Nottingham-based charity Footprints Conductive Education Centre is asking the East Midlands construction community if it can pledge its support in 2025.
Footprints transforms the lives of children living with mobility and communication difficulties across the East Midlands and empower their families. Through Conductive Education and its other transformative services, children develop the skills they need to thrive and achieve their potential.
Having outgrew its previous centre, which was within a school in Sneinton, the charity announced earlier this year that it had found its own, larger premises on Farnborough Road in Clifton, and would be moving in 2025.
The brand-new Footprints Centre, home of Footprints Conductive Education and Community hub, will enable the charity to deliver a greater number of transformative services and reach more children and families, as well as connect with the local community. However, the new centre needs significant renovation works before it can be fully operational.
To progress with the building works Footprints is looking for companies who can support with services and donations of building materials, supply and installation of insulation and landscaping services. It is also looking for funds to buy the equipment it needs in the centre to support more families.
The charity has already welcomed over 100 volunteers who have helped to strip back and clear the site, and local businesses have also played a major role in the project to date. Halsall Lloyd Partnership Architects, project manager Gleeds, mechanical and electrical engineer Chord Consult and workplace consultancy Blueprint Interiors have donated time and expertise to get the renovation plans together.
John Pye Auctions has also donated goods for the centre, as well as storage and logistical support with the collection and delivery of furniture and materials, and 200 Degrees Coffee will be training volunteers to be baristas in the new coffee bar.
Blueprint Interiors is now calling on its contacts in the property and construction industry to bring together more partners who are looking for a meaningful cause to support in the new year, and can help Footprints get its new centre operational.
John Tansur, Commercial Director at Blueprint Interiors, said: “Having seen the miracles the team at Footprints have performed over the years working with the children and families it supports, it was an easy decision for us to get involved in the project. If the business community can all pull together and deliver the facilities they need then we can help change so many lives for the better.
“To help with longer term financial support, part of the new centre will be a wellbeing coffee bar which will provide a safe and supportive space for families to spend time in and connect with other Footprints families, as well as being open to the local community.”
Stephen Frew, Footprints’ Business and Charity Manager, said: “Moving to our new centre in Clifton will be an absolute game changer for Footprints. As a charity who supports children and families with mobility and communication difficulties, it’s crucial that we provide a space which is accessible and is suitable for all of our needs, now and in the future. And we’re so pleased to have found this at Clifton!
“At our brand-new Footprints Centre, we will be able to deliver a greater number of our transformative services and reach more families and children. We are hugely grateful to the amazing organisations who are working with us on our exciting project, their support will truly make a difference to all of the children and families we support.”
As well as having the wellbeing coffee bar for families and the community, the new Footprints Centre will have three session rooms, and new facilities including a sensory room, function space and outdoor education areas.
To find out more about the project and to pledge support, contact enquiries@footprintscec.org
