DONATIONS
FUNDRAISING
Chatterbox is the
beneficiary of a charity golf day held annually at the prestigious
Buckinghamshire Golf Club. Local businessmen and businesses connected
to the service and leisure industry regularly support this event and
it has become a firm fixture in the diaries of all those who attend.
The day begins with breakfast, followed by a round of golf and lunch.
Finally the prize giving, drawing of the raffle and an auction take
place. Historically, the auction has consisted of various pieces of
signed sporting memorabilia, luxury weekend accommodation, tickets and
entertainment to some of the most exclusive sporting fixtures. These
have included the Ryder Cup, Six Nations Rugby tickets, premiership
football matches, a private pod for 25 people on the London Eye and
even a trip on the Orient Express. These are but a few of the amazing
prizes that have been donated and each year brings yet more fantastic
surprises.
Due to the
overwhelming support of everyone involved with the golf day it
regularly raises over £10,000 a year. This enables Chatterbox to
continue to help children with speech and communication impairments
who attend departments based in mainstream educational environments.
We also
receive donations from local events held within the community such as,
Christmas fairs, raffles and individual donations. This money is
always gratefully received and put to good use immediately within our
nominated schools.
We are
always looking for new ways to continue supporting "these very
special children" and welcome any new ideas. Maybe we could be
your company’s nominated charity for a year or your chosen charity
for a one-off event. If you think you can help, please contact us, we
would be happy to come along and discuss any plans you may have.
And
finally, the trustees of Chatterbox are all very proud of the fact
that administration costs for the charity are kept to an absolute
minimum.
THANKS
" .... I have pleasure in
confirming that the Sensory Room and the AIT machine are in place here
at Claytons Combined School. Thank you once again for your role in
giving such a generous donation."
Teacher in charge of SCD Department
Claytons Combined School
".... on behalf of all the staff and children of Aston Clinton
Language Department, may I say thank you very much for the cheque
which you sent us to purchase equipment for the Department. The
children will get a great deal of pleasure from all the new resources
that you have provided."
Teacher in charge of the Language Department
Aston Clinton School
".... Please extend our thanks to all at Chatterbox and
those who help you to raise funds to help children like ours. It is
great to get such marvellous support from groups such as yours."
Teacher in charge of Language Department
Bell Lane Combined School
".... A BIG THANK YOU for the generous donation made to our
Language Outreach Service. The equipment is already making a big
difference to the lives of SLi children, thank you."
Speech and Language Therapist
Outreach
".... we have now purchased a
multimedia projector. This is an excellent resource for us as teachers
working with children with autistic spectrum disorders. These students
respond well to information presented in visual forms, and programmes
such as ‘PowerPoint’ allow us to develop with ease lessons based
around visual structures. Once again, thank you for your
generosity."
Teacher-in-charge, Communication
Base
Princes Risborough School
"....Thank you so very much
for the generous ‘Chatterbox’ donation. We would like to save an
amount towards interactive white boards to support ICT. This
innovation would greatly support Language Department children who
sometimes struggle with writing. We would also like to buy a camcorder
with the balance of the donation to help us monitor the progress and
development of Language Department children."
Language Department Teacher
Holtspur School
"…. Both the Social
Communication Department and Language Department staffs have
considered hard your wonderful offer of financial support and the
attached list is all vital and much needed by the Departments. Many
thanks again from us all at Disraeli."
Special Needs Team Leader
The Disraeli School
"…. Just a note to say
thank you for all the efforts you have made to support our Department
children. Congratulations on the results of all your hard work."
Social Communication Department
Teacher
Carrington Infant School
".... Just a note to thank
you for the generous contribution towards Henry Allen Nursery School’s
60th Anniversary project to build a Sensory Room. We are fully
operational!
Thanks Chatterbox!"
Headteacher
Henry Allen Nursery School
".... The camcorder
that you bought is just fantastic and the Smartboard that
we purchased with your donation is amazing. The interactive screen
enables all of our children to be
involved in many exciting activities.
Thank you Chatterbox. You are doing a great job!"
Headteacher
Elmtree School
OUR
ACHIEVEMENTS
The money raised through
Chatterbox has been spent in several ways and below is a list of how
some of this money was distributed:-
* Smartboards and
projectors for interactive teaching and learning within Language
Department classrooms
* Computers and software
with activities to promote literacy, numeracy and concept development
* Projectors to enable
specialist teachers to share knowledge and skills when training
other teachers in working with students with autism
* A range of specialist
resources developed for use with children with Specific
Language Impairment e.g. "Describe it!"; "Facilitating
Word Recall"; "Co-ordinating
auditory information" etc all available from Winslow Press
* "The Rainbow Road Program" an Occupational therapy support
program for fine and gross motor
co-ordination
* A range of large
physical play materials to encourage motor control and strength
e.g. body boards, balance balls, play tunnels and balance blocks
* Toys to develop symbolic
and imaginative play e.g. Playmobil, sand and water toys,
baking materials etc
* Materials and ideas to
develop social interaction in "Circle Time" [Jenny Moseley]
* Sponsorship for further
specialist training
DONATE
Like all charities,
we can only make money through fundraising and donations. If you would
like to donate any amount to Chatterbox then we would of
course be delighted.
You can make a
donation in several ways: - Send
us a cheque or postal order to our address at 
or alternatively, you can print off the pre-printed form below and
enclose your donation with it.
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