Case Studies

Here are the stories of three organisations who have benefited from your money:

Hornsey Trust For Children With Cerebral Palsy

"We are very grateful to 95.8 Capital FM’s Help a London Child for our grant of £1,020. The money will fund a student Conductor to lead our summer holiday scheme for children with hemiplegia. We will teach children how to improve their mobility, balance, communication, co-ordination and posture through specialised activities and tasks that are individualised for each child's needs - and fun! Children enjoy attending because they learn how to improve their confidence and develop a 'can do' attitude to carry forward into other areas of their life.”
- Anna Salamonowicz, Head of Fundraising.

Action For Blind People

One of the many sports projects 95.8 Capital FM’s Help a London Child supports is Action for Blind People’s West London Actionnaires Club, and one of the children who attends is nine year Luca. He has been blind since birth as he was born without an optic nerve, meaning he has no sight at all. Luca goes to the club with his mum, Kelly, and since joining Actionnaires, Kelly has seen many changes in Luca:

“His confidence has really grown and he takes that confidence with him into his home life. He isn’t as scared to try new things as he used to be and he’s able to get a lot more exercise.”

Luca loves trampolining and swimming at his local Actionnaires club.  Thanks to the HALC grant received by Action for Blind People who run the West London Actionnaires Club, Luca and all the other children at the club will for the next year be able to experience a wide range of sports including football, athletics, dancing and judo.  This may be the first time many of the children have played these sports.

The Westminster Youth Club

"The Westminster House Youth Club in Nunhead, South East London has benefited greatly from financial support from 95.8 Capital FM's Help a London Child. Our current grant of £1,296 enables us to provide staff to increase the number of days of activity we can offer during Easter and Summer 2008 holidays. Diversionary activities are particularly important for our members because of the circumstances which prevail in our local area.

Nunhead suffers from a range of inner-city problems, including high unemployment, crime, drugs, violence, a high incidence of underage sexual activity, etc.  The Club is right in the middle of the "no mans land" between rival gangs which has recently been highlighted in the national media and which has resulted in shootings and gang violence. At Westminster House we are aware of the circumstances which can militate against our young people achieving, but we have confidence in their ability to rise above the low expectations placed upon them. Support from charities like Capital’s Help a London Child who understand our need to target vulnerable young people during specific periods is essential to our success."
- Katie Worthington, Director