PROJECT
Create Project
PURPOSE
To improve confidence, self-esteem, social and life skills among eight- to 17-year-olds with learning disabilities
FUNDING
Running costs of £9,640 per year, from donations, fundraising, weekly contributions from parents, and grants from Jane Tomlinson Appeal, David Solomons Charitable Trust and The Sobell Foundation
BACKGROUND
Research suggests more than a third of children and young people with a learning disability have a mental health problem and many find it harder than average to make friends.
In 2013, Kirklees children's mental health charity Northorpe Child and Family Trust secured funding from Lloyds TSB for a creative arts project for young people with learning disabilities to provide them with a safe space to form friendships, express themselves and tap into support.
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