News: Glu Recruit raises £1,000 for Paces in latest fundraising campaign

Rob Shaw, MD of Rotherham based recruitment agency, Glu Recruit, has helped to raise £1,000 for neurological charity, Paces, in the firms latest fundraising campaign.

In September, Rob joined other fundraisers and completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge, walking approximately 25 miles to raise vital funds to help support Paces as they continue to raise money for their new purpose built home at Waverley in Rotherham.

Rob said: “We chose Paces as one of our chosen charities earlier this year, and have set out a number of fundraising campaigns where myself, our staff and our fantastic clients can get involved to help raise money for this amazing local charity that has become so close to our hearts.

“I had been planning to tackle the Yorkshire Three Peaks for a while, and felt this would be an ideal fundraiser to give Paces some more exposure to the business community we operate in here at Glu.

“The walk itself was such an incredible challenge, both physically and mentally. As a group we decided to take the ‘off road’ route not really knowing how much more difficult this route is to take as opposed to the main paths, so we definitely feel like we have earnt every penny that has been donated!

“To raise £1,000 was far beyond our expectations. We’re so proud to be able to help out this wonderful charity once again, and would just like to say a big thank you to everyone who has donated to help us blast out initial target completely out of the water!”

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Julie Booth, Head of Fundraising at Paces, said: “We are so incredibly grateful to the team at Glu Recruit for choosing Paces as one of their charities to support, and to Rob for taking on the challenge of the Yorkshire Three Peaks.

“The £1000 which he has raised will make a huge difference to the lives of the children, adults and families who we support! We recently launched a fundraising campaign as we need to raise £3.5m towards building a brand-new school and centre which will mean that we will no longer have to turn families away who need our support.

“Glu Recruit have been a fantastic company to work with and we very much look forward to working with them in the coming months.”

Glu Recruit have also been undertaking another fundraiser for Paces, and their other chosen charity, Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, over the past three months, where they will be donating a percentage of profits from all recruitment placements between July and September 2020.

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News: Charity unveils plans for new multimillion pound facility

Paces, already a specialist in conductive education, has announced plans to build a new purpose-built home on the Waverley development in Rotherham.

A major fundraising campaign to allow the project to move forwards is launching and, subject to planning permission and other contracts being signed, it is hoped the new build can open in September 2022.

Sheffield-based Paces is a specialist centre, school and charity all rolled into one where the focus is on supporting children, adults and families living with Cerebral Palsy and Motor Disorders. Conductive education is a holistic package of educational support that aims to help children and adults obtain the greatest level of independence through a range of supportive physical interventions.

Outgrowing its current campus at High Green and being at full capacity, Paces has specifically designed a new centre at Waverley to meet the needs of the charity and school and provide a UK-hub for developments in conductive education.

The site is Yorkshire's largest brownfield redevelopment, with owner and developer, Harworth Group plc delivering a new community of 3,890 homes.

A new state-of-the-art purpose built facility has been designed to include a 64 FTE place school (creating both full time and part time SEN places – supporting up to 80 school children) and an outreach and "in-reach" programme for 0-4's supporting 28 children.

In addition, an assisted living facility for 20 individuals would provide ten adult assisted living overnight places and ten children assisted living overnight places.

A 12-place adult day service and an adult sessional programme supporting 100+ people each week is also included as are hydrotherapy facilities.

The site would also create a hub for the community to use alongside the charity – to place Paces at the heart of the development and the residents and employees who live, work and visit the area.

Designed by Sheffield architects Race Cottam Associates, and building on work started by Sheffield University Masters Architecture Team, the modern development aims to be interactive and imaginative, stimulating and calming with a connection to nature.

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Dr Spencer Pitfield, chief executive of Paces, said: "We're proud to have been at the forefront of the development of conductive education but we know that there is more demand for our care than we are currently able to support.

"Moving to a new site, still at the heart of South Yorkshire, will be a big change for us – we're proud of our High Green roots – but we need to make the leap to turn our vision of a National Centre of Excellence for Conductive Education a reality."

Paces Patron, Professor Rosemary Varley from University College London, added: "Paces is an inspiring place and I know the difference the work they do already makes to those living with Cerebral Palsy and motor disorders.

"Neuroscience research is revealing new ways we can enhance the capabilities of children and adults with neurological impairments. The new developments at Paces will support children and adults in achieving their potential, but also enable research into effective interventions. Conductive education has the power to change lives so it is absolutely right we should have a National Centre of Excellence and this vision of the future is hugely exciting. I look forward to see it become a reality."

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