Flexible, Immediate & Sustained Day Care for Children with Additional Needs

The Foundation’s aim is simple: to give a special welcome to the families of children with special needs and provide unique, supervised and vital day care and respite with support for parents and carers in a carefree environment where there are no sneers or stares.

The Foundation’s Hop Skip & Jump centres provide play and support for children with a disability, life threatening illness, or any additional need. They also offer vital day care respite for the children, their families and carers. Hop Skip & Jump give these special children the opportunity to build confidence, social skills and self esteem whilst providing parents, carers and siblings a place to have a well earned break.

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On Sunday June 9th, Elizabeth Hurley and Shane Warne are hosting a Charity Cricket Match at Cirencester Park in aid of the Hop Skip and Jump Foundation and the Shane Warne Foundation.

The Cricket Match will see an All-Star England team taking on an All-Star Australian team. 

Confirmed Teams

England

Andrew Strauss, Michael Vaughan, Mark Nicholas, Paul Nixon, Jermey Snape, Shaun Udal, Darren Gough, and Ian Ward

Australia

Shane Warne, Merv Hughes, Neil Harvey, Damien Martin, Michael Di Veneuto, Michael Klinger, Simon O'Donnell, Tom Moody and Shaun Tait

It will be a great day out for the entire family! Get your tickets here http://www.elizabethhurley.com/ct20

We are looking for volunteers that would like to help out on the day! If you can give some of your time on Sunday 9th June, 2013 from 8am to 6pm we'd love to hear from you. Please contact the Hop Skip and Jump Foundation Office for more details.

(Photo, Left to Right: Clarissa Mitchell, Founder Trustee; Rev Celia Carter, Chair and Founder Trustee; Michael Lowe, Swindon Centre Supervisor; Hayley Stone, Swindon Centre Head of Care; Mr and Mrs Wilson; Mrs Sarah Rose Troughton, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire; Cllr Nick Martin, Deputy Mayor of Swindon)

On Tuesday 26th February 2013, Hop Skip and Jump Swindon unveiled their brand new, state-of-the-art sensory clinic. Situated in a log cabin, the Rainbow Clinic will cater for severley disabled children and young adults who have additional needs. The Rainbow Clinic has an extensive range of features including a fully-fitted Wet Room, Sensory Room with ball pool and soft play, and a separate disabled toilet and staff toilet.

Hop Skip and Jump Ambassador Elizabeth Hurley has been awarded The Angel Award by Harald Gloockler on a German TV Talk Show. With the award comes the opportunity to donate 10,000 Euro to a charity of the winner's choice. Elizabeth Hurley has very kindly chosen The Hop Skip and Jump Foundation as the recipient of this prize.

We cannot possibly thank Elizabeth and Harald enough for this incredibly generous donation! Their gift will help hundreds of children, parents and carers get the Respite Day Care that they so desperately need.