SUPPORTED CAUSES
Alongside Parkinson’s related causes, we are proud to support a diverse range of smaller mainly volunteer led charities as well as individuals nominated by family and friends.
Therapet
Therapet is a voluntary run service, visiting schools, care homes, hospitals and hospices. Their small admin team supports 26 volunteer area representatives with a total of 967 Therapet dogs and three cats. Our £1,000 donation will help them carry on with their amazing work.
The Respite Association
This wonderful charity offers a bespoke service giving full time carers respite solutions and our donation will be used to give respite to two carer families.
Panathlon Foundation
This charity was our very first request for a grant! Since 1996 they have invested around £400,000 a year to help inclusion in sporting activities for SEND pupils. Our donation funded a series of events for young people in the London Borough of Bexley.
Pain Concern
Run by a very small team of three alongside 35 volunteers, this wonderful charity supports people living with chronic pain. They offer telephone helplines, podcasts, a magazine and a website directing individuals to various useful resources.
Hearts & Minds
This charity helps vulnerable people through the art of therapeutic clowning and works in schools, hospitals and hospices. They delivered over 8,500 individual interactions last year with each visit costing around £412 to deliver.
Care for Carers
This charity works directly with carers to provide support and information as well as organising days out, online and in-person events and residential breaks. Our £1,000 donation will help to continue providing this support.
A Friend
The Geoff Payne F&F Charity is also very pleased to be supporting another Friend of the charity recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s and Frontotemporal Dementia with sessions of speech therapy and physiotherapy which is greatly appreciated by his family at such an unbelievably difficult time in their lives.
"A donation of £3,000 is huge for us - we could not be more grateful."
“I cannot begin to thank you enough for the support and kindness your charity is showing towards Ian. Your help could not have come at a better time.”
“This is wonderful. We’re truly excited to distribute these packs - this particular pack is my personal favourite as I know they will bring so much enrichment to our children.”
"Thanks to the amazing support of donors such as yourselves we can continue to be here for carers who are frequently at the end of their tether. Your support will make such a significant difference."
"Given the very strong family values of your charity, we would like to put your grant towards our efforts particularly directed at supporting young people in pain who are living with various forms of neurodiversity.”
“Your support is amazing and so appreciated! Your donation will go towards ensuring that people with Parkinson's are able to live as well as possible while they are supported with information and great access to health care specialists.”
