In 2016 the Pixel Fund supported the development of a paper-based toolkit to help autistic people self-manage their anxiety. In partnership with King’s College London and with the further support of the Pixel Fund, Autistica will translate this toolkit into a mobile app, allowing us to offer personalised support for autistic people suffering from anxiety nationwide.
Reach Out Family Support
The Pixel Fund is supporting our Reach Out home support service with the aim of recruiting an additional 40 volunteers over the coming year. Reach Out is a free service that places volunteers with families who are struggling with autism. Volunteers are well trained and supported by a behaviour specialist, and the volunteers themselves have a range of backgrounds including psychology students and speech and language therapists.
Making Sense of MS
People with MS often have difficulty doing basic things, like walking, talking, writing and concentrating. Many get chronically depressed, can have problems with their eye-sight and have trouble sleeping. Researchers have found that when people are first diagnosed with MS they often show “post-traumatic symptoms”.
HD Specialist Service
The Pixel Fund has generously supported our HD Specialist Service - a network of eight regional Huntington’s disease Specialist teams across Scotland who ensure the needs of individuals and families are understood by providing specialist assessment, ensure that person-centred support that is right for each individual is in place by acting as care coordinators, supporting other agencies and improving quality of support through training and education.
Young Onset Dementia Support Groups
The preclinical development and evaluation of a vaccine against pneumococcal meningitis and sepsis
Bobath Scotland
Pilot Triage Project
Specialist Car Seats
Elderflowers Programme
Hearts & Minds are so very grateful to The Pixel Fund for their support and generosity of our Elderflowers programme in Scotland. Elderflowers use unique therapeutic interactions with ladies and gents suffering from dementia to increase movement, communication and bring light, joy and hope to individuals isolated by the illness.
Immediate Help Service (IHS)
In March 2018 Falkirk’s Mental Health Association was awarded a £4000 grant from The Pixel Fund towards our Immediate Help Service (IHS).
This will enable us to continue to deliver an unique service to people aged 16 years + who are seeking immediate support for poor mental health when they are in crisis without the need for long waiting lists. Most potential clients are seen within a couple of days although if the concern is grave they will be seen straight away.
Prof Adam Finn SPIT study
Memory Loss and Stroke Survivors
Family Dog Service
The Pixel Fund is kindly supporting Dogs for Good’s Family Dog service. Family Dog benefits families who have a child with autism and is delivered through workshops and aftercare support. The service advises families how to train their pet dog to help the child cope better with daily life and facilitate a calmer home environment for the family as a whole.
Biomedical research project run by Dr Anne Astier
More than 100,000 people in the UK have multiple sclerosis – the most common neurological condition in young adults. In MS, the body’s immune system damages the myelin sheath surrounding and protecting nerve fibres. This interferes with messages travelling from the brain and spinal cord to other parts of the body.
Good to Talk
Insight 46 Project
The Neuromuscular Centre - music, performance and creative expression
PROSPECT-MR research project
PSPA is the only UK charity dedicated to supporting people living with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. PSP is a degenerative disease of the brain and nervous system which leaves people unable to move, speak or swallow unaided. Most people with PSP will die within about seven years. There is currently no cure or any effective treatment.