Charity call to go green for National Cerebral Palsy Day
CEREBRAL palsy charity Stick ‘n’ Step is asking people to ‘go green’ on National Cerebral Palsy Day in March.
The whole of March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, with National Cerebral Palsy Day taking place on Thursday, March 25.
Cerebral palsy is a group of disorders that affects movement and coordination and is the most common motor disability in childhood with one in 400 babies estimated to be born every year with some form of it.
Stick ‘n’ Step is asking schools, businesses and individuals across the region to go green to show their support and raise awareness of the condition, while raising funds for the charity.
Suggestions for ways to go green include dressing in green for the day, celebrating with a green cake bake off, decorating your home or workplace in green or having fun with some green-themed crafts.
Stick ‘n’ Step offers support services to children with cerebral palsy and their families.
The charity provides the children with totally free of charge conductive education sessions, allowing them to gain the skills they need to live more independent lives.
More than 100 children from across the region usually attend these sessions weekly or twice weekly at the charity’s Wallasey, Merseyside, and Runcorn centres.
Interim head of fundraising Samantha Lee said: “Our charity receives no government funding and we rely hugely on our wonderful local community to help us with our fundraising.
“Now, more than ever, we need help so we can continue providing lifechanging support to the young people who attend our conductive education sessions and their families.”
Contact Stick ‘n’ Step by email to find out more about going green. Once you have signed up you will receive a fundraising guide telling you everything you need to know about #GoGreen4CP, a sponsorship form if you need one and a poster to share what you are doing and when.