Support Us
The Sheiling Ringwood is a charity supporting young people with learning disabilities and complex needs to realise their full potential and, as their future looks different to many other young people their age, we seek your donations to help to provide opportunities that give them a chance at a more independent life. The focus is on gaining basic life, social and personal skills as these are a challenge for our students. Things that we might take for granted are complex for them to learn.
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we have been able to fulfil many projects, large and small.
Your donations can help us provide our students with access to the specialist equipment and opportunities that give them the confidence and skills to realise their full potential in life.
Xander's Story
''The day we found the Sheiling was like finding the gold at the end of the rainbow. Xander's life in an educational setting up until coming here was bleak to say the least. From the first day Ivana came to meet him at the car in the pouring rain to take him to class, we have never looked back. Taking the words from a movie - 'you had him at hello'. We have gone from dreading Monday mornings to counting down to them! The first thing Xander asks at Friday pick up is “3 sleeps school?”
Xander came to the Sheiling with a very limited vocabulary and they have opened up his whole world with a number of communication skills. Today, he can happily hold a conversation using all of his new skills.
I asked Xander what he loved about his school and he said “his teachers”! How many children would say that if you asked them?! That’s how special the Sheiling is. I count our blessings every day that we have the Sheiling in our lives.''
Lisa, Xander's Mum
Where your money goes
Your donations mean we can go above and beyond for our students. Here are just a few examples of the great things that support like yours has helped to make possible.
Sensory Garden
Hugely generous grants and donations have made it possible for us to develop an outdoor sensory space that can offer our students a peaceful area with a focus on sensory needs.
The garden provides space away from the demands of the classroom and, as many of our students have difficulty processing information, they easily have 'sensory overload'. The garden offers a calming space to spend time and be ready to re-join lessons and the busy-ness of life.
Polytunnel
Nineveh Charitable Trust generously made a grant of £2,000 enabling us to replace the damaged polytunnel in Sheiling Garden. This sheltered area provides a valuable space to incorporate the many subjects that form part of a lesson in the garden, in a way that is more accessible to our students, including maths, literacy and biology, as well as using fine motor skills.
Every day we are preparing our young people to live as independently as possible and to reach their future aspirations.
Ways to support
Find out more about how you can make an enormous difference to our students, from leaving a one-off
donation to becoming a regular giver.
There are so many ways to support our children and young people, including:
Make a donation
We are extremely grateful for every donation made. Be sure to leave us your name and contact details as we'd love to get in touch to thank you for your generosity.
Contact us
Email: fundraising@thesheilingringwood.co.uk or call 01425 477488
Contact us for ideas on how you can help in a way that suits you. Whether you volunteer, donate or raise awareness, you can be sure that however you choose to provide support, you will make a difference not only to our students and their lives, but to their families too.
Your support will help to provide opportunities that give our young people a chance at a more independent life. Thank you.
Charity number: 1149264