Lincoln Financial Group - Profile

The donation from Lincoln's Community Partnership Programme (CPP), will fully fund a forthcoming 2-day mobility skills training course for wheelchair-using children and their families in Gloucester.  This donation will enable AWC to provide local wheelchair-using children the opportunity to develop their wheelchair-using skills and introduce the charity's services to the Gloucester area. 

The CPP is Lincoln's charitable giving programme, investing in projects relating to arts, education and human services.

"The CPP has a dedicated committee who meet quarterly to consider application against our awards criteria".  Says Kathryn Folley, Lincoln Financial Group. "We want to make as much of an impact as possible with the donations that we make.  The CPP mirrors our US parents ‘Lincoln Foundation’, supporting projects and causes that are philanthropic in purpose. The CPP looks to enhance the quality of life in the communities where Lincoln has a presence. By helping people realise their full potential and improve the quality of life for many we want to show that Lincoln is a company interested in and committed to reinvesting in people. We made such an impact in 2002 that we won the Gloucestershire Citizens & Echo newspaper award for Contribution to the Community".                          

Meon Valley Golf Club nominates
The Association of Wheelchair Children
As its’ 2003 Charity of the Year

Pilkington Profile

Pilkington Plc is one of the worlds largest manufacturers in glass and glazing products for the building and automotive markets. The  group employs 25,000 people in 24 countries around the world.  "Wherever we operate we try to play a part in our local communities by supporting charitable organisations through both financial donations and practical help. In this way we aim to ensure that that our worldwide operations play a responsible and responsive role in the countries and regions in which they operate.  Pilkington is particularly proud to support the Association Of Wheelchair Children in 2 courses and wish AWC every success over the coming year in helping disabled children ‘Get Mobile’".

By Mr David Roycroft, Head of Corporate Affairs – Pilkington Plc.

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Redrow Homes - In the Community.

House builder Redrow Homes (Scotland) is amongst one of several local companies to have funded towards the cost of a 2-day mobility skills training course run by the Association of Wheelchair Children for wheelchair-using children and their families in Glasgow.

It costs £500.00 to train a wheelchair-using child with the necessary skills, which will enable him/her to take a fuller and more active part in their everyday lives and become independently mobile. A lack of funding has meant that this has only been the second time in the charities history that we have been able to provide wheelchair training for children in the Glasgow area. We hope that this support will pave the way for offering even more children in Scotland the opportunity to benefit from our unique programme of mobility training courses in the future.

Managing Director Gordon Miller says: "We are delighted to help young children take an active part in every day living"

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Stena Line Profile

Following requests from the local parents and paediatric physiotherapists in Galway, in May 2003 the Association of Wheelchair Children held a 3-day wheelchair training course for local wheelchair-using children, their families and physiotherapists. This training course enabled a further 14 wheelchair-using children to become independently mobile.

Stena Line the “worlds favourite ferry company” made this training course in Southern Ireland possible by donating the cost of ferry travel to enable the charity’s therapy team and stock of manual wheelchairs to travel from Holyhead to Dunleary.  Stena Line are happy to support the work of Association of Wheelchair Children with wheelchair-using children in Ireland through this gift in kind and are always pleased to make arrangements for anyone who requires help at the port or on board their ships through prior arrangement.

Only Stena Line operates the Stena HSS, the world’s largest fast ferry, which sails on the Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire, Stranraer-Belfast and Harwich-Hook of Holland routes (the fastest direct route to Holland). Superferries also operate on all routes and you can choose to travel out to Ireland via one route/ferry and return via another.

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