Homesense

Seashell Trust provides education and 52-week residential care for 135 children and young people aged 2 to 25 with profound learning disabilities and sensory impairments. Our children and young people have some of the most complex needs and disabilities including deafness, blindness and autism, combined with physical disabilities and profound learning difficulties. All have some brain damage and little or no ability to communicate. We also offer Short Break (respite) provision for young people whose families are often at the point of breakdown. In addition, our award-winning Children’s Able and Disabled Sports (CADS) Programme provides inclusive sporting opportunities for over 500 youngsters. We help individuals develop the ability to communicate and make independent choices about basic everyday needs, sometimes for the first time in their lives. As well as empowering our children and young people, we work with families to build the confidence needed to bring up a severely disabled child.

Access to green space is a right, not a privilege, yet 94% of publicly accessible parks, playgrounds, playing fields and green spaces in the UK remain unprotected and are increasingly under threat. At a time of rising health inequalities, loneliness, climate pressures and nature loss, green spaces are essential community assets that support physical and mental wellbeing, strengthen social connections and help communities thrive. Planning reforms and under-resourced local councils are placing green spaces at further risk and it’s happening at a time when we know (with evidence and data) that access to green space saves the NHS millions, strengthens communities and has a positive impact on our climate. Fields in Trust is the only UK charity dedicated to protecting parks and green spaces forever. We work across the UK with local authorities and landowners to secure legally binding protection for parks, playgrounds, playing fields and green spaces, ensuring they can never be lost to development. To date we have secured over 3,000 spaces resulting in more than 9.4 million people living within a 10-minute walk of a legally protected park or green space. Alongside this, we are working on systematic changes, providing trusted evidence and insight, influencing policy and advocating for a future where everyone can benefit from access to high-quality green space.

YMCA Taunton is part of the largest and oldest charity working with young people in the world. We want to: Invest in young people to help them reach their full potential, by providing for all ages including Youth Services, Ofsted approved pre-school education, sport and other activity. Strengthen families; be at the heart of the local community, supporting the whole community; providing a safe supportive environment for all. Encourage health and wellbeing for all, through activity and sport. Respond effectively to the needs of the most vulnerable children, young people and families; through youth activities, advice and guidance. Work closely with parents and partner organisations. Fulfil our Christian mission by bringing peace, justice and hope to broken lives. To create supportive, inclusive and energising communities where young people belong. We have currently been working with our young people on a fruitful communities project to start with our outdoor area. We aim to have a tidy space that the young people can have a sense of pride, belonging and take ownership of their achievements. To designate their area and improve health and safety we would like to add a small perimeter fence. This project will give the young people involved opportunity of learning many new skills including construction, landscaping, creativity, risk assessing and working as part of a team. We continue to work with the young people on the importance of maintaining the area.