Latest Special Parents News
Group Trustee
Posted on Thursday 10th May 2012 @ 03:16pm by Admin
We are currently looking for an additional Trustee for our group as we look to apply for charity status. We are seeking a professional that ideally has no connection to the group at present and therefore can bring a wealth of experience and knowledge with them.
If you are interested in finding our more please contact me on rachel@specialparents.org.uk
Next Group Meeting
Posted on Monday 23rd April 2012 @ 03:31pm by Admin
The next group meeting will be held at Willingdon Trees Childrens Centre on Tuesday 1st May 2012 at 10.30pm. If you require a place in the creche for your child please telephone the childrens centre asap to book at place.
Online fundraising website
Posted on Tuesday 10th April 2012 @ 06:46pm by Admin
We are now pleased to announce that we are in a position to accept online fundraising. You can now set up a sponsorship page amongst other pages that will collect online donations and send them direct to Special Parents.
For further information see the website or use the contact us facility.
https://specialparents.workwithus.org/Management/Fundraising/CreatePage.aspx
Online Fundraising
Posted on Wednesday 4th April 2012 @ 09:23am by Admin
We are now looking into an online fundraising facility specifically for those wishing to collect online sponsorship for the group. I will update as soon as I have something set up! So feel free to get your thinking caps on for fundraising ideas!
Bag Packing Fundraising
Posted on Wednesday 7th March 2012 @ 07:13pm by Admin
Special Parents members will be at ESK Eastbourne on Saturday 7th April between 10-4 packing customers bags to raise funds for our proposed Sensory Garden. Please come along and support us by parting with your loose change! Any volunteers welcome, please use the contact us button if you can offer any help.
Peel2Save
Posted on Friday 10th February 2012 @ 11:14am by Rachel
We are now involved in the Peel2Save scheme locally. Basically you purchase a card from me for £10 (50% goes to Special Parents and 50% to Peel2Save) and it gives you 64 different offers for local establishments, anything from haircuts to meals out, cinema to bowling etc., For more info or to purchase one please contact me, also if anyone wants to take some to sell to friends and family locally just let me know. This is an excellent way of raising money for Special Parents whilst giving people discounts for local businesses.
Peacehaven Group Meeting
Posted on Thursday 26th January 2012 @ 01:18pm by Rachel
Please note that the Peacehaven group meeting will not run in February as it falls during the school half term, however current and new members are invited to attend the Eastbourne February meeting on the 6th February.
Christmas
Posted on Sunday 18th December 2011 @ 07:40am by Rachel
Just to let you all know that Special Parents will be taking a break over the Christmas period and will resume on 3/1/12. On behalf of everyone involved I like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and look forward to seeing you all soon.
Donation from SVWOC
Posted on Monday 5th December 2011 @ 02:34pm by Rachel
I have recently received a cheque for £200.00 from the Sussex VW owners club following their decision to choose Special Parents as their charity of the year. We are very grateful for this considerable donation which has helped us fund this year's christmas party.
Private donation
Posted on Monday 5th December 2011 @ 02:32pm by Rachel
I have recently received a private donation from a member of £20.00, this was donated using our new paypal donate now facility on the website. We are very grateful for this donation and have acknowledged this directly to the member.
Lush Donation
Posted on Monday 21st November 2011 @ 05:27pm by Rachel
I was very pleased today to accept a donation from Lush Eastbourne of a bag of gifts for the children for the Christmas party and also a raffle prize. Thanks so much to all at Kristin and her team at Lush Eastbourne for the kind donation.
Private donation
Posted on Friday 18th November 2011 @ 11:28am by Rachel
I have today received a donation of £67.00 from Irene Juler for the ongoing development of the group.
This donation came as a result of a collection at Irene's workplace in memory of her late husband Ron Juler, Irene asked that the collection be passed to Special Parents which we are extremely grateful for.
Donation from the Masons
Posted on Friday 18th November 2011 @ 11:26am by Rachel
I was very pleased this week to receive a telephone call from the Eastbourne Masons (Verity Lodge) to offer us a donation of £100.00 towards the ongoing development of the group.
