Cerebral palsy group social enterprise title

CEREBRAL charity Stick ‘n’ Step has won the Social Enterprise award in the Halton Business Awards, held at Halton Stadium last week.

Stick ‘n’ Step opened a centre in Tudor Hall on York Street in Runcorn just over two years ago to provide support services to children with cerebral palsy and their families.

The charity provides the children with free of charge conductive education sessions, allowing them to gain the skills they need to live independent lives.

The Runcorn centre is the second one to be opened by Stick ‘n’ Step, which also has a centre in Wallasey.

In selecting Stick ‘n’ Step as winners, the judges said: “The charity stood out for delivering an outstanding service and true expertise, which is evidently transforming the lives of so many, very deserving individuals.

“The work they undertake is quite honestly inspirational, they believe in the possible and deliver the incredible.”

Jenny Snell, the group’s head of fundraising, collected the award along with colleague Kelly Marks, who is also a member of the fundraising team.

Jenny said: “We are relative newcomers to Halton Borough and we have been overwhelmed by the welcome and support we have received from the local community.

“We are absolutely delighted to receive this award and would like to express our thanks to everyone involved.”

Stick ‘n’ Step has been established with a centre in Wallasey since 2002.

The acquisition of this new centre in Runcorn, which opened in October 2017, was made possible thanks to backing from major funder the Steve Morgan Foundation, which bought the building and funded the massive refurbishment required with a commitment of £260,000.

A former office building, the centre now has a large bright classroom space with specialist equipment for the children’s sessions, a state-of-the-art sensory room, fully accessible children’s toilets, a sage bathroom, a comfortable parents’ room, kitchen and office space for staff.