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With many of our families being thrown into a position of eating or heating last winter, we quickly established three targeted support projects with a pot […]

We are happy to announce that we have purchased a brand new wheelchair adapted respite home. The respite home includes full wheelchair access, with widened doorways, […]

Following a wonderful donation from The Mark Benevolent Fund of £5,750 to provide 50 sensory musical packs , we were invited to their grand parade on […]

Every year we provide newly themed sensory packs to develop language, communication and motor skills, this year we have chosen farming. We sent out multiple of […]

We recently sent out our newly themed ‘Down on the Farm’ sensory pack. The packs included an adjustable stand and tuff tray for wheelchair users, an […]

This May 23 we attended The Bendrigg Activity Centre for a weeks residential stay. Our young people abseiled down the wall of a quarry in their […]

We recently purchased three Delichon all terrain wheelchairs. The Delta Delichon is a robust lightweight All-Terrain wheelchair Buggy that opens new horizons beyond the reach of […]

We have purchased multiple equipment through the year, below are some examples of the equipment we have funded recently. Acheeva – An Acheeva is a seating […]

Over the weekend, our Project Development Officer, Myles, has been down at our VIP by the Sea caravan at Shorefield Country Park to take delivery of […]

We are pleased to have sent out multiple Christmas baking kits over the festive period. Each kit included wooden utensils, cookies for Santa, Reindoor food, Christmas […]

We are pleased to have purchased ten Splashy portable bath seats earlier this year and have recently purchased a further ten. This equipment has been life […]

We are so happy to have provided 100 Halloween balloon bouquets to our children. He hope you enjoy a selection of the photos below.

We have had to provide additional emotional support in response to being inundated with messages from our families suffering with extreme stress and anxiety from the […]

We are currently fundraising to purchase a new adapted holiday home.  The respite home includes full wheelchair access, with widened doors and areas through the home […]

We supplied over one hundred music educational packs with the theme of ‘musical instruments from around the world’.  Each kit included a Chinese Gong, Chilean Rain […]

This summer we were happy to multiple accessible planting and potting garden packs with each pack including a planting table that has been made for wheelchair […]

We are pleased to have purchased numerous specialist shower trolleys. They are an essential piece of equipment for wet rooms for people that require assistance with […]

We are pleased to have purchased multiple hoists to enable children to be transferred safely and with the correct posture and enables our children access to […]

We are pleased to have purchased multiple Acheevas this year. The Acheeva is a multi positioning solution for prone/supine and side laying. The Acheeva also allows […]

There is no better way to start the day than with a giant box of colourful helium balloons arriving to your doorstep. This Easter we sent […]

We are pleased to provide our project development officers report on his visit to Naidex. “At the start of July 2022, I attended Naidex at the […]

Check out our video below of our first pilot trip to the amazing accessible Cadburys World.   Cadbury Trial Visit from Rachel on Vimeo.

On Saturday 02nd July our Projects Development Officer Myles went to Aerobility along with April and some of our families to trial this amazing experience out, […]

Last week Myles Sketchley our Projects Development Officer piloted a trip to the Warner Brothers Studio Tour to see just how accessible is was. “Last week […]

To celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we sent out 30 Garden Festival Packs to our families throughout the UK. These packs were a huge success, and […]

On the 6th July, a small team will be attending the Naidex exhibition at NEC Birmingham to look for new equipment, technology and resources. Our Project […]

We are currently trialling the AbleTowel and the AbleSling to see if they are suitable and useful to our young people. The AbleTowel is a liner […]

We are looking for funding for Ropox Vision Tables. This table is designed for wheelchair users to enable them to do their studies, crafts, reading and […]

In previous years, we have been very fortunate to receive funding for an inclusive family activity weekend at Bendrigg Trust. We would love to be able […]

We are very happy to have found a wheelchair accessible garden table that the whole family can sit at with our young people in their wheelchairs. […]

Our Project Development Officer, Myles, has been super busy over the past year designing an accessible gaming pack that will allow our young people to access […]

We have previously been given the funding to supply a couple of families with shower trolleys, however, we are currently looking for more funding to be […]

We have previously funded this life-changing piece of equipment for a few of our young people, however we are looking for further funding to be able […]

Soon, a small team will be attending Calvert Trust, Kielder, to trial their inclusive family residential experience. This will include accessible accommodation and indoor and outdoor […]

In July, our Project Development Officer, Myles, is taking a small selected group of VIPs to trial an exciting flying experience with Aerobility. This opportunity is […]

We are currently working on the educational project ‘Musical Instruments From Around The World’. Our Projects Manager Myles, is currently trialling out instruments to see which […]

Again this Christmas we made one hundred Christmas family boxes , each box consisted of inclusive family activities for the whole family to take part in […]

We are pleased to announce we recently purchased more Skoog communication aids. The Skoog is both a language/communication aid and musical instrument in one. This equipment […]

It’s that time of year again where the elves are busy in their grotto getting ready the Strongbones Christmas boxes. We are getting ready to send […]

