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Please keep checking back as we are
trying to add news and information on a regular basis. Here you'll
find the latest Cumbria Cerebral Palsy updates but also general
disability information and details of events and happenings that
don't make our Gateopener newsletter.
25 June 2008
The new issue of our newsletter is now in the mail. Technical issues meant it is slightly late - and we've missed one or two deadlines as a result. Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.
27 May 2008
Multisports development day - Wednesday 25 June
Boccia development day - Thursday 26 June
Penrith Leisure Centre - 10.30am - 2.00pm - £5 entry.
Open to any children with cerebral palsy or a physical disability aged 5-19. Organised by CP Sport England and Wales.
Contact Sue Todd on 0115 925 7027 (closing date for applications 9 June)
14 May 2008
David Warwick and Carl Coulter of Carlisle who recently did a Bungee Jump in Manchester on behalf of CCP, raising £171.50 in the process! Your bravery is much appreciated!
31 March 2008
KENDAL FUNDRAISERS SEEK NEW BLOOD
The Kendal fundraising branch of Cumbria Cerebral Palsy is urgently looking for new recruits to continue its work in the town - a job it has admirably done for over 50 years – or risk imminent closure.
The charity’s Fundraising Manager Vanessa Schepers explained: “Some of our existing branch members admit they’re getting a little elderly and we desperately need some new blood to keep the group going. It would be a real shame if they were to fold after all these years.”
Branch members have regularly run concerts and events in the town, raising tens of thousands of pounds for the charity’s work with local children and adults affected by the disability.
Ms. Schepers continued: “The commitment is not great: just a willingness to get involved in occasional meetings and to help with fundraising events in and around Kendal. We’d love to hear from anyone who can help.” The future of the branch will come under discussion at a forthcoming meeting in early April. The committee would love to hear from anyone who could give a little time.
Cumbria Cerebral Palsy is an independent charity working throughout Cumbria with children and adults affected by cerebral palsy, and their carers.
Interested parties can call CCP’s Head Office on 01228 527796 or email vanessa@cumbriacerebralpalsy.net for more information
6 March 2008
Do you have a specialist trike you no longer need? We have a waiting list of families desperate for get their child mobile - and when each trike can cost anything up to £1000 new, it's not easy!
So if you have a trike that you no longer use, please call us on 01228 527796 and we'll try and match what you have with one of our families.
9 January 2008
We are pleased to welcome
Vanessa Schepers as our new Fundraising Manager, replacing Sue Braithwaite who has left to pursue new projects!
27 November 2007
17 year-old Georgina Studd has cp and has just won a national documentary competition. Read all about her and watch her film here:
Georgina Goes Out
26 November 2007
American artist Paul Smith (1921 - 2007) used a typewriter to create some amazing art that you can see at this website: Paul Smith Foundation
23 November 2007
Wigton shop manager Hazel Green is presented with an award to recognise increased quarterly shop sales, by CCP Trustee Malcolm Thyne.
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