We’re thrilled that our Advisory Board Member, Paulina Rangel, was honoured with a trophy at the recent Lawrence Walker Awards & Cancer Awareness Event! Held at Colchester City Church in Priory Walk, this meaningful event brought together community members and leaders in memory of Lawrence, the late chairman of Black Read more…
Dream The Change CIC want to say a “Big Thank You” to Kevin Smith and his team from Ability using Sport for leading our Sport Sessions over the last school year. Children connected with Dream The Change CIC love our Sport Sessions which have been attracting numerous families from diverse Read more…
Families with special needs children have enjoyed a variety of activities, training, support and excursions, thanks to Dream The Change CIC. We have had an action-packed first half of 2024, with more planned for the remainder of the year. We want to thank everyone who has supported or sponsored Dream Read more…
Puberty can be a difficult subject to discuss with our children, especially if they have special needs. Parents and carers connected with Dream The Change CIC expressed an interest in the topic, so we invited an expert along to our June Parent Tea Session to a Q&A session on puberty Read more…
Dream The Change is setting up a small library of useful books for parents and children who attend our group. The Family Support Coordinator of our Community Interest Company, which supports families/carers with special needs children, came up with the idea after looking through her own books and being given Read more…
Families who have children with special needs are coping better with the increase in the cost of living thanks to a new initiative. Dream The Change CIC is grateful to Essex County Council for awarding us a grant to enable us to provide food parcels and winter warmth items to Read more…
Dream The Change CIC hosted an inspiring meeting for parents of special needs children with Autism Anglia. The move underscores our mission to bridge the gap between families from diverse backgrounds who have special needs children and service providers. Parents connected with Dream The Change, CIC had the opportunity to Read more…
We are delighted that families connected with Dream The Change, CIC are to participate in autism research. Several people put their names forward when a student from University College London asked on our Facebook page for volunteers to join a small advisory group to help with some autism research on Read more…
We want to thank everyone who has supported or sponsored Dream The Change CIC, volunteered or attended our events throughout the year. During the last six months (see our blog on our first six months), our training, activities and excursions have been well supported by families and carers who have Read more…
Congratulations to our Co-Founder and Director on gaining another business award. Jemal Allabayeva was presented with the Colchester Legend Award at the Lawrence Walker Awards and Cancer Awareness Event at Firstsite, Colchester, recently. Last year, Jemal, who co-founded Dream The Change CIC in 2019, won an Extraordinary Achievers Charity Award. Read more…