Help to fund therapy programmes devised for children with cerebral palsy with stamps postcards and cigarette cards

(25/02/2010)

Brainwave is appealing to everyone to save their stamps (UK and foreign), spare coins, postcards and cigarette cards and bring or send them to one of three of its national Centres where the charity will turn them into "gold" - gold that is for the hundreds of families across the country that benefit from the home based therapy programmes specially devised for children with cerebral palsy and other conditions such as development delay.

Money raised from the collections will help to fund the work which Brainwave does with families and their children who can make amazing progress as a result of Brainwave's unique approach and the efforts that the families put in when carrying out the Brainwave programmes.

Gerry Gould, South East Community Manager for the Charity, said, "Brainwave is not Government funded and so we have to look to other sources to fund the work we do. Everyone can help by collecting stamps and rummaging in the loft or attic for those forgotten stamp or coin collections. We also welcome old postcards and cigarette cards. Please send them to one of our three therapy Centres or drop them in to a Centre or one of our charity shops in the South West. If everyone reading this asked all their friends, family and work colleagues to do the same it would really make a difference."

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