“Turning peoples lives around”
Some years ago The Swivel Club stepped in to help Christine and purchased a bespoke wheelchair to assist her to live a fuller & better life.
On Saturday 24th June 2023 Christine attended our fundraising event featuring Mid Sensation Soul Band to say a big thank you to all our supporters & amazingly presented us with cheques for £150 which she has personally raised to donate back to us.
A massive thank you to Christine for her kindness & to all our supporters for their continued support in raising funds to help others.
Megan and Marion visited Irthingborough College Street Day Centre this morning to present a cheque for £1440 to cover cost of the window blinds.
The Lady in Pink is Irene Pugh of Irthingborough she said, quote “ Thank you Swivel Club, these new window blinds are very nice and a big improvement and more pleasing to the eyes. The old ones were bright orange and a lot of them were damaged.”
The first photo is the presentation, lady in red is the manager Janice Childs MBE and the man at the back is Barry Matthews from Matthews Blinds. Janice said, quote “ We are so grateful to the Swivel Club for this generous donation, staff and club members are very happy as the old ones were broken and not pleasant to look at.”
This is a letter from John Glenn thanking the Swivel Club Charity for being able to provide a stairlift for his home.
It is always nice to receive thanks where we have been of help.
We were very pleased to donate £3000.00 to the Air Ambulance Service. They do a fantastic job - all without Government funding, and rely on organisations like "the Swivel Club" to survive.
If you want us to continue to support worthwhile causes, please come along to one of our functions where you will certainly have a great time and enable us to change peoples lives.
This Photograph shows our recent donation of an amplifier to help young Mackenzie McCall with his hearing after being born with Goldenhar Syndrome which means his ears didn't completely develop before birth,
Mackenzie brought his mother and Grandfather to meet our Swivel Club Committee members.
Rushden and Higham Utd Football Club have called full-time on the fundraising for their new defibrillator and have started training club coaches in its use.
After a fantastic fundraiser, with much generous local support, the new defibrillator is now sited inside the grounds of the football club.
To ensure that the equipment is used correctly, the club organised a training session with East Midlands Ambulance Service.
Club Chairman John O’Connor said “We are very proud to provide this emergency facility and extremely grateful to everyone that has supported us.”
Donators were invited to the training session in February to see the equipment in action. The Swivel Club donated £750, Nick Dale and Julie Line £500, The British Legion £100 and Electrician Gary Fletcher fitted the equipment free of charge.
Mayor Richard Lewis presented each of the nominated winners with their awards at the annual event in recognition of the work they have carried out to help the local community.
A very nice letter from Val Groom, who we were able to help with her mobility problems with a motorised scooter.
A very nice picture of Val in Rushden Park
The Swivel Club is proud to announce that we are currently sponsoring a puppy via Service Dogs Europe, which is being trained to be a Diabetes Alert Dog for 64 year old Rushden man Mr John Shave who has been a Type 1 Diabetic since the age of 18 months.
The puppy named Elkie, will be trained to recognize out of range blood sugar levels and alert him by patting his leg before a life-threatening hypo-glyceic attack occurs.
This dog, when fully trained, will give much needed peace of mind to the family who are unable to recognize low blood sugar levels which can lead to coma and life-threatening results. The puppy was especially bred to be a sniffer dog and that is very evident in training as she picks the correct saliva sample tin every time.
Elkie is also being sponsored by ‘The Dogfather’, Graeme Hall who is a regular contributor on Bernie Keith’s BBC Radio Northampton programme. Graeme’s assistant, Janine Marsh, gives Elkie and John weekly one-to-one training and she is coming on in leaps and bounds. She has her Kennel Club ‘Puppy’ certificate and is now working towards the Kennel Club Bronze Certificate at Rushden Dog Club.
Elkie’s advanced specialist training will take place with Service Dogs Europe in Ireland when she is 12 months old.
Due to the kind generosity of supporters of the Swivel Club, 5 year old Megan Chettle O’Neill has benefited from the purchase of a much needed specialist car seat and wheelchair.
Megan has a genetic skin condition called Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) – Recessive Dystrophic which is a more severe form of the condition. She has no skin below the knees and both legs have been bandaged from foot to thigh since birth.
Due to her condition, there are times when Megan finds it difficult to walk due to restricted movement and should she fall, risks tearing her skin. Megan attends Denfield Park Primary School where she receives full time support to enable her to access all aspects of school life. Despite her physical disabilities (which she copes with exceptionally) she is as bright as a button, with a sunny disposition and always has a smile on her face.
The wheelchair and car seat will enable both her mother and the school staff to handle Megan more easily and will have a hugely positive impact on her life from now on.
Swivel Club Chairman Colin Wright said: “The purpose of our organisation is to help people like Megan and it is moments like this that we see the benefits of our fundraising. The money provided for the items purchased has hopefully turned Megan’s life around.”
In the picture are Rachel Roberts presenting the cheques to Dr Clive Lewis, with Cheryl Riotto on the far right who is the sister on out patients. The others are staff members who are all involved in transplant at Papworth.
Placing the wreath on behalf of the Swivel Club at Higham Ferrers on Remembrance day.
Logan Callow is a 5 year old boy from Higham Ferrers. He was diagnosed with a ganglioglioma (benign brain tumour that wraps around blood vessels and creates cysts) in early 2013. After 2 major operations, Logan now has speech issues and only limited use of his legs. The trike has been specially built to accommodate Logan’s needs and will make life so much easier for his Mum as she can help him control it with a hand held gadget. It was part funded through a Trust Fund and the Swivel Club were happy to fund the remainder.
Logan told anyone that would listen that he was going to get a trike and spoke about nothing else the whole time it was being made and judging by the look on his face, the wait was worth it
