The Partridge Trust

The Partridge Trust was set up by me, some 25 years ago.

Some friends and I decided to arrange a Ball in September, when all the children had gone back to School. This meant the a great deal of parents needed to let their hair down at the end of the Summer Holidays.

The Balls were a great success. Each year we donated the funds to various different Charities.

We then decided that it would good to start our own Charity so that we could decide what we did with the money ourselves. So the Partridge Trust was created.

We called it the Partridge Trust because of the time of year, when the baby partridges were out and about with their mothers. The Charity we decided was to help Children with Cerebral Palsy and other Brain related Illnesses to get help with treatment, equipment or advice.

In hindsight may be this was a confusing name! But, that is the name and we cant change it now.

We helped so many children and their families with all of the above needs.

I continued to arrange the Balls, some 13 in all. However, life got in the way and my time became less and less so the Charity fell dormant.

I had always had Charity Places for The London Marathon. These places I donated to Treloars School/College.

Last year they made the sad decision that they no longer could fill the places. So I decided to find runners again myself. Which I have been extremely lucky to do.
This meant that the runners wanted to fund raise for The Partridge Trust.

Hence, my plan to re vamp and re launch the Charity.

We have a new logo, and an email address, also a website, all mod cons!

So watch this space…..

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral palsy is the name given to a group of life long conditions that affect movement and co-ordination in a degree of various different ways.

It is caused by a problem with the brain that develops before, during or soon after birth.
Adults can not develop Cerebral Palsy.

CP occurs in about 2.1 per 1,000 live births. This means that there are lots of babies growing in to adults, that will need help of some description all of their lives. The symptoms can not be cured and they don’t go away.

A multidisciplinary approach for cerebral palsy management is recommended, focusing on “maximising individual function, choice and independence”.

The Partridge Trust wants to help these children with the life changing help that they need to self-manage their lives. To help them to make their lives, independent, and fulfilling in all aspects of their day to day activities.