Sci-tech cash injection for children’s charity
SCI-TECH Daresbury has pledged to raise £30,000 to support the cerebral palsy charity Stick ‘n’ Step.
Fundraising events will run throughout the year and are expected to be supported by the 150 companies on the campus.
A Sci-Tech spokeswoman said the joint venture board has kickstarted the effort with a whopping £10,000 donation.
Stick ‘n’ Step has centres in Runcorn and Wallasey and supports children and young people living with cerebral palsy and their families.
It provides free weekly specialist education sessions to more than 100 children every year.
Running its services costs around £600,000 per year, and the sessions are designed to help each child to reach their individual potential confidence, mobility and independence.
The wide range of fundraising activities lined up for the year for Sci-Tech and tenant firm staff include a Snowdonia challenge, abseiling, a sky dive and bike rides.
Amy Couture, Stick ‘n’ Step chief executive, said: “We are absolutely delighted that SciTech Daresbury has chosen to fundraise so generously for us.
“One in 400 children born in the UK has some form of cerebral palsy so there is a huge need for support both for them and their families.
“It costs £5,500 to cover the cost of just one child accessing our services for a year, this level of support from Sci-Tech Daresbury will significantly help us to support over 100 children across our two centres.”
John Downes, Langtree group chief executive and chairman of the Sci-Tech Daresbury joint venture, said: “Stick ‘n’ Step is a wonderful charity that touches the lives of hundreds of children and young people living with cerebral palsy across the North West.
“We’re very excited to be launching Sci-Tech Daresbury’s partnership with Stick ‘n’ Step as our official charity partner for 2020 and to be demonstrating our support for the fantastic services they deliver.
“Sci-Tech Daresbury is now home to 150 companies and we are confident that with the support of our tenants and other campus-based organisations, we can all pull together for a great cause and reach our target to raise £30,000 over the next 12 months.
“We’ve set our target high and we’ll need the support of everyone based at the campus to achieve this goal, helping even more children and their families to benefit from the incredible services that Stick ‘n’ Step offer and raising awareness of the work that they do.”