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Black Isle Need To Play Association
- Membership number 9374
- Charity registered in Scotland SC023244
Black Isle Need to Play Association is a charity which provides financial assistance for children and young people (aged between 0 and 19 years), with extra needs. This is not by doling out cash but providing items that are needed specifically to assist a child. The charity is here for the advancement of education and for the relief of poverty for those children who live on the Black Isle in Ross and Cromarty. We receive referrals from professionals such as Health Visitors, Doctors, Head Teachers and others within that area. It can be requests for small things like weighted blankets, or more specialised items such as a specialist chair to make meal times easier for the child and family. These requests usually come when it cannot be sourced through usual channels or it is taking too long and therefore the child and rest of the family are being further disadvantaged. We have also funded the likes of tablets to help further educational needs. To give relief to families we have funded passes for Landmark so the whole family can have a day out which perhaps could not be sourced due to low income. In recent times along with the actual request we have, on occasion, given supermarket shopping vouchers , this is where we are advised that finances are very tight and that a little extra can go a long way into making people feel valued. We try to ensure that there is some levelling up and have found that by helping the children they in turn can be calmer which has a knock on event re close family and the wider community. The families are not known to us it is all done discreetly with the professional being the intermediary and therefore we feel, there is no stigma attached. This is our 30th year and has seen changes in what we do over the years and the requests that we receive but the main goal stays the same to ensure we help those that need it the most. Sadly the families we help are on low income, some are sole parents and some have issues of their own which make life a challenge for them along with their child that has special needs. We believe making people feel valued goes along way and showing them that there is some light at the end of the tunnel can enhance their own self esteem which can have a further knock on effect to those around them. The child is at the forefront of what we do and making their life better is our goal.
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