East Sussex charity awarded grant for therapy support role

The Dame Vera Lynn Children's Charity (DVLCC), based in Uckfield, East Sussex, has been awarded a £70,000 grant to fund a senior paediatric physiotherapist for two years.

The grant was awarded by Global’s Make Some Noise, the official charity of the media group Global, which is supported by listeners of its various radio stations. 

Key Details of the Award

• Role Funded: A senior paediatric physiotherapist to provide specialist early intervention.
• Target Group: The role will support children with complex needs through the charity's Learning Together Project.
• Impact: DVLCC supports over 100 children a week, providing personalised play-based therapy to help them develop essential motor skills like sitting, crawling, and walking.Location: The charity is named after the late singer Dame Vera Lynn and is located in Uckfield, near where she lived in Ditchling.

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Other Recent Local Therapy Grants

While DVLCC's award is the most direct match, several other East Sussex organisations have recently received funding for therapy-related roles or services: 

• Together Collective: Received £5,735 to recruit a new Operational Lead to improve the efficiency of their therapeutic services.
• Cruse Bereavement Support East Sussex: Awarded £9,984 to recruit and train specialist bereavement volunteers.
• Release Counselling and Therapy for Women: Received £8,440 for postnatal groups and one-to-one counselling.
• Sara Lee Trust: Awarded £5,000 for community therapy services providing free counselling in Hastings and Rother.