Charities to benefit from
the activities of o2e during 2008
Demelza
House Childrens Hospice
http://www.demelzahouse.org
Demelza
is an organisation providing hospice care for over 450 children with
life-limiting illnesses and their families across Kent, East Sussex and South
London through.
Demelza House is an 8-bedded children's
hospice offering children the opportunity to enjoy residential short breaks
(with the option of families staying as well) in beautiful Kent countryside.
Demelza-James provides a hospice at home
service for over 150 children in East Sussex, South West Kent and South London
with life-threatening and life-limiting illness and their families. The
service complements the care offered at Demelza House with the Demelza-James
specialist paediatric nurses going directly into the family home to provide
care, crisis intervention, an on-call service and respite.
Disability Challengers
(http://www.disability-challengers.org)
The Disability Challengers Approach
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To
enable children to challenge their impairments through Play in a stimulating and
safe environment.
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To provide suitable care for disabled children and young people
whatever their impairment with appropriate knowledge, skill, competence,
initiative and sensitivity.
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To create an atmosphere where self-expression, co-operation,
learning and sharing are encouraged, nurtured and supported.
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To
create a welcoming and supportive environment and
proactively enable young people and their families who use Disability
Challengers to participate in the planning and development of our services
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We never exclude a child on the grounds of the severity of their
impairment and we do not set geographical limits - play and leisure
opportunities for disabled young people are few and disabled people seldom have
a local resource.
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To positively discriminate in favour of disabled young people
while inequality of provision exists.
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To uphold and
encourage freedom of choice for the individual and so we aim to provide both
Exclusive and Inclusive programmes in the communities in which we work.
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To treat each other with respect and consideration.
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To accept responsibility for one's own actions.
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To conduct all our affairs with regard to individual differences.
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To be sensitive to everyone's right to privacy and
confidentiality.
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To examine what we do and
continually try to improve.