Joshua's
story
Joshua
was born with a rare genetic disorder affecting just 96 children in the
western world. [...]
Simon's
story
Simon's wife was diagnosed with cervical cancer and sadly died of her illness. We were able to offer support to help Simon and his family through this difficult time. [...]
Brenda's
story
Soon
after Brenda’s husband, Geoff retired, his health started to deteriorate
and he was diagnosed with a condition known as multi-farct. [...]
Abigail's story
Abigail's
husband was taken seriously ill and his employment was terminated due to
his inability to continue in his role. [...]
The Paul Golmick Fund
The
Paul Golmick Fund is a Trust set up to promote the maintenance and education
of children and young people under the age of 24. [...]
Case Studies
Frances' story: How The Insurance Charities helped make intensive therapy available to her autistic son
Frances worked at Swiss Re for many years, including part-time as a temp once she had become the proud Mum of two small children. She and her husband had, however, become increasingly concerned about their son’s development and, at the age of three, their worst fears were confirmed when he was diagnosed with autism.
Wanting to give their son every chance of getting
out of the world he was rapidly retreating into,
they set about investigating what help was available
for autistic children. They found out about a programme
which, through an intensive daily programme of one-to-one
therapy, seemed to be successful in helping autistic
children interact with others. Their hopes of embarking
upon the programme, however, appeared to be dashed
when they found out the cost involved and the fact
that their local authority would not be able to help
financially.
Frances remembered the name of The Insurance Charities from a time in the past when she helped with the annual Charities collection. Just a few days later we were able to confirm substantial support which has enabled Frances’ son to take advantage of the one-to-one help over the past two years. Frances explains on our new DVD just what this support has meant to her and her family.
