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Celebrating Volunteers’ Week 2025

Volunteers’ Week returns this year after reaching its 40th anniversary last year. From 2 to 8 June 2025, The Children's Trust will join thousands of charities and voluntary organisations recognising the contribution volunteers make across the UK.

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Music and movement

Here at The Children's Trust, we have been running an enrichment programme for the children we support during the school Easter holiday. Activities have included music, movement and dance, giving the children the opportunity to work towards rehabilitation goals, enjoy new or existing hobbies, and have fun with their family and friends.

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Hidden Disability: a view from the inside

Children living with a brain injury may have to find ways of coping with hidden disabilities; long term challenges that are not immediately obvious to other people. Here, a young person living with a brain injury shares her thoughts.

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New flexible sensory learning space

After significant water damage to the school's soft play room back in November, we had the opportunity to rethink the space’s design. The original setup was well-used but limited in capacity and in providing cause-and-effect experiences for children with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).