All over the UK there are children who have to cope with sickness, disability or disadvantage. Variety provides practical, tangible help that makes an immediate difference to those children and their families.
The charity provides coaches and bespoke wheelchairs, specialist, sensory and recreational equipment for use in the home, school, children’s hospitals and youth centres. By doing so, they provide so much more. A wheelchair doesn’t just provide mobility, it lets the child ‘join in’ with the other kids. Providing a special-needs school with a Sunshine Coach gives its pupils access to a much wider range of activities and experiences.
The charity also creates memorable experiences through its Great Days Out programme. For a disadvantaged child, a day at the seaside becomes a cherished childhood memory. Each year, Variety takes tens of thousands of children on great days out.
Martin Randall, chairman of the Crystal Clear Group, said: “I was honoured to be asked by Variety to become a patron. Variety is a special charity with incredibly inspiring people. I believe business today has a responsibility to be part of the community where we are based and to work with charities to make a difference to the lives of young people in the towns and cities in which we operate.
Crystal have been working towards raising enough money for a Variety Sunshine Coach and in 2017 we achieved our target! In June 2017 Crystal were sponsors of the BMF All Industry Conference Gala Dinner and organised a fund raising auction and we can confirm that a record sum of £71,531 was raised and will be divided between Variety and the Teenage Cancer Trust.
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