Whoopsadaisy is a Brighton-based charity providing free Conductive Education for local children with cerebral palsy and other motor disorders.
Whoopsadaisy’s story began when Nina Holland was inspired to set up a charity in Brighton to provide Conductive Education for local children having seen the dramatic difference it made to her son Christopher’s quality of life. The initial funds Nina raised enabled Whoopsdaisy to establish our first Parent and Child Group for just two children in 2008. Since then Whoopsadaisy’s services have steadily grown. We now provide vital learning and support for around 50 local children and their families.
Conductive Education is a programme of guided active learning where essential everyday movements and tasks are broken down into small achievable steps. By combining learning and play with rhythm and repetition each child learns to accomplish actions and achieve goals that other children simply take for granted, such as learning to sit up, crawl or take their first steps.
Parents tell us how difficult constantly caring for a disabled child can be – we are a lifeline for those parents. We are proud to say that most of our children make great progress thanks to our small team of amazing staff and volunteers.
We have been based Brighton since 2008. Local children depend on Whoopsadaisy, and we depend on our local community. Every penny raised directly helps children who go to Whoopsdaisy learn to do things for themselves and grow in confidence whilst having fun!
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