Chris Westwood Charity for Children with Physical Disabilities

11/10/2026

Hi Everyone, yet another exceptionally busy quarter and as of this morning (11.10.26), we have reached 65 grants totalling £90,573.97.
This has pushed us to the limit and we still have grants we wish to approve on the Waiting list.
So thank you to those who have supported us, but simply, we need more help. As I have said before, a regular donation of as little as £2/month mounts up, as does using the free commissions on your shopping, which cost you nothing (details on the donation page). In simple terms we need a lot more support of these type of amounts (as well as any larger donations) as some of our older regular donors are reaching the age where they are sadly leaving us, and we urgently need to replace the income and work we could do with their support.

The Q3 Report is on the website www.chriswestwoodcharity.co.uk, on the Reports Current webpage (scroll down the Homepage to the green buttons - third row left hand side).

Any help, some of which can be provided at no cost is urgently needed as sadly the needs and demand are there, and rising rapidly from desperate families.
Thanks,
Chris

Charity for Physically Handicapped Children operating within a 50 mile radius of Stourbridge.

01/07/2026

We have now reached the half year and we have published the Q2 Progress Report on our website (Reports Current webpage) or by clicking on this link: https://chriswestwoodcharity.weebly.com/uploads/9/0/6/9/9069962/quarterly_report_-_second_quarter_2026.pdf
The year has continued to be exceptional and with the requests for help so high, we have had to run a Waiting List throughout the quarter. We have now exceeded £47,000 in Grants made, and we have another 16 or more applications onj the Waiting List which we wish to approve as soon as funding becomes available, which total over £24,000. These are all listed in the attached report, many are relatively urgent, which is why we can only ask for any funding help anyone can raise - from a small donation every month say £2+ (ie 50p/week) using the opportunities to earn no cost commission payments for us, just as many of you did before Amazon Smile was stopped by the company. We have various funding streams coming in but with the level od applications we anticipate, we need so much more. Every penny donated is used to help the young people and we have operated for 23 years with no administration cost.
We can only ask, just as desperate families are asking us, another reason we try and maintain a "low profile" so that we do not attract even more requests.
Kind Regards,
Chris and the Team.

16/06/2026

We recently received this notification about free fundraising from the small commission payments evry time you shop, at no extra cost to you. We are slowly building up and any new supporters would be a further help in accelerating free fundraising.

03/04/2026

We have now completed Q1 2026. Demand has been high and we have had to start a Waiting list. This has peaked at around £12,000.00 and just highlights that although we appreciate comments that our page is liked, unless we have the funds, the amount of work we can do is limited and those in need will have to wait. As before, any help from £2/month (ie 50p/week) really helps as it all adds up. We keep seeing rises in prices because of inflation and it just makes things harder.
All we can do is detail the help given and the help needed and leave the rest to our readers.
Report is at:https://chriswestwoodcharity.weebly.com/uploads/9/0/6/9/9069962/quarterly_report_-_first_quarter_2026.pdf
and any help is, as usual, greatly appreciated.
Chris

02/02/2026

The annual Progress Report to 31st DFecember 2025 has been on our website for some time - access by www.chriswestwoodcharity.co.uk and if you scroll down on the homepage, click the Roports Current button for access to all the latest information.
We completed approx £95,000 in grants and raised just a fraction more, so we have now completed £1.4 Million granted since we started and all at zero admin cost.
January 2026 has already been busy and we have reduced our reserves to zero so unless we can raise further funding we shall need to start a Waiting list for the many sad cases needing help.
So, once again, we need your help, any donations, collections or other fundraising would add to what is already coming in regularly.
We continue to stress the zero cost options to you, the donor, of registering for commission websites, where a percentage of what you buy on line is donated to Charity at no cost to you.
This worked very well with Amazon Smile until they stopped doing it, but both easyfundraising and Give as You Live have thousands of well known companies registered, and we are registered with both.
In addition to raising funds for us, again at no cost, you are entered into prize draws, and the chance of winning is probably a lot less than the lottery. When the Charity signed up with Easyfundraising a few years ago, we won a £100.00 donation prize, so since it is no cost, worth at least looking at.
All we can do is ask, we need at least another £100,000 this year to keep up with the serious demand that exists and we can only thank htose who have so kindly supported us so far.
Thanks,
Chris.

Charity for Physically Handicapped Children operating within a 50 mile radius of Stourbridge.