WHAT THEY DO: They support over 8,000 disabled children, young people and their families every year by delivering around 125 services across England.
WHY WE LOVE THEM: Because KIDS is unique; there is no other organisation dedicated to providing such an extensive range of services to disabled children and young people, aged 0-25 years, irrespective of their impairment or condition. And we also love that KIDS supports the parents and siblings of children with disabilities, too.
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SM #GOODTEES: Every time you buy one
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of our #GoodTees we donate £15 per sweatshirt and £10 per T-shirt to charity. Our WINGING IT and 24/7 adult designs, plus our children’s BOY, GIRL and KIN designs support KIDS.
SM DONATIONS: As of Jan 2017, we’ve now donated over £500K to our chosen charities, and of that, £49,438 has gone directly to KIDS!
SM SUPPORTS: Our above donations have been spent on the following projects:
”This amazing partnership has already helped us to support hundreds of disabled children, through our Short Breaks service.
Each year, KIDS
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provides over 60,000 hours of short breaks for disabled children. Whilst an evening out may seem like the norm to many of us, 92% of parents reported their children miss on leisure activities due to their disability.
KIDS Short breaks provide disabled children an evening out, a day trip or an overnight stay at one of our residential homes with other disabled children. All the care is provided by our expertly trained staff and it is often the first time a disabled child is able to try a new experience or be away from their family. This is also often
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the only time parents will have to do basic things like spending one-to-one time with their other children or catching up on household chores.
With an increase in demand and little funding to enable children to enjoy a special activity during their short break, the support Selfish Mother provides allows us to help even more disabled children enjoy a short break which they need and deserve In fact, every #GoodTees sweatshirt sold allows us to provide another disabled child with an experience which supports their development and enhances their wellbeing
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and quality of life. Thanks to Selfish Mother and everyone who supports KIDS by purchasing the #GoodTees range, we are able to support even more disabled children in the UK.”
KIDS SAYS: ”We are extremely grateful for the huge support we receive from the Selfish Mother team. It is great to be partnering with a company which has social benefit embedded so deeply and Molly and the rest of the team are really revolutionizing the way charities partner with companies and the benefits it brings for all parties. Thank you so much for the donations which
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help us make a real difference to the lives of disabled children and for promoting our work, helping to bring more awareness for the cause. You really are an amazing bunch ”
Yunus Bham, Corporate Partnerships Manager, KIDS
WHAT THEY DO: They support over 8,000 disabled children, young people and their families every year by delivering around 125 services across England.
WHY WE LOVE THEM:Because KIDS is unique; there is no other organisation dedicated to providing such an extensive range of services to disabled children and young people, aged 0-25 years, irrespective of their impairment or condition. And we also love that KIDS supports the parents and siblings of children with disabilities, too.
WATCH:
SM #GOODTEES: Every time you buy one of our #GoodTees we donate £15 per sweatshirt and £10 per T-shirt to charity. Our WINGING IT and 24/7 adult designs, plus our children’s BOY, GIRL and KIN designs support KIDS.
SM DONATIONS: As of Jan 2017, we’ve now donated over £500K to our chosen charities, and of that, £49,438 has gone directly to KIDS!
SM SUPPORTS: Our above donations have been spent on the following projects:
“This amazing partnership has already helped us to support hundreds of disabled children, through our Short Breaks service.
Each year, KIDS provides over 60,000 hours of short breaks for disabled children. Whilst an evening out may seem like the norm to many of us, 92% of parents reported their children miss on leisure activities due to their disability.
KIDS Short breaks provide disabled children an evening out, a day trip or an overnight stay at one of our residential homes with other disabled children. All the care is provided by our expertly trained staff and it is often the first time a disabled child is able to try a new experience or be away from their family. This is also often the only time parents will have to do basic things like spending one-to-one time with their other children or catching up on household chores.
With an increase in demand and little funding to enable children to enjoy a special activity during their short break, the support Selfish Mother provides allows us to help even more disabled children enjoy a short break which they need and deserve In fact, every #GoodTees sweatshirt sold allows us to provide another disabled child with an experience which supports their development and enhances their wellbeing and quality of life. Thanks to Selfish Mother and everyone who supports KIDS by purchasing the #GoodTees range, we are able to support even more disabled children in the UK.”
KIDS SAYS: “We are extremely grateful for the huge support we receive from the Selfish Mother team. It is great to be partnering with a company which has social benefit embedded so deeply and Molly and the rest of the team are really revolutionizing the way charities partner with companies and the benefits it brings for all parties. Thank you so much for the donations which help us make a real difference to the lives of disabled children and for promoting our work, helping to bring more awareness for the cause. You really are an amazing bunch ”
Molly Gunn is the founder and editor of Selfish Mother, a site she created for like-minded women in 2013. Molly has been a journalist for over 15 years, starting out working on fashion desks at The Guardian, The Telegraph & ES Magazine before going freelance in 2006 to write for quality publications. She now edits Selfish Mother, sells #GoodTees to raise funds for charity, & writes freelance for Red Magazine and The Sunday Telegraph's Stella. Molly is mother to Rafferty, 6, Fox, 4, and baby Liberty. She is married to Tom aka music producer Tee Mango and founder of Millionhands. They live in Bruton, Somerset.
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