Massive thank you to everyone at James Beattie Charitable trust for their donation.
This will be used to help provide
disabled children in Wolverhampton with therapy equipment.
This equipment will be used for them to continue therapy at home giving them the benefit they need, building up their strength, motor skills and helping them learn to walk.
You should be very proud of what you do.
Mark Dickinson
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Background;
Mark Dickinson, an amateur DIY enthusiast and veteran of the Royal Anglian Regiment, has been making the equipment as a more cost-efficient way of making early intervention therapy equipment more accessible for disabled children.
Mark set up the KatNat not-for-profit organisation because of his granddaughter Nathelene who has cerebral palsy. The private therapy ultimately ended up costing around £13,000, where Nathelene mainly used a tool called the Pikler Triangle.
Mark talked about the cost of the equipment that inspired him to make his own, he said: “My daughter told me that the piece of equipment she used was around £160 – it cost me around £30 to make myself.
“I decided after that that I would carry on making the equipment for those who need them. I hate seeing families who need this stuff going without, If they don’t have the equipment at home then they don’t get the same opportunity to grow really.”
1st Bilston Scout Group is one of the oldest in the World and has been in existence (on the same site in Bilston, Wolverhampton, West Midlands) since 1908, so a 115 year tradition of offering scouting to the young people of the area.
antaged. We started making a positive impact on young lives 35 years’ ago and never stopped. Put simply – we bring fun to those who need it most.
environment where people understand makes the whole experience worthwhile!”
As part of our ongoing to commitment to the local community, we host an annual charity event for local charities, most notably Compton Care (Formally Compton Hospice). This year we have added an U12’s Girls Team to our growing club and are looking at the possibility of more young teams joining us in the future. Over the years we have had incredible support from The James Beattie Charitable Trust. This has helped us to grow and offer football to more and more people. C
ovid nearly crippled the club, but thanks to the generosity of The James Beattie Charitable Trust, we were able to survive and are now going from strength to strength.
oined forces with the Christmas Lunch Project, who had identified those in need and had organised a food parcel for 900 families. 
man and Ralph Aldous. Two years earlier, fellow member Lesley Cook had said “Wouldn’t it be good if we could have an orchard?” and with the unanimous approval of our local community and the support of the James Beattie Trust, we have started to plant Warstones Community Orchard. We imagine school children picking apples on their way to school, from apple trees they helped to plant! And just maybe…their children’s children picking apples too!