We are pleased to announce our twenty bespoke sensory tables are now in the homes of our young persons. Each table was made to measure, for […]

WOW! We are absolutely amazed by our superheroes and sidekicks completing their own challenges for Superheroes on Vacation, what superstars they are!!!! Thank you everyone taking […]

We are pleased to announce we recently purchased multiple Skoogs and wheelchair mounts. The Skoog is both a language/communication aid and musical instrument in one. This […]

We are very excited to tell you about our newest equipment item that is perfect for our wheelchair VIPs… A bespoke sensory play table that is […]

We are extremely happy to announce that we are the official charity partner of the Raiders ice hockey team. We are so happy to be selected […]

After the amazing team spirit of the past Superhero Series events, we’ve signed up again to At Home Superheroes – Superheroes on Vacation! – Virtually, of […]

We are so happy to have purchased multiple children boccia sets, boccia is one of the fastest growing sports for people with disabilities and is a […]

We are pleased to announce we recently sent out multiple under the sea sensory packs, each pack included a ocean wave drum, water matt, an under […]

Celebrating 20 Years   This year we reach an important milestone for Strongbones marking twenty years since we started out on the way forward trying to […]

We have just recently sent out 100 bouquets of ‘under the sea’ balloons to our children. Under the sea is the theme we are currently running, […]

We would like to thank this superstar Chris!!! Chris raised an amazing £1,375.06 by running 50 miles in just one day for Strongbones in memory of […]

We are pleased to update that we have been able to provide multiple sets of Rompa fibre optic lights to our most complex children to provide […]

We are pleased to provide multiple sets of portable ramps. Below are some photos.

We are pleased to have been able to purchase a selection of gantry hoist systems. This portable hoist provides a wide range of practical solutions to […]

We are extremely pleased to have been able to purchase twelve Acheeva Learning Stations. The Aceehva is a multi-positioning solution for prone/supine and side lying. The […]

We are extremely pleased to have been able to purchase multiple educational resources during the pandemic, in the form of the Osmo Genius kits. Below is […]

This valentines day Strongbone’s was able to spread joy to over 100 children by sending them a large bouquet of balloons. Strongbones Valentines Balloons from Rachel […]

Over the past year, our focus has been on packs and equipment for children and young people who were restricted due to COVID19. We wanted to […]

This summer, Team Strongbones will be uniting once again to complete the At Home Superheroes powered by Marvel.  We are hoping to get even more families […]

We are extremely proud to have been able to fund an adapted paddle board to the organisation Surfability. This board will allow our most complex of […]

We recently purchased multiple home educational packs for our children that are

We are happy to have been able to fund our second batch of sensory pods to our children still currently shielding at home. We purchased a […]

Strongbones have previously participated in the Summer Superhero Tri, our Youth Ambassador, Myles Sketchley, wanted to bring our families together virtually to provide a challenge, support […]

We are extremely pleased to announce that we have been awarded funds of £12,610 from the Postcode Neighbourhood Trust. Postcode Neighbourhood Trust is a grant-giving charity […]

We are pleased to announce on 05th December 2020 we will be taking part in the at home winter wonderwheels as a charity friend of the […]

Below is a first hand personal account by Myles  Sketchley our Intern on his individual experiences and emotions as a young disabled man during the last […]

Please read below for updated government guidance on shielding and protecting people whom are extremely vulnerable from COVID-19. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19  

We have been inundated with requests for sensory equipment for children that are still currently shielding. Even though restrictions have been lifted our families are still […]

On Saturday 4th July 27 teams of Strongbones families took part in the Superhero at Home event.  This event is organised by the Superhero Series and […]

We are extremely pleased to announce we have won a £5,000 donation from the Health Lottery.  We were shortlisted with three other charities , and members […]

We are so happy to have been able to fund our first batch of sensory pods to our children currently shielding at home in isolation .This […]

For this weeks daily challenges we choose the theme Disney, as we know just how much the children love all things Disney. The challenges we set […]

Our last two daily challenges have been to make lobster hand/feet print paintings and to make dreamcatchers. Here are a few photos of their masterpieces:-

  Important information for our families and carers on how to stay extra safe at home . Please click on the link to below where you […]

Our youth ambassador Myles has wrote a blog on his personal experience of life in lockdown as a vulnerable young person. He also done a survey […]

Our last three challenges have been for the children to make wind-chimes, bunting and wreaths to decorate their houses with to celebrate VE Day. The children […]

Our last two daily challenges has been to make a sensory bottle where the children used glitter, sequins, food colouring, Lego pieces or small items to […]

Our last two days challenges have been peacock hand art and disc light catchers. We had great feedback from the families on the disc light catchers, […]

Our last three daily challenges have been pasta art, sensory jellyfish and lanterns. The children made some lovely pictures out of pasta. Sensory jelly fish so […]

This challenge we set the children to make a butterfly, be it with handprints, toilet rolls or the ever faithful butterfly smudge painting, below are some […]

We tasked the kids to print the tree template from our support group and make a beautiful finger print tree, some of the children wanted to […]

We asked the children to make a chicken from a glove and also a rainbow ice tower, where the children put small items into a large […]

We set the children with a task to make a sock puppet . We hope you enjoy some of  the children’s creations .

