What are the Leading Special Needs Charities?

May 8
09:32

2011

Carl S Liver

Carl S Liver

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The United Kingdom is a country that wholeheartedly supports and encourages special charities. Without them special needs individuals do not have the ...

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The United Kingdom is a country that wholeheartedly supports and encourages special charities. Without them special needs individuals do not have the opportunity to develop and grow and the result is societal exclusion which exacerbates an already unfortunate situation.

Independence Homes is a leading U.K. charity for epilepsy care homes. The charity offers supported living programmes where residents can partake in different kinds of therapies such as art therapy,What are the Leading Special Needs Charities? Articles massage therapy, music therapy and physiotherapy to name a few. The residence includes sports and drama to help their residents enjoy a multi-faceted quality of life. Epilepsy care homes tries to exceed the services that their service users’ expect.

‘Follow Your Dreams' is a Charity that raises funds and awareness to support youngsters with special needs to 'Follow Their Dreams’, helping them to explore and develop their potential through music, art, sport and drama. The charity has a special Follow Your Dreams road show where young people demonstrate their particular interests and talents to the public, to help raise an awareness and money to support the organization.

Any interested people can organize their fundraising event in conjunction with this charity. Such events as “dress down days”, fashion shows, Bingo and golf help to create a fun event that will help the charity too.

BILD (British Institute of Learning Disabilities) is the leading U.K. charity for learning disability. The charity has changed its direction to that of having fewer physical interventions. Two publications have been written: Ethical Approaches to Physical Interventions, Volume II: Changing the Agenda' edited by Professor David Allen and the Third Edition of the 'BILD Code of Practice for the use and reduction of restrictive physical intervention’.

The charity feels that learning how to restrain less provides a better support system and understanding for individuals with a learning disability.

The National Autistic Society is the leading U.K. charity for autism care homes. The individual needs of each person are the first priority when looking for a home. The residence should be welcoming so that living there will help to establish confidence, develop personal spending parameters, establish a sense of independence, develop social skills and pursue a meaningful life.

Personal achievement brings with it the opportunity to move on to one of our Supported Living settings where there is a lower level of direct staff intervention representing a further step on the pathway to living safely and independently in the community.

Whatever the charity, the goal that they all share is to provide a caring, comfortable environment for those individuals requiring special attention so that the quality of their lives is as high as they are able to and wish to go.

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