Helping Hands Loan Store – A brilliant concept idea for the autism community.


Helping Hands Loan Store Logo

Helping Hands Loan Store Logo

A week or so ago Barry McMillan of the Helping Lands Loan Store got in touch with us to ask if we could share with our readers a bit more about the work they do for the autism community.

We are delighted to help because we thinking this is just such a brilliant self help idea for the ASD community. Indeed it deserves to be rolled out far and wide even though it is just a UK idea at the

Helping Hands Loan Store Weighted Blanket

Helping Hands Loan Store Weighted Blanket

moment.

Brian told us “I run a small non for profit organisation in the Midlands (Telford) where I buy sensory and disability equipment and loan them out to families with special needs children for free – there is no catch. If you can drive to Telford and need the equipment, you can have it. I am trying to reach out to as many families as I can”. So please can you share with anybody who may be interested.

“I have a sensory dark den, a weighted blanket and a disability dodgem, but hope to have more after christmas. We get funds from local parish council grants and our followers on easyfundraising. We

Helping Hands Loan Store Toy

Helping Hands Loan Store Toy

also do a discounted cinema ticket rate which gets us a few pounds, so we are growing slowly, but hope to add to the store. We are trying to get funds for an upsee, a sensory lighting kit and a bubble tube. ” He said.

Thier patron is Danielle Brown MBE, we are on Facebook at Helping Hands Loan Store and our website is http://brian799.wix.com/helping-hands .

Do you know any similar projects for the autism community? If so please feel free to share any information in the comments section below.

If you have a project you would like us to help promote for you please egt in touch by writing to patienttalkblog@gmail.com.

Many thanks in advance.


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