We tasked the children to make a hat from tin foil,  it could be a Viking helmet , a knights helmet or a crown .  We […]

  We tasked the children to design their own summer plant which could be drawn, painted or modelled .  We hope you enjoy the photos of […]

We thought we would share with you some of the amazing craft sessions our families have been partaking in .  This is a fun way to […]

Our youth ambassador Myles has come up with these useful ideas below of activities to do while in isolation:- Hey friends, with everything that’s happening in […]

  As we enter the fourth week since the need to close our office the trustees wanted to let you know we appreciate how difficult the […]

We are so happy to have purchased an Acheeva for Lewis. The Acheeva has now allowed Lewis to be able to go outside regularly with his […]

This Easter ourselves and Myles Sketchley thought of a really good idea for a Easter sensory pack, we sent out 60  packs that  consisted of a […]

We are pleased to say we have funded a further 5 Molift Hoists after seeing the huge difference they had made on previous families lives. Molift […]

We are pleased to say we recently purchased our first batch of the trabasack curve connect, which is a wheelchair lap desk. The unique “Connect” tray […]

We recently took 20 young carers on an educational sleep over at the Natural History Museum. Our siblings settled down for the evening with an educational […]

We are pleased to announce we recently purchased twenty Promove Slings, which is another moving and handling solution for children with severe orthopaedic conditions and those […]

On 4th August 400 children and parents descended onto Dunchurch Park Hotel for a fully inclusive family day where they were welcomed through Willy Wonka’s Chocolate […]

We are so pleased to have purchased six portable hoists by Molift. This piece of equipment has been life changing for our children and their families, […]

We are extremely happy to have funded 120 sensory space packs, each pack contained a star light projector, a box of 10 sensory planet balls to […]

  During August six teams made up of strongbones families attended the SuperHero Tri in Windsor as an official charity friend of the event. Families took […]

Myles Sketchley Honoured at UK’s Largest Diversity Awards We are extremely proud to announce that our Youth Ambassador and intern Myles Sketchley won a National Diversity […]

We are so proud to announce that Myles has completed his first year of his internship and also achieved his Diploma in Vlogging. We are so […]

We are holding our annual party on Sunday 04th August for 400 people at Dunchurch Park Hotel. The children will be welcomed through willy Wonka gates […]

We are so excited to be a charity friend at this years Super Hero Tri on 17th August taking place in Windsor. We have 6 super […]

We are so proud to announce our youth ambassador & Intern Myles Sketchley has been shortlisted from 28,000 nominations for a National Diversity Award for Positive […]

Myles our intern organised Strongbones first trip to Drayton Manor for our first KidsOut colour Dash. Over 100 Strongbones members attended and took part in this […]

Myles our internship posted out 100 Odeon cinema tickets kindly donated by KidsOut, Myles made up cinema boxes that contained cinema tickets, popcorn and a sweet […]

This June we attended our second trip to the Bendrigg Activity Centre where we took 70 people for an inclusive weekend of adrenalin filled action. Bendrigg […]

Our parent ambassador Hayley is getting her running shoes on to tackle the Manchester marathon to raise money for our huge summer party , already reaching […]

So our intern/youth ambassador organised his first fundraiser with his amazing friend Mercedy’s last weekend . The event was called Candyland and they raised a staggering […]

We have been a little quiet of late because we have been working on this years party conisisting of a huge sensory circus . this years […]

      So we thought we would update you of whats been going on at HQ . The entire structure of the charity has been […]

A huge thank you to our young advisory Abigail Kirby for working so hard to raise funds for this years family fun day .   You […]

We are delighted to have appointed Abigail Kirby and Ben Moncrieffe as young advisories .  Expect to see Ben and Abigail at all our future events […]

This Christmas we made one hundred Christmas family boxes , each box consisted of inclusive family activities for the whole family to take part in together […]

We would like to say a huge thank you to the Romford United Reformed Church in Romford for raising a staggering £4,3000.  This money has been […]

We were extremely lucky to be selected to receive a huge donation of Mickey Mouse Teddies by InKind Direct and Disney UK to send to children […]

Thanks to InKind Direct we was able to extend our reach with four massive toy drops from Lego to amazing Disney Gifts to children staying in […]

We are extremely proud to announce that Myles our youth ambassador having finished full time education last year is now completing an internship with us .  […]

We are extremely proud to have won the Allied Mobility Charity of the year award at Octobers DMUK Awards .    The event was held at […]

We were so happy to take our youth ambassdors and their  families to attend InKinds picnic,  held in Chelsea London.  It was a wonderful day filled […]

We are so happy to have purchased Holly an Acheeva Graduate.  This piece of equipment means Holly now has to be transferred less meaning a reduced […]

  Please enjoy the photos of our Rainbow family fun day from the 8th September. 400 children and parents descended onto Dunchurch Park Hotel for a […]