We also give out our Lady Trevor award to the individual or organisation that has made the biggest contribution to The Movement Centre. The lady who received the award this year has given up her time, put on in aid fundraising events, and supported us in spreading the word. Kelly Clarke has been amazing- helping at bag packs, organising a fundraising event, and is always shouting about us on social media, and while she is out and about. Our Chair of Trustees, David Vicary, handed over the award to Kelly, who was speechless!

The fun filled day continued with our children able to have sole use of the soft play at The Venue, Park Hall. Lots of fun was had, crawling through tunnels, sliding down slides, and causing mayhem in the ball pit. A lot of the new found skills our children had learnt were put to good use.

With lots of fun and play in the soft play, it was time for a sit down. Food was served and everyone helped themselves to a great spread of sandwiches, sausage rolls and cake. (Don’t worry there was a little healthy food too!).

On to some more fun with Titanium Terri. The children (and adults) were amazed my the Fun Science experiments. We had fire, slime, balloons, little explosions, and “elephant toothpaste”. Everyone had a great time.

The day was captured with photos and a video. A massive thank you must go to Ann Lewis and Lauren Williams for giving up there time to support us on the day. Also, thank you must go to The Venue, Lanyon Bowdler, Becky Griffiths Pugh, Fun Science, and everyone who donated to our raffle.

The biggest thank you has got to go to all of the families who make our time at The Movement Centre full of smiles, fun, laughter, and a great sense of pride!