The Dyslexia Day Centre is proudly showing off
its new kitchen and upgraded facility thanks to the money it
received from last year’s Swimarathon.
Teresa O’Hara has given Tim Falla, The Lions
Club, and Stuart Moseley, Past President of the Round Table, a tour
of the centre which has benefitted from a brand new kitchen, blinds
and carpets to brighten it up since last year.
The facility, which is based at the KGV playing
fields, provides an invaluable service for young people and adults
who live with dyslexia offering in-school support, after school
teaching and, thanks to the upgraded facility, courses for
secondary school teachers who work with children with dyslexia in
their classes.
“There was just no way we could have run
courses for teachers here before we received the donation,” said
Teresa O’Hara, Founder of the Dyslexia Day Centre.
“All of our fundraising, donations and grants
needed to be spent on the day to day running of the centre –
supporting our students and enabling our teachers to work out in
the schools. There was nothing left over to upgrade the actual
building.
“We had been using a make-shift kitchen for 22
years in what used to be the changing rooms and when we heard that
we would be receiving a donation from the Swimarathon we
immediately knew where it would be spent. The new kitchen is
fantastic and we are now able to run courses for teachers here
which we never would have been able to do beforehand.”
With the funds left over, Theresa was able to
purchase new blinds and carpets for the centre which have helped to
give the whole place a lift.
“We are delighted to see the new and improved
centre,” said Stuart Moseley of the Guernsey Round Table.
“The difference is incredible. It has been
given a much needed boost and I can see that the funds raised by
the Swimarathon swimmers last year has been really appreciated. The
staff at the centre do an excellent job for our community to the
benefit of a wide number of people,” he said.
This year’s beneficiary is the Guernsey
Cheshire Home and Tim Falla of the Lions Club is hoping to see even
larger sums of money raised by the swimmers at this year’s
event.
“It is clear that the money raised by the
Swimarathon makes a real difference to people who work very hard
behind the scenes in Guernsey. I encourage anyone thinking about
entering the Sure Swimarathon to do so before it is too late and to
raise as much money as possible for this year’s beneficiary, the
Guernsey Cheshire Home,” he said.
The Sure Swimarathon takes place from 9th to
11th October 2009 and entry forms are available from Beau Sejour,
Sure’s shop in the High Street and Cable & Wireless offices in
Upland Road and at Centenary House. Further information and entry
forms are also available from
www.swimarathon.org.