digbies is a group formed from psds, a charity whose principal goal is to provide support for children with down syndrome and their families. Earlier this year psds launched digbies – our weekly term-time development group.
digbies stands for “developing individual growth by imaginative play, education and speech”. The weekly sessions (which take place on a Friday and are divided in to a morning group and an afternoon group) are held at Lloyd Hall in Outwood and are of great benefit not only to the children who take part but also parents who can experience first hand new ways to encourage and aid development in specific areas such as speech and language, early education and social interaction.
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We are delighted to see the recognition of Jenny Ward's hard work and dedication to digbies through the presentation of Mercury FM premier prize for their Local Heros awards.
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“We are thrilled that Jenny has been recognised as a Local Hero,” says Helen Shiers from Dorking, co-founder and trustee of PSDS. “To all the families involved in PSDS, Jenny is certainly seen as a hero for her tireless and selfless work running DIGBIES (our weekly development groups). The services that PSDS provides, in which Jenny plays such an important part, are really helping to make a difference to the lives of our youngsters with Down syndrome – their future looks very bright and we are excited about all that they might achieve. So much of that is down to Jenny!”
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digbies is part of psds, a registered charity
Charity number: 1123079
Fund raising
We're thrilled to start the New Year with some great news - psds has just received £4,000 from MENCAP for 2009, along with a grant of £12,000 for the Wates' Foundation. These funds, together with other funds raised through the year will contribute to the services that so many of our children (and our families as a whole) benefit from, including digbies and our monthly psds meetings.
To find out more about our fund raising targets and achievements, please click here.
Perfect Partnership
Would you like to find out more about the Statementing process? You might find Partnership with Parents a useful source of help and advice. PwP offers information, advice and support and their services are free, confidential and impartial. To find out more visit the PwP website or contact the Helpline on 01737 737300.
Are you Up for Reading?
DownsEd International is!
Up for Reading is a fun and educational sponsored reading event for schools, nurseries, families and support groups. Supporters of the campaign include some great children's authors and illustrators. Up for Reading is a good way to encourage reading and help raise funds to support the work of Down Syndrome Education International as well as raising funds for psds (local support groups taking part in the Up for Reading campaign can choose to keep 50% of the funds that are raised).
If you are interested in taking part or feel that your child's school might be interested visit
www.up-for-reading.org
and send an email to
helen@psds.info