Stockport Cerebral Palsy SocietyStockport Cerebral Palsy SocietyStockport Cerebral Palsy Society is a registered charity and was established in 1953 by carers of children who had cerebral palsy and associated disabilities. We now support over 500 children and adults in Stockport and other boroughs including Manchester, Trafford, Tameside and Cheshire, who have a range of physical and/or learning disabilities and autistic spectrum conditions. We particularly focus on individuals with the most complex needs and remain parent/carer-led and independent.
Our purpose is to provide a range of services which reflect individual need and choice and which improve disabled individual’s quality of life. Our services include:
A day service supporting approximately 100 adults, most of whom are wheelchair users. They choose from a wide range of centre-based and community-based activities e.g. cookery, arts and crafts, music production, keep-fit, wheelchair football and ICT. They also receive the benefits of our own physiotherapy service;
Leisure and sporting activities for over 200 children and adults. They include holiday play schemes, short break activity holidays, after-school clubs, outdoor pursuits for children, a football project, Duke of Edinburgh Award and activities such as walking, climbing, canoeing, sailing and skiing for adults;
A Community Support service providing one-to-one support to children and adults in the home and within their local community promoting independence;
A suitably adapted residential care home with 13 long-stay places for adult residents who have complex needs;
A Disability Equality Project that runs training courses and workshops in Stockport primary and secondary schools and in the public and private sector;
A Volunteer Project. Almost all areas of the Society’s work are underpinned by 200 trained and registered volunteers.
Stockport Cerebral Palsy Society is once again the nominated Charity for the 2010 Stockport Beer Festival and will have their own stall on the main concourse. They will be selling a variety of local beers, soft drinks and snacks together with jewellery.
Their staff and volunteers will also be selling tickets for their raffle. Please show your support by buying some tickets.
All money raised will be used to support the Society’s services.
A local band, The Prospectors, will be performing at the festival on Friday 4 June. The band members are all service users with the Society supported by the Drake Music project. The band plays classic pop, rock and dance covers as well as their own songs.
The Society’s website is: www.stockportcp.co.uk