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Help A Chilc Have A Chance 7th Apr 2015 £1000 from 'Help A Child Have A Chance'!

Our thanks go to the 'Help A Child Have A Chance' charity which donated £1,000 to Accessible Derbyshire back in 2013 to enable the purchase of mobile sensory equipement. This equipment can be placed in any holiday property in the area to help make a break extra-special for disabled young people holidaying in Derbyshire and the Peak District. The charity was...

Willings] 7th Apr 2015 £309.44 from Willings Services

A great big 'thank you' to Willing Services for their generous donation of £309.44 to Accessible Derbyshire!

NCS Carsington2 7th Apr 2015 NCS Students raise an amazing £351!

  On 30th August last year, students from the National Citizenship Service hosted a charity fun-day full of accessible 'have-a-go activities and raised a magnificent £351 for Accessible Derbyshire! Accessible activities on offer during the day included archery, football, cycling, golf and sailing with 'Sailability', together with a cake-stall and...

placeholder 7th Apr 2015 £10 donation from A.Clinton

Our thanks go to A.Clinton for kindly donating £10.00 to our charity.

Coast to Coast 7th Apr 2015 £355 from the 'Coast to Coast' team!

Wendy Westlake aged 50(Bluebell. wood T Shirt) and Catherine Brown aged 45(accessible Derbyshire T Shirt) both from Dronfield  successfully cycled the  the Coast to Coast to raise funds for 2 local charities close to their hearts. Wendy and Catherine undertook the ride the ride last year along with 11 other family members and friends, raising money for...

placeholder 7th Apr 2015 £237 from the family of Mrs. Iris Eyre

We are very grateful to the family of the late Mrs. Iris Eyre who very kindly gave a donation of £237 to Accessible Derbyshire from the collection made at Iris's funeral.  It was so very thoughtful supporting our charity at such a difficult time.

placeholder 7th Apr 2015 £5.00 donation from Dr. Scholes in Endcliffe Park!

A great big 'thank you' to Dr. T. Scholes whom  Gillian met in Endcliffe Park and who made the first-ever donation to Accessible Derbyshire,  giving a welcome £5.00 to our charity. We were so thrilled to receive our first-ever donation that we framed the £5.00 note and contributed the donation ourselves so that we can save the original as a memento!

DCC logo 6th Apr 2015 £20,000 start-up donation from D.C.C.'s 'Aiming High'!

 A HUGE thank you goes to Derbyshire County Council and their 'Aiming High For Disabled Children' fund which gave two separate donations of £10.000 to get Accessible Derbyshire up and running!  Their initial £20k funded the setting up of the Accessible Derbyshire website, enabled us to make films of 30 holiday properties which are available to view on the...

Proact 15 16th Apr 2015 Why the' Proact' has accessibility at its heart!

Many of you will have heard of the 'Proact ' Stadium, home of Chesterfield Football Club, but you might be surprised to learn that there is something extra special about it: for not only is it home to one of the oldest football league clubs in the world: it is also one of the most accessible venues in the country! Thanks largely to the foresight of the...

Mobile Unit DR 24th Apr 2015 Derbyshire's mobile Changing Places unit ROCKS!

Changing Places change lives. They are special toilet facilities needed by 250,000 people in this country. Thanks to local campaigning and a very proactive, forward-thinking county council, Derbyshire now has 23 Changing Places toilets across the county. In addition Derbyshire is one of the few councils in the country to have purchased its very own mobile...

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