Right: Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson
with pupils at the opening of the new
play area at Kirkleatham Hall School.
Far right top: HRH Princess Royal at
Reynalds Cross School, Solihull
opening their new playground.
Far right bottom: West Midlands
Regional Chairman, Phil Pemble is
introduced to Spoon’s Royal Patron at
the project opening.
Below: The Mid-Wales Committee with
staff and pupils at the Golwg Y
Bannau Residential Unit in Brecon
with their new bicycles and tricycles.
of Llandrindod Wells Golf Club formed the latest Spoon funding the purchase of six special bicycles
Wooden Spoon Region in Mid-Wales. It is for children in the residential unit. The bicycles and
therefore impressive that the Region is already tricycles have been painted in Spoon colours and
supporting its first project. Although not specifically tailored to meet the needs of the
particularly large by most Regions’ standards, there children, to provide mobility and exercise, both
is a limit to what can be achieved in what is one of within the playgrounds and along the river and
the most sparsely populated Counties in the whole canal-side walks.
of England and Wales. The funds have been raised from just two golf
Golwg y Bannau is adjacent to, and an integral days, the latter of which was held only 10 weeks
part of, Penmaes School, set in meadows between previously. An impressive start for a new Region.
the river and canal close to the centre of Brecon.
Formally opened by HRH The Princess Royal last
October, the two were built in 2005 to provide LEICESTERSHIRE - THE PARKS SCHOOL,
special needs schooling and respite care. The OAKHAM. £18,000 FOR A MINIBUS
school has 96 pupils aged 2-19 from a large
catchment area and with a wide range of In September, the Leicestershire Committee official
conditions. The Residential Unit has six beds handed over a minibus to the Parks Special School.
dedicated to the school, mainly used by autistic Matt Hampson, the young Tigers prop forward and
children, and three for other children with severe England U-21 player, who received a serious neck
physical disabilities, not necessarily pupils at the injury in training a few years ago, joined the Spoon
“I WAS VERY IMPRESSED school. In all, some 35 children and their families team to unveil the pupils’ new bus. Matt is
WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF benefit from the activities of Golwg y Bannau. currently paralysed from the neck down and is still
HRH THE PRINCESS ROYAL Julie Jones, the Deputy Head of Care for the unable to breathe unaided. Despite the nature of
AND IT WAS A TIME TO BE Golwg y Bannau Unit jumped at the chance of those injuries Matt continues to be courageous in
EXTREMELY PROUD OF
OUR PUPILS. THE
PLAYGROUND HAS BEEN A
DREAM AND HAS GIVEN
PUPILS OPPORTUNITIES TO
EXTEND THEIR CHOICES AT
LEISURE TIMES. THE
ROUNDABOUT HAS GIVEN
OUR PUPILS IN
WHEELCHAIRS AN
INCREASED OPPORTUNITY
TO BE INCLUDED WITH
FRIENDS WHEN PLAYING.”
HEAD TEACHER, JANE
DAVENPORT, REYNALDS
CROSS SCHOOL
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