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John Fielding Special School caters for 64 children aged 2 -19 Years old, who have severe learning difficulties. The school is trying to fundraise for some equipment, which would enable their older students to gain qualifications in horticulture. While the focus is on these qualifications, the area would also benefit the entire school. They plan to host a ‘pupil farmers market’ each year involving local community groups and farms. They need to raise a total of £1,160.85. To offer help, please complete the form below. 

UPDATE (Feb 2021): We were able to provide everything this school needed, thanks to some generous donations. 

The school would love to start an after school board games club for the children, but don’t have the funds to buy the games. Almost a third of children at the school have additional learning needs. The board games club will encourage the children to socialise and also help with numeracy.  

UPDATE: Thanks to the kind people at Hasbro UK, this school now has all the board games they need. 

Many of the children this school have never seen a forest or been to the seaside. There is a high proportion of children from disadvantaged backgrounds and the teachers would love to be able to provide them with first hand experiences that they wouldn’t otherwise have access to. The school’s budget is very tight – they are undersubscribed and one form entry – so the cost of coaches prevents them from being able to take the children very far. They need £350 to be able to take 2 year groups on a field trip. Ideally they would like to raise enough to take all year groups – at a total cost of £1400. To offer help, please complete the form below.
UPDATE: A kind school donated the funds needed, and the children have been on their first ever trip! 

Berkshire Women’s Aid has refuges across Reading, Wokingham and Bracknell providing emergency accommodation for women in crisis. Sometimes children arrive at the refuge with very little. Being able to give every child a new pair of pyjamas and some lovely bedding would help them feel more at home during a very unsettling time in their lives.

They need pyjamas and robes in a variety of sizes and some cheerful character-themed bedding (eg. Peppa Pig) for single beds. If you would like to help, please complete the form below. 

The Magpie Project helps to support mums with children under 5 who are living in poverty. Sometimes they are surviving on zero income, or sometimes on £34 a week. This means that most cannot afford to buy nappies. The mums they help are trying to lengthen the period of time between nappy changes, or even rinsing out disposable nappies. They see a lot of suffering and nappy rash as a result. The Magpie Project spends £1000 each month trying to provide nappies for the babies who need them. They have limited storage and cannot receive bulk deliveries of nappies – so donations or ASDA gift cards are the best way to help with this. If you would like to help, please complete the form below.