We were thrilled to attend this year’s BGC Charity Day with very special ambassador Phillip Schofield on Tuesday 11 September. Phillip joined family members of the DSA as well as ambassadors and beneficiaries from sixteen other charities to take over the BGC offices in London to raise money and awareness and to commemorate the colleagues […]
Back in August 2016 we shared a guest blog by fundraiser Peter. He was just starting an ambitious fundraising challenge: “Through the use of my walking BOOTS, a BOAT or two, and a certain amount of BIKE use, I intend to travel 250 miles, focussing on these three wonderful places, in 5 or 10 mile stints […]
We are thrilled to be attending this year’s BGC Charity Day with very special ambassador… Phillip Schofield. On Tuesday 11 September Phillip will be joining family members of the DSA as well as ambassadors and beneficiaries from sixteen other charities to take over the BGC offices in London, New York and around the world to raise […]
A couple of year’s ago, Graham raised some money for the DSA by allowing the public to visit his gardens which he looks after with the help of seven adults with learning disabilities. This year he decided to do the same thing again and has written a piece about the event for us… We opened […]
The DSA has been there for Gareth and his family throughout his life…and we want to continue to be in the future. Can you help?
by Alexa Dizon, Head of Fundraising & Events Last week I wrote about the Jurassic Coast Challenge being one of the toughest challenges I’d taken on for the DSA…I lied!! Here is the story of my London to Paris 2018… Meet the team When I met up with my fellow DSA riders on the Tuesday […]
by Alexa Dizon, Head of Fundraising & Events In my 14 years working at the DSA, I’ve taken part in some pretty tough challenges but nothing compares to Saturday’s Jurassic Coast Challenge. The weather forecast all week had said that it was going to be cooler and we were expecting a cloudy day…perfect weather conditions […]
Christopher’s story…by his mum, Mary I was told that Christopher has Down’s syndrome within hours of his birth. At that time, what I knew about Down’s syndrome would have fitted on the back of a postage stamp. The hospital had no literature to give me on the subject so their health visitor contacted the Down’s […]
The Croquet Association recently held their annual Charity Fundraising competition and we were really excited to be chosen as this year’s charity. They have very kindly written us a piece about the competition… Each year Kevin Carter, a member of the Croquet Association, organises a Charity Fundraising Croquet competition and this year, Peter Gunn of […]
Grant will support the creation of new resources to support people with Down’s syndrome and dementia, their families and carers
