18% of children in England are struggling with their mental health, according to 2022 NHS Digital data – that’s around 5 children in every school class. A grant from The Pixel Fund is helping Blue Smile deliver 1-1 arts-based therapy for children in Cambridgeshire primary schools, providing prompt, specialist help to those who need it most.
We are a Chester based charity established in 2017, that offers free, accessible, community based mental health and wellbeing services such as counselling, play and art therapy to adults, young people and children living in relative poverty in three communities in Chester that fall within the bottom 10% of the Index of Multiple Deprivation.
At Meningitis Now, our vision is a future where no-one in the UK loses their life to meningitis and everyone affected gets the support they need to rebuild their lives.
Fighting meningitis has been our driving force for over 35 years; but our work is far from over. 22 people every day are still affected by this terrible and devastating disease. They will continue to need our aftercare and support, both now and in the future; and until meningitis is eliminated from the UK, it's vital that we continue to raise awareness and fight back against the disease.
Cerebral Palsy Plus is delighted to receive a generous donation of £8000 from The Pixel Fund. This will help us to provide a range of activities for children and young people with Cerebral Palsy in Bristol and surrounding areas. The activities will help to improve the wellbeing of children who are living with a complex disability, helping them to have fun and experience new things in a safe and supported environment.
Tuppenny Barn is an organic smallholding and charity passionate about delivering educational opportunities for children, young people and the wider community in our outdoor classroom. Working with horticulture we help foster physical health and mental wellbeing through our education and green therapy programmes. With a focus on supporting those facing disadvantage in our community, all activities at Tuppenny Barn are delivered in line with our ethos of sustainability – we value having a positive impact on our local and wider environment.
Context – and fit to Charity’ s Mission ‘ to support disabled people of all ages with particular emphasis on younger and older people …. to advance education by enabling the full participation in community life coming together on equal terms to include lay and professional people, services users and service providers, friends, families, carers, advocates, groups and representatives..’ Young people are especially important to us as they are the future leaders, service providers and central to the charity’s sustainability and resilience.
Our Green School programme offers interventional educational opportunities for young people living with mental health challenges. We offer the chance to gain a City & Guilds vocational qualification ‘Skills for Working Life: Horticulture’ and we are also registered to use AQA's Unit Achievement Scheme's validated units enabling us to acknowledge and celebrate individual achievement.
The project was a 4-day workshop running from 25-28 October 2022 (inclusive) where 24 young people with physical and learning disabilities attended. It included both drama and music, and forms part of Sasbah’s programme for young people which has been highly successful in delivering huge developmental benefits for those participating, for many showing that they can do things they never imagined.
We are a Chester based mental health charity offering free, community based counselling and other therapies to adults, children and young people living in relative poverty and experiencing mental health issues. Those living in poverty are at much higher risk of suffering with mental health issues and much less likely to be able to access suitable and timely support to help address these.
We are very grateful to The Pixel Fund for funding to support Animal-Assisted and Nature-Based sessions at Sirona Therapeutic Horsemanship to vulnerable young people who are in desperate need of our provision to support their mental health and well-being; with enquires to our charity having increased by 62% over the past year.
A massive thank you to The Pixel Fund from MYTIME Young Carers. MYTIME are delighted that the Fund is supporting our Making Memories Programme which provides fun and enriching activity days for young carers of ages 5-18. Each activity day out involves around 40 young carers and includes an activity such as paddleboarding, kayaking, outdoor adventure activities or ice skating. Each day also includes a meal for every young carer.
Clear Sky Children’s Charity provides Play & Creative Arts Therapy to vulnerable children when they need it most. Working in schools across Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties, Clear Sky support children who have experienced bereavement, bullying, family breakdown, parents in prison, parents with substance abuse issues, parents with mental health issues and traumatic experiences (e.g., car accident, fire etc.). These children are presenting with a range of complex emotional and behavioural needs, some of which are likely directly attributable to the recent Covid restrictions and associated social and economic pressures.
The Hugs Foundation have received a fantastic grant of £5,000 from The Pixel Fund to enable Hugs to continue to run the ‘Hugs Helping Hands’ youth well-being project. The project provides well-being support to children and young people in Cornwall who have a range of complex needs including; social, emotional, physical and mental ill health, trauma and abuse, SEND, reduced or non-school attendance, social isolation, self-harm and suicide ideation. Hugs unique intervention creates a circular relationship between the environment, rescue animals and people they support.
The Pixel Fund is helping Cerebral Palsy Scotland to employ a Clinical Psychologist to meet the mental health and wellbeing needs of people with cerebral palsy that they support.
Cerebral Palsy Scotland is a charity that improves the lives of children and adults with cerebral palsy (CP) through specialist therapy, support and information.
A lifelong condition, cerebral palsy results from an injury to the infant brain that causes disruption to the development of movement, posture and balance. Around 150 children in Scotland are diagnosed with CP every year.
