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The Hornsey Trust is changing….

From 1st January, 2009, The Hornsey Trust will legally become The Peter Rigby Trust. However we will be publicly known as The London Centre for Children with Cerebral Palsy. This is to better reflect the work we do, who we do it for and where we do it. We will continue to run our school and pre-school services, and conductive education will remain at the heart of what we do. Our school will be known as The London School for Children with Cerebral Palsy.

Over the next three years, we plan to grow and develop our services further so that we are able to support even more children with cerebral palsy and their families across the London region. Our name change will enable us to do that more effectively, as well as enabling us to develop a distinctive identity and reach a wider audience.

Over the next few months, we will be developing our new website, which will go live in early February. Until that happens, all of the information about our organisation can be found here.

Parliamentary Reception November 2008

Lynne Featherstone MP hosted an afternoon tea at the House of Commons for our Trust. The event marked 45 years of our charity and 20 years of conductive education at our centre and school in Muswell Hill. Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools and Learners, spoke on the day. Read more about our event

Hornsey Trust parent on live TV

Jackie Kendall's son Joseph, 7, attends our school. On Wednesday 24 September, ITV1's This Morning programme invited Jackie to speak about the challenges she and Joseph's dad Patrick face caring for Joseph day to day. The programme also discussed the recent trial of a mum who could not cope with her daughter's disability. http://www.itv.com/Lifestyle/ThisMorning/features/CopingwithCerebralPalsy123/default.html

New Chief Executive appointed

The Hornsey Trust appointed Deepa Korea as its new Chief Executive in March 2008. Deepa was previously at Volunteer Reading Help, England's largest children's literacy charity, where she held a number of different roles, culminating in her dual position of Director of Fundraising and Communications/Deputy Chief Executive. Prior to that she has worked in a number of roles in local government and Parliament. Read more about Deepa...

Conductive Education to the age of 11 years

The Hornsey Trust is pleased to announce the Conductive Education Centre is now a Department for Children, Schools and Families approved school for children with physical disabilities up to the age of 11 years.

Charity Shops Open

The Hornsey Trust has recently opened two charity shops as part of its latest fundraising strategy. You can find the shops at:

124 Fortess Road, Tufnell Park, London NW5 2HP
Tel: 0207 267 2338
Contact: Stephen Fisher

25 Broadway Parade, Crouch End, London N8
Tel: 02083473421
Contact: Isabella Goyard

If you would like to support us either by donating your unwanted goods or by volunteering your services to help us out at either of the shops, please call one of the above numbers or contact Kath Hewson, Head of Administration, The Hornsey Trust.

More about our Charity Shops...

Parent & Child Group Conductive Education Sessions

We currently have a few spaces in our Parent & Child Groups for young children with cerebral palsy. These groups run every Morning (Tuesday to Saturday). If you would like to find out more about Conductive Education or would like to arrange for an assessment for your child to join one of these groups, please contact us to make an appointment.

Foundation/Key Stage 1 and 2 Classes

The Hornsey Trust's Conductive Education Centre is a Department for Children, Schools and Families approved independent school for young children with physical disabilities. Children from all over London and the Home Counties (aged 3 to 11 years) are eligible to apply for places in our Foundation and Key Stage 1 and 2 classes. We have considerable experience in combining the delivery of both the National Curriculum Key Stage 1 and 2 and Foundation level subjects with a regular conductive education programme to ensure that the children are encouraged to develop all the necessary skills in order to fulfill their potential.

Prospectus

A new prospectus is available. Download here.

Training Courses

Courses will resume as soon as possible. For more details on these sessions, please visit our Training page.

Visitor Mornings

The morning is aimed at professionals who are interested in finding out more information about Conductive Education. For more details on these sessions, please visit our Training page.

Links page

For additional information on cerebral palsy, conductive education and other supporting organisations, please visit our links page.

Developing skills for children with dyspraxia

We are running regular workshops for children with Dyspraxia at the Conductive Education Centre in Muswell Hill, London N10. For more information, please visit the Dyspraxia page.

Saturday morning Parent and Child Groups

Parent and Child groups are now available on Saturday mornings. For more information, please email us or call on 020 8444 7242.

AVAILABILITY OF PLACES

Places in our groups are currently limited and consequently we have a short waiting list. However, we do our best to cater for every prospective child's needs as quickly and as efficiently as possible. To find out how you can obtain a place for your child, please contact us by email or call 020 8444 7242.

For details of other courses, please see the training page.

A Parent's Perspective - One child's story, by his dad

"I knew Billy was going to have serious problems the moment I realised he wasn't dead. Billy was delivered by emergency caesarian section and had not heart beat when he was born. After about six minutes he took his first breath. Then I knew he would have brain damage.

By the time Billy was one year old it felt like we were losing him. He was retreating into his own world. He wasn't trying to interact, he wasn't trying to control his body. He had given in. The hospital told us that some children just don't respond to therapy.

I felt we had to look elsewhere.

My wife remembered seeing a documentary in the Eighties about Conductive Education and we started to ask around. Not many people seemed to have heard of it, and then our Portage worker told us about a place in North London...

When you first see a child with a conductor it is quite humbling. She had Billy wanting to do things for himself, doing things you didn't even realise he was capable of. When you find someone who really understands what is happening to your child, you realise that no one else understood at all.

Billy is over two years old now and had been coming to the Centre for over a year. That boy who had given up is long gone. We have a bright boy who loves coming to school, loves being able to do things.

Conductive education has given me the means to help my child."

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Tel: 020 8444 7242 - Fax: 020 8444 7241
Email: info@hornseytrust.org.uk - Reg. Charity No. 233990