Please help us create “Give me a chance!”, a new resource to help schools better include disabled children. Donate online from 10 am on 6, 7 or 8 December 2012 and your donation could be doubled.
About the project
We have plans to work with parents, teachers and young people to produce a brand new resource for schools that will:
- present a rationale for change
- help make mainstream education accessible to those who choose it
- offer practical tips
- share examples of good practice.
“Give me a chance!” will help challenge disability discrimination in education. This will benefit everyone, especially disabled children and their parents; the government has promised a choice of mainstream or special school, but some disabled children find the door to their local school closed. This could be because many schools do not yet feel able to work effectively with disabled children or young people. For more information on our plans please see our project page on the Big Give website.
About the Big Give Christmas Challenge
This is an annual event in which online donations are matched. CSIE has secured a Charity Champion (who has chosen to remain anonymous) and also built up a pledge fund of £5,000. Together, these two give us access to funds of up to £10,000 for matching any online donations we receive on or after 10 am on 6 December. For more information on the Big Give Christmas Challenge please see the explanation on the Big Give website and scroll down to Step 4: December Challenge Phase. Confused? It’s understandable. It took us a while to get our heads round how the Christmas Challenge works. The thing to remember is that for every £1 you give on 6, 7 or 8 December, CSIE could be getting £2, or even more if you gift aid your donation. We need £26,790 to make this project happen, so need all the help we can get in December!
How you can help
Please donate online at 10am on Thursday 6th, Friday 7th or Saturday 8th December, or as soon after 10am as you can. This is because donations will be matched on a first come – first served basis, until funds available for matching are exhausted each day. Online donations can be made until 5pm on 19th December, but later donations are unlikely to be doubled.
We hope you will choose to support this important project to help challenge disability discrimination in education. Please feel free to contact us at admin@csie.org.uk or through our facebook or twitter pages, if there are any questions you want to ask.
Remember, the government has promised a choice of mainstream or special school to everyone, but the choice of mainstream is not available to everyone. Please help us to help them! Thank you.
