Understanding Differences Regular Updates

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Firstly, I personally need to thank everyone who made donations around the time those who attended and helped organise the event at Halloween which raised further money In His Memory.

I really am very grateful-Thank-you. We would like to offer you a free wristband per family for your donations so please catch me in the school playground or come to a coffee morning to get yours.

Unfortunately we cancelled our meetings at the Air Balloon, Horley. In the meantime, we will hold some coffee mornings in our own houses, giving members and their friends an opportunity to offer or gain support or just to make new friends.

Children are very welcome, they will also benefit as they will build on their communication skills, confidence and self-esteem. Tues 7th February and 7th March 2006 Pop along anytime between 9.30 and 1.30 ( I leave for school at 3pm) to 50 Ashdown Drive, Tilgate.

Anyone is welcome We will provide play equipment and refreshments and only ask for a donation as you would make at a Toddler Group. Please contact us if you would be interested to hold a session on our behalf to help raise a little money for our funds or if you would like to come along to one.

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Understanding Differences   

A Self-Help Group

Raising Awareness to Support Children who have Experienced Difficult Times

UPDATE    August 2005 to December 2005

Awareness, support, friendship and fun for both children and adults. Only ever having 8 local families in our membership representing a knowledge of living with CHD, Asthma, Hypermobility syndrome, Diabetes, Domestic Violence, Learning Disabilities, Food Allergies/Intolerance,  we have still had app. £4,846 in our account and £4,332 out of it!

We are not replacing what other support groups/charities already offer but, aim to bring all of that together under one umbrella to be able to offer a better network of families who understand; even if it is only part of what you may be going through. Families with rare conditions can find few or even no people nearby to be able to meet up with. We have also paid for many books which are based in a few schools/ playgroups in crawley/horley so that they are readily available to as many families possible (hence, cover a wide age range).

They offer support, also awareness to those willing to learn and aim in the future to extend our aims by writing our own series of books about real life experiences.  Starting at key stage 1 level such books would encourage children to learn from an early age about compassionate issues-a way to try to reduce bullying.

~ members can be anyone who is keen to offer or gain support  or help support our aims

Memorial Fund

(LRMF)

REGULAR MEETINGS

MONEY IN

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