The Charity we as a Directorate has chosen to support is Amy’s House. A small charity which is a respite facility for children with special Needs.

Amy’s House is a facility for families with children, from 5-18 years old, who have additional and sometimes life limiting illnesses. They are based in the heart of the local community at Ballifield Primary School and also in their new building at The Stables, Handsworth, in Sheffield. They aim to be flexible and responsive to local needs and are funded through the kind generosity of their energetic fundraisers and corporate partnerships.

Amy’s House focuses on meeting the holistic requirements of children with special needs through education, exercise and above all, fun. Amy’s House is the only respite centre of its kind in the Sheffield area to not only support the child but also their siblings.

The facilities they have include a multi -sensory room with an interactive magic carpet, a multi-purpose function room, soft play area, an indoor and a large outdoor play area with specialist equipment.

Whilst the core of what they do is centred on their base at Ballifield Primary School and The Stables in Sheffield, they also provide additional services such an outreach programme, pick up and drop off from sessions for a nominal fee, direct payment and family support and online help.  They can provide parents with advice about specialised care services.

We look forward to supporting them over the coming year.

We have given ourselves a fundraising target of £2000. If anyone has any ideas of how we can fundraise please contact:

Vic, Efe, Graz or Anna 🙂