The Movement Centre is following current government guidelines and will remain open for patient appointments for the foreseeable future.

We ask that there are no visitors other than patients and families to TMC

Please do not send any of your children (or yourselves) to sessions for the next 14 days if anyone living in your family home has a high temperature (37.8 or above) or a persistent cough. Please contact us to let us know if this is the case and you can’t make your appointment.

Please note all staff able to work from home are doing so to minimise exposure in building

We have a separate building with parking directly outside

Our site is a free standing building on the edge of the hospital site with its own parking and is not visited by anyone other than patients and staff.

Many thanks for your cooperation.

It is always a fun session with Annabelle, making all the staff giggle. She had great fun playing with some

of our new toys that we recently received from Storage King UK and Wrexham Yale Rotary.

It was her second review of her course and we are over the moon to tell everyone that she achieved her goal of sitting hands free on a bench for 10 seconds. This is a huge achievement. Annabelle is also working on her hands free floor sitting, and did awesome at her appointment earlier in the week. Her therapy team could tell how hard the whole family had been working on her Targeted Training at home, with some improvements to her core strength.

Taking this into consideration the therapy team made a decision to lower the support in her standing frame to give her that extra challenge that she needs.

We look forward to seeing Annabelle again in a few weeks and seeing the progress she has made. Keep up the good work!

We are sad to share the news that our wonderful volunteer, Doreen Nicol, passed away last month after a short illness.

Doreen was an important member of our small team, coming into the office to support us every week. She gave so much to The Movement Centre, hosting our annual Canal Walk afternoon tea, climbing Snowdon,  playing a key role in the organisation of our Golf Day, helping us to secure donations, grants and sponsorship and so much more.

Above all Doreen was a fantastic friend and colleague and she will be missed by everyone at The Movement Centre. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.

Our first ever Meet the team video is now live!

We want our families and supporters to feel comfortable when they visit The Movement Centre. We want the children looking forward to attending their assessment. This is why we are introducing you to our team. Check out our first Meet the team below!

Shropshire based company, School Shop Direct, have partnered with The Movement Centre to help support our work.

School Shop Direct is a leading, independent school outfitters serving schools in the Shropshire and surrounding area. They offer a tailored range of services with a traditional retail outlet at their Shrewsbury premises in Featherbed Lane, in-school shops, an online ordering service on their website and direct uniform supplies to schools. Directors Martin and Claire Berry were keen to support a children’s charity locally where their support could make a real difference.

“We are delighted to be able to work with The Movement Centre”, said Martin Berry. “We were aware that the charity had lost its NHS funding and we wanted to offer our support. We felt that by forming a partnership and supporting the charity on an ongoing basis we could help make an impact. We are looking forward to working with the team at The Movement Centre to support their fundraising and to raise awareness of their work so that we can help to make a difference to the lives of the children they support.”

It is fantastic to have the support of Martin, Claire and everyone at School Shop Direct. 2019 was a challenging year for The Movement Centre, so it is great to be working in partnership with School Shop Direct. By supporting our fundraising efforts they will help to us continue our vital work so that children with movement disabilities can reach their full potential!

 

The amazing Jaxon visited this morning for another review at The Movement Centre.

Targeted Training is split into 8 week blocks. Within those 8 week blocks, families take home their standing frame and tailored therapy programme, so that the Targeted Training activities can take place in the home.

It is always sad when a child comes to the end of their course as it means we won’t be able to see them as

much, although it also means we have done our job in giving them increased strength and control of their movement.

Earlier this week it was Eadie from Eadie’s Wishes who came to the end of her course. Eadie has made incredible progress, and Sally her Mum had some very kind words in a recent post.

“Today was the last day of Eadie’s Targeted Therapy at The Movement Centre – when we first started Eadie didn’t do a great deal, couldn’t roll, sit up unaided or move, it was difficult to get her to engage and she lay there like a slug!!! Today she wouldn’t keep still, crawling everywhere to be picked up, chasing the foil blanket and showing off her skills.”

The Movement Centre offer free initial assessment, so that we can determine, whether a child could benefit from Targeted Training. we would love to hear from you and discuss whether we could support your child.

Some of The Movement Centre team enjoyed meeting at Aico‘s fantastic new building in Oswestry and were given a wonderful surprise! The team kindly presented a cheque to the Movement Centre for £5,000.

Aico supports schools, colleges, universities, charities and community organisations to achieve their goals and to help build a sustainable environment now and in the future. By focusing on four core areas; Education, Volunteering, Business Enterprise and Charities, their aim is to give back to our community.

We cannot thank them enough for this wonderful festive gift!

Freya was referred to The Movement Centre and attended for her initial in March 2018.  Freya then went

on to start at course of Targeted Training Therapy at the end of August 2018.  Freya had a diagnosis of Crigler-Najjar syndrome Type 1, Kernicterus, Dystonia and Global Development Delay and this caused issues with head control.

Freya’s mum said “Before Freya started her course of Target Training Therapy she had very limited head control and could not keep her head in a midline position.

Freya’s head was turned to the left side and she need assistance turning her head to midline position and to the right. Freya is non verbal but very sociable and uses eye gaze to communicate. This was difficult to use as she could not turn her head to indicate what she wanted.

Just before her course of therapy commenced, Freya used an eye gaze computer and she couldn’t use it independently because of not being able to hold a midline position.  We had to hold Freya’s head in a midline position and she only tolerated this for 5-10 minutes at a time.

Seven months in to her course of Targeted Training Therapy, Freya got to use to an eye gaze computer again.  This time Freya could hold her head in a midline position independently and was able to use the eye gaze technology for 30-40 minutes with no rest in between.

Freya’s head control has improved and she can now keep it midline for long periods and turn her head

from left to right. Because of this her communication has come along and she is more vocal.

At nursery Freya can now follow what the other children are doing by turning her head and can also join in with their play more. With better head control, she is now using a communication board at nursery to choose the activities she wants to do”.

A course of Targeted Training Therapy has certainly had a big impact on Freya’s life. Freya’s quality of life has been improved as she is now able to communicate her needs and wishes and to interact with others by using eye gaze technology.  Freya is now able to turn her head and keep a midline position for longer allowing her to watch and learn from the world around her as well as taking part in many activities that she enjoys.

Freya is a very happy little girl who loves interaction and we hope that she continues to make progress in the future.

See what Freya’s mum had to say:
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