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What the charity does

We offer free Conductive Education for children with Cerebral Palsy and associated motor disorders. We take children from birth up to the age of five from Tuesdays to Fridays, and from five to sixteen on Saturdays. A summer and winter club is also provided out of term time. We operate throughout Kent. Currently we have 53 children.

Charitable objects

To promote the care, welfare, interest, treatment, education and advancement in the medway town and district of cerebral palsied persons (which expression in these presents shall mean and include persons suffering from any form of cerbral palsy and other disabled persons, and in furtherance of that object:(a) To provide, maintain and conduct clinics, treatment and training centres, nurseries, day and residential services, employment centres, holiday camps and homes, clubs, hostels and other foundations.(b) To provide and encourage the provision of facilities for diagnosis, medical physical and surgical treatment with all necessary appliances, therapies and education.(c) To take all measures to assist cerebral palsied persons and other disabled persons, so far asit is possible, to achieve self determination.(d) To promote, conduct, engage in research and experimental work calculated to be of benefitto cerebral palsied persons and into the prevention of cerebral palsy.(e) To collect and disseminate information relating to the fore-going objects and exchange such information with other bodies having similar objects and specifically but not exclusively;(1) To cause to be written and printed or otherwise originated or reproduced, andto be published or circulated whether gratuitously or not any newspapers, periodicals, magazines, books, pamphlets, leaflets, or other documents or films or recorded tapes;(2) To arrange and provide for or join in arranging and providing for the holding of exhibitions, meetings, lectures, classes, seminars and training courses.(f) To provide financial assistance, to make grants and donations to provide, equipment and apparatus for cerebral palsied persons or other disabled persons and generally to provide any such other assistance to local or central authorities or other bodies of persons calculated to be of benefit to cerebral palsied persons collectively or individually.

Governing document: Memorandum and articles incorporated 15/03/2012