Grants Received

Sensory People is grateful to all the funders listed below for their generous contribution to the Charity – all money received through donation or by a grant application goes a considerable way to supporting and developing our work.

Below is a list of the funding received to date:

Garfield Weston Foundation

Received: £9,000.00

Our thanks to Garfield Weston Foundation for this generous donation supporting our core costs and administration costs.

Dumbreck Trust

Received: £500.00

Our thanks to the Dumbreck Trust for this generous donation to the charity.

W E Dunn Trust July ’24

Received: £500.00

Our thanks to W E Dunn Trustees for generously supporting our lead Cool Kids coach (Staff Costs)

IM Properties (Heart of England Foundation) June ’24

Received: £2,609.00

Our thanks to IM Properties for generously supporting new equipment for the new Romsley Building.

Screwfix Foundation June 24

Received: £2070.00

Our thanks to Screwfix for generously supporting outdoor lighting and CCTV at the new Romsley building.

Michael Marsh June 24

Received: £2,500.00

Our thanks to the Trust for generously supporting our Cool Kids Summer Scheme

Skipton Building Society June 24

Received: £683.00

Our thanks to Skipton for generously supporting our Cool Kids Scheme equipment

Baron Davenport Trust 2024

Received: £700.00

Our thanks to the Trust for generously supporting a new staff member

Sir John Middlemore Charitable Trust 2024

Received: £1,000.00

Our thanks to the Trust for generously supporting the delivery and equipment for our new handwriting course.

Grantham Yorke Trust 2024

Received: £500.00

Our thanks to the Trust for generously supporting our Cool Kids programme

Geoff Hill Jan 2024

Received: £500.00

Our thanks to Geoff Hill for their ongoing support to fund equipment for our new handwriting course

Turner Trust Dec 2023

Received: £3,000

Our thanks to the Turner Trust for their ongoing support to fund Core Costs / additional staff

Bentley Charitable Fund September 2023

Received: £450

Our thanks for funds to support our Cool Kids Coaches

Boost Charitable Foundation August 2023

Received: £580.00

Our thanks for funds to support our Cool Kids Coaches

Hays Travel Foundation August 2023

Received: £1,658.75

Our thanks for funds to support our home visiting service.

Michael Marsh Charitable Trust June 2023

Received: £1,500.00

Our thanks for funds to support our Cool Kids Nursery Scheme

Sport England (Health Exchange) March 2023

Received: £4,190.00

Our thanks for funds to support our Cool Kids programme

Grimmit Trust March 2023

Received: £1,200.00

Our thanks for funds to support the Easter/Summer Cool Kids Scheme

Margaret Westwood Fund March 2023:

Received: £932.00

Our thanks for funds to support equipment purchase

Henry Collins Charity March 2023:

Received: £500

Our thanks for funds received to support our Move & Chatter progamme

CB & CH Taylor November 2022:

Received: £1,000

Our thanks for funds received to support our Nursery Cool Kids Scheme

Cole Charitable Trust November 2022:

Received: £1,000

Our thanks for funds received to support our outreach programme of Charity Information Sessions

Cool Kids Summer Scheme 2022: Our thanks to the following organisations for their generous support – Waitrose, Stourbridge and Kingswinford, Tesco: Stourbridge and Kingswinford, Co-op: Romsley, Judsons: fruit and veg Kingswinford, Greggs: Kingswinford

Brian Marsh Charitable Trust August 2022

Received: £500

Our thanks for funds received to support our Core Costs

Birmingham and Black Country Fund – Heart of England July 2022

Received £1,984.00

Our thanks for funds received to support our Cool Kids Nursery Scheme

Dudley Community Forum July 2022

Received: £535.00

Our thanks for funds received to support our Parent Get Togethers

Roger and Douglas Turner Trust July 2022

Received: £3,000

Our thanks for funds received to support the rent of our field and therapy centre.

Warburtons June 2022

Received: £400.00

Our thanks for funds received to support our Parent Get Togethers

Baron Davenport May 2022

Received: £ 500.00

Our thanks for funds received to support our Cool Kids Summer Scheme

Geoff Hill Community Fund March 2022

Received: £200.00

Our thanks for funds received towards the new baby/family group.

Brian Shaw Memorial Trust March 2022

Received: £750.00

Our thanks for funds received towards our new baby/family group,

Eveson Trust 2022

Received: £3,000

Our thanks to the Eveson Trust for support our new baby/family group

Just Giving November 2021

Our thanks to all those who supported our Just Giving Page. We raised £500 which will go to developing our charity.

Lucy Porter Funeral Directors, Stourbridge

Received: £200.00

Funding to support our Cool Kids programme.

Active Black Country Consortium   2021

Received £6,821.00. 

Funding to support Cool Kids programme development including equipment and delivery costs

Arnold Clark  2021

Received £1,000 

To support our Summer Cool Kids Programme

Pedmore Sporting Club   2021

Received  £400.00

Equipment for Cool Kids programme

Cole Charitable Trust 2021

Received £1,000.00

Supporting our adapted services through lockdown

Heart of England – Harry Payne Fund 2021

Received: £1,000

  • Infrastructure / core cost support Cool Kids Summer Scheme
Waitrose 2021

Received: £ 300

  • Unrestricted funding
Eveson Trust 2021

Received: £4,000

  • For planning and facilitating 2021 Spring/Summer COOL KIDs scheme.
National Lottery Covid-19 Fund in England: 2020

Received: £9,880.00 Project: Sensory People ‘Playing Catch up’

  • Play “catch up” by giving children extra evidence-based therapy when safe for children and therapists to interrelate in 1:1 or small group “hands-on” sensory integration therapy sessions
  • Enable a team to undertake specialist online training ASAP in order to start a COVID-19 delayed COOL KIDs program with home-educated children with learning difficulties.
  • Recruit and train therapists and local volunteers

Pedmore Sports Club 2018
  • Received: £558 to purchase the following equipment- Double Trapeze Bar, Bungee Trapeze Bar, Stretch Easy, Spiky stepping stones Flexion / Extension Pulley system
Lodge of St Thomas 2018
  • Received: £100 to purchase equipment for the therapy space.
Geoff Hill Charitable Trust 2018
  • Received: £200.00 to support the cost of purchasing an Acrobat Swing
Eveson Trust 2016
  • Received: £1,000 supporting the purchase of equipment for our Romsley Centre.