The National Lottery supports Paces Summer School

Thank you to the National Lottery – and everyone who plays – for backing Paces. 

We’ve just been awarded £6,640 from the Community Fund to support our exciting new Summer School programme this year.  That’s in addition to the money awarded by BBC Children In Need.

Paces School will be offering two weeks’ Summer School provision for up to 16 children, starting at the end of July, and these grants will support this.

The Summer School will offer a full Conductive Education programme but it will be interspersed with a range of fun summer activities, which will take place every afternoon.

BBC Children in Need supports Paces Summer School

We’re very pleased to announce that we have secured £17,506 of funding from BBC Children in Need towards the costs of our Summer School programme. 

The funding is spread across three years and means we will be able to offer a Summer School programme until at least 2021.

Children in Need’s support for the Summer School is in addition to their ongoing backing for the Paces Outreach Programme, which helps families and their children who are aged 0-4 years.

Paces School will be offering two weeks’ Summer School provision for up to 16 children, starting at the end of July.

The Summer School will offer a full Conductive Education programme but it will be interspersed with a range of fun summer activities, which will take place every afternoon.

We’ll report back, when the fun starts!

School receives £10,000 for new equipment

Paces School has been awarded a £10,000 grant for new equipment to support pupils.

The donation came from the Province of Yorkshire, West Riding Freemasons and was accepted by Chief Executive Spencer Pitfield and Trustee Norma Brindley at an event this month.

Ruth Liu, Paces School Headteacher, said:

“We are now in our 21st year which means some of our equipment is very old and in need of being replaced. This donation will help us to do just that so we have the latest equipment which will support and enhance our unique Conductive Education programme which allows young people to receive the best start in life.”

Dr Spencer Pitfield OBE, Paces Chief Executive, added:

“We are grateful to receive support from both the Department of Education and Local Authorities for our school core curriculum. But this funding is not always enough for some of the extra school equipment we need to give our pupils the best opportunities. This donation will make a big difference to that aim and I would like to thank everyone who contributed to such a sizeable donation”.

Paces launch new Befriending Service

We are proud to be able to launch our new Befriending Service.

Our Families4Families Befriending Service has been made possible by a generous grant from The Henry Smith Charity, and it aims to help and support parents and carers of physically disabled children across the region through a network of experienced parents, carers and grandparents.

To find out more about this service, become a befriender or access the service yourself please visit our Befriending page here >>

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