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Action for Stammering Children (ASC) is a UK charity which aims for a society where children and young people who stammer have the same opportunities and quality of life as their peers.
Our goal is to ensure that as many of the 150,000 children and young people across the UK who stammer have access to effective services and support to help them meet the challenges they face.
Based in The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children, the charity is a strong supporter, commissioning services that are not funded by the NHS.
This includes specialist assessments and therapies for children and young people that stammer, a designated helpline, appropriate research, and the training of speech and language therapists across the country.
Why did we choose this charity?
Michael Derrig-Adams has been with Kung Fu School since he was 7 years old and now he is nearly 21.
He attended the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children for help with his stammer, with his time with at the Michael Palin Centre, they were able to help him with his speech and gain a new found confidence in not letting his stammer hold him back. Michael has created a fantastic powerful and emotional documentary about his stammer ‘My Stammer is Me’ to bring awareness to people who stammer.
This has inspired us to help this small amazing charity who gives a voice back to young people in the U.K.
Schools of Kung Fu Organisation was proud to raise money for the Peter Andre Foundation supporting Cancer Research UK. Students of Schools of Kung Fu Croydon, Crawley, Peterborough and Sutton helped the Kung
Fu Schools Organisation raise over £23’000 for the very worth charity. Student trained their martial arts hard and used their Kung Fu skills by board breaking and chain punching their way to this absolutely amazing total, which accounted for a quarter of the grand total the foundation raised. Peter Andre and Cancer Research UK came to Schools of Kung Fu Croydon to thank the students for all their hard work.
Our Black Belt fundraisers were awarded a special trophy for their amazing efforts and also demonstrated their Kung Fu to Peter Andre!
The Peter Andre Foundation was created to support the Cancer Awareness Road Show and fund the busses. Members of the public can come on board to speak to Cancer Research UK’s trained awareness nurses about prevention, screening and early detection. They also provide information about health services in the local area and helping them to spot cancer early and reduce the risk of the disease.
Schools of Kung Fu Croydon were honoured when Demelza approached us to help them raise money. Children’s hospices support children and young people who are not expected to reach adulthood, and offer support to their families. From hearing about Demelza, Schools of Kung Fu and their students thought this was a very worthy cause and worked extremely hard to raise the fantastic total of just over £8’500 and also to raise awareness of their good work through their martial art. The students of Schools of Kung Fu showed fantastic Black Belt Excellence not only in training their Wing Chun Kung Fu for the event but also for their fundraising, we are extremely proud of our students.
Demelza aim is to make the most of every moment that the child and family spend there. They provide a large range of care services to children, young people and their families offering them a wide range of facilities that include the use of multi-sensory and soft play equipment, 24 hour telephone support, day care, planned and emergency breaks and much more to support the child, young person and family.
You can even read about it on the BBC website, CLICK HERE
Schools of Kung Fu Croydon believe you should say no to bullies and want all of our students to be proud and confident and not to let bullies win so when Kidscape approached us to help them there was only one answer, yes! Kidscape and Schools of Kung Fu believe that all children should be able to grow up in a world free from bullying and abuse. Schools of Kung Fu students put all their effort into training for the charity event and raised the £7’500 using their kung fu skills and determination by kicking through wooden boards, breaking them in half, helping to raise much needed funding and awareness of the very good work that Kidscape does.
Kidscape’s mission is to ensure that children live in a safe nurturing environment. By providing training, support and advise to children, parents, schools and those in professional contact with children, enabling them to gain knowledge and develop the confidence and skills to challenge abuse and bullying in all forms.
Schools of Kung Fu though its martial arts training teach their students to recognise a dangerous situation before it happens.
Brownies and Scout groups
Schools of Kung Fu is very proud to support the local community, we have attended Brownie and Scout groups, fetes and events providing demonstrations, workshop for the children, we also provided gift certificates for free Kung Fu for the lucky winner! We spend time with the Brownie and Scott’s answering queries, helping out and had we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!!
Local Schools
Every year Schools of Kung Fu Croydon are pleased to be invited to attend school fetes and events. We have performed traditional Chinese Lion Dance, we have introduce children to our Chinese Dragon, Kung Fu Characters and more. We also like to support the schools by providing them with a prize for the tombola, raffle, auction etc. of a gift certificate for free Kung Fu classes and a free kung fu suit for the winner!
Schools of Kung Fu have also provided Conflict Management Workshops. The objective is to provide the students with an understanding of the dangers around and to prevent them being a target. Covered are such things as using your phone in public, carry a bag, where to sit on buses, trams, trains, where to stand at platforms, etc., we also give the students self defence skills should someone try to grab them, arm locks, head locks and more.
Schools of Kung Fu have proudly sponsored Whyteleafe Lions Football Club. The sponsorship from Schools of Kung Fu provides the club with much needed funds to enable all players to have correct training wear. Whyteleafe Lions are in the Tandridge League.
Every year Schools of Kung Fu are asked to provide a Safety Awareness Workshop for Croydon Carers week. The workshop is designed to provide the knowledge to enable people to be more aware of their surroundings, and the things to keep or feel safer when out and about.
Croydon Carers objectives are to provide information and emotional support to carers. Official figures show that one in eight of the adult population of Croydon is a carer. Their aim is to provide advice and support to those carers, making their voices heard and raising their issues. They provide among other things advice about matters related to caring, helpline, counseling and support, day trips, outreach project and much more for carers whether it be for a relative, friend or neighbour who is elderly, ill or disabled.
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