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Donate to Flexicare
Flexicare has been supporting your community for over 39 years. We need your help to continue responding, please donate today.
Make a donation to Flexicare (enthuse.com)
Your support and generosity will ensure that, together, we can continue to support our community.
For over 39 years Flexicare has been providing a specialised sitting service for families with a severely disabled child (or children) living in the Oxford, Abingdon and Wantage areas of Oxfordshire. Care is provided in a family’s home by a small core of experienced staff and a team of trained volunteers.
What can my donations do to help families in the community?
Your commitment ensures our ongoing support, Flexicare will be able to continue to provide specialised sitters for families with children with disabilities, who otherwise struggle to find suitable help. To find out more about how we make a difference, click on the link: https://www.flexicare.org
Why give to the Flexicare?
Many of us are facing a difficult time financially and small charities like ours are finding it harder to raise funds, we need to raise around £75.000, and we would really appreciate your support so we can continue to make a positive difference in our community. Are you able to support this incredible cause? Any amount you can contribute will make a difference. If you would like to help, make that one day, that bit easier for a family, you can donate here Make a donation to Flexicare (enthuse.com)
A mothers story.
During the UK lockdowns of 2020 and 2021, many people struggled with only being able to go out for a short period once a day, within a mile of your home. The inability to attend appointments, meet with friends and family or go ‘out out’ caused a huge rise in mental health issues that may take years to recover from.
But imagine if that Groundhog Day existence was your whole life? Your every-day reality, month after month, year after year…
For the majority of families with children with disabilities and complex needs, that ‘lockdown existence’ is permanent. When your child requires heavy or fixed equipment to be able to even move out of a chair, needs specialist feeding regimes or high levels of precise medication and personal care, the ability to ‘just pop out’ is not an option. Even planned excursions are extremely difficult, or even impossible, as the usual sitter options of friends, family or the teenager down the road do not have the skills, experience, or confidence to help, even if they want to.
Flexicare is that friend you can call on for support.
Other ways to give.
How about fundraising your way? Choose an individual fundraising challenge a sponsored walk, run, bike ride, swim, or skydive. Invite your family, friends, and colleagues to a coffee morning. BBQ or bake sale. Make your birthday a fundraiser or host a pub quiz. Please get in touch if you would like some fundraising inspiration events@flexicare.org
Join the Flexicare team and volunteer with us https://www.flexicare.org/volunteer/