Achievements

Improving the quality of life for children

• Providing activities for children in the Centres each Summer
• Providing a week’s camping experience for the more able children
• Providing additional experiences for the children by taking them into the town, the park and on day trips
• Decorating some of the children’s rooms in the centre

Provision of resources

• Channelling funds to provide salaries for 2 dedicated physiotherapists
• Provision of a fully equipped multi-sensory room for therapeutic activities
• Provision of art and craft equipment for use during the summer visit and all year round
• Provision of specialist physiotherapy equipment
• Provision of school furniture and learning resources

Training for Romanian staff and carers

• Delivery of workshops on heuristic play, art and craft, role play and behaviour
• Delivery of workshops to foster parents on learning through play
• Provision of professional advice from UK physiotherapists and occupational therapists

Developing local volunteer network

• Presentations to local secondary schools to recruit local volunteers
• Delivery of volunteer forums developing their knowledge of working with disabled and disadvantaged children
• Presentations to local secondary school students on ways to fundraise