5. Pathways4All, Newcastle upon Tyne
Perspective has been a close supporter of Pathways4All for many years. As a parent-led charity, it provides play and leisure services for disabled children and young people, supporting them and their families across Tyne & Wear, Northumberland, Country Durham, Teesside and Cumbria.
At their tenth annual fundraising ball in 2021, Perspective’s Chief Executive Ian Wilkinson (pictured) and his guests raised over £25k, almost half the total on the night. Lynn McManus, founder said:
“Ian’s support at the 2021 ball, like in many previous years, has made such a massive difference to all the families that attend our centre, now over a thousand! I simply can’t thank Perspective enough for their continued support and the wonderful way in which they champion our charity.”
6. The Movement Centre, Oswestry, Staffordshire
The Movement Centre provides specialist treatment supporting children living with movement disabilities. It is the only UK provider of Targeted Training therapy which enables children to develop new skills and become far more independent, having a huge impact on their life and those of their family and friends. As a specialist therapy, it sits outside of the remit for standard NHS funding.
Perspective’s Oswestry office raised a further £6,000 in 2021 through a golf day and other events. Curtis Langley, Fundraising & Marketing Officer of the Movement Centre said:
“Perspective’s support over several years has been amazing enabling us to raise over £200,000 to help support families accessing our services. Our trustees made the decision in 2021 to reduce the cost to our families, meaning we now contribute 75% towards the cost of treatment. We are aiming to ultimately make treatment completely free for all families.”
Sue Gowling of Laptops4Learning said:
“Laptops4Learning is delighted to have been able to facilitate Perspective’s generous donation of laptops and desktops to these very worthy local causes. We work to tackle digital inequality through the repair and reuse of surplus technology, bringing about social good while reducing the negative impact on our environment.
“Digital inequality blights the life-chances of so many people. We applaud Perspective’s decision to make a difference, whilst also being environmentally responsible at this time of climate emergency.”
Ian Wilkinson, Chief Executive Officer of Perspective said: “The communities around our national network of local offices matter a great deal to both our clients and staff. Hence, supporting these amazing initiatives is fundamental to our success, as well as being the right thing to do for the communities and the environment. It’s great that none of our IT kit has gone to landfill because of this initiative.
“We firmly believe clients value the quality of advice and the continuity of service delivered by our local and long-established offices, many of which were founded over 30 years ago. Combined with the strength and support of a national group, we think this proposition is very attractive for clients.
“The eight acquisitions we completed in 2021 and the strong pipeline set to complete in the first half of 2022 means we will soon be adding further offices across the UK. We congratulate and wish great success to all the projects we have supported.”
