This week is Loneliness Awareness Week. Hosted by Marmalade Trust, this annual campaign raises awareness of loneliness and gets people talking about it. When thinking of loneliness, one may tend to think of isolated older people, which is of course a very concerning issue. But loneliness can affect anyone, at any age. In fact, a… read more
Meet Me2 Club: The Award-Winning Charity That Helps Children with Additional Needs
Set up in 2003, Me2 Club is an inclusion charity which aims to tackle the isolation and exclusion which can impact children and young people with additional needs and disabilities. Our objective is to enable them – often for the first time – to join in with the regular leisure activities like uniformed groups, sports… read more
Me2 Club’s Focus on Inclusivity for Children with Additional Needs
It’s no secret that the last couple of years have been a strange and disorientating experience, causing huge disruption in everyone’s lives. One of the impacts of lockdown we can all agree on has been an almost universal sense of isolation which rippled throughout the population. And while the social fallout may have varied considerably… read more
Me2 Club: An Introduction to our Work
Young people with additional needs and disabilities are often overlooked in mainstream youth provision and feel excluded, unwelcome, or anxious on a daily basis. Our unique support is needed now more than ever as abundant research shows that populations including disabled and neurodivergent young people have been disproportionately affected throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. To find… read more
Egg-cellent Easter Party
We were so excited to be running our first in-person family party of 2022 over the Easter break. The children, teenagers and siblings enjoyed Easter themed crafts, an Easter egg hunt, face painting and planting. We also has a visit from the Easter Bunny who handed out eggs to everyone. We’d like to thank our… read more
12 New Volunteers start their Me2 Club Journey!
On Tuesday 22nd of February, we welcomed 12 new volunteers and gave them the training needed to start supporting our children and teenagers. As always, we are so grateful for these volunteers who give their time to help the children and families supported by Me2 Club, so we want to say a big ‘thank you’… read more
