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Plymouth Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) provide help/treatment for young people with emotional, mental health & behavioural difficulties.
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Give a Child a Chance relies on donations from the general public and businesses to carry on their important work. We are a very focussed charity with extremely low overheads.
There are around 14,000 young people with emotional and mental health problems in the Plymouth area alone. With resources stretched, specialist treatment and care is difficult to come by. Yet it is vital for some of the most vulnerable people in society. People like Nicole…
Nicole’s story
10-year-old Nicole Lakey has Down’s Syndrome, mobility difficulties and heart problems. She needs constant care from father Gary. She has trouble sleeping, which is stressful for her and her carers.
Give a Child a Chance lent a vibrating mattress and pillow from our new sensory library. This calmed Nicole and helped her sleep soundly for the first time in months. It’s something we might take for granted but for the Lakey family it’s been a real blessing.
‘We all want the best for our kids’
Gary says: ‘The NHS do their best and the people I’ve dealt with are excellent, but there are delays and waiting lists for everything. Charity support from organisations like Give a Child a Chance are a lifeline for families like us. They provide things we’d never be able to access normally. We all want the best for our kids. As long as Nicole is happy, I’m happy.’
The Lakeys are among the hundreds of families in the Plymouth area who could get help from Give a Child a Chance.
Help us to help people like the Lakeys
Help us fundraisePlease send a cheque made out to GACAC to:
Nicky Evans
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Mount Gould Hospital,
Plymouth PL4 7QD
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