Parent Networking Event
Posted on Tuesday 15th November 2011 @ 06:19pm by Rachel
The next parent networking event will be held on Saturday 4th February in Seaford. Information will be sent out to members after Christmas but please save the date in your diary!
Christmas Party
Posted on Tuesday 15th November 2011 @ 06:17pm by Rachel
This year we will be holding our first Christmas party for all members. Please look out for the email with the information or contact me for details.
Donation from The Masons
Posted on Friday 30th September 2011 @ 08:52am by Rachel
Yesterday I was very pleased to receive a donation from the Masons for £675.50 following a Ladies Weekend they held. Many thanks to Samantha Sprange for arranging for Special Parents to be recipients of this considerable donation.
Fundraiser of the Year Award 2011
Posted on Tuesday 13th September 2011 @ 09:16am by Rachel
At our recent parents night out we used the opportunity to present our Fundraiser of the Year Award.
This year the award was presented to member Samantha Sprange. Sam has worked hard to not only raise funds for us but also to nominate us as a group to friends to be recipients of their fundraising.
A special mention was given to Sam's Mum and brother for their support and their decision to donate a considerable amount in memory of Sam's Dad, Ron Juler. The majority of this has been used to open up our support group in Peacehaven.
We are extremely grateful for the continued support we have received from Samantha and hope she can proudly display her award.
Missing 14 year old Autistic boy in Peacehaven is FOUND!
Posted on Wednesday 24th August 2011 @ 09:12am by Rachel
Just to let you all know that James was found yesterday and is now home with his Mum and Dad safe and sound. Thanks to all that spread the word in the search for James.
Missing 14 year old Autistic boy in Peacehaven
Posted on Tuesday 23rd August 2011 @ 10:28am by Rachel
HAVE YOU SEEN JAMES HERRINGTON ?
Police and Family are searching for Missing James Herrington, a 14 year old Vulnerable Autistic Boy. James has been missing since Sunday 21 August and was last seen at 9:30am at his home in Peacehaven, East Sussex.
James is describe as 5 ft 3 with short dark brown hair/crew cut. He also wears dark rimmed glasses. When James went missing, he was wearing a black vest top, blue check shorts, purple ankle trainers, and was carrying a little bag with a picture of the Beatles on.
James also carries autism alert card & has concessionary bus travel pass for brighton / sussex area.
Anyone with information regarding James whereabouts is asked to immediately contact Sussex Police on 0845 60 70 999
Evening group meetings
Posted on Tuesday 9th August 2011 @ 07:20pm by Rachel
Unfortunately I have to announce that the evening support group meetings in Stone Cross, Eastbourne have been cancelled with immediate effect. This is due to poor attendance and a lack of committee members available to run the sessions. Apologies for any inconvenience caused, please contact me if you'd like information of our other groups.
Emails
Posted on Tuesday 2nd August 2011 @ 02:15pm by Rachel
Many apologies but I am unable to send group emails at present due to a technical fault (well, my ability to deal with the technical fault!!!!) Please keep a look out on here or facebook for any news updates in the meantime.
Sussex Volkswagen Owners Club
Posted on Thursday 21st July 2011 @ 06:33pm by Rachel
I am very pleased to be able to announce that Special Parents has been chosen to be the charity supported by the East side of the Sussex Volkswagen Owners Club for 2011/2012.
This is excellent news for us not only for the fundraising aspect but also for the publicity that we will receive from this support.
Please see their website for more information about the owners club and the work they do for charities.
August Group Meeting
Posted on Wednesday 20th July 2011 @ 03:44pm by Rachel
The August evening group meeting has been moved to Monday 8th August 7.15-8.45pm, sorry if this causes anyone an inconvenience.
Peacehaven meeting cancelled 12/7/11
Posted on Monday 11th July 2011 @ 08:52pm by Rachel
Sorry for the short notice but due to reasons beyond our control we have to cancel the Peacehaven group meeting tomorrow. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience.
