A charity that supports families who have a child aged between 6-17 with additional needs, received a timely boost to their funds last week when organisers of the Santa Fun Run donated £1,000 to their good cause.

Barry Burns, Helen Dunn and Madelene Newcomb handed over the cheque to Questbusters’ Lisa Harris and Charmaine Cunningham at a time when the charity’s main core funding ends in March.

“This money comes at a really good time for us as it allows us to continue support for those families into the summer and will make it easier for us to offer these opportunities throughout Easter and beyond,” explained Charmaine.

The group were also victims of the recent flooding at Bridges and lost a lot of their equipment such as pots and pans that allows them to offer a cooking club and crafts to the youngsters.

The disability and inclusion team at Bridges includes the Questbusters charity who work with children between 6 and 17-years old with additional needs, allowing them to have safe, fun, inclusive activities in the local area and beyond.

The group are currently looking at accessible horse riding at Trewen meadows, a new, state-of-the-art facility, located on 40 acres near Whitchurch which offers therapeutic riding and carriage driving in a large indoor arena.

Charmaine explained that they are looking at helping two of their young people who are wheelchair users to be able to have access to a hoist that allows them to experience hippotherapy, using a mechanical horse to simulate a horse's natural, rhythmic movement to help patients with neurological and developmental conditions improve balance, core strength, coordination, posture, and sensory processing.

Barry Burns for the Santa Fun Run said they always look to support a local charity, having donated to Bridges last year.