We’re excited to announce that Paces, a specialist school for conductive education, is our charity of the year for 2021.
We’ll be working closely with them across fundraising activities and events for the next 12 months, and our staff will also have the opportunity to personally support children with special needs at Paces School in High Green through volunteering activities and initiatives.
Funds raised by the partnership will contribute to the £3.5m needed by Paces for its new state-of-the-art home, a move which would enable the charity to support up to three times as many families with the hope of no longer having to turn anyone away.
Paces specialise in supporting children and adults living with neurological conditions which affect their physical and learning ability, such as cerebral palsy and other motor disorders.
The partnership announcement follows Jiraffe’s (our UK distribution division) donation of a specialist ‘Rifton Tricycle’ to 10-year-old Sheffield fundraising hero ‘Captain’ Tobias Weller, who was recently crowned Young Unsung Hero at BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2020.
Captain Tobias used his Rifton Trike to complete a 480-mile virtual bike ride which raised funds for Paces. The youngster is also currently embarking on yet another challenge – this time an Iron Man triathlon.
Holly Jenkins, Jenx Director, said: “There are few more appropriate 2021 charity partners for us as a business than Paces School, a charity which does so much to support children across the region with specialised and often complex needs.
“Every day, we support children all over the world who face challenges of living with conditions like cerebral palsy, so we’re proud to support an organisation which truly understands our vision.
“I’m excited to see how this partnership will enable us to complement Paces’ fundraising and awareness goals, while also helping to build crucial relationships between our therapists and children who need the support of both Paces and ourselves the most.”
David Hall, Paces Corporate Fundraising Manager, added: “We are so excited to be working in partnership with Jenx and Jiraffe as we head into 2021. The goals we have here at Paces align perfectly with theirs and we can’t wait to welcome them onto our journey.
“We would like to thank the whole team for choosing to support us and look forward to getting further involved with you all as the year progresses.”
To find out more about Paces visit https://www.pacessheffield.org.uk
