SMDSSG News
Monthly update from our CEO, Esther
I would like to start by saying thank you to the handful of people that stayed for our AGM after the April Chatterbox. You will hopefully have seen our AGM communication by now and I am making a personal plea to please save the date for our next AGM in November. We need members to be there – to make quorum but also to take ownership of your charity. Please do save the date and look out for the sign-up sheet in the coming months.
Our 10–16-year-olds took their socials out of the bowling lane for the first time in April - they had a fantastic afternoon of karaoke! It was wonderful seeing the pictures and the messages on the WhatsApp group. Funding dependant, we hope to offer this age group monthly social events from September 2024.
May sees the first meeting of our user group! Please support this group if you can - we are all super excited about it! Chatterbox is all about the sports this month too, there will be lots going on and a very important visit from Children in Need too.
See you all soon!
Other News
Lloyd Martin
Lloyd Martin becomes the youngest person with Down's Syndrome to complete the London Marathon...
A tribute to Jeffrey
A tribute from Jeffrey's Dad, Michael.
It’s hard to forget his beaming smile, the cheeky twinkle in his eye and his unstoppable energy, whether it was racing around the playground, playing with water, and splashing it everywhere, especially when having a bath or playing with his sister Victoria. Jeffrey liked playing with shoes and was always quick to the door to dash out. Jeffrey will always be remembered in our household for breaking TVs, we can count on both hands how many he broke, it was actually 7 TVs, which was quite expensive, nevertheless we continued buying new TVs. Jeffrey loved Paw patrol - his favourite characters where ‘Chase’ and ‘Rubble’ and he would sing along to the theme song in own little way.
The first ever Barbie Doll with Down's Syndrome
Model Ellie Goldstein who has featured on the cover of Vogue and Glamour talks about the importance of people with Down Syndrome being represented “people need to see more people like me out there in the world.”
