Support for inclusive equipment
Hilton Avisford Park, near Arundel, has supported a music grant for new inclusive space at Worthing’s Oak Grove College.
New sensory equipment has been funded for the college, to allow complete inclusivity in music lessons. DM Thomas Foundation for Young People has awarded a grant of £9,780 to create an inclusive music technology space at the special educational needs school for pupils in West Sussex aged 11 to 19 with learning and physical disabilities. The grant will fund specialist technology and equipment.
By providing specialist equipment and facilities, important training and support, and vital care, the foundation works to improve the education, health and wellbeing of young people.
Supporters Richard Hopton, general manager at Hilton Avisford Park, and Philippa Redwood, his PA and a foundation champion, visited the college to present the grant.
Mr Hopton said: “We were honoured to meet teachers and students at Oak Grove College, where we were able to see the enormous contribution college staff make to improving the learning and life opportunities of young people at the college.
“We were delighted to present the foundation’s grant to head teacher Phillip Potter, who showed us how the money would be used to purchase sensory music equipment to allow all the children to participate together and create music in the same class with complete inclusivity.”