LANCASHIRE AUTISTIC CHARITY NEEDS YOUR PHONE VOTE
/24-7PressRelease/ - LYTHAM, UK, November 14, 2007 - Wishing Well House charity, which aims to open an arts based school in Lancashire providing one to one education for children with autism throughout the NorthWest, is delighted to have made it through to the final eight in the regional People's Millions TV contest for Big Lottery Fund good cause money.
Wishing Well House has applied for 40,000 of funding for its Arts Project. If successful, the money will be used to purchase a range of sensory equipment and musical instruments as well as fund music therapists and recruit and train volunteers to help teach autistic children communication and social skills through music and movement. Wishing Well House has successfully launched movement and dance classes for children with autism which take place every Sunday at 2.15pm at the Whittaker School of Dance and Drama on Hornby Road, Blackpool. The school donates the room free of charge to the charity until a viable, permanent residence for Wishing Well House has been found.
On Monday 26th November 2007, the Wishing Well House Arts Project will be showcased on Granada Tonight going head to head competing with a Cumbrian based school which is bidding for funding to create a playground for local children with special needs. The successful bid will be the project that receives the most phone votes.
Regina Coulon, a trustee of Wishing Well House explained: "Statistics show that one in a hundred children has autism, so with 1.7m children in the NorthWest under 19 years of age, there are potentially 17,000 children who could benefit from our project. Many experts in the field of autism claim that up to 90% of autistic children are pitch perfect and often have music related talent that remains undiscovered. Usually, children with autism have very limited verbal communication and music and singing can be used as a channel to help develop speech, to manage emotions and to improve social skills."
She added: "As the parent of an autistic son, I know first hand that many parents of autistic children never hear their children call them 'Mummy' or 'Daddy' or say 'I love you' and we want to use music as a way of developing speech and social interaction. If we are going to help children throughout the NorthWest, we really need as many people as possible to vote on the day any time between 9am until 12 midnight when the lines close."
ITV has stated that the phone number will only be released at 9am on the 26th November and it can be obtained by either purchasing The Mirror newspaper, where it will be published or by logging on to http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/peoplesmillions or http://www.wishingwellhouse.co.uk Alternatively, you can telephone Wishing Well House on 0845 638 1808 and they will tell you the number to call to register your vote. Votes will only be valid for Wishing Well House from 9am until 12 midnight on Monday 26th November 2007. ITV and the Big Lottery Fund will use a low cost non-premium rate telephone number and do not make a profit from the voting telephone numbers.
Marina Efstathiou is a director of Entertainment PR Agency Spotlight PR A UK based Public relations company specialising in Entertainment, Leisure and Tourism. She is also a founding director of online entertainment agency showbizworks
Artiste management Maverick Management[/ur]and trustee of [url=http://www.wishingwellhouse.co.uk]Wishing Well House a school for autistic children.
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