Special Offer for Group Members
Posted on Monday 11th July 2011 @ 02:12pm by Rachel
I recently had contact from the Bowen Therapy Clinic at the Enterprise Centre, Eastbourne who would like to offer all our group members a discount for their services.
They would like to offer a treatment for children under 16 for £20 instead of the normal price of £30, however they do stress that for a lasting effect treatments should continue a week apart for a few weeks.
Please see their website for more information www.bowentherapy.eu and quote Special Parents when booking if you wish to take up the offer.
Please note that Special Parents are not in anyway connected to the Bowen Therapy Clinic and therefore are not responsible for any treatments offered.
Parent Night Out
Posted on Monday 11th July 2011 @ 01:57pm by Rachel
The next parent night out is now confirmed as 10th September 2011 at Ashoka, Eastbourne. The cost per parent is £10 and we have limited numbers already.
Bridgemere Summer Fair
Posted on Sunday 3rd July 2011 @ 07:09pm by Rachel and Carolyn
We attended the summer fair today and ran the raffle stand and are pleased to announce a massive £233.17 was raised for Special Parents. This is broken down as follows.....
Raffle - £188.00
Pampered Chef - £6.17
Name the teddy - £10.00
Beauty by Hand - £7.00
Polegate Minature Railway - £22.00
Thanks to all the people that collected for us and supported us to raise this huge amount. We were also delighted to meet new parents and tell them all about the work we do and hopefully they will come and join us at meetings and events.
Special thanks to member, Sue Morris who gave up her time to run the refreshments at the Fair. And of course thanks to Sam, Mel and Chrissy at Tuppenny Toys and Sam at Beauty by Hand for organising the event and nominating us to receive the fundraising.
Bridgemere Summer Fair reminder
Posted on Wednesday 29th June 2011 @ 10:09am by Rachel
Don't forget the Bridgemere Summer Fair takes place this Sunday 11-2pm, please come along and support us to raise lots of money for Special Parents.
For more details see earlier news post below.
Parent Night Out
Posted on Monday 27th June 2011 @ 05:17pm by Rachel
We are planning on organising our next parent night out on 10th September 2011 and are in the process of looking for a suitable venue. If you are interested in coming please let me know using the 'contact us' button on the website. We ask the parents to contribute towards the cost of this night out but Special Parents do fund some of the cost to keep the parent contributions at a reasonable price.
Quiz Night
Posted on Monday 27th June 2011 @ 05:14pm by Rachel
Well done to everyone who came along to the quiz night and made it such a success....Sam Sprange and her team won the first prize of £50 and kindly donated half of the winnings back to Special Parents. Overall we raised £408.00 on the night.
Thank you to all the members that supported us by getting raffle prizes and to local businesses for donating prizes.
We have been asked to repeat the event more often and will be looking into this....watch this space!
Bridgemere Summer Fair
Posted on Monday 27th June 2011 @ 05:12pm by Rachel
Just a reminder to you all that the Bridgemere Summer Fair takes place this Sunday (3rd July) from 11-2pm at the Bridgemere Centre, Eastbourne. Please come along and have a look, I will be on the raffle stall!! Remember they are fundraising on behalf of Special Parents so come along and support them.
For more details phone Special Parents or see the facebook event page http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=194979537215381
Special Parents Annual Quiz Night
Posted on Sunday 5th June 2011 @ 08:48pm by Rachel
Our annual quiz night takes place on 18th June 2011 at The Drive, Old Town, Eastbourne. Please bring along friends and family to make up your own teams. For more details please use the 'Contact Us' form or see facebook event page.
Special Parents Facebook Group
Posted on Sunday 5th June 2011 @ 08:46pm by Rachel
We now have a new private facebook group set up which allows you to discuss and share information in private. The group is open to members only and has to be approved by one of the admins, this was we can ensure privacy and have control over the group to prevent spamming.
The link to the group is...
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