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Celebrating Another Award for Dream The Change CIC’s Advisory Board Member

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 History Month Colchester.  As several speakers gave inspiring talks, attendees reflected on the values Lawrence championed, with awards presented to those upholding his legacy of Read more

By Paulina Rangel, ago

Thank you!

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 backgrounds. The neurodiverse children and their siblings engage in various sports during these sessions held most Wednesdays during term time at Acorn Hall/St Anne’s Community Read more

By Paulina Rangel, ago

What an exciting few months we’ve had!

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 The Change CIC, volunteered or attended our events. Our Sports sessions are proving to be very popular. They are held most Wednesdays during term time Read more

By Paulina Rangel, ago

Circus Magic for Dream The Change Families

On a wintery night of the 14th of January, 90 children and their families enjoyed an inclusive circus experience at Charter Hall, Colchester Leisure World, thanks to Circus Starr. The magical mix of fun, excitement, and wonder was conducted by the Ring Mistress, who guided the audience through an unforgettable adventure featuring jaw-dropping Acrobatic Hand to Hand acts, mind-blowing Juggling, mesmerizing Sensory Hoops, gravity-defying BMX stunts, and fabulous dancers lighting up the stage. Circus Starr, Read more

By newadmin, ago

How to discuss the topic of puberty with your special needs child

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 and neurodiversity. The session was well attended and featured Sam Silver, the Founder, CEO, and Director of Action-attainment CIC, who addressed parents’ questions on how Read more

By Paulina Rangel, ago

Want to borrow a book?

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 some books by parents after they had finished reading them. Nicole Etienne, a Coach and Author, was a speaker at one of Parent tea sessions. Read more

By Paulina Rangel, ago

We’re helping families tackle the rise in the cost of living

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 families associated with our organisation and beyond it. Paulina Rangel, a Trustee of Dream The Change, expressed gratitude, stating, “We greatly appreciate this generosity and Read more

By Paulina Rangel, ago

A new partnership between Dream The Change, CIC and Autism Anglia has been initiated

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 meet with Mark Moffat, the Community Liaison from Autism Anglia at one of our recent Sport Sessions. About Dream The Change Dream The Change was Read more

By Paulina Rangel, ago

Dream The Change, CIC families are to help with new research into autism

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 sensory masking. We had a fantastic response. In fact, so many parents, carers and young people came forward to help Katie Dugard, a second year Read more

By Paulina Rangel, ago

Dream The Change Successes in the last six months

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 children with special needs (SEND). Several families connected with Dream The Change, CIC enjoyed an excursion to East Anglian Railway Museum for a Day out Read more

By Paulina Rangel